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The ''Pack Leader'' played an increasingly important part as both the Jade Falcons and [[Clan Hell's Horses]] began to work together against the Ice Hellions in [[3072]]; with the Ice Hellion forces driven back to three primary locations - the Dark Nebula, [[Evciler]] and [[Vantaa]] - the ''Pack Leader'' found it and the other ships within the Alpha Galaxy Naval Star at Vantaa, facing off forces from both the Jade Falcon [[Alpha Galaxy (Clan Jade Falcon)|Alpha]] and [[Gamma Galaxy (Clan Jade Falcon)|Gamma Galaxies]], soon joined by the Hell's Horses [[Iota Galaxy (Clan Hell's Horses)|Iota Galaxy]], which added the ''[[Volga]]''-class transport [[Mount Olympus|CHH ''Mount Olympus'']] to the Falcon's naval strength. The subsequent assault saw the ''Mount Olympus'' suffer heavy damage, but not before taking the ''Pack Leader'' out of the fight at least temporarily.<ref name="WoRp84+">''Wars of Reaving'', p. 84-85, "Icy Fire"</ref>
 
The ''Pack Leader'' played an increasingly important part as both the Jade Falcons and [[Clan Hell's Horses]] began to work together against the Ice Hellions in [[3072]]; with the Ice Hellion forces driven back to three primary locations - the Dark Nebula, [[Evciler]] and [[Vantaa]] - the ''Pack Leader'' found it and the other ships within the Alpha Galaxy Naval Star at Vantaa, facing off forces from both the Jade Falcon [[Alpha Galaxy (Clan Jade Falcon)|Alpha]] and [[Gamma Galaxy (Clan Jade Falcon)|Gamma Galaxies]], soon joined by the Hell's Horses [[Iota Galaxy (Clan Hell's Horses)|Iota Galaxy]], which added the ''[[Volga]]''-class transport [[Mount Olympus|CHH ''Mount Olympus'']] to the Falcon's naval strength. The subsequent assault saw the ''Mount Olympus'' suffer heavy damage, but not before taking the ''Pack Leader'' out of the fight at least temporarily.<ref name="WoRp84+">''Wars of Reaving'', p. 84-85, "Icy Fire"</ref>
  
When the Ice Hellion naval forces were subsequently engaged above Vantaa by the ''[[Black Lion]]''-class battlecruiser [[Jade Aerie|CJF ''Jade Aerie'']] and the ''[[Sovetskii Soyuz]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Hawker|CJF ''Hawker'']] there is no report of the ''Pack Leader'' being involved in the combat, although both other Alpha Naval Star Warships are mentioned by name and the loss of Ice Hellion naval and aerospace forces is detailed;<ref name="WoRp84+"/> it is therefore likely that the ''Pack Leader'' was disabled or destroyed during the opening attack on Vantaa.
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Following the battle at Vantaa the ''Pack Leader'' was claimed as ''[[isorla]]'' by the Hell's Horses.<ref name="JS:TBDp30">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 30, "Operation Ice Storm"</ref>
  
 
==References==
 
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Crusader Clans]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Crusader Clans]]''
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* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
 
* ''[[Wars of Reaving]]''
 
* ''[[Wars of Reaving]]''
 
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Revision as of 10:38, 18 March 2013

Pack Leader
Vessel Profile
TypeWarShip
ClassYork

History

As at 3059 the York-class destroyer Pack Leader was a WarShip within the Clan Ice Hellion touman and was serving as the CIH Pack Leader.[1]

When the Ice Hellions launched their invasion of the Clan Jade Falcon Occupation Zone in the Inner Sphere in mid-3071 the Pack Leader was one of the WarShips deployed. One of the first actions conducted by all thirteen Ice Helion WarShips including the Pack Leader was to secure the Dark Nebula, destroying the small Jade Falcon naval force there and securing the largely-abandoned facility. As a part of the Ice Hellions Alpha Galaxy Naval Star the Pack Leader was then involved in the fleet action at Derf that saw the vast orbital supply station there destroyed thanks to a ferocious but ultimately unsuccessful defense by forces from Clan Jade Falcon's Mu Galaxy.[2]

The Pack Leader played an increasingly important part as both the Jade Falcons and Clan Hell's Horses began to work together against the Ice Hellions in 3072; with the Ice Hellion forces driven back to three primary locations - the Dark Nebula, Evciler and Vantaa - the Pack Leader found it and the other ships within the Alpha Galaxy Naval Star at Vantaa, facing off forces from both the Jade Falcon Alpha and Gamma Galaxies, soon joined by the Hell's Horses Iota Galaxy, which added the Volga-class transport CHH Mount Olympus to the Falcon's naval strength. The subsequent assault saw the Mount Olympus suffer heavy damage, but not before taking the Pack Leader out of the fight at least temporarily.[3]

Following the battle at Vantaa the Pack Leader was claimed as isorla by the Hell's Horses.[4]

References

  1. Field Manual: Crusader Clans, p. 81, "Naval Assets"
  2. Wars of Reaving, p. 69-71, "The Hellion Strikes"
  3. Wars of Reaving, p. 84-85, "Icy Fire"
  4. Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 30, "Operation Ice Storm"

Bibliography