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Line 1: − {{InfoBoxIndividualSpacecraft + {{infoBoxIndividualSpacegoingVessel | image = | image = | vesselname = Red Angel | vesselname = Red Angel | prevname = | prevname = − | type = [[WarShip]] + | type = WarShip − | class = [[Riga (WarShip class)|Riga]] + | class = Riga | prevclass = | prevclass = − | servicesince = − | serviceuntil = }} }} ==History== ==History== − The ''[[Riga (WarShip class)|Riga]]''-class frigate WoBS '''''Red Angel''''' is a former [[Star League Defense Force]] vessel, reactivated by the [[Word of Blake]] prior to the [[Jihad]]. In October [[3067]] the ''Red Angel'' was positioned in the outskirts of the [[New Avalon]] system along with two other Blakist WarShips, the ''[[Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Herald of Justice|WoBS ''Herald of Justice'']] and the ''[[Essex]]''-class destroyer [[Divine Forgiveness|WoBS ''Divine Forgiveness'']] with orders to jump to New Avalon and reveal themselves as the new defenders of the Federated Suns capital world after the Word of Blake had been accepted into the [[Second Star League]]. The collapse of the Second Star League ahead of the vote saw the three ships issued new orders; to punish the Federated Suns.<ref name="TCp43">''Total Chaos'', pp. 43–45: "New Avalon (sidebar)"</ref> [[WarShip]]s from the [[AFFS]]<ref name="J:FRp44"/>—the ''[[Fox (WarShip class)|Fox]]''-class corvettes [[Antrim|FSS '' Antrim'']] and [[Bryceland (Individual Fox-class WarShip)|FSS ''Bryceland'']]<ref name="TCp43"/>—attempted to interdict the Blakist fleet as it approached New Avalon, and managed to cripple<ref name="J:FRp44"/> and then destroy the WoBS ''Herald of Justice''<ref name="J:FRp128">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 128: "Original Word of Blake Fleet"</ref> via suicidal collisions<ref name="TCp43"/> but despite the heavy fighting in space the AFFS could not prevent the Word from bombarding Avalon City and dropping almost a [[division]] of ground troops onto the city.<ref name="J:FRp44">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 44: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> + The ''[[Riga (WarShip)|Riga]]''-class frigate WoBS '''''Red Angel''''' is a former [[Star League Defense Force]] vessel, reactivated by the [[Word of Blake]] prior to the [[Jihad]]. In October [[3067]] the ''Red Angel'' was positioned in the outskirts of the [[New Avalon]] system along with two other Blakist WarShips, the ''[[Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Herald of Justice|WoBS ''Herald of Justice'']] and the ''[[Essex]]''-class destroyer [[Divine Forgiveness|WoBS ''Divine Forgiveness'']] with orders to jump to New Avalon and reveal themselves as the new defenders of the Federated Suns capital world after the Word of Blake had been accepted into the [[Second Star League]]. The collapse of the Second Star League ahead of the vote saw the three ships issued new orders; to punish the Federated Suns.<ref name="TCp43">''Total Chaos'', p. 43-45, "New Avalon (sidebar)"</ref> [[WarShip]]s from the [[AFFS]]<ref name="J:FRp44"/> - the ''[[Fox (WarShip class)|Fox]]''-class corvettes [[Antrim|FSS '' Antrim'']] and [[Bryceland (Individual Fox-class WarShip)|FSS ''Bryceland'']]<ref name="TCp43"/> - attempted to interdict the Blakist fleet as it approached New Avalon, and managed to cripple<ref name="J:FRp44"/> and then destroy the WoBS ''Herald of Justice''<ref name="J:FRp128">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 128, "Original Word Of Blake Fleet"</ref> via suicidal collisions<ref name="TCp43"/> but despite the heavy fighting in space the AFFS could not prevent the Word from bombarding Avalon City and dropping almost a [[division]] of ground troops onto the city.<ref name="J:FRp44">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 44, "The Jihad In Review"</ref> − Whilst the ''Divine Forgiveness'' and ''Red Angel'' ensured Blakist aerospace supremacy in the aftermath of the First Battle, the defenders reorganized their forces and called for reinforcements.<ref name="TCp43"/> The first Word of Blake reinforcements arrived on New Avalon on 10 February [[3068]].<ref name="J:FRp45">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 45: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> Arriving using [[JumpShip]]s that had executed [[Super-Jump Drive|superjumps]], the [[36th Division (Word of Blake)|Thirty-sixth Militia Division]] made planetfall ahead of any of the AFFS reinforcements, initiating the Second Battle for New Avalon with nuclear weapons to make up for a lack of numbers. The nuclear bombardment shattered the [[First Davion Guards]] as well as laying waste to much of Avalon City. The Thirty-second was soon close to seizing control of the planet when the Davion reinforcements arrived in-system, each arriving at a different point and approaching the planet via different vectors in an effort to evade or breach the Blakist blockade, with varying degrees of success. All of the [[Davion Light Guards]] DropShips were intercepted by the ''Divine Forgiveness'' and ''Red Angel'', while pocket WarShips destroyed half of the [[Third Davion Guards]] as they made their atmospheric insertion.