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The '''''Robespierre''''' was a ''[[Vincent (WarShip class)|Vincent]]''-class corvette in service with the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]] during the [[First Succession War]].
 
 
 
==History==
 
==History==
In May [[2788]], the ''Robespierre'' and a ''[[Carrack]]''-class transport, the [[Liverpool|FSS ''Liverpool'']], were assigned as escorts to the [[Twenty-eighth Avalon Hussars]] and supporting conventional forces drawn from the Marlette Combat region for an assault on [[Schedar]]. Schedar had been captured by the [[Draconis Combine]] in a massive invasion that had begun in May [[2787]], and the attack on Schedar was one of three major strikes launched by [[First Prince of the Federated Suns|First Prince]] [[John Davion]] on the Terran flank of the [[DCMS]] advance in an effort to disrupt the invasion, particularly the front being commanded personally by [[Coordinator of Worlds|Coordinator]] [[Minoru Kurita (28th c.)|Minoru Kurita]].<ref name="FSWp40">''First Succession War'', pp. 40–41: "Fighting The Tsunami"</ref><ref name="FSWp41">''First Succession War'', p. 41: "An Expensive Learning Curve"</ref>
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The '''''Robespierre''''' was a ''[[Vincent]]''-class corvette in service with the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]] during the [[First Succession War]]. In May [[2788]] the ''Robespierre'' and a ''[[Carrack]]''-class transport, the [[Liverpool|FSS ''Liverpool'']], were assigned as escorts to the [[Twenty-eighth Avalon Hussars]] and supporting conventional forces drawn from the Marlette Combat region for an assault on [[Schedar]]. Schedar had been captured by the [[Draconis Combine]] in a massive invasion that had begun in May [[2787]], and the attack on Schedar was one of three major strikes launched by [[First Prince]] [[John Davion]] on the Terran flank of the [[DCMS]] advance in an effort to disrupt the invasion, particularly the front being commanded personally by [[Coordinator]] [[Minoru Kurita (28th c.)|Minoru Kurita]].<ref name="FSWp40">''First Succession War'', p. 40-41, "Fighting The Tsunami"</ref><ref name="FSWp41">''First Succession War'', p. 41, "An Expensive Learning Curve"</ref>
  
The strike, part of [[Operation SOLAR SHIELD]], was a disaster. The DCMS forces were well-prepared, dug-in, and able to call on WarShip support, while Prince John's three major strikes including the attack on Schedar were being conducted by forces that had had no time to train together and could call on only small WarShip escorts. Waiting for the Hussars were three WarShips, the ''[[Lola I]]''-class destroyers [[Minekaze|DCS ''Minekaze'']] and [[Shiokaze|DCS ''Shiokaze'']] and the ''Vincent''-class corvette [[Kaiten|DCS ''Kaiten'']]; while the ''Liverpool'' and ''Robespierre'' attempted to shield the transports, the ''Kaiten'' tied up the ''Robespierre''. The ''Minekaze'' and ''Shiokaze'' ignored both AFFS WarShips. With [[aerospace fighter]]s swiftly destroying the ''Liverpool'', the two ''Lolas'' picked off the Hussars transport ships one at a time. With both the ''Liverpool'' and ''Robespierre'' destroyed, only two [[companies]] of Hussars made it to the surface of Schedar. SOLAR SHIELD proved to be an expensive and demoralizing defeat for the AFFS, costing it ships, men and resources it couldn't afford to lose.<ref name="FSWp40"/><ref name="FSWp41"/>
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The strike - part of [[Operation SOLAR SHIELD]] - was a disaster. The DCMS forces were well-prepared, dug-in, and able to call on WarShip support, while Prince John's three major strikes including the attack on Schedar were being conducted by forces that had had no time to train together and could call on only small WarShip escorts. Waiting for the Hussars were three WarShips, the ''[[Lola I]]''-class destroyers [[Minekaze|DCS ''Minekaze'']] and [[Shiokaze|DCS ''Shiokaze'']] and the ''Vincent''-class corvette [[Kaiten|DCS ''Kaiten'']]; while the ''Liverpool'' and ''Robespierre'' attempted to shield the transports, the ''Kaiten'' tied up the ''Robespierre''. The ''Minekaze'' and ''Shiokaze'' ignored both AFFS WarShips. With [[aerospace fighter]]s swiftly destroying the ''Liverpool'', the two ''Lolas'' picked off the Hussars transport ships one at a time. With both the ''Liverpool'' and ''Robespierre'' destroyed, only two [[companies]] of Hussars made it to the surface of Schedar. SOLAR SHIELD proved to be an expensive and demoralizing defeat for the [[AFFS]], costing it ships, men and resources it couldn't afford to lose.<ref name="FSWp40"/><ref name="FSWp41"/>
  
 
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