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==History==
 
==History==
The ''[[Lola III]]''-class destroyer later known as the '''''Nelson''''' was a [[Star League Defense Force]] [[WarShip]] which survived the [[Amaris Civil War]] and followed [[Commanding General of the Star League Defense Force|General]] [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] onto [[Operation EXODUS]]. The ''Nelson'' also survived the [[Pentagon Civil War]], becoming a part of the ''[[Clan Widowmaker Touman|touman]]'' of [[Clan Widowmaker]]. Following the [[Trial of Absorption|Absorption]] of Clan Widowmaker by [[Clan Wolf]] the ''Nelson'' and a number of other WarShips were placed in mothballs.<ref name="AT2R22">''AeroTech 2 Revised Edition'', Color Plate 3</ref>
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The ''[[Lola III]]''-class destroyer later known as the '''''Nelson''''' was a [[Star League Defense Force]] [[WarShip]] which survived the [[Amaris Civil War]] and followed [[General]] [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] on the [[Operation EXODUS]]. The ''Nelson'' also survived the [[Pentagon Civil War]], becoming a part of the ''[[touman]]'' of [[Clan Widowmaker]]. Following the [[Trial of Absorption|Absorption]] of Clan Widowmaker by [[Clan Wolf]] the ''Nelson'' and a number of other WarShips were placed in mothballs.<ref name="AT2R22">''AeroTech 2 Revised Edition'', Color Plate 3</ref>
  
The ''Nelson'' remained in mothballs until [[Clan]] politicking led to the formation of [[Wolf's Dragoons]], raised to perform a detailed reconnaissance and intelligence-gathering mission in the [[Inner Sphere]] in advance of a planned invasion. Clan Wolf equipped Wolf's Dragoons with the ''Nelson'' and a number of other WarShips in the belief that large mercenary units operating in the Inner sphere were likely to be equipped with WarShips, deploying the ''Nelson'' as the WDWS ''Nelson''; the ''Nelson'' kept her original Widowmaker color scheme, which fortuitously matched the Wolf's Dragoons regimental color scheme.<ref name="AT2R22"/>
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The ''Nelson'' remained in mothballs until [[Clan]] politicking lead to the formation of [[Wolf's Dragoons]], raised to perform a detailed reconnaissance and intelligence-gathering mission in the [[Inner Sphere]] in advance of a planned invasion. Clan Wolf equipped Wolf's Dragoons with the ''Nelson'' and a number of other WarShips in the belief that large mercenary units operating in the Inner sphere were likely to be equipped with WarShips, deploying the ''Nelson'' as the WDWS ''Nelson''; the ''Nelson'' kept her original Widowmaker color scheme, which fortuitously matched the Wolf's Dragoons regimental color scheme.<ref name="AT2R22"/>
  
Wolf's Dragoons swiftly learned that WarShips were effectively extinct in the Inner Sphere, at least in the armed forces of the [[Great Houses]], and left the ''Nelson'' in mothballs in the [[Periphery]] until after [[Operation REVIVAL]], the Clan Invasion of the Inner Sphere. In [[3053]], the decision was made to retrieve the ''Nelson'' and the other WarShips from the Bristol Cache in the Periphery, and a small task force under the command of [[Colonel]] [[Mackenzie Wolf]], son of [[Jaime Wolf]], was assigned to the recovery mission.<ref>''Wolf Pack'', pp. 95–96</ref> The task force discovered when they arrived at the cache that brigands or looters had discovered the ''Nelson'' and the other vessels and were attempting to loot the ships, and responded to the Dragoon claim to the cache by firing on the task force. Several boarding parties were deployed to reclaim the vessels,<ref>''Wolf Pack'', pp. 116–118</ref> but Mackenzie Wolf was killed during the operation to clear the ''[[Aegis (WarShip class)|Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Alexander (Individual Aegis-class WarShip)|WDWS ''Alexander'']].<ref>''Wolf Pack'', pp. 125–127</ref>  
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Wolf's Dragoons swiftly learned that WarShips were effectively extinct in the Inner Sphere, at least in the armed forces of the [[Great Houses]], and left the ''Nelson'' in mothballs in the [[Periphery]] until after [[Operation Revival]], the Clan Invasion of the Inner Sphere. In [[3053]] the decision was made to retrieve the ''Nelson'' and the other WarShips from the Bristol Cache in the Periphery, and a small task force under the command of [[Colonel]] [[Mackenzie Wolf]], son of [[Jaime Wolf]], was assigned to the recovery mission.<ref>''Wolf Pack'', p. 95-96</ref> The task force discovered when they arrived at the cache that brigands or looters had discovered the ''Nelson'' and the other vessels and were attempting to loot the ships, and responded to the Dragoon claim to the cache by firing on the task force. Several boarding parties were deployed to reclaim the vessels,<ref>''Wolf Pack'', p. 116-118</ref> but Mackenzie Wolf was killed during the operation to clear the ''[[Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Alexander|WDWS ''Alexander'']].<ref>''Wolf Pack'', p. 125-127</ref>  
  