<ref name="TCp43"/> + Whilst the ''Divine Forgiveness'' and ''Red Angel'' ensured Blakist aerospace supremacy in the aftermath of the First Battle, the defenders reorganised their forces and called for reinforcements.<ref name="TCp43"/> The first Word of Blake reinforcements arrived on New Avalon on the 10th of February [[3068]].<ref name="J:FRp45">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 45, "The Jihad In Review"</ref> Arriving using [[JumpShip]]s that had executed [[Super-Jump Drive|superjumps]], the [[36th Division (Word of Blake)|Thirty-sixth Militia Division]] made planetfall ahead of any of the AFFS reinforcements, initiating the Second Battle for New Avalon with nuclear weapons to make up for a lack of numbers. The nuclear bombardment shattered the [[First Davion Guards]] as well as laying waste to much of Avalon City. The Thirty-second was soon close to seizing control of the planet when the Davion reinforcements arrived in-system, each arriving at a different point and approaching the planet via different vectors in an effort to evade or breach the Blakist blockade, with varying degrees of success. All of the [[Davion Light Guards]] DropShips were intercepted by the ''Divine Forgiveness'' and ''Red Angel'', while pocket WarShips destroyed half of the [[Third Davion Guards]] as they made their atmospheric insertion.<ref name="TCp43"/> − The Second Battle for New Avalon ended in a stalemate; just as with the aftermath of the First Battle, the AFFS controlled the surface of New Avalon, but the Blakists continued to exercise orbital superiority, which they further reinforced by deploying a third WarShip to the system in November 3069<ref name="TCp43"/>: the ''[[Eagle (WarShip class)|Eagle]]''-class frigate [[Mordred (Individual Eagle-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Mordred'']], which had been upgraded since being subverted from the [[Free Worlds League]] navy.<ref>''Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon'', p. 5: Naval Support</ref> + The Second Battle for New Avalon ended in a stalemate; just as with the aftermath of the First Battle, the AFFS controlled the surface of New Avalon, but the Blakists continued to exercise orbital superiority, which they further reinforced by deploying a third WarShip to the system in November 3069<ref name="TCp43"/> - the ''[[Eagle (WarShip)|Eagle]]''-class frigate [[Mordred|FWLS ''Mordred'']], which had been upgraded since being subverted from the [[Free Worlds League]] black water navy.<ref>''Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon'', p. 5 Naval Support</ref> − The battle for control of the planet continued for years; as late as November [[3072]], the remaining defenders on New Avalon were still preventing the Blakists from controlling the world.<ref name="JHS3076p23">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 23: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp51">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 51: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> It was during November 3072 that the Blakists received significant supplies, including additional aerospace forces and additional armaments for the three WarShips. Then, in December 3072, the [[Fifth FedCom RCT]] arrived in the New Avalon system and attempted to make planetfall. En route to the planet the Fifth FedCom threw their nuclear arsenal at the ''Red Angel'', destroying it and a pocket WarShip.<ref name="TCp43"/><ref name="J:FRp128"/><ref>''Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon'', p. 4: "Naval Support"</ref><ref>''Jihad Hot Spots 3072'', p. 102: "Nuclear Dawn"</ref> + The battle for control of the planet continued for years; as late as November [[3072]], the remaining defenders on New Avalon were still preventing the Blakists from controlling the world.<ref name="JHS3076p23">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 23, "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp51">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 51, "The Jihad In Review"</ref> It was during November 3072 that the Blakists received significant supplies, including additional aerospace forces and additional armaments for the three WarShips. Then, in December 3072, the [[Fifth FedCom RCT]] arrived in the New Avalon system and attempted to make planetfall. En route to the planet the Fifth FedCom threw their nuclear arsenal at the ''Red Angel'', destroying it and a pocket WarShip.<ref name="TCp43"/><ref name="J:FRp128"/><ref>''Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon'', p. 4, "Naval Support"</ref><ref>''Jihad Hot Spots 3072'', p. 102, "Nuclear Dawn"</ref> ==References== ==References== Line 28:
