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	Despite the damage done to the ''Winter Wind'', Hector was insistent that she would not be captured, and ordered his crew to prepare to repel boarders. Meanwhile, the ''[[Whirlwind]]''-class destroyer [[Fire Fang|CGB ''Fire Fang'']] attempted to protect the ''Winter Wind'',<ref name="THp203"/> as the ''[[Kyushu]]''-class frigate [[Haruna|DCS ''Haruna'']] had been tasked with delivering several [[DEST]] boarding parties to capture the JumpShip.<ref name="THp209">''The Hunters'', p. 209, "Chapter 24"</ref> The ''Haruna'' ended up taking damage from repeated volleys from the ''Fire Fang''; the ''Fire Fang'' was damaged in turn by the ''Haruna'', the ''[[Fox (WarShip class)|Fox]]''-class corvette [[Antrim|FCS ''Antrim'']] and a pair of ''[[Avenger]]''-class DropShips, the [[Dojo|DCS ''Dojo'']] and [[Hainan|DCS ''Hainan'']].<ref name="THp216">''The Hunters'', p. 216-218, "Chapter 24"</ref>		Despite the damage done to the ''Winter Wind'', Hector was insistent that she would not be captured, and ordered his crew to prepare to repel boarders. Meanwhile, the ''[[Whirlwind]]''-class destroyer [[Fire Fang|CGB ''Fire Fang'']] attempted to protect the ''Winter Wind'',<ref name="THp203"/> as the ''[[Kyushu]]''-class frigate [[Haruna|DCS ''Haruna'']] had been tasked with delivering several [[DEST]] boarding parties to capture the JumpShip.<ref name="THp209">''The Hunters'', p. 209, "Chapter 24"</ref> The ''Haruna'' ended up taking damage from repeated volleys from the ''Fire Fang''; the ''Fire Fang'' was damaged in turn by the ''Haruna'', the ''[[Fox (WarShip class)|Fox]]''-class corvette [[Antrim|FCS ''Antrim'']] and a pair of ''[[Avenger]]''-class DropShips, the [[Dojo|DCS ''Dojo'']] and [[Hainan|DCS ''Hainan'']].<ref name="THp216">''The Hunters'', p. 216-218, "Chapter 24"</ref>
−	The ''Winter Wind'' managed to launch two of her three embarked DropShips, the ''[[Union-C]]''-class [[Arctic Frost|CGB ''Arctic Frost'']] and [[Blue Kodiak|CGB ''Blue Kodiak'']],<ref name="TOTCp19">''Twilight of the Clans'', p. 19, "Defender"</ref> but the ''[[Broadsword]]''-class [[Ice Dart|CGB ''Ice Dart'']] was locked to her DropShip collar as result of the damage inflicted by the ''Ranger''.<ref name="THp221">''The Hunters'', p. 221, "Chapter 25"</ref> The ''[[Achilles (DropShip class)|Achilles]]''-class DropShip [[Bisan|DCS ''Bisan'']] launched by the ''Haruna'' successfully delivered at least two [[NL-42 "Battle Taxi"|NL-42 combat shuttles]] carrying troops to the ''Winter Wind'', despite the ''Winter Wind'' attempting to engage with her [[PPC]]s.<ref name="THp223">''The Hunters'', p. 223-224, "Chapter 25"</ref>	+	The ''Winter Wind'' managed to launch two of her three embarked DropShips, the ''[[Union-C]]''-class [[Arctic Frost|CGB ''Arctic Frost'']] and [[Blue Kodiak|CGB ''Blue Kodiak'']],<ref name="TOTCp19">''Twilight of the Clans'', p. 19, "Defender"</ref> but the ''[[Broadsword]]''-class [[Ice Dart|CGB ''Ice Dart'']] was locked to her DropShip collar as result of the damage inflicted by the ''Ranger''.<ref name="THp221">''The Hunters'', p. 221, "Chapter 25"</ref> The ''[[Achilles (DropShip)|Achilles]]''-class DropShip [[Bisan|DCS ''Bisan'']] launched by the ''Haruna'' successfully delivered at least two [[NL-42 "Battle Taxi"|NL-42 combat shuttles]] carrying troops to the ''Winter Wind'', despite the ''Winter Wind'' attempting to engage with her [[PPC]]s.<ref name="THp223">''The Hunters'', p. 223-224, "Chapter 25"</ref>
	The DEST soldiers successfully captured the ''Winter Wind'' in the face of stiff resistance from the crew and the [[Elemental]]s embarked aboard before Star Captain Hector surrendered, by which point the crew had already destroyed many of the computer systems aboard and the sensitive information stored in those systems to deny that knowledge to the Inner Sphere.<ref name="THp225">''The Hunters'', p. 225-230, "Chapter 26"</ref>		The DEST soldiers successfully captured the ''Winter Wind'' in the face of stiff resistance from the crew and the [[Elemental]]s embarked aboard before Star Captain Hector surrendered, by which point the crew had already destroyed many of the computer systems aboard and the sensitive information stored in those systems to deny that knowledge to the Inner Sphere.<ref name="THp225">''The Hunters'', p. 225-230, "Chapter 26"</ref>

