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Tensions between the Royal Black Watch and local militia units erupted into open fighting on 9 February 2598. Grounded outside a militia base, the ''Stolz der Schotten'' and ''Langschwert'', being aerodyne DropShips, could not take off because their runways were blocked,<ref>''Wahnsinn und Methode'', pp. 142-143</ref> and were subsequently captured.<ref>''Wahnsinn und Methode'', p. 221</ref> | Tensions between the Royal Black Watch and local militia units erupted into open fighting on 9 February 2598. Grounded outside a militia base, the ''Stolz der Schotten'' and ''Langschwert'', being aerodyne DropShips, could not take off because their runways were blocked,<ref>''Wahnsinn und Methode'', pp. 142-143</ref> and were subsequently captured.<ref>''Wahnsinn und Methode'', p. 221</ref> | ||
| − | (The ''William Wallace'', being a spheroid design with vertical | + | (The ''William Wallace'', being a spheroid design with vertical liftoff capability, escaped.) |
==Canonicity== | ==Canonicity== | ||
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| Stolz der Schotten | |
|---|---|
| Vessel Profile | |
| Type | DropShip |
| Class | Leopard |
History
The Stolz der Schotten ("Pride of the Scots") under Captain Jackson[1] was one of two Leopard-class DropShips (along with the Lion-class William Wallace) that carried elements of the 1st company, 3rd battalion of the Royal Black Watch, from Engadin to Icar for extended training maneuvers in January 2598; the other Leopard was the Langschwert.[2]
Tensions between the Royal Black Watch and local militia units erupted into open fighting on 9 February 2598. Grounded outside a militia base, the Stolz der Schotten and Langschwert, being aerodyne DropShips, could not take off because their runways were blocked,[3] and were subsequently captured.[4] (The William Wallace, being a spheroid design with vertical liftoff capability, escaped.)
Canonicity
Being mentioned only in an apocryphal source (the German-only novel Wahnsinn und Methode), the Stolz der Schotten must consequentially be considered apocryphal as well.
Notes
- The Stolz der Schotten and the Langschwert are repeatedly mentioned as a pair of Leopards. However, one news item from a highly unreliable broadcasting company explicitly described the three Star League vessels as a Lion, a Leopard and a Leopard CV.[5] This may have been a misreporting, or the Leopard CV was yet another ship; but there is also the off chance that either the Langschwert or the Stolz der Schotten were in fact a Leopard CV-class DropShip.