Editing White Claw

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==History==
As of [[3061]] the ''[[Essex]]''-class destroyer '''''White Claw''''' was serving as the CGB ''White Claw'' within the [[Clan Ghost Bear Touman|Clan Ghost Bear ''touman'']] as a part of the Ghost Bear flexible naval reserve alongside a sister ship of the same class, the [[White Fang|CGB ''White Fang'']].<ref name="FM:WCp86">''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 86: "Naval Assets"</ref>

The ''White Claw'' remained an active part of the Ghost Bear ''touman'' for the next years.<ref name="FM:Up60">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 60: "Naval Assets"</ref> Following an attack by two [[Draconis Combine]] [[WarShip]]s against [[Thule]] on 29 November [[3062]] in which the ''[[Fredasa (WarShip class)|Fredasa]]''-class corvette ''[[Black Ghost]]'' was damaged the ''White Claw'' was moved to reinforce Thule, but arrived in-system only three days after the attackers had left.<ref>''Bushido and the Bear'', p. 5</ref>

In May [[3067]] the ''White Claw'' was involved in the second naval battle for [[Alshain]], a [[Trial of Possession]] initiated by forces from [[Clan Nova Cat]] for the ''[[Leviathan II|Leviathan]]''-class battleship [[Rasalhague (Individual Leviathan-class WarShip)|CGB ''Rasalhague'']], which was undergoing construction in the Alshain shipyards at the time.<ref name="FM:Up81+"/>

The Trial was devastating for both sides, with half the Ghost Bear fleet destroyed and similar losses on the part of the Nova Cats; the Trial was initiated by the Nova Cat [[Transcendent Naval Star (Clan Nova Cat)|Transcendent Naval Star]], but the local commanding officer of the Ghost Bear naval forces refused the Nova cat ''[[batchall]]'' and ordered an immediate attack. As a result, a [[Star]] of Ghost Bear WarShips led by the ''[[Nightlord]]''-class battleship [[Ursa Major|CGB ''Ursa Major'']] supported by the ''White Claw'', ''White Fang'' and two ''[[Lola III]]''-class destroyers, the [[Blizzard (Lola III)|CGB ''Blizzard'']] and [[Icepick|CGB ''Icepick'']], went into battle against the Transcendent Naval Star.<ref name="FM:Up81+">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 81: "The Second Naval Battle of Alshain"</ref>

As the battle began a second Nova Cat Star, the [[Vision Naval Star (Clan Nova Cat)|Vision Naval Star]] arrived, while a second force of heavy Ghost Bear WarShips began moving to support the ''Ursa Major'' and the four-strong destroyer group. [[Star Admiral]] Leroux of the Transcendent Naval Star managed to convince the commander of the second Ghost Bear force that the Trial was a legitimate and honorable Trial, effectively splitting the Trial into two separate naval engagements; as a result, the Trial didn't degenerate into a mass brawl, but it still devastated both the Ghost Bear and Nova Cat fleets. The commander of the destroyer group supporting the ''Ursa Major'' made a critical mistake in underestimating the skill of the Nova Cat crews, and as a result all four Ghost Bear destroyers were lost including the ''White Claw'', and the ''Ursa Major'' took heavy damage. Two ships from the Transcendent Naval Star survived: the ''[[Aegis]]''-class heavy cruisers [[Auspicium (Individual Aegis-class WarShip)|SLS ''Blade'']] and [[Vision Quest (Individual Aegis-class WarShip)|SLS ''Vision Quest'']].<ref name="FM:Up81+"/>

The Ghost Bears were the victors in the Trial, but the losses taken on both parts made the victory a pyrrhic one at best.<ref name="FM:Up81+"/>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[BattleCorps Scenarios#Scenario: Bushido and the Bear|Bushido and the Bear]]'' (scenario)
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Warden Clans]]''
* ''[[Trial of Retribution]]''

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