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Line 16: The ''Robert Kelswa'' was nearly complete in late [[3063]] when the [[Loyalist (FCCW)|Loyalist]] forces on Alarion were ordered to abandon the world by [[Maria Esteban]], in the face of the impending arrival of two elite Allied [[RCT]]s, the [[Sixth Crucis Lancers]] and the [[Thirty-ninth Avalon Hussars]]. Maria Esteban ordered the ''Robert Kelswa'' to be launched in her nearly-operational state, rather than allow her to fall into Allied hands.<ref name=SOF42-RK-1>''Storms of Fate'', p. 42: the ''Robert Kelswa'' is pulled from the shipyards</ref> The ''Robert Kelswa'' was subsequently responsible for forcing the [[244th Division (ComStar)|244th Division]]—also known as "the Prince's Men"—to withdraw from [[Furillo]] on 17 July 3064.<ref name="FCCWp126">''FedCom Civil War'', p. 126: "Tikonov"</ref> Operating alongside her sister ship the [[Robert Marsden (Individual Fox-class WarShip)|LAS ''Robert Marsden'']] in March [[3064]] in the [[York (LC)|York]] system, the ''Robert Kelswa'' was part of a cunning ambush staged by [[Leutnant-General]] [[Maria Esteban]] that saw [[Victor Steiner-Davion]] defeated and nearly killed or captured. Facing off against the ''[[Avalon]]''-class cruiser [[Beneficence|FCS ''Melissa Davion'']], the ''Robert Kelswa'' and ''Robert Marsden'' were able to force Victor's outnumbered forces to retreat under fire or face the very real threat of orbital bombardment, although the two ''Foxes'' were unable to interdict the [[Fifth Crucis Lancers]] [[RCT]] [[DropShip]]s as they evacuated the planet.<ref name="FCCWp102">''FedCom Civil War'', pp. 102–103: "York"</ref> The ''Robert Kelswa'' was nearly complete in late [[3063]] when the [[Loyalist (FCCW)|Loyalist]] forces on Alarion were ordered to abandon the world by [[Maria Esteban]], in the face of the impending arrival of two elite Allied [[RCT]]s, the [[Sixth Crucis Lancers]] and the [[Thirty-ninth Avalon Hussars]]. Maria Esteban ordered the ''Robert Kelswa'' to be launched in her nearly-operational state, rather than allow her to fall into Allied hands.<ref name=SOF42-RK-1>''Storms of Fate'', p. 42: the ''Robert Kelswa'' is pulled from the shipyards</ref> The ''Robert Kelswa'' was subsequently responsible for forcing the [[244th Division (ComStar)|244th Division]]—also known as "the Prince's Men"—to withdraw from [[Furillo]] on 17 July 3064.<ref name="FCCWp126">''FedCom Civil War'', p. 126: "Tikonov"</ref> Operating alongside her sister ship the [[Robert Marsden (Individual Fox-class WarShip)|LAS ''Robert Marsden'']] in March [[3064]] in the [[York (LC)|York]] system, the ''Robert Kelswa'' was part of a cunning ambush staged by [[Leutnant-General]] [[Maria Esteban]] that saw [[Victor Steiner-Davion]] defeated and nearly killed or captured. Facing off against the ''[[Avalon]]''-class cruiser [[Beneficence|FCS ''Melissa Davion'']], the ''Robert Kelswa'' and ''Robert Marsden'' were able to force Victor's outnumbered forces to retreat under fire or face the very real threat of orbital bombardment, although the two ''Foxes'' were unable to interdict the [[Fifth Crucis Lancers]] [[RCT]] [[DropShip]]s as they evacuated the planet.