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==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | The ''[[Riga (WarShip | + | The ''[[Riga (WarShip)|Riga]]''-class frigate WoBS '''''Red Angel''''' is a former [[Star League Defense Force]] vessel, reactivated by the [[Word of Blake]] prior to the [[Jihad]]. In October [[3067]] the ''Red Angel'' was positioned in the outskirts of the [[New Avalon]] system along with two other Blakist WarShips, the ''[[Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Herald of Justice|WoBS ''Herald of Justice'']] and the ''[[Essex]]''-class destroyer [[Divine Forgiveness|WoBS ''Divine Forgiveness'']] with orders to jump to New Avalon and reveal themselves as the new defenders of the Federated Suns capital world after the Word of Blake had been accepted into the [[Second Star League]]. The collapse of the Second Star League ahead of the vote saw the three ships issued new orders; to punish the Federated Suns.<ref name="TCp43">''Total Chaos'', p. 43-45, "New Avalon (sidebar)"</ref> [[WarShip]]s from the [[AFFS]]<ref name="J:FRp44"/> - the ''[[Fox (WarShip class)|Fox]]''-class corvettes [[Antrim|FSS '' Antrim'']] and [[Bryceland (Individual Fox-class WarShip)|FSS ''Bryceland'']]<ref name="TCp43"/> - attempted to interdict the Blakist fleet as it approached New Avalon, and managed to cripple<ref name="J:FRp44"/> and then destroy the WoBS ''Herald of Justice''<ref name="J:FRp128">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 128, "Original Word Of Blake Fleet"</ref> via suicidal collisions<ref name="TCp43"/> but despite the heavy fighting in space the AFFS could not prevent the Word from bombarding Avalon City and dropping almost a [[division]] of ground troops onto the city.<ref name="J:FRp44">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 44, "The Jihad In Review"</ref> |
| − | Whilst the ''Divine Forgiveness'' and ''Red Angel'' ensured Blakist aerospace supremacy in the aftermath of the First Battle, the defenders | + | Whilst the ''Divine Forgiveness'' and ''Red Angel'' ensured Blakist aerospace supremacy in the aftermath of the First Battle, the defenders reorganised their forces and called for reinforcements.<ref name="TCp43"/> The first Word of Blake reinforcements arrived on New Avalon on the 10th of February [[3068]].<ref name="J:FRp45">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 45, "The Jihad In Review"</ref> Arriving using [[JumpShip]]s that had executed [[Super-Jump Drive|superjumps]], the [[36th Division (Word of Blake)|Thirty-sixth Militia Division]] made planetfall ahead of any of the AFFS reinforcements, initiating the Second Battle for New Avalon with nuclear weapons to make up for a lack of numbers. The nuclear bombardment shattered the [[First Davion Guards]] as well as laying waste to much of Avalon City. The Thirty-second was soon close to seizing control of the planet when the Davion reinforcements arrived in-system, each arriving at a different point and approaching the planet via different vectors in an effort to evade or breach the Blakist blockade, with varying degrees of success. All of the [[Davion Light Guards]] DropShips were intercepted by the ''Divine Forgiveness'' and ''Red Angel'', while pocket WarShips destroyed half of the [[Third Davion Guards]] as they made their atmospheric insertion.<ref name="TCp43"/> |
| − | The Second Battle for New Avalon ended in a stalemate; just as with the aftermath of the First Battle, the AFFS controlled the surface of New Avalon, but the Blakists continued to exercise orbital superiority, which they further reinforced by deploying a third WarShip to the system in November 3069<ref name="TCp43"/> | + | The Second Battle for New Avalon ended in a stalemate; just as with the aftermath of the First Battle, the AFFS controlled the surface of New Avalon, but the Blakists continued to exercise orbital superiority, which they further reinforced by deploying a third WarShip to the system in November 3069<ref name="TCp43"/> - the ''[[Eagle (WarShip)|Eagle]]''-class frigate [[Mordred|FWLS ''Mordred'']], which had been upgraded since being subverted from the [[Free Worlds League]] black water navy.<ref>''Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon'', p. 5 Naval Support</ref> |
| − | The battle for control of the planet continued for years; as late as November [[3072]], the remaining defenders on New Avalon were still preventing the Blakists from controlling the world.<ref name="JHS3076p23">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 23 | + | The battle for control of the planet continued for years; as late as November [[3072]], the remaining defenders on New Avalon were still preventing the Blakists from controlling the world.<ref name="JHS3076p23">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 23, "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp51">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 51, "The Jihad In Review"</ref> It was during November 3072 that the Blakists received significant supplies, including additional aerospace forces and additional armaments for the three WarShips. Then, in December 3072, the [[Fifth FedCom RCT]] arrived in the New Avalon system and attempted to make planetfall. En route to the planet the Fifth FedCom threw their nuclear arsenal at the ''Red Angel'', destroying it and a pocket WarShip.<ref name="TCp43"/><ref name="J:FRp128"/><ref>''Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon'', p. 4, "Naval Support"</ref><ref>''Jihad Hot Spots 3072'', p. 102, "Nuclear Dawn"</ref> |
==References== | ==References== | ||
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* ''[[Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon]]'' | * ''[[Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon]]'' | ||
* ''[[Total Chaos]]'' | * ''[[Total Chaos]]'' | ||
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[[Category: Individual Riga-class WarShips]] | [[Category: Individual Riga-class WarShips]] | ||