Earthen Vessel
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| Earthen Vessel | |
|---|---|
| Vessel Profile | |
| Type | JumpShip |
| In service until | July 3072 |
History[edit]
The CBS Earthen Vessel was a JumpShip of unknown class operated by the resurrected Clan Burrock during the Wars of Reaving.
Gathered at Salonika in early July 3072 and under the command of Star Admiral Lori Hawker, one of the last Clan Diamond Shark convoys to assemble for an exodus to the Diamond Shark holdings in the Inner Sphere found itself surprised by Burrock forces including the Earthen Vessel.[1]
The convoy consisted of almost sixty JumpShips - two with mobile repair stations in tow - along with the Volga-class transport CDS Bold Venture and the Carrack-class transport CDS Star Swimmer, and was waiting for straggling merchant caste vessels to arrive. When the Burrock forces appeared Admiral Hawker presumed the small fleet to be the same group of vessels that had been hitting nearby Diamond Shark stations in recent weeks.[1]
Admiral Hawker ordered the Bold Venture and the Star Swimmer to engage the new arrivals, and both ships responded quickly to her orders. The unidentified vessels were under the command of Star Admiral Olson Nga and consisted of six JumpShips, the CBS Hetherington, and some ten Stars of aerospace fighters crewed by a mixture of Burrock personnel and volunteers from Tanis. The Star Swimmer closed first as the Burrock forces began a delaying action, with the Burrock JumpShips hot-charging their engines as the fighters and the Hetherington engaged the Star Swimmer. The Burrock forces managed to inflict only moderate damage on the Star Swimmer before it closed on the JumpShip CBS Earthen Vessel, intending to board and capture the Burrock ship. The crew of the Earthen Vessel panicked at the Diamond Shark WarShip's approach and triggered their K-F drive. With the K-F drive of the Star Swimmer in close proximity, the result was the Earthen Vessel's hyperspace field warping and inflicting catastrophic damage to the drives on both ships.[1]
Despite the damage inflicted on the Star Swimmer, both Diamond Shark vessels pressed the attack, with the Star Swimmer destroying one JumpShip while a second JumpShip surrendered to the Bold Venture. Two Burrock JumpShips and the Hetherington successfully jumped out of the Salonika system, whilst the last Burrock JumpShip misjumped and was lost. Admiral Hawker believed her convoy to be safe at this point, and transmitted information on the engagement back to the Homeworlds while ordering that the Star Swimmer be stripped of essentials, as the damage inflicted on the ship meant that it would have to be abandoned as the Diamond Sharks withdrew to the Inner Sphere. What Lori Hawker didn't know was that her message would never be received, as the Burrocks had destroyed or taken control of the HPG stations between her and the Homeworlds.[1]