<ref name="FCCWp102">''FedCom Civil War'', pp. 102–103: "York"</ref> − The ''Robert Kelswa'' subsequently fought in the Battle of Tharkad<ref name="FM:Up165">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 165: "Ships of the Alliance"</ref> on 18 August [[3066]]; when a task force composed of the [[Kell Hounds]], [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]], the [[Blue Star Irregulars]], and the [[Twentieth Arcturan Guards]] arrived in the system with a WarShip escort, the ''Robert Kelswa'' was one of the Loyalist WarShips that moved to engage. Fighting in deep space alongside at least one other Loyalist ship, the ''[[Mjolnir (WarShip class)|Mjolnir]]''-class battlecruiser [[Yggdrasil (Individual Mjolnir-class WarShip)|LAS ''Yggdrasil'']], the ''Robert Kelswa'' engaged the task force's WarShip escort. The Allied WarShips, led by the ''[[McKenna (WarShip class)|McKenna]]''-class battleship [[Werewolf (Individual McKenna-class WarShip)|CWS ''Werewolf'']], defeated the Loyalist WarShips, but not before the ''[[Fredasa (WarShip class)|Fredasa]]''-class corvette ''[[Kerensky's Blues]]'' operated by the Blue Star Irregulars took heavy damage. The ''Yggdrasil'' was crippled in the battle, taken as ''[[isorla]]'', refitted and renamed the CWS ''Winter Wolf'';<ref name="FCCWp175">''FedCom Civil War'', p. 175: "Tharkad"</ref> the ''Robert Kelswa'' was also damaged and taken as ''isorla'', but both ships were subsequently returned to the [[Lyran Alliance]] under the [[Arc-Royal]] protocols. The damage taken during the Battle of Tharkad was extensive enough that the ''Robert Kelswa'' wasn't expected to be fit for service again until [[3070]].<ref name="FM:Up165"/> + The ''Robert Kelswa'' subsequently fought in the Battle of Tharkad<ref name="FM:Up165">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 165: "Ships of the Alliance"</ref> on 18 August [[3066]]; when a task force composed of the [[Kell Hounds]], [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]], the [[Blue Star Irregulars]], and the [[Twentieth Arcturan Guards]] arrived in the system with a WarShip escort, the ''Robert Kelswa'' was one of the Loyalist WarShips that moved to engage. Fighting in deep space alongside at least one other Loyalist ship, the ''[[Mjolnir]]''-class battlecruiser [[Yggdrasil (Individual Mjolnir-class WarShip)|LAS ''Yggdrasil'']], the ''Robert Kelswa'' engaged the task force's WarShip escort. The Allied WarShips, led by the ''[[McKenna (WarShip class)|McKenna]]''-class battleship [[Werewolf (Individual McKenna-class WarShip)|CWS ''Werewolf'']], defeated the Loyalist WarShips, but not before the ''[[Fredasa (WarShip class)|Fredasa]]''-class corvette ''[[Kerensky's Blues]]'' operated by the Blue Star Irregulars took heavy damage. The ''Yggdrasil'' was crippled in the battle, taken as ''[[isorla]]'', refitted and renamed the CWS ''Winter Wolf'';<ref name="FCCWp175">''FedCom Civil War'', p. 175: "Tharkad"</ref> the ''Robert Kelswa'' was also damaged and taken as ''isorla'', but both ships were subsequently returned to the [[Lyran Alliance]] under the [[Arc-Royal]] protocols. The damage taken during the Battle of Tharkad was extensive enough that the ''Robert Kelswa'' wasn't expected to be fit for service again until [[3070]].<ref name="FM:Up165"/> The [[FedCom Civil War]] took a toll on the Lyran navy; by the end of the war, the only active ''Foxes'' left to the LAAF were the [[Katrina Steiner (Individual Fox-class WarShip)|LAS ''Katrina Steiner'']], [[Melissa Steiner (Individual Fox-class WarShip)|LAS ''Melissa Steiner'']], [[Robert Marsden (Individual Fox-class WarShip)|LAS ''Robert Marsden'']], and the ''Robert Kelswa''.<ref name="FM:Up165">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 165: "Ships of the Alliance"</ref> The [[FedCom Civil War]] took a toll on the Lyran navy; by the end of the war, the only active ''Foxes'' left to the LAAF were the [[Katrina Steiner (Individual Fox-class WarShip)|LAS ''Katrina Steiner'']], [[Melissa Steiner (Individual Fox-class WarShip)|LAS ''Melissa Steiner'']], [[Robert Marsden (Individual Fox-class WarShip)|LAS ''Robert Marsden'']], and the ''Robert Kelswa''.<ref name="FM:Up165">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 165: "Ships of the Alliance"</ref>
