Editing Hainan

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==History==
An ''[[Avenger]]''-class DropShip, the '''''Hainan''''' was in service with the [[Draconis Combine]] during the [[Clan Invasion]] era as the DCS ''Hainan''. The ''Hainan'' and a sister ship, the [[Dojo|DCS ''Dojo'']], were two of the three DropShips assigned to the ''[[Kyushu]]''-class frigate [[Haruna|DCS ''Haruna'']] as a part of the Combine contribution to the [[Second Star League]] [[Task Force Serpent|Task Force SERPENT]].<ref name="TOTCp18">''Twilight of the Clans'', p. 18, "Attacker"</ref>

On the 15th of December [[3059]]<ref name="THp191">''The Hunters'', p. 191, "Chapter 22"</ref> Task Force SERPENT encountered a convoy from [[Clan Ghost Bear]] in the [[Deep Periphery]]. Task Force SERPENT jumped into a system some four jumps - 120 light years - past the system the [[Explorer Corps (ComStar)|Explorer Corps]] had named [[Meribah]] when they encountered the convoy, which was led by the ''[[Congress]]''-class frigate [[Shining Claw|CGB ''Shining Claw'']] and also included a pair of ''[[Whirlwind]]''-class destroyers, the [[Fire Fang|CGB ''Fire Fang'']] and [[Ursus (Individual Whirlwind-class WarShip)|CGB ''Ursus'']], and the ''[[Invader]]''-class [[JumpShip]] [[Winter Wind|CGB ''Winter Wind'']].<ref name="TOTCp19">''Twilight of the Clans'', p. 18-19, "Defender"</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 ''Fire Fang'' attempted to protect the ''Winter Wind'' during the resulting battle; the ''Winter Wind'' was disabled early in the battle by the ''[[Lola III]]''-class destroyer [[Ranger (Individual Lola III-class WarShip, ComStar)|ISS ''Ranger'']],<ref name="THp203">''The Hunters'', p. 203-207, "Chapter 23"</ref>  and the ''Haruna'' was tasked with delivering several [[DEST]] boarding parties aboard the ''Winter Wind''.<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)|Fox]]''-class corvette [[Antrim|FCS ''Antrim'']] and both the ''Dojo'' and ''Hainan''.<ref name="THp216">''The Hunters'', p. 216-218, "Chapter 24"</ref> The ''Dojo'' and the ''Hainan'' saved the ''Haruna'' from crippling damage at the hands of the ''Fire Fang'', but the ''Hainan'' was lost after taking heavy damage from the Clan [[WarShip]] at close range. Captain Cho of the ''Hainan'' was killed in the engagement, and while the order to abandon ship was given,<ref name="THp236">''The Hunters'', p. 236-237, "Chapter 27"</ref> only half her crew escaped to be recovered, and the majority of those who escaped were wounded.<ref name="THp240">''The Hunters'', p. 240, "Chapter 27"</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[The Hunters]]''
* ''[[Twilight of the Clans]]''

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