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==History==
 
==History==
The ''[[Titan (DropShip class)|Titan]]''-class [[DropShip]] known as '''''Lucifer's Deck''''' was acquired in combat from [[Clan Jade Falcon]] by the [[mercenary unit]] [[Hell's Black Aces]]<ref name="FM:Mp60">''Field Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 60, "Hell's Black Aces: Covering Your Six"</ref> in [[3055]].<ref name="FM:MRp46">''Field Manual: Mercenaries Revised'', p. 46, "Blue Star Irregulars: Bucking The Odds"</ref> The Black Aces were working for another mercenary unit, the [[Blue Star Irregulars]], who were looking to strike back at the Jade Falcons after earlier battles against the [[Clan]]. The Irregulars jumped into the [[Quarell]] system and ignored the local Jade Falcon forces call for a ''[[batchall]]'', prompting the Falcons to attack with all of their forces.<ref name="FM:Mp40">''Field Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 40, "Blue Star Irregulars: Against All Odds"</ref>
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The ''[[Titan (Dropship)|Titan]]''-class [[DropShip]] known as '''''Lucifer's Deck''''' while owned by the [[mercenary unit]] [[Hell's Black Aces]] was acquired in combat by the Aces from [[Clan Jade Falcon]]<ref name="FM:Mp60">''Field Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 60, "Hell's Black Aces: Covering Your Six"</ref> in [[3055]].<ref name="FM:MRp46">''Field Manual: Mercenaries Revised'', p. 46, "Blue Star Irregulars: Bucking The Odds"</ref> The Black Aces were working for another mercenary unit, the [[Blue Star Irregulars]], who were looking to strike back at the Jade Falcons after earlier battles against the [[Clan]]. The Irregulars jumped into the [[Quarell]] system and ignored the local Jade Falcon forces call for a [[batchall]], prompting the Falcons to attack with all of their forces.<ref name="FM:Mp40">''Field Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 40, "Blue Star Irregulars: Against All Odds"</ref>
  
The result was a battle in space between Jade Falcon forces including a ''[[Fredasa (WarShip class)|Fredasa]]''-class corvette and an escorting ''Titan''-class DropShip as well as two [[trinary|trinaries]] of [[OmniFighter]]s. The Clan forces didn't realize that the Black Aces were hidden behind the sails of the various Irregular JumpShips. The Falcons spread out by order of precedence in anticipation of attacking the Irregulars, only to be ambushed piecemeal by the Black Aces. The Black Aces quickly wiped out two [[star|stars]] of Clan fighters before the Falcons regrouped, and then appeared to run for their own JumpShips. The Falcons pursued the fleeing Black Aces, only to be ambushed again, this time by the Irregulars' [[aerospace fighter]]s.<ref name="FM:Mp61">''Field Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 61, "Hell's Black Aces: Bandit Days"</ref>
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The result was a battle in space between Jade Falcon forces - including a ''[[Fredasa]]''-class corvette and an escorting ''Titan''-class DropShip as well as two [[trinary|trinaries]] of [[OmniFighter]]s. The Clan forces didn't realize that the Black Aces were hidden behind the sails of the various Irregular JumpShips. The Falcons spread out by order of precedence in anticipation of attacking the Irregulars, only to be ambushed piecemeal by the Black Aces. The Black Aces quickly wiped out two [[star|stars]] of Clan fighters before the Falcons regrouped, and then appeared to run for their own JumpShips. The Falcons pursued the fleeing Black Aces, only to be ambushed for a second time - this time by the Irregulars' [[AeroSpace Fighter]]s.<ref name="FM:Mp61">''Field Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 61, "Hell's Black Aces: Bandit Days"</ref>
  
Having wiped out the Falcon fighter contingent, the mercenary fighters then concentrated on the ''Fredasa'', which was crippled by repeated fighter attacks and a desperate ramming attack by a damaged Irregular JumpShip. The mercenaries claimed the ''Fredasa'' and the ''Titan'' as salvage, and were granted free passage back to [[Federated Commonwealth]] space after the Irregulars won a duel on the surface of Quarell.<ref name="FM:MRp46"/>
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Having wiped out the Falcon fighter contingent, the mercenary fighters then concentrated on the ''Fredasa'', which was crippled by repeated fighter attacks and a desperate ramming attack by a damaged Irregular JumpShip. The mercenaries claimed the ''Fredasa'' and the ''Titan'' as salvage, and were granted free passage back to [[Federated Commonwealth]] space after the Irregulars won a duel on the surface of Quarell.<ref name="FM:MRp46"/> The Black Aces claimed the Titan as a part of their share of the salvage earned, and renamed it ''Lucifer's Deck''; the DropShip remained in service with the Black Aces until at least [[3059]].<ref name="FM:Mp61"/>
 
 
Hell's Black Aces claimed the ''Titan'' as a part of their share of the salvage earned, and renamed it ''Lucifer's Deck''; the DropShip remained in service with the Black Aces through [[3059]]<ref name="FM:Mp61"/> and until at least 2 November [[3069]] where it participated in the fighting for [[Liao (system)|Liao]].<ref>''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 7 - "Paying Dues"</ref>
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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* ''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries Revised]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries Revised]]''
* ''[[Paying Dues]]'' (in ''[[Mercenary Supplemental Update]]''
 
 
  
 
[[Category: Individual DropShips]]
 
[[Category: Individual DropShips]]
 
[[Category: Individual Titan-class DropShips]]
 
[[Category: Individual Titan-class DropShips]]

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