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The ''Robert Kelswa'' was nearly complete in late [[3063]] when the [[Loyalist (FCCW)|Loyalist]] forces on Alarion were ordered to abandon the world by [[Maria Esteban]], in the face of the impending arrival of two elite Allied [[RCT]]s, the [[Sixth Crucis Lancers]] and the [[Thirty-ninth Avalon Hussars]]. Maria Esteban ordered the ''Robert Kelswa'' to be launched in her nearly-operational state, rather than allow her to fall into Allied hands.<ref name=SOF42-RK-1>''Storms of Fate'', p. 42: the ''Robert Kelswa'' is pulled from the shipyards</ref> The ''Robert Kelswa'' was subsequently responsible for forcing the [[244th Division (ComStar)|244th Division]]—also known as "the Prince's Men"—to withdraw from [[Furillo]] on 17 July 3064.<ref name="FCCWp126">''FedCom Civil War'', p. 126: "Tikonov"</ref> Operating alongside her sister ship the [[Robert Marsden (Individual Fox-class WarShip)|LAS ''Robert Marsden'']] in March [[3064]] in the [[York (LC)|York]] system, the ''Robert Kelswa'' was part of a cunning ambush staged by [[Leutnant-General]] [[Maria Esteban]] that saw [[Victor Steiner-Davion]] defeated and nearly killed or captured. Facing off against the ''[[Avalon]]''-class cruiser [[Beneficence|FCS ''Melissa Davion'']], the ''Robert Kelswa'' and ''Robert Marsden'' were able to force Victor's outnumbered forces to retreat under fire or face the very real threat of orbital bombardment, although the two ''Foxes'' were unable to interdict the [[Fifth Crucis Lancers]] [[RCT]] [[DropShip]]s as they evacuated the planet.<ref name="FCCWp102">''FedCom Civil War'', pp. 102–103: "York"</ref> | The ''Robert Kelswa'' was nearly complete in late [[3063]] when the [[Loyalist (FCCW)|Loyalist]] forces on Alarion were ordered to abandon the world by [[Maria Esteban]], in the face of the impending arrival of two elite Allied [[RCT]]s, the [[Sixth Crucis Lancers]] and the [[Thirty-ninth Avalon Hussars]]. Maria Esteban ordered the ''Robert Kelswa'' to be launched in her nearly-operational state, rather than allow her to fall into Allied hands.<ref name=SOF42-RK-1>''Storms of Fate'', p. 42: the ''Robert Kelswa'' is pulled from the shipyards</ref> The ''Robert Kelswa'' was subsequently responsible for forcing the [[244th Division (ComStar)|244th Division]]—also known as "the Prince's Men"—to withdraw from [[Furillo]] on 17 July 3064.<ref name="FCCWp126">''FedCom Civil War'', p. 126: "Tikonov"</ref> Operating alongside her sister ship the [[Robert Marsden (Individual Fox-class WarShip)|LAS ''Robert Marsden'']] in March [[3064]] in the [[York (LC)|York]] system, the ''Robert Kelswa'' was part of a cunning ambush staged by [[Leutnant-General]] [[Maria Esteban]] that saw [[Victor Steiner-Davion]] defeated and nearly killed or captured. Facing off against the ''[[Avalon]]''-class cruiser [[Beneficence|FCS ''Melissa Davion'']], the ''Robert Kelswa'' and ''Robert Marsden'' were able to force Victor's outnumbered forces to retreat under fire or face the very real threat of orbital bombardment, although the two ''Foxes'' were unable to interdict the [[Fifth Crucis Lancers]] [[RCT]] [[DropShip]]s as they evacuated the planet.<ref name="FCCWp102">''FedCom Civil War'', pp. 102–103: "York"</ref> | ||
