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Line 4: | prevname = | prevname = | type = [[WarShip]] | type = [[WarShip]] − | class = [[Eagle (WarShip class)|Eagle]] + | class = [[Eagle (WarShip)|Eagle]] | prevclass = | prevclass = }} }} == History == == History == − The ''[[Eagle (WarShip class)|Eagle]]''-class frigate '''''Percival''''' and her sister ship [[Leodegrance|FWLS ''Leodegrance'']] were both constructed to be escort vessels for the sixth carrier of the ''[[Thera]]''-class of carriers being built by the [[Free Worlds League]], the [[Thessaly|FWLS ''Thessaly'']], which was due to enter active service in [[3070]].<ref name="FM:Up144">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 144, "Ships Of The FWL"</ref> + The ''[[Eagle (WarShip)|Eagle]]''-class frigate '''''Percival''''' and her sister ship [[Leodegrance|FWLS ''Leodegrance'']] were both constructed to be escort vessels for the sixth carrier of the ''[[Thera]]''-class of carriers being built by the [[Free Worlds League]], the [[Thessaly|FWLS ''Thessaly'']], which was due to enter active service in [[3070]].<ref name="FM:Up144">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 144, "Ships Of The FWL"</ref> During her December [[3067]] shakedown cruise, an error was found in the ''Percival's'' life support systems; this led to a fleet-wide refit that didn't become public knowledge until [[3068]].<ref name="BAp81">''Blake Ascending'', p. 81, "What of the Fleet?"</ref> When the [[Word of Blake]] suborned a large portion of the Free Worlds League navy in the early stages of the [[Jihad]] the ''Percival'' was one of the ships that the Blakists gained control of; the ''Percival'' went on to take the [[2nd Sirian Lancers|Second Sirian Lancers]] on a raid against [[Skye]]. After being intercepted by an impromptu Skye task force consisting of the [[aerospace fighter]] wing attached to the [[1st Skye Jaegers|First Skye Jaegers]] and a host of fighters and transport [[DropShip]]s attached to the other regiments garrisoning Skye - an interception that saw the Lyran forces defeated, although not before apparently destroying four League DropShips - the ''Percival'' went on to deploy the Sirian Lancers on the planet and bombarded the planetary capital, New Glasgow, as well as the positions occupied by the [[4th Skye Rangers|Fourth Skye Rangers]].<ref name="DOTJp45">''Dawn of the Jihad'' & ''Blake Ascending'', p. 45-47 "Skye Assaulted!"</ref><ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3070'', p. 14 & ''Blake Ascending", p. 174, "Timeline of the Jihad''</ref> During her December [[3067]] shakedown cruise, an error was found in the ''Percival's'' life support systems; this led to a fleet-wide refit that didn't become public knowledge until [[3068]].<ref name="BAp81">''Blake Ascending'', p. 81, "What of the Fleet?"</ref> When the [[Word of Blake]] suborned a large portion of the Free Worlds League navy in the early stages of the [[Jihad]] the ''Percival'' was one of the ships that the Blakists gained control of; the ''Percival'' went on to take the [[2nd Sirian Lancers|Second Sirian Lancers]] on a raid against [[Skye]]. After being intercepted by an impromptu Skye task force consisting of the [[aerospace fighter]] wing attached to the [[1st Skye Jaegers|First Skye Jaegers]] and a host of fighters and transport [[DropShip]]s attached to the other regiments garrisoning Skye - an interception that saw the Lyran forces defeated, although not before apparently destroying four League DropShips - the ''Percival'' went on to deploy the Sirian Lancers on the planet and bombarded the planetary capital, New Glasgow, as well as the positions occupied by the [[4th Skye Rangers|Fourth Skye Rangers]].<ref name="DOTJp45">''Dawn of the Jihad'' & ''Blake Ascending'', p. 45-47 "Skye Assaulted!"</ref><ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3070'', p. 14 & ''Blake Ascending", p. 174, "Timeline of the Jihad''</ref> − The ''Percival'' was ultimately driven out of the Skye system by the ''[[Fox (WarShip class)|Fox]]''-class corvette [[Katrina Steiner (Individual Fox-class WarShip)|LAS ''Katrina Steiner'']]<ref name="DOTJp45"/> but the raid was one of the key causes of the resulting war declared by the Skye and Bolan provinces of the [[Lyran Alliance]] against the Free Worlds League. + The ''Percival'' was ultimately driven out of the Skye system by the ''[[Fox (WarShip)|Fox]]''-class corvette [[Katrina Steiner (Vessel)|LAS ''Katrina Steiner'']]<ref name="DOTJp45"/> but the raid was one of the key causes of the resulting war declared by the Skye and Bolan provinces of the [[Lyran Alliance]] against the Free Worlds League. The ''Percival'' would continue to serve the Blakists until her destruction during [[Operation SCOUR]] in the [[New Earth]] system in [[3078]].<ref name="J:FRp128">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 128, "Captured Ships"</ref> The ''Percival'' would continue to serve the Blakists until her destruction during [[Operation SCOUR]] in the [[New Earth]] system in [[3078]].<ref name="J:FRp128">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 128, "Captured Ships"</ref> == Notes == == Notes == − The ''Percival'' appears to have been named for a figure associated with the myths around the fifth-or-sixth-century [[w:King Arthur|King Arthur]]; in this case, one of the [[w:Knights of the Round Table|Knights of the Round Table]], [[w:Percival|Sir Percival]]. + The ''Percival'' appears to have been named for a figure associated with the myths around the 5th or 6th century AD [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Arthur King Arthur]; in this case, one of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_the_Round_Table Knights of the Round Table], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percival Sir Percival]. == References == == References ==
