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The '''''Manannan MacLir''''', previously the '''''Karasu''''',<ref>''Warrior: En Garde'', ch. 29</ref> was a ''[[Leopard (DropShip class)|Leopard]]''-class [[DropShip]] operated by the [[Kell Hounds]] [[mercenary unit]].
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The '''''Manannan MacLir''''', previously the '''''Karasu''''',<ref>''Warrior: En Garde'', chapter 29</ref> was a ''[[Leopard]]''-class [[DropShip]] operated by the [[Kell Hounds]] [[mercenary unit]].
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
During a raid on [[Skondia]] at some point between [[3020]] and [[3023]],<ref>The Kell Hounds timeline on p. 14 of the sourcebook also ambiguously states the ship was captured during the three-year contract, but nevertheless mentions this in the year the contract started, i.e. 3020, indicating the capture may have occurred in that specific year.</ref> the [[Draconis Combine]] DropShip ''Karasu'' was damaged by the Kell Hounds' aerospace wing and forced to land near a fjord. Normally [[Duke of Summer|Duke]] [[Aldo Lestrade (31st c.)|Aldo Lestrade]] would have had the right to salvage the vessel, but the resourceful mercenary officer [[Patrick Kell]] had his unit dig a canal from the fjord to the resting place of the ''Karasu'', creating a small ocean that allowed the Kell Hounds to salvage the ship under maritime salvage laws. Patrick Kell won the ensuing legal dispute, allegedly partly because he was still a [[Lyran Commonwealth]] citizen.<ref>''The Kell Hounds'', p. 13</ref>
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During a raid on [[Skondia]] at some point between [[3020]] and [[3023]],<ref>The Kell Hounds timeline on p. 14 of the sourcebook also ambiguously states the ship was captured during the three-year contract, but nevertheless mentions this in the year the contract started, i.e. 3020, indicating the capture may have occurred in that specific year.</ref> the [[House Kurita]] DropShip ''Karasu'' was damaged by the Kell Hounds' aerospace wing and forced to land near a fjord. Normally [[Duke]] [[Aldo Lestrade]] would have had the right to salvage the vessel, but the resourceful mercenary officer [[Patrick Kell]] had his unit dig a canal from the fjord to the resting place of the ''Karasu'', creating a small ocean that allowed the Kell Hounds to salvage the ship under maritime salvage laws. Patrick Kell won the ensuing legal dispute, allegedly partly because he was still a [[Lyran Commonwealth]] citizen.<ref>''The Kell Hounds'', p. 13</ref>
  
 
The Kell Hounds refurbished the ship and renamed it the ''Manannan MacLir''. It would serve with the Kell Hounds throughout the remainder of the [[Succession Wars era]].
 
The Kell Hounds refurbished the ship and renamed it the ''Manannan MacLir''. It would serve with the Kell Hounds throughout the remainder of the [[Succession Wars era]].
  
By January [[3027]], it was noted to be colored red and black, the colors of the Kell Hounds' unit crest.<ref>''En Garde'', ch. 3</ref>
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By January [[3027]] it was noted to be colored red and black, the colors of the Kell Hounds' unit crest.<ref>''En Garde'', chapter 3</ref>
  
As of [[3029]], it was under the command of veteran Captain [[Hugh MacCool]].<ref>''The Kell Hounds'', p. 29</ref>
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As of [[3029]] it was under the command of veteran captain Hugh MacCool.<ref>''The Kell Hounds'', p. 29</ref>
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
* ''[[The Kell Hounds]]''
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*''[[The Kell Hounds]]''
* ''[[Warrior: En Garde]]''
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*''[[Warrior: En Garde]]''
  
 
[[Category: Individual DropShips]]
 
[[Category: Individual DropShips]]
 
[[Category: Individual Leopard-class DropShips]]
 
[[Category: Individual Leopard-class DropShips]]

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