Raven Road

The Raven Road was a section of the stellar route from the Snow Raven holdings in the Clan Homeworlds to the distant Outworlds Alliance.[1]

Post-3060, the Ravens began to see the limitations of their recent gains, and decided to send an expeditionary force to the Inner Sphere. While scouting the near-Periphery, the Snow Raven force stumbled upon an Outworlds Alliance JumpShip and staged a trial of possession for it, offering a Titan class DropShip as collateral. Surprisingly, the Snow