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{{infoBoxIndividualVessel | image = | vesselname = Winter Wind | prevname = | type = [[JumpShip]] | class = [[Invader]] | prevclass = }} ==History== The '''''Winter Wind''''' was an ''[[Invader]]''-class [[JumpShip]] in service with [[Clan Ghost Bear]] during the era of the [[Clan Invasion]] as the CGB ''Winter Wind''.<ref name="THp199">''The Hunters'', p. 199, "Chapter 22"</ref> On the 15th of December [[3059]]<ref name="THp191"/> the [[Second Star League]] task force known as [[Task Force Serpent|Task Force SERPENT]] was following a covert route to the [[Clan Homeworlds]] when it encountered a Clan Ghost Bear convoy including the ''Winter Wind'' in the [[Deep Periphery]].<ref name="THp199"/><ref name="TOTCp18">''Twilight of the Clans'', p. 18, "Defender"</ref> Task Force SERPENT was in a system some four jumps - 120 light years - past the system the [[Explorer Corps (ComStar)|Explorer Corps]] had named [[Meribah]] when the ''Winter Wind'' and the other ships accompanying her arrived in the same system.<ref name="THp191">''The Hunters'', p. 191, "Chapter 22"</ref> The ''Winter Wind'' was transporting scores of civilians in three attached [[DropShip]]s that the Ghost Bears were relocating to the [[Inner Sphere]].<ref name="THp203">''The Hunters'', p. 203-207, "Chapter 23"</ref> The convoy was under the overall command of [[Star Colonel]] [[Alonso Gilmour]], commanding officer of the ''[[Congress]]''-class frigate [[Shining Claw|CGB ''Shining Claw'']], and when Gilmour accepted the ''[[batchall]]'' issued by [[Marshal of the Armies|Marshal]] [[Morgan Hasek-Davion]] of Task Force Serpent he initially rejected out of hand the idea of sending the ''Winter Wind'' back to [[Arcadia (Clan System)|Arcadia]] to warn of the presence of [[Inner Sphere]] [[WarShip]] forces in the [[Deep Periphery]].<ref name="THp192">''The Hunters'', p. 191-192, "Chapter 22"</ref> The Captain of the ''Winter Wind'', [[Star Captain]] Hector, was determined to be able to jump out of the system to avoid being captured by hostile ships; as a result, he demanded that the crew of the ''Winter Wind'' begin hot-charging the [[K-F Drive]], rather than risking waiting the remaining five hours required for the drive to charge from the [[jump sail]]. Despite the preparations made by the crew of the ''Winter Wind'', she was disabled early in the battle by the ''[[Lola III]]''-class destroyer [[Ranger (Individual Lola III-class WarShip, ComStar)|ISS ''Ranger'']], who destroyed her field initiator and drive controller with a combination of a [[White Shark]] capital missile strike and heavy naval laser fire.<ref name="THp203"/> Despite the damage done to the ''Winter Wind'', Hector was insistent that she would not be captured, and ordered his crew to prepare to repel boarders. Meanwhile, the ''[[Whirlwind]]''-class destroyer [[Fire Fang|CGB ''Fire Fang'']] attempted to protect the ''Winter Wind'',<ref name="THp203"/> as the ''[[Kyushu]]''-class frigate [[Haruna|DCS ''Haruna'']] had been tasked with delivering several [[DEST]] boarding parties to capture the JumpShip.<ref name="THp209">''The Hunters'', p. 209, "Chapter 24"</ref> The ''Haruna'' ended up taking damage from repeated volleys from the ''Fire Fang''; the ''Fire Fang'' was damaged in turn by the ''Haruna'', the ''[[Fox (WarShip class)|Fox]]''-class corvette [[Antrim|FCS ''Antrim'']] and a pair of ''[[Avenger]]''-class DropShips, the [[Dojo|DCS ''Dojo'']] and [[Hainan|DCS ''Hainan'']].<ref name="THp216">''The Hunters'', p. 216-218, "Chapter 24"</ref> The ''Winter Wind'' managed to launch two of her three embarked DropShips, the ''[[Union-C]]''-class [[Arctic Frost|CGB ''Arctic Frost'']] and [[Blue Kodiak|CGB ''Blue Kodiak'']],<ref name="TOTCp19">''Twilight of the Clans'', p. 19, "Defender"</ref> but the ''[[Broadsword]]''-class [[Ice Dart|CGB ''Ice Dart'']] was locked to her DropShip collar as result of the damage inflicted by the ''Ranger''.<ref name="THp221">''The Hunters'', p. 221, "Chapter 25"</ref> The ''[[Achilles (DropShip)|Achilles]]''-class DropShip [[Bisan|DCS ''Bisan'']] launched by the ''Haruna'' successfully delivered at least two [[NL-42 "Battle Taxi"|NL-42 combat shuttles]] carrying troops to the ''Winter Wind'', despite the ''Winter Wind'' attempting to engage with her [[PPC]]s.<ref name="THp223">''The Hunters'', p. 223-224, "Chapter 25"</ref> The DEST soldiers successfully captured the ''Winter Wind'' in the face of stiff resistance from the crew and the [[Elemental]]s embarked aboard before Star Captain Hector surrendered, by which point the crew had already destroyed many of the computer systems aboard and the sensitive information stored in those systems to deny that knowledge to the Inner Sphere.<ref name="THp225">''The Hunters'', p. 225-230, "Chapter 26"</ref> Despite the efforts of the ''Winter Wind's'' crew, the offline backups of much of the information weren't destroyed; with this information and the computer core aboard the ''Fire Fang'', which was captured intact, Task Force SERPENT was able to develop tactics and procedures for using WarShips to provide tactical support to ground combat, something no-one in the Inner Sphere had been able to practice in centuries; those new doctrines were tested with practice fire against one of the uninhabited planets in the system.<ref name="THp264">''The Hunters'', p. 264-265, "Chapter 29"</ref> ==References== <references /> ==Bibliography== * ''[[The Hunters]]'' * ''[[Twilight of the Clans]]'' [[Category: Individual JumpShips]] [[Category: Individual Invader-class JumpShips]]

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