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==History==
 
==History==
The '''''Loyal Son''''' was an ''[[Overlord]]''-class [[DropShip]]. Alongside its sister ship ''[[Heritage]]'' it served as a carrier for the Third Assault Avatars, a mixed battalion of heavy and assault [[combat vehicle]]s with the [[Blue Star Irregulars]]' Twenty-First Rim Worlds regiment. This seems to suggest it was modified to carry vehicles instead of [[BattleMech]]s.<ref name=ADH>''A Different Hope''</ref>
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The '''''Loyal Son''''' was an ''[[Overlord]]''-class [[DropShip]]. Alongside its sister ship ''[[Heritage]]'' it served as a carrier for the Third Assault Avatars, a mixed battalion of heavy and assault [[combat vehicle]]s with the [[Blue Star Irregulars]]' Twenty-First Rim Worlds regiment. This seems to suggest it was a modified to carry vehicles instead of [[BattleMech]]s.<ref name=ADH>''A Different Hope'', p. 23</ref>
  
 
Both vessels were slated to evacuate civilians from [[Black Earth]] in January [[3069]] when [[Clan Jade Falcon]] returned to retake the world.<ref name=ADH/> Forgoing Clan customs, the Jade Falcons specifically gunned for the fleeing DropShips and [[JumpShip]]s, destroying most of them and effectively wiping out the Blue Star Irregulars.
 
Both vessels were slated to evacuate civilians from [[Black Earth]] in January [[3069]] when [[Clan Jade Falcon]] returned to retake the world.<ref name=ADH/> Forgoing Clan customs, the Jade Falcons specifically gunned for the fleeing DropShips and [[JumpShip]]s, destroying most of them and effectively wiping out the Blue Star Irregulars.
  
The ''Loyal Son'' was the only Blue Star Irregulars vessel to escape, on the single [[JumpShip]] that managed to jump out. [[Daffyd Porter]], an [[INN]] reporter aboard the ''Loyal Son'', witnessed the naval battle as the ''[[Fredasa (WarShip class)|Fredasa]]''-class [[WarShip]] ''[[Kerensky's Blues]]'', operated by the Blue Star Irregulars, attempted to escort fleeing Irregulars forces and civilians to waiting [[JumpShip]]s.<ref name=ADH/><ref name="BAp210"/><ref name="MSUp11"/> The ''Loyal Son'' was able to observe the ''Kerensky's Blues'' disabling or driving off the ''[[Vincent]]''-class corvette [[Lightning Strike|CJF ''Lightning Strike'']]<ref name=ADH/><ref name="MSUp11">''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 11, "Blue Star Irregulars"</ref> before being destroyed by a heavier ''[[Congress]]''-class Jade Falcon WarShip, which was also responsible for destroying a number of DropShips and JumpShips and butchering the bulk of the fleeing Blue Star Irregulars.<ref name=ADH/><ref name="BAp210">''Blake Ascending'', p. 210, p. 211, "Falling Stars"</ref><ref name="MSUp11"/>
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The ''Loyal Son'' was one of very vew vessels to escape. An [[INN]] reporter aboard the ''Loyal Son'' witnessed the naval battle as the ''[[Fredasa]]''-class [[WarShip]] ''[[Kerensky's Blues]]'', operated by the Blue Star Irregulars, attempted to escort fleeing Irregulars forces and civilians to waiting [[JumpShip]]s.<ref name=ADH/><ref name="BAp210"/><ref name="MSUp11"/> The ''Loyal Son'' was able to observe the ''Kerensky's Blues'' disabling or driving off the ''[[Vincent]]''-class corvette [[Lightning Strike|CJF ''Lightning Strike'']]<ref name=ADH/><ref name="MSUp11">''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 11, "Blue Star Irregulars"</ref> before being destroyed by a heavier ''[[Congress]]''-class Jade Falcon WarShip, which was also responsible for destroying a number of DropShips and JumpShips and butchering the bulk of the fleeing Blue Star Irregulars.<ref name=ADH/><ref name="BAp210">''Blake Ascending'', p. 210, p. 211, "Falling Stars"</ref><ref name="MSUp11"/>
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
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* ''[[A Different Hope]]''
 
* ''[[Blake Ascending]]''
 
* ''[[Blake Ascending]]''
* ''[[A Different Hope]]''
 
 
* ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental Update]]''
 
* ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental Update]]''
  
 
[[Category: Individual DropShips]]
 
[[Category: Individual DropShips]]
 
[[Category: Individual Overlord-class DropShips]]
 
[[Category: Individual Overlord-class DropShips]]

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