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== History == | == History == | ||
| − | The ''[[Eagle (WarShip | + | The ''[[Eagle (WarShip)|Eagle]]''-class frigate '''''Percival''''' and her sister ship [[Leodegrance|FWLS ''Leodegrance'']] were both constructed to be escort vessels for the sixth carrier of the ''[[Thera]]''-class of carriers being built by the [[Free Worlds League]], the [[Thessaly|FWLS ''Thessaly'']], which was due to enter active service in [[3070]].<ref name="FM:Up144">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 144, "Ships Of The FWL"</ref> |
During her December [[3067]] shakedown cruise, an error was found in the ''Percival's'' life support systems; this led to a fleet-wide refit that didn't become public knowledge until [[3068]].<ref name="BAp81">''Blake Ascending'', p. 81, "What of the Fleet?"</ref> When the [[Word of Blake]] suborned a large portion of the Free Worlds League navy in the early stages of the [[Jihad]] the ''Percival'' was one of the ships that the Blakists gained control of; the ''Percival'' went on to take the [[2nd Sirian Lancers|Second Sirian Lancers]] on a raid against [[Skye]]. After being intercepted by an impromptu Skye task force consisting of the [[aerospace fighter]] wing attached to the [[1st Skye Jaegers|First Skye Jaegers]] and a host of fighters and transport [[DropShip]]s attached to the other regiments garrisoning Skye - an interception that saw the Lyran forces defeated, although not before apparently destroying four League DropShips - the ''Percival'' went on to deploy the Sirian Lancers on the planet and bombarded the planetary capital, New Glasgow, as well as the positions occupied by the [[4th Skye Rangers|Fourth Skye Rangers]].<ref name="DOTJp45">''Dawn of the Jihad'' & ''Blake Ascending'', p. 45-47 "Skye Assaulted!"</ref><ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3070'', p. 14 & ''Blake Ascending", p. 174, "Timeline of the Jihad''</ref> | During her December [[3067]] shakedown cruise, an error was found in the ''Percival's'' life support systems; this led to a fleet-wide refit that didn't become public knowledge until [[3068]].<ref name="BAp81">''Blake Ascending'', p. 81, "What of the Fleet?"</ref> When the [[Word of Blake]] suborned a large portion of the Free Worlds League navy in the early stages of the [[Jihad]] the ''Percival'' was one of the ships that the Blakists gained control of; the ''Percival'' went on to take the [[2nd Sirian Lancers|Second Sirian Lancers]] on a raid against [[Skye]]. After being intercepted by an impromptu Skye task force consisting of the [[aerospace fighter]] wing attached to the [[1st Skye Jaegers|First Skye Jaegers]] and a host of fighters and transport [[DropShip]]s attached to the other regiments garrisoning Skye - an interception that saw the Lyran forces defeated, although not before apparently destroying four League DropShips - the ''Percival'' went on to deploy the Sirian Lancers on the planet and bombarded the planetary capital, New Glasgow, as well as the positions occupied by the [[4th Skye Rangers|Fourth Skye Rangers]].<ref name="DOTJp45">''Dawn of the Jihad'' & ''Blake Ascending'', p. 45-47 "Skye Assaulted!"</ref><ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3070'', p. 14 & ''Blake Ascending", p. 174, "Timeline of the Jihad''</ref> | ||
| − | The ''Percival'' was ultimately driven out of the Skye system by the ''[[Fox (WarShip | + | The ''Percival'' was ultimately driven out of the Skye system by the ''[[Fox (WarShip)|Fox]]''-class corvette [[Katrina Steiner (Vessel)|LAS ''Katrina Steiner'']]<ref name="DOTJp45"/> but the raid was one of the key causes of the resulting war declared by the Skye and Bolan provinces of the [[Lyran Alliance]] against the Free Worlds League. |
The ''Percival'' would continue to serve the Blakists until her destruction during [[Operation SCOUR]] in the [[New Earth]] system in [[3078]].<ref name="J:FRp128">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 128, "Captured Ships"</ref> | The ''Percival'' would continue to serve the Blakists until her destruction during [[Operation SCOUR]] in the [[New Earth]] system in [[3078]].<ref name="J:FRp128">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 128, "Captured Ships"</ref> | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
| − | The ''Percival'' appears to have been named for a figure associated with the myths around the | + | The ''Percival'' appears to have been named for a figure associated with the myths around the 5th or 6th century AD [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Arthur King Arthur]; in this case, one of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_the_Round_Table Knights of the Round Table], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percival Sir Percival]. |
== References == | == References == | ||