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Line 12: | children = | children = }} }} − '''Arabella Bradford''' was a Precentor within ComStar [[ROM]]. − ==History== + ==Biography== − During the Outbound Light mission, the ''[[Merchant]]''-class [[JumpShip]] ''[[Outbound Light]]'', a [[ComStar]] [[Explorer Corps (ComStar)|Explorer Corps]] vessel (alternatively described as a [[ROM]] exploration vessel<ref>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 19: "The Go Vote"</ref>), was under the command of ROM Precentor Arabella Bradford.<ref name=JF-5>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 5: "ComStar Classified Report Sanctum Level Clearance BLP-613-DTC"</ref><ref name=WoK17>''The Clans: Warriors of Kerensky'', p. 17</ref> Together with the ships under the command of [[Precentor]] [[Vincent Dupont]],<ref name=WoK17/><ref name=EC-9>''Explorer Corps'', p. 9: "Overview - The Clan Wars - Outbound Light"</ref> the ''Outbound Light'' departed from [[Bone-Norman]] in June [[3046]] on a standard three-year exploratory survey carrying two [[DropShip]]s, the ''[[Union]]''-class ''[[Knox (Individual Union-class DropShip)|Knox]]'' and the ''[[Buccaneer (DropShip class)|Buccaneer]]''-class ''[[Golden Hind (Individual Buccaneer-class DropShip)|Golden Hind]]''. It was manned by a crew of 46 across all ships, plus a standard seven-person Explorer Corps survey team. After a relatively uneventful voyage, the ''Outbound Light'' jumped on 27 September [[3048]] into what was believed to be an unknown G7V star system. Instead, they stumbled upon the [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] capital of [[Huntress]].<ref name=EC-9/><ref name=WC-25>''Wolf Clan Sourcebook'', p. 25: "History of the Clans - Golden Century - Crusader's Call - Invasion"</ref><ref name=WoK17/> On Smoke Jaguar [[Khan]] [[Leo Showers|Leo Showers']] orders, the Explorer Corps vessels were engaged and impounded by [[OmniFighter|OmniFighters]] from the Smoke Jaguar ''[[Comitatus]]''-class vessel ''[[High Guard]]'' before they could attempt escape. The crews were detained and subjected to interrogation (including the use of mind-control drugs) for several days, revealing considerable information about the current state of the Inner Sphere's political scene and the apparent goals of the major powers. Somehow, this ship accomplished the objective of Explorer Corps, found Kerensky's army, but in any other way, the results of this expedition were catastrophic: the information extracted from the ship and its crew was of high importance for the Clans, and by presenting this information to the Grand Council, the Jaguars managed to convince the other Clans of the threat of an imminent attack from the Inner Sphere forces (totally unreal, of course), thus precipitating the beginning of Operation REVIVAL—the Clan invasion of the Inner Sphere.<ref name=EC-9/><ref name=WC-25/> + '''Arabella Bradford''' was a Precentor within ComStar ROM. + + During the Outbound Light mission, the ''[[Merchant]]''-class [[JumpShip]] ''[[Outbound Light]]'', a [[ComStar]] [[Explorer Corps]] vessel (alternatively described as a [[ROM]] exploration vessel<ref>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 19 "The Go Vote"</ref>), was under mission command of ROM Precentor '''Arabella Bradford'''<ref name=JF-5>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 5 "ComStar Classified Report Sanctum Level Clearance BLP-613-DTC"</ref><ref name=WoK17>''The Clans: Warriors of Kerensky'', p. 17</ref> and with the ships under the command of [[Precentor]] [[Vincent Dupont]],<ref name=WoK17/><ref name=EC-9>''Explorer Corps'', p. 9 "Overview - The Clan Wars - Outbound Light"</ref> the ''Outbound Light'' departed from [[Bone-Norman]] in June [[3046]] on a standard three-year exploratory survey carrying two [[DropShip]]s, the ''[[Union]]''-class ''[[Knox (Union)|Knox]]'' and the ''[[Buccaneer (DropShip)|Buccaneer]]''-class ''[[Golden Hind (Buccaneer)|Golden Hind]]''. It was manned by a crew of 46 across all ships, plus a standard seven-person Explorer Corps survey team. After a relatively uneventful voyage, the ''Outbound Light'' jumped on 27 September [[3048]] into what was believed to be an unknown G7V star system. Instead, they stumbled upon the [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] capital of [[Huntress]].