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Line 9: | serviceuntil = | serviceuntil = }} }} − The '''''Minekaze''''' was a ''[[Lola I]]''-class destroyer in service with the [[Draconis Combine Admiralty]] as the DCS ''Minekaze'' during the [[First Succession War]]. − ==History== ==History== − In May [[2788]], the ''Minekaze'' was one of three Combine WarShips to defeat a counterattack by the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]] in the [[Schedar]] system; Schedar had been captured by the [[Draconis Combine]] during the mass invasion of the [[Federated Suns]] that began in May [[2787]], and the attack on Schedar was one of three major attacks taking place under [[Operation SOLAR SHIELD]], an attempt by [[First Prince of the Federated Suns|First Prince]] [[John Davion]] to disrupt the invasion by attacking on the Terran flank of the invasion route, targeting in particular the front being led by [[Coordinator of Worlds|Coordinator]] [[Minoru Kurita (28th c.)|Minoru Kurita]] personally.<ref name="FSWp40">''First Succession War'', pp. 40–41: "Fighting The Tsunami"</ref><ref name="FSWp41">''First Succession War'', p. 41: "An Expensive Learning Curve"</ref> + The '''''Minekaze''''' was a ''[[Lola I]]''-class destroyer in service with the [[Draconis Combine Admiralty]] as the DCS ''Minekaze'' during the [[First Succession War]]. In May [[2788]] the ''Minekaze'' was one of three Combine WarShips to defeat a counterattack by the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]] in the [[Schedar]] system; Schedar had been captured by the [[Draconis Combine]] during the mass invasion of the [[Federated Suns]] that began in May [[2787]], and the attack on Schedar was one of three major attacks taking place under [[Operation SOLAR SHIELD]], an attempt by [[First Prince]] [[John Davion]] to disrupt the invasion by attacking on the Terran flank of the invasion route, targeting in particular the front being led by [[Coordinator]] [[Minoru Kurita (28th c.)|Minoru Kurita]] personally.<ref name="FSWp40">''First Succession War'', p. 40-41, "Fighting The Tsunami"</ref><ref name="FSWp41">''First Succession War'', p. 41, "An Expensive Learning Curve"</ref> − The AFFS force assigned to recapturing Schedar consisted primarily of the [[Twenty-eighth Avalon Hussars]], with support from armor and infantry forces drawn from regional militias within the Marlette Combat Region and escorted by a pair of WarShips, the ''[[Vincent (WarShip class)|Vincent]]''-class corvette [[Robespierre (Individual Vincent-class WarShip)|FSS ''Robespierre'']] and the ''[[Carrack]]''-class transport [[Liverpool|FSS ''Liverpool'']]. The forces on Schedar were well-prepared and fortified, and swiftly called on the ''Minekaze'' and her sister ship [[Shiokaze|DCS ''Shiokaze'']] as well as the ''Vincent''-class corvette [[Kaiten|DCS ''Kaiten'']] to engage the approaching Hussars. The ''Liverpool'' and ''Robespierre'' attempted to shield the Hussars' transports, but the ''Kaiten'' swiftly tied up the ''Robespierre''; ignoring the ''Liverpool'' completely—and leaving it to be destroyed by [[aerospace fighter]]s—the ''Minekaze'' and ''Shiokaze'' struck at the [[DropShip]]s, picking them off one at a time. With both the ''Liverpool'' and ''Robespierre'' destroyed, only two [[companies]] of Hussars made it to the surface of Schedar, making the attack a costly disaster for the AFFS.