| − | The ''Robert Kelswa'' subsequently fought in the Battle of Tharkad<ref name="FM:Up165">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 165: "Ships of the Alliance"</ref> on 18 August [[3066]]; when a task force composed of the [[Kell Hounds]], [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]], the [[Blue Star Irregulars]], and the [[Twentieth Arcturan Guards]] arrived in the system with a WarShip escort, the ''Robert Kelswa'' was one of the Loyalist WarShips that moved to engage. Fighting in deep space alongside at least one other Loyalist ship, the ''[[ | + | The ''Robert Kelswa'' subsequently fought in the Battle of Tharkad<ref name="FM:Up165">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 165: "Ships of the Alliance"</ref> on 18 August [[3066]]; when a task force composed of the [[Kell Hounds]], [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]], the [[Blue Star Irregulars]], and the [[Twentieth Arcturan Guards]] arrived in the system with a WarShip escort, the ''Robert Kelswa'' was one of the Loyalist WarShips that moved to engage. Fighting in deep space alongside at least one other Loyalist ship, the ''[[Mjolnir]]''-class battlecruiser [[Yggdrasil (Individual Mjolnir-class WarShip)|LAS ''Yggdrasil'']], the ''Robert Kelswa'' engaged the task force's WarShip escort. The Allied WarShips, led by the ''[[McKenna (WarShip class)|McKenna]]''-class battleship [[Werewolf (Individual McKenna-class WarShip)|CWS ''Werewolf'']], defeated the Loyalist WarShips, but not before the ''[[Fredasa (WarShip class)|Fredasa]]''-class corvette ''[[Kerensky's Blues]]'' operated by the Blue Star Irregulars took heavy damage. The ''Yggdrasil'' was crippled in the battle, taken as ''[[isorla]]'', refitted and renamed the CWS ''Winter Wolf'';<ref name="FCCWp175">''FedCom Civil War'', p. 175: "Tharkad"</ref> the ''Robert Kelswa'' was also damaged and taken as ''isorla'', but both ships were subsequently returned to the [[Lyran Alliance]] under the [[Arc-Royal]] protocols. The damage taken during the Battle of Tharkad was extensive enough that the ''Robert Kelswa'' wasn't expected to be fit for service again until [[3070]].<ref name="FM:Up165"/> |
The [[FedCom Civil War]] took a toll on the Lyran navy; by the end of the war, the only active ''Foxes'' left to the LAAF were the [[Katrina Steiner (Individual Fox-class WarShip)|LAS ''Katrina Steiner'']], [[Melissa Steiner (Individual Fox-class WarShip)|LAS ''Melissa Steiner'']], [[Robert Marsden (Individual Fox-class WarShip)|LAS ''Robert Marsden'']], and the ''Robert Kelswa''.<ref name="FM:Up165">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 165: "Ships of the Alliance"</ref> | The [[FedCom Civil War]] took a toll on the Lyran navy; by the end of the war, the only active ''Foxes'' left to the LAAF were the [[Katrina Steiner (Individual Fox-class WarShip)|LAS ''Katrina Steiner'']], [[Melissa Steiner (Individual Fox-class WarShip)|LAS ''Melissa Steiner'']], [[Robert Marsden (Individual Fox-class WarShip)|LAS ''Robert Marsden'']], and the ''Robert Kelswa''.<ref name="FM:Up165">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 165: "Ships of the Alliance"</ref> | ||