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| − | ''''' | + | The '''''Bull Run''''' was an ''[[Overlord]]''-class [[DropShip]] operated by [[Stirling's Fusiliers]] of the [[Northwind Highlanders]]. |
| − | When the Northwind Highlanders fought against the [[3rd Royal Guards]] RCT in the city of Tara on [[Northwind]] on 20 October [[3057]], the approaching Stirling's Fusiliers were warned that the starport had been mined. '' | + | When the Northwind Highlanders fought against the [[3rd Royal Guards]] RCT in the city of Tara on [[Northwind]] on 20 October [[3057]], the approaching Stirling's Fusiliers were warned that the starport had been mined. The ''Bull Run'' subsequently combat-dropped its [[BattleMech]]s into the city in support of [[MacLeod's Regiment]],<ref>''Highlander Gambit'', p. 332</ref> which turned the tide and ultimately resulted in the destruction of the 3rd Royal Guards and the [[1st NAIS Cadet Cadre]] as well as the [[House Davion]]-aligned Consul Guards (a reinforced 'Mech company). |
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| + | The ''Bull Run'' later participated in the Highlanders' mission against [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] on [[Wayside V]] and nearby systems, where it saw heavy combat. | ||
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| + | ==Notes== | ||
| + | *In the vessel's very first appearance in fiction as it combat-drops its 'Mechs into Tara in ''Highlander Gambit'', point-of-view character [[Loren Jaffray]] reads its name on the hull as "''The Bull Run''". This is the sole instance in the novel where the ship's name is mentioned, though it is expressly mentioned to be ''Overlord''-class. The later novel ''Impetus of War'', set shortly afterwards in the timeline, prominently features the ''Overlord''-class vessel ''Bull Run'' with the same unit, strongly suggesting it to be the same vessel. Jaffray might simply have misread or misinterpreted the name on the hull (he was involved in active combat at the time). | ||
| + | *In the "About the Author" section at the end of the novel ''Impetus of War'', author [[Blaine Pardoe]] mentions that he lives in Manassas, Virginia, just outside the Bull Run battlefields which thus seem to have inspired the ship's name in the novels. | ||
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| + | * ''[[Impetus of War]]'' | ||
* ''[[Highlander Gambit]]'' | * ''[[Highlander Gambit]]'' | ||
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[[Category: Individual Overlord-class DropShips]] | [[Category: Individual Overlord-class DropShips]] | ||
Revision as of 04:50, 20 September 2015
Template:InfoBoxIndividualSpacegoingVessel The Bull Run was an Overlord-class DropShip operated by Stirling's Fusiliers of the Northwind Highlanders.
When the Northwind Highlanders fought against the 3rd Royal Guards RCT in the city of Tara on Northwind on 20 October 3057, the approaching Stirling's Fusiliers were warned that the starport had been mined. The Bull Run subsequently combat-dropped its BattleMechs into the city in support of MacLeod's Regiment,[1] which turned the tide and ultimately resulted in the destruction of the 3rd Royal Guards and the 1st NAIS Cadet Cadre as well as the House Davion-aligned Consul Guards (a reinforced 'Mech company).
The Bull Run later participated in the Highlanders' mission against Clan Smoke Jaguar on Wayside V and nearby systems, where it saw heavy combat.
Notes
- In the vessel's very first appearance in fiction as it combat-drops its 'Mechs into Tara in Highlander Gambit, point-of-view character Loren Jaffray reads its name on the hull as "The Bull Run". This is the sole instance in the novel where the ship's name is mentioned, though it is expressly mentioned to be Overlord-class. The later novel Impetus of War, set shortly afterwards in the timeline, prominently features the Overlord-class vessel Bull Run with the same unit, strongly suggesting it to be the same vessel. Jaffray might simply have misread or misinterpreted the name on the hull (he was involved in active combat at the time).
- In the "About the Author" section at the end of the novel Impetus of War, author Blaine Pardoe mentions that he lives in Manassas, Virginia, just outside the Bull Run battlefields which thus seem to have inspired the ship's name in the novels.
References
- ↑ Highlander Gambit, p. 332