<ref name=EC-9/><ref name=WC-25>''Wolf Clan Sourcebook'', p. 25 "History of the Clans - Golden Century - Crusader's Call - Invasion"</ref><ref name=WoK17/> On Smoke Jaguar [[Khan]] [[Leo Showers|Leo Showers']] orders, the Explorer Corps vessels were engaged and impounded by [[OmniFighter|OmniFighters]] from the Smoke Jaguar ''[[Comitatus]]''-class vessel ''[[High Guard]]'' before they could attempt escape. The crews were detained and subjected to interrogation (including the use of mind-control drugs) for several days, revealing considerable information about the current state of the Inner Sphere's political scene and the apparent goals of the major powers. Somehow, this ship accomplished the objective of Explorer Corps, found the Kerensky's army, but in any other way, the results of this expedition were catastrophics: the information extracted from the ship and his crew was of high importance for the clans, and when presenting this intrusion to the Gran Council, the Jaguars managed to scare the other clans about the threat of an imminent attack from the Inner Sphere forces (totally unreal, of course) precipitating the beginning of Operation Revival—the Clan invasion of the Inner Sphere.<ref name=EC-9/> <ref name=WC-25/> The fate of the crew of the ''Outbound Light'' and its DropShips is unknown. Initial ComStar reports from the early days of the Clan invasion indicated that the crew and ships had been returned to ComStar, supplying vital intel on the Clan way of life, though with their memories and databanks of the route taken to Huntress wiped,<ref name=JF-5/> but such reports turned out to be false.<ref name=EC-9/> Only the seven member survey team was returned to ComStar; the other members of the expedition were not returned and no information about them has become available. The members of the survey team all exhibited heavy psychological scarring after their time with the Smoke Jaguars.<ref name=WoK17/> The fate of the crew of the ''Outbound Light'' and its DropShips is unknown. Initial ComStar reports from the early days of the Clan invasion indicated that the crew and ships had been returned to ComStar, supplying vital intel on the Clan way of life, though with their memories and databanks of the route taken to Huntress wiped,<ref name=JF-5/> but such reports turned out to be false.<ref name=EC-9/> Only the seven member survey team was returned to ComStar; the other members of the expedition were not returned and no information about them has become available. The members of the survey team all exhibited heavy psychological scarring after their time with the Smoke Jaguars.<ref name=WoK17/> − According to Explorer Corps doctrine at that time, the crew did not file a predetermined route along which it would travel,<ref>''ComStar'', p. 65</ref> allowing the crew the freedom to change their route should any promising leads develop. While this allowed them to stumble upon Huntress, it also made it virtually impossible for ComStar to discover the route the ''Outbound Light'' took and thereby locate the Clan Homeworlds.<ref name=EC-9/> + According to Explorer Corps doctrine at that time, the crew did not file a predetermined route along which it would travel,<ref>''ComStar'', p. 65</ref> allowing the crew the freedom to change their route should any promising leads develop. While this allowed them to stumble upon Huntress, it also made it virtually impossible for ComStar to discover the route the ''Outbound Light'' took and locate the Clan Homeworlds.<ref name=EC-9/> ==References== ==References== Line 29:
Line 26: ==Bibliography== ==Bibliography== − * ''[[ComStar (sourcebook)|ComStar]]'' − * ''[[Explorer Corps (sourcebook)|Explorer Corps]]'' * ''[[Jade Falcon Sourcebook]]'' * ''[[Jade Falcon Sourcebook]]'' * ''[[The Clans: Warriors of Kerensky]]'' * ''[[The Clans: Warriors of Kerensky]]'' + * ''[[Explorer Corps (sourcebook)]]'' * ''[[Wolf Clan Sourcebook]]'' * ''[[Wolf Clan Sourcebook]]'' + * ''[[ComStar (sourcebook)]]'' [[Category: ComStar Characters|Bradford, Arabella]] [[Category: ComStar Characters|Bradford, Arabella]]
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| − | During the Outbound Light mission, the ''[[Merchant]]''-class [[JumpShip]] ''[[Outbound Light]]'', a [[ComStar]] [[ | + | '''Arabella Bradford''' was a Precentor within ComStar ROM. |
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| + | During the Outbound Light mission, the ''[[Merchant]]''-class [[JumpShip]] ''[[Outbound Light]]'', a [[ComStar]] [[Explorer Corps]] vessel (alternatively described as a [[ROM]] exploration vessel<ref>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 19 "The Go Vote"</ref>), was under mission command of ROM Precentor '''Arabella Bradford'''<ref name=JF-5>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 5 "ComStar Classified Report Sanctum Level Clearance BLP-613-DTC"</ref><ref name=WoK17>''The Clans: Warriors of Kerensky'', p. 17</ref> and with the ships under the command of [[Precentor]] [[Vincent Dupont]],<ref name=WoK17/><ref name=EC-9>''Explorer Corps'', p. 9 "Overview - The Clan Wars - Outbound Light"</ref> the ''Outbound Light'' departed from [[Bone-Norman]] in June [[3046]] on a standard three-year exploratory survey carrying two [[DropShip]]s, the ''[[Union]]''-class ''[[Knox (Union)|Knox]]'' and the ''[[Buccaneer (DropShip)|Buccaneer]]''-class ''[[Golden Hind (Buccaneer)|Golden Hind]]''. It was manned by a crew of 46 across all ships, plus a standard seven-person Explorer Corps survey team. After a relatively uneventful voyage, the ''Outbound Light'' jumped on 27 September [[3048]] into what was believed to be an unknown G7V star system. Instead, they stumbled upon the [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] capital of [[Huntress]].