The Dragoons subsequently reactivated the ''Nelson'' and redeployed her to their holding on [[Outreach]], where she formed a part of the Dragoon Naval Command, serving alongside a sister ship, the [[Darius (Individual Lola III-class WarShip)|WDWS ''Darius'']], the WDWS ''Alexander'', the ''[[Congress]]''-class frigate [[Beowulf (Individual Congress-class WarShip)|WDWS ''Beowulf'']], the ''[[Sovetskii Soyuz (WarShip class)|Sovetskii Soyuz]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Athena (Individual Sovetskii Soyuz-class WarShip)|WDWS ''Athena'']] and the ''[[Vincent (WarShip class)|Vincent Mk. 42]]''-class corvette [[Mars (Individual Vincent-class WarShip)|WDWS ''Mars'']].<ref name="FM:Mrp113">''Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised'', p. 113: "Dragoons Naval Command"</ref>
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The Dragoons subsequently reactivated the ''Nelson'' and redeployed her to their holding on [[Outreach]], where she formed a part of the Dragoon Naval Command, serving alongside a sister ship, the [[Darius (Lola III)|WDWS ''Darius'']], the WDWS ''Alexander'', the ''[[Congress]]''-class frigate [[Beowulf (Congress)|WDWS ''Beowulf'']], the ''[[Sovetskii Soyuz]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Athena (Sovetskii Soyuz)|WDWS ''Athena'']] and the ''[[Vincent|Vincent Mk. 42]]''-class corvette [[Mars (Vincent)|WDWS ''Mars'']].<ref name="FM:Mrp113">''Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised'', p. 113, "Dragoons Naval Command"</ref>
  
When [[Word of Blake|Blakist]]-backed mercenaries attacked the Dragoons on Outreach, killing Jaime Wolf and inflicting heavy damage in late [[3067]], the Dragoons assembled Task Force Vengeance from both Dragoon units and members of the [[Allied Mercenary Command]] and launched a retaliatory attack on [[Battle of Mars|Mars]] in the [[Sol]] system, assigning the ''Athena'' and ''Beowulf'' as escorts. The attack was a disaster, with both WarShips being destroyed by overwhelming Blakist defenses and the bulk of the transported units annihilated before making planetfall.<ref>''Dawn of the Jihad'', p. 34: "Debacle Over Mars"</ref><ref>''Dawn of the Jihad'', p. 34: "Mars: What Happened?"</ref>
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When [[Word of Blake|Blakist]]-backed mercenaries attacked the Dragoons on Outreach, killing Jaime Wolf and inflicting heavy damage in late [[3067]], the Dragoons assembled Task Force Vengeance from both Dragoon units and members of the [[Allied Mercenary Command]] and launched a retaliatory attack on [[Battle of Mars|Mars]] in the [[Sol]] system, assigning the ''Athena'' and ''Beowulf'' as escorts. The attack was a disaster, with both WarShips being destroyed by overwhelming Blakist defenses and the bulk of the transported units annihilated before making planetfall.<ref>''Dawn of the Jihad'', p. 34, "Debacle Over Mars"</ref><ref>''Dawn of the Jihad', p. 34, "Mars: What Happened?"</ref>
  
The Word of Blake responded to the attack on Mars with a counterattack against Outreach in force, deploying a task force escorted by a ''[[Black Lion]]''-class battlecruiser, an ''Aegis'', two ''[[Essex]]''-class destroyers and two ''Lola IIIs''; the Blakist naval forces destroyed the two Dragoon orbital stations,<ref name="DOTJp35">''Dawn of the Jihad'', p. 35: "Fire In The Void"</ref> as well as the ''Darius'' and the ''Nelson'', and deployed ground forces to assault the Dragoon forces still present on Outreach. [[General]] [[Maeve Wolf]] broke through the blockade with the ''Alexander'' and deployed Alpha Brigade on Outreach, only for the Blakists to respond with orbital and nuclear bombardments of the planet. Maeve Wolf ordered a retreat to [[Arc-Royal]] in the last week of December 3067; the ''Alexander'' covered the Dragoons' retreat, inflicting damage on two of the Blakist WarShips, but was destroyed during her valiant defense, leaving the ''Mars'' as the only remaining Dragoon WarShip still active in January [[3068]].<ref name="DOTJp36">''Dawn of the Jihad'', p. 36: "Outreach: A Survivor's Account"</ref>
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The Word of Blake responded to the attack on Mars with a counterattack against Outreach in force, deploying a task force escorted by a ''[[Black Lion]]''-class battlecruiser, an ''Aegis'', two ''[[Essex]]''-class destroyers and two ''Lola IIIs''; the Blakist naval forces destroyed the two Dragoon orbital stations,<ref name="DOTJp35">''Dawn of the Jihad'', p. 35, "Fire In The Void"</ref> as well as the ''Darius'' and the ''Nelson'', and deployed ground forces to assault the Dragoon forces still present on Outreach. [[General]] [[Maeve Wolf]] broke through the blockade with the ''Alexander'' and deployed Alpha Brigade on Outreach, only for the Blakists to respond with orbital and nuclear bombardments of the planet. Maeve Wolf ordered a retreat to [[Arc-Royal]] in the last week of December 3067; the ''Alexander'' covered the Dragoons' retreat, inflicting damage on two of the Blakist WarShips, but was destroyed during her valiant defense, leaving the ''Mars'' as the only remaining Dragoon WarShip still active in January [[3068]].<ref name="DOTJp36">''Dawn of the Jihad'', p. 36, "Outreach: A Survivor's Account"</ref>
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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* ''[[Dawn of the Jihad]]''
 
* ''[[Dawn of the Jihad]]''
 
* ''[[Wolf Pack]]''
 
* ''[[Wolf Pack]]''
 
 
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