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Line 1: − {{otheruses|the WarShip|other uses|Lancelot (disambiguation)}} + {{infoBoxIndividualVessel − {{infoBoxIndividualSpacecraft | image = | image = | vesselname = Lancelot | vesselname = Lancelot | prevname = | prevname = | type = [[WarShip]] | type = [[WarShip]] − | class = [[Eagle (WarShip class)|Eagle]] + | class = [[Eagle (WarShip)|Eagle]] | prevclass = | prevclass = − | servicesince = − | serviceuntil = }} }} ==History== ==History== − The ''[[Eagle (WarShip class)|Eagle]]''-class frigate '''''Lancelot''''' and her sister ship [[Galahad (Individual Eagle-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Galahad'']] were both under construction in [[3059]] and were intended to be escort vessels for the first-of-class carrier of the ''[[Thera]]''-class of carriers being built by the [[Free Worlds League]], the [[Santorini|FWLS ''Santorini'']]. The ''Santorini'' was due to enter service in [[3060]] and would form the center of a battle group, alongside the ''Galahad'' and ''Lancelot''.<ref name="FM:FWLp119">''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 119: "Renovation/Construction"</ref> + The ''[[Eagle (WarShip)|Eagle]]''-class frigate '''''Lancelot''''' and her sister ship [[Galahad (Vessel)|FWLS ''Galahad'']] were both under construction in [[3059]] and were intended to be escort vessels for the first-of-class carrier of the ''[[Thera]]''-class of carriers being built by the [[Free Worlds League]], the [[Santorini|FWLS ''Santorini'']]. The ''Santorini'' was due to enter service in [[3060]] and would form the center of a battle group, alongside the ''Galahad'' and ''Lancelot''.<ref name="FM:FWLp119">''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 119, "Renovation/Construction"</ref> − All three ships were serving together in [[3067]]<ref name="FM:Up144">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 144: "Ships Of The FWL"</ref> and following the outbreak of the [[Jihad]] the ''Galahad'' and ''Lancelot'' worked together with the ''[[Agamemnon]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Menelaus|FWLS ''Menelaus'']] to ambush and destroy two [[Word of Blake]] WarShips in the [[Shiloh]] system in August [[3070]]. The two vessels destroyed—the ''[[Black Lion]]''-class battlecruiser [[Xanthos (Individual Black Lion-class WarShip)|WoBS ''Xanthos'']] and the ''[[Aegis (WarShip class)|Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Impetuous|WoBS ''Impetuous'']]—had both been ships in the secret fleet salvaged by the Free Worlds League prior to the Jihad with aid from the Blakists, and both were among a substantial number of League WarShips suborned by the Blakists following the outbreak of hostilities.<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3070'', pp. 108–109; ''Blake Ascending'', pp. 268–269: "Fleet Advisory: Shiloh"</ref><ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3072'', p. 25: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp128">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 128: "Word of Blake Naval Assets"</ref> + All three ships were serving together in [[3067]]<ref name="FM:Up144">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 144, "Ships Of The FWL"</ref> and following the outbreak of the [[Jihad]] the ''Galahad'' and ''Lancelot'' worked together with the ''[[Agamemnon]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Menelaus|FWLS ''Menelaus'']] to ambush and destroy two [[Word of Blake]] WarShips in the [[Shiloh]] system in August [[3070]]. The two vessels destroyed - the ''[[Black Lion]]''-class battlecruiser [[xanthos (Black Lion)|WoBS ''Xanthos'']] and the ''[[Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Impetuous|WoBS ''Impetuous'']] - had both been ships in the secret fleet salvaged by the Free Worlds League prior to the Jihad with aid from the Blakists, and both were among a substantial number of League WarShips suborned by the Blakists following the outbreak of hostilities.<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3070'', pp. 108-109 & ''Blake Ascending'', pp. 268-269, "Fleet Advisory: Shiloh"</ref><ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3072'', p. 25, "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp128">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 128, "Word of Blake Naval Assets"</ref> − − The ''Lancelot'' was the last survivor of its class by end of the Jihad. The ''Lancelot'' remained in service throughout the [[Dark Age]] and after the resurrection of the Free Worlds League would in [[3139]]. One of the last three WarShips in service to the League, the ''Lancelot'' operated from the [[Illium]] system alongside the ''Menelaus'', protecting the [[Illium Naval Yard|Illium shipyards]]—one of the last remaining sites in the League where WarShips could be maintained. The third surviving [[Free Worlds League Navy]] WarShip, the ''Thera''-class ''[[Delos (Individual Thera-class WarShip)|Delos]]'' was incapable of either jumping or maneuvering, leaving it trapped in orbit above [[Oriente]].