Ranger (Individual Lola III-class WarShip, ComStar)
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- This article is about the Lola III-class WarShip in service to ComStar. For the Lola III-class WarShip in service to Clan Nova Cat, see Ranger (Individual Lola III-class WarShip, Clan Nova Cat).
| Ranger | |
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| Vessel Profile | |
| Type | WarShip |
| Class | Lola III |
The Lola III-class Ranger was among the four Com Guard WarShips that took part in Operation SERPENT.
History
A former Star League Defense Force vessel, like many pieces of military hardware of the collapsed Star League, the future Ranger fell into ComStar hands in the wake of the Operation EXODUS. Restored to function and entering active service sometime prior to 3058, Ranger was selected as one of the four WarShips that ComStar contributed to Task Force Serpent, a strike force sent to the Clan Smoke Jaguar homeworld of Huntress.[1]
Under the command of Precentor/Captain Mercia Winslow, the Ranger was the first ship to detect and engage the Clan Ghost Bear vessels during the Battle of Trafalgar in the Deep Periphery.[2] Ranger disabled the Winter Wind and suffered moderate damage in battle with the Shining Claw.[3] The damage was repaired in the field, and it continued its mission to Huntress. At the [[Battle of Huntress], Ranger was assigned to protect DropShips carrying ground forces to the planet, and later suffered heavy damage fighting WarShips of Clan Smoke Jaguar forces that arrived as reinforcements. Ranger ultimately survived the operation and returned home to the Inner Sphere. [4] [5] [6]
After Task Force Serpent was disbanded, Ranger was assigned to the Com Guard Second Fleet, operating from the ComStar fleet base at Ross 248.[7] The CSV Ranger was still in service with ComStar as of 3067,[8] but was subsequently reported as being deployed on the abortive Case White attack on Terra in March 3068.[9][10]
There is no record of the CSV Ranger surviving Case White in ComStar service[11] and there is no record of the Ranger being salvaged by the Word of Blake[12] implying that the Ranger was destroyed during Case White.
Fighter Complement
As of the Battle of Trafalgar, the Ranger's assigned complement of AeroSpace Fighters consisted of:
- 2 TRN-3T Tridents
- 4 Centurions
References
- ↑ Twilight of the Clans, p. 8 "Death of a Clan - Task Force Serpent Composition"
- ↑ The Hunters ch. 23
- ↑ The Hunters ch. 27
- ↑ Twilight of the Clans, p. 10 "Death of a Clan - Beyond the Periphery"
- ↑ Twilight of the Clans, p. 12 "Death of a Clan - The Conquest Continues"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Twilight of the Clans, p. 17 "Scenario 1: Trafalgar"
- ↑ Field Manual: ComStar, p. 44, "The WarShip Fleet"
- ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 83, "ComStar Naval Assets"
- ↑ Dawn of the Jihad, p. 89, p. 91, "Case White Underway!"
- ↑ Dawn of the Jihad, p. 28, "Voice of Blake"
- ↑ Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers, p. 211, "The Com Guard: Key Military Commands"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 128, "Word of Blake Naval Assets"