BattleTechWiki:Research Desk

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• Can someone give me some details about a Black Lion (starship) which was seen near Merope? When was this? Who saw it? Where did it go? Please give me the proper source (book and pagenumber) 213.58.136.5 22:29, 21 August 2009 (UTC) PS: one could write an article about this incident.— The preceding unsigned comment was posted by 213.58.136.5 (talk • contribs) 17:29, 21 August 2009 .

• • That's the Tripitz. Per Comstar SB pg46: In 2979, ROM found out that the Taurian Concordat had stumbled over the abandoned Tripitz in a routine patrol of an empty star system "near New Vandenburg." The Tripitz was probably abandoned during the Amaris Crisis. The Taurians naturally hoped to recover it. The Capellans also learned of the Tripitz via their Maskirovka. Comstar sent in its then-dinky militia (First division of the "Comstar Guards and Militia") to destroy the Tripitz, since the Tripitz represented a balance-changing high-tech unit in the 3rd Succession War. The Comstar units were painted white to hide their identities, hence the "White Wings" legend. The Taurians fought the unidentified white aerospace fighters, but the Comstar Star League technology prevailed despite a lack of combat experience. Comstar won with only 3 losses; it recovered its losses (to hide the evidence) and set about destroying the Tripitz. The Taurian recovery crew were left as witnesses to the whole event. Until the secularization of Comstar in the 3050s, the Inner Sphere thought that the White Wings were elements of Kerensky's Exodus Fleet - no one suspected Comstar. --Cray 12:14, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

• After a reread of Operation Excalibur a question came into my head: since McCall had to rent a JumpShip, what happened to Captain Renfred Tor and his Invidious? Also, can someone provide me with a short history of Gray Death Legion after the Helm incident but before "Blood of Heroes? I know they have fought in the war of 3039 and also against the Clans, but where can I found details? --Dunkelfalke 10:13, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

Previous (Answered) Questions

• Where can the original source material for Ragnar Magnusson's trial for a Ghost Bear ship's contents, and his subsequent capture, be found? The original question can be found here. Thank you. --138.162.0.46 15:42, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Try Field Manual: Warden Clans, in that first story in the front of the book. --138.162.0.42 18:58, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

The specific piece of text the person was looking comes from Field Manual: Warden Clans pg 154 - Wardens of the Inner Sphere section of the Clan Wolf in Exile write-up. Cyc 22:25, 21 August 2009 (UTC)