<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 101: "FWLN Fleet"</ref> − − In [[3148]], the ''Lancelot'' served as the flagship for Nikol Marik's [[Battle of Regulus (3148)|assault on Regulus]].<ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 54</ref> + The Lancelot, would become the last survivor of it's class by end of the Jihad. The ship would remain service through out the Republic era of the [[Dark Age]] when fractured Free Worlds League would reformed in [[3139]]. In service of the League, it would be one of the two active combatants in League service in [[3145]]. The ship would typically be stationed in the [[Ionus]] Star System to protect the [[Illium shipyards]], due to scarity of Warship maintenance facilities.<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 101 FWLNFleet - Status of the Lancelot as of 3145.</ref> ==Notes== ==Notes== − The ''Lancelot'' appears to have been named for a figure associated with the myths around the fifth-or-sixth-century [[w:King Arthur|King Arthur]]; in this case, one of the [[w:Knights of the Round Table|Knights of the Round Table]], [[w:Lancelot|Sir Lancelot du Lac]]. + The ''Lancelot'' appears to have been named for a figure associated with the myths around the 5th or 6th century AD [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Arthur King Arthur]; in this case, one of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_the_Round_Table Knights of the Round Table], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancelot Sir Lancelot du Lac]. ==References== ==References== Line 27:
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==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | The ''[[Eagle (WarShip | + | The ''[[Eagle (WarShip)|Eagle]]''-class frigate '''''Lancelot''''' and her sister ship [[Galahad (Vessel)|FWLS ''Galahad'']] were both under construction in [[3059]] and were intended to be escort vessels for the first-of-class carrier of the ''[[Thera]]''-class of carriers being built by the [[Free Worlds League]], the [[Santorini|FWLS ''Santorini'']]. The ''Santorini'' was due to enter service in [[3060]] and would form the center of a battle group, alongside the ''Galahad'' and ''Lancelot''.<ref name="FM:FWLp119">''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 119, "Renovation/Construction"</ref> |
| − | All three ships were serving together in [[3067]]<ref name="FM:Up144">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 144 | + | All three ships were serving together in [[3067]]<ref name="FM:Up144">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 144, "Ships Of The FWL"</ref> and following the outbreak of the [[Jihad]] the ''Galahad'' and ''Lancelot'' worked together with the ''[[Agamemnon]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Menelaus|FWLS ''Menelaus'']] to ambush and destroy two [[Word of Blake]] WarShips in the [[Shiloh]] system in August [[3070]]. The two vessels destroyed - the ''[[Black Lion]]''-class battlecruiser [[xanthos (Black Lion)|WoBS ''Xanthos'']] and the ''[[Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Impetuous|WoBS ''Impetuous'']] - had both been ships in the secret fleet salvaged by the Free Worlds League prior to the Jihad with aid from the Blakists, and both were among a substantial number of League WarShips suborned by the Blakists following the outbreak of hostilities.<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3070'', pp. 108-109 & ''Blake Ascending'', pp. 268-269, "Fleet Advisory: Shiloh"</ref><ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3072'', p. 25, "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp128">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 128, "Word of Blake Naval Assets"</ref> |
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| + | The Lancelot, would become the last survivor of it's class by end of the Jihad. The ship would remain service through out the Republic era of the [[Dark Age]] when fractured Free Worlds League would reformed in [[3139]]. In service of the League, it would be one of the two active combatants in League service in [[3145]]. The ship would typically be stationed in the [[Ionus]] Star System to protect the [[Illium shipyards]], due to scarity of Warship maintenance facilities.<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 101 FWLNFleet - Status of the Lancelot as of 3145.</ref> | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
| − | The ''Lancelot'' appears to have been named for a figure associated with the myths around the | + | The ''Lancelot'' appears to have been named for a figure associated with the myths around the 5th or 6th century AD [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Arthur King Arthur]; in this case, one of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_the_Round_Table Knights of the Round Table], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancelot Sir Lancelot du Lac]. |
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[[Category: Individual WarShips]] | [[Category: Individual WarShips]] | ||
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[[Category: Individual Eagle-class WarShips]] | [[Category: Individual Eagle-class WarShips]] | ||