Newgrange (Individual Union-class DropShip)
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- This article is about the DropShip. For the Yardship class, see Newgrange.
| Newgrange | |
|---|---|
| Vessel Profile | |
| Type | DropShip |
| Class | Union[1] |
| In service until | ca. 3024[2] |
The Newgrange was a Union-class DropShip with the Taurian Defense Force, operating as a nominally civilian trader and under the command of Samuel Ostergaard II.[1]
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History[edit]
When the Aurigan Directorate ursurped ruleship of the Aurigan Coalition in 3022, they secured clandestined support from the Taurian Concordat. Part of this support were weapons smuggled on the Newgrange when the Arano Restoration rose up against the Directorate.
While the destruction of the Newgrange over the course of the Restoration campaign (see below) was not explicitly confirmed in canon, it has been canonically established that its captain Samuel Ostergaard Junior was indeed killed for being on the wrong side of this civil war, resulting in his father going on a personal crusade in Aurigan territory with the DropShip Iberia.[1]
Anvelt[edit]
The Newgrange officially operated as a civilian merchant transport craft. The craft was destroyed in 3025 on the moon Anvelt after being suspected by the local rulers of actually being a disguised Taurian Concordat military ship smuggling weapons.[3]
The ship was captained by the son of Commodore Samuel Ostergaard.[3]
Destruction[edit]
When Kamea ordered the Captain of the Newgrange to surrender, he refused and cut comms with her. This would prompt Kamea to order her mercenaries to fire on the fuel cells near the dropship and destroy it completely.[3]
Aftermath[edit]
After the Newgrange was destroyed, a Directorate lance led by Victoria Espinosa attacked the mercenaries. They failed and all their 'Mechs were destroyed, leading to Victoria's capture at the hands of the Arano Restoration's forces. The destruction of the Newgrange prompted the entrance of the Taurian Concordat into the Restoration War, starting with the Iberia's assault on Artru.[3]
Canonicity[edit]
The Newgrange had originally appeared in the BattleTech video game by Harebrained Schemes LLC, which is merely an apocryphal source. Since then, the DropShip has appeared in the Shrapnel Issue #15 short story Second to None, rendering it now canonical.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Second to None
- ↑ The Aurigan Directorate ursurped power in 3022 according to House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition); the crash of the Iberia occurred at some point prior to 30 November 3025 according to the short story Almost Sounds Like the Guns Themselves and at the conclusion of the Arano Restoration civil war that ended ca. 11 months prior to mid-July 3026, according to Operation Restored Hope. Kamea Arano went into hiding for some time after the initial coup in 3022 before launching the Arano Restoration campaign, which suggests the main actions of the war occurred in 3024 and 3025. The death of Samuel Ostergaar Junior (captain of the Newgrange) served to significantly escalate the conflict through the vengeful actions of his grief-stricken father. Taken together, the evidence suggests the death of Samuel Ostergaard Junior - which apocryphally is tied to the destruction of the Newgrange - occurred in ca. 3024.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 BattleTech (video game)
Bibliography[edit]
- BattleTech (video game)
- Second to None (short story)