<ref name="FSWp40"/><ref name="FSWp41"/> + The AFFS force assigned to recapturing Schedar consisted primarily of the [[Twenty-eighth Avalon Hussars]], with support from armor and infantry forces drawn from regional militias within the Marlette Combat Region and escorted by a pair of WarShips, the ''[[Vincent]]''-class corvette [[Robespierre|FSS ''Robespierre'']] and the ''[[Carrack]]''-class transport [[Liverpool|FSS ''Liverpool'']]. The forces on Schedar were well-prepared and fortified, and swiftly called on the ''Minekaze'' and her sister ship [[Shiokaze|DCS ''Shiokaze'']] as well as the ''Vincent''-class corvette [[Kaiten|DCS ''Kaiten'']] to engage the approaching Hussars. The ''Liverpool'' and ''Robespierre'' attempted to shield the Hussars' transports, but the ''Kaiten'' swiftly tied up the ''Robespierre''; ignoring the ''Liverpool'' completely - and leaving it to be destroyed by [[aerospace fighter]]s - the ''Minekaze'' and ''Shiokaze'' struck at the [[DropShip]]s, picking them off one at a time. With both the ''Liverpool'' and ''Robespierre'' destroyed, only two [[companies]] of Hussars made it to the surface of Schedar, making the attack a costly disaster for the AFFS.<ref name="FSWp40"/><ref name="FSWp41"/> ==References== ==References== Line 20:
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| − | In May [[2788]] | + | The '''''Minekaze''''' was a ''[[Lola I]]''-class destroyer in service with the [[Draconis Combine Admiralty]] as the DCS ''Minekaze'' during the [[First Succession War]]. In May [[2788]] the ''Minekaze'' was one of three Combine WarShips to defeat a counterattack by the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]] in the [[Schedar]] system; Schedar had been captured by the [[Draconis Combine]] during the mass invasion of the [[Federated Suns]] that began in May [[2787]], and the attack on Schedar was one of three major attacks taking place under [[Operation SOLAR SHIELD]], an attempt by [[First Prince]] [[John Davion]] to disrupt the invasion by attacking on the Terran flank of the invasion route, targeting in particular the front being led by [[Coordinator]] [[Minoru Kurita (28th c.)|Minoru Kurita]] personally.<ref name="FSWp40">''First Succession War'', p. 40-41, "Fighting The Tsunami"</ref><ref name="FSWp41">''First Succession War'', p. 41, "An Expensive Learning Curve"</ref> |
| − | The AFFS force assigned to recapturing Schedar consisted primarily of the [[Twenty-eighth Avalon Hussars]], with support from armor and infantry forces drawn from regional militias within the Marlette Combat Region and escorted by a pair of WarShips, the ''[[ | + | The AFFS force assigned to recapturing Schedar consisted primarily of the [[Twenty-eighth Avalon Hussars]], with support from armor and infantry forces drawn from regional militias within the Marlette Combat Region and escorted by a pair of WarShips, the ''[[Vincent]]''-class corvette [[Robespierre|FSS ''Robespierre'']] and the ''[[Carrack]]''-class transport [[Liverpool|FSS ''Liverpool'']]. The forces on Schedar were well-prepared and fortified, and swiftly called on the ''Minekaze'' and her sister ship [[Shiokaze|DCS ''Shiokaze'']] as well as the ''Vincent''-class corvette [[Kaiten|DCS ''Kaiten'']] to engage the approaching Hussars. The ''Liverpool'' and ''Robespierre'' attempted to shield the Hussars' transports, but the ''Kaiten'' swiftly tied up the ''Robespierre''; ignoring the ''Liverpool'' completely - and leaving it to be destroyed by [[aerospace fighter]]s - the ''Minekaze'' and ''Shiokaze'' struck at the [[DropShip]]s, picking them off one at a time. With both the ''Liverpool'' and ''Robespierre'' destroyed, only two [[companies]] of Hussars made it to the surface of Schedar, making the attack a costly disaster for the AFFS.<ref name="FSWp40"/><ref name="FSWp41"/> |
==References== | ==References== | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
| − | * ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook) | + | * ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)]]'' |
[[Category: Individual WarShips]] | [[Category: Individual WarShips]] | ||
[[Category: Individual Destroyers]] | [[Category: Individual Destroyers]] | ||
[[Category: Individual Lola I-class WarShips]] | [[Category: Individual Lola I-class WarShips]] | ||