<ref name=EC-9/><ref name=WC-25>''Wolf Clan Sourcebook'', p. 25 "History of the Clans - Golden Century - Crusader's Call - Invasion"</ref><ref name=WoK17/> On Smoke Jaguar [[Khan]] [[Leo Showers|Leo Showers']] orders, the Explorer Corps vessels were engaged and impounded by [[OmniFighter|OmniFighters]] from the Smoke Jaguar ''[[Comitatus]]''-class vessel ''[[High Guard]]'' before they could attempt escape. The crews were detained and subjected to interrogation (including the use of mind-control drugs) for several days, revealing considerable information about the current state of the Inner Sphere's political scene and the apparent goals of the major powers. Somehow, this ship accomplished the objective of Explorer Corps, found the Kerensky's army, but in any other way, the results of this expedition were catastrophics: the information extracted from the ship and his crew was of high importance for the clans, and when presenting this intrusion to the Gran Council, the Jaguars managed to scare the other clans about the threat of an imminent attack from the Inner Sphere forces (totally unreal, of course) precipitating the beginning of Operation Revival—the Clan invasion of the Inner Sphere.<ref name=EC-9/> <ref name=WC-25/> | ||
The fate of the crew of the ''Outbound Light'' and its DropShips is unknown. Initial ComStar reports from the early days of the Clan invasion indicated that the crew and ships had been returned to ComStar, supplying vital intel on the Clan way of life, though with their memories and databanks of the route taken to Huntress wiped,<ref name=JF-5/> but such reports turned out to be false.<ref name=EC-9/> Only the seven member survey team was returned to ComStar; the other members of the expedition were not returned and no information about them has become available. The members of the survey team all exhibited heavy psychological scarring after their time with the Smoke Jaguars.<ref name=WoK17/> | The fate of the crew of the ''Outbound Light'' and its DropShips is unknown. Initial ComStar reports from the early days of the Clan invasion indicated that the crew and ships had been returned to ComStar, supplying vital intel on the Clan way of life, though with their memories and databanks of the route taken to Huntress wiped,<ref name=JF-5/> but such reports turned out to be false.<ref name=EC-9/> Only the seven member survey team was returned to ComStar; the other members of the expedition were not returned and no information about them has become available. The members of the survey team all exhibited heavy psychological scarring after their time with the Smoke Jaguars.<ref name=WoK17/> | ||
| − | According to Explorer Corps doctrine at that time, the crew did not file a predetermined route along which it would travel,<ref>''ComStar'', p. 65</ref> allowing the crew the freedom to change their route should any promising leads develop. While this allowed them to stumble upon Huntress, it also made it virtually impossible for ComStar to discover the route the ''Outbound Light'' took and | + | According to Explorer Corps doctrine at that time, the crew did not file a predetermined route along which it would travel,<ref>''ComStar'', p. 65</ref> allowing the crew the freedom to change their route should any promising leads develop. While this allowed them to stumble upon Huntress, it also made it virtually impossible for ComStar to discover the route the ''Outbound Light'' took and locate the Clan Homeworlds.<ref name=EC-9/> |
==References== | ==References== | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
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* ''[[Jade Falcon Sourcebook]]'' | * ''[[Jade Falcon Sourcebook]]'' | ||
* ''[[The Clans: Warriors of Kerensky]]'' | * ''[[The Clans: Warriors of Kerensky]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Explorer Corps (sourcebook)]]'' | ||
* ''[[Wolf Clan Sourcebook]]'' | * ''[[Wolf Clan Sourcebook]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[ComStar (sourcebook)]]'' | ||
[[Category: ComStar Characters|Bradford, Arabella]] | [[Category: ComStar Characters|Bradford, Arabella]] | ||