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==History==
 
==History==
The '''''Rough Rider''''' was a ''[[Monolith]]''-class [[JumpShip]] serving in the ''[[Clan Wolf Touman|touman]]'' of [[Clan Wolf]] as of [[3052]], specifically the Beta Reserve Star of the [[Clan Wolf Naval Reserve]]. As such, it would be assigned to combat units for ferrying troops as required, and otherwise serve alongside the transport vessels of the civilian castes to ferry supplies.<ref>''Wolf Clan Sourcebook'', p. 74</ref>
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The '''''Rough Rider''''' was the flagship of the Grand Fleet assembled by [[ilKhan]] [[Nicholas Kerensky]] during the [[Trial of Annihilation]] over [[Clan Wolverine]] to pursue the Wolverine survivors as they attempted to flee back to the [[Inner Sphere]]. It was also the ship aboard which [[Khan]] [[Sarah McEvedy]] was kept incarcerated for interrogation and torture by Kerensky after being found badly injured amidst the remains of her [[DropShip]] ''[[Huron (Individual Overlord-class DropShip)|Huron]]'' following the destruction of Great Hope, the capital city of the Wolverines on [[Circe]].<ref name="BOI4-17+">''Betrayal of Ideals'', part 4, p. 17-18</ref>
 
 
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A ship named '''''Rough Rider''''' was the flagship of the Grand Fleet assembled by [[ilKhan]] [[Nicholas Kerensky]] during the [[Trial of Annihilation]] over [[Clan Wolverine]] to pursue the Wolverine survivors as they attempted to flee back to the [[Inner Sphere]] in late [[2823]].<ref name="BOI4-17+">''Betrayal of Ideals'', part 4, p. 17-18</ref>
 
 
 
Its class and type were not mentioned. From the context, Kerensky's flagship would most likely have been a [[WarShip]], but it cannot be ruled out that it was in fact the same JumpShip that still served Clan Wolf more than two centuries later.
 
  
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Although its exact class was not mentioned, the ''Rough Rider'' was explicitly described as a WarShip.
 
==References==
 
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
* ''[[Betrayal of Ideals]]
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* ''[[Betrayal of Ideals]]''
* ''[[Wolf Clan Sourcebook]]''
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Revision as of 05:08, 25 February 2019

This article is about the WarShip. For the JumpShip, see Rough Rider (Individual Monolith-class JumpShip).

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History

The Rough Rider was the flagship of the Grand Fleet assembled by ilKhan Nicholas Kerensky during the Trial of Annihilation over Clan Wolverine to pursue the Wolverine survivors as they attempted to flee back to the Inner Sphere. It was also the ship aboard which Khan Sarah McEvedy was kept incarcerated for interrogation and torture by Kerensky after being found badly injured amidst the remains of her DropShip Huron following the destruction of Great Hope, the capital city of the Wolverines on Circe.[1]

Although its exact class was not mentioned, the Rough Rider was explicitly described as a WarShip.

References

  1. Betrayal of Ideals, part 4, p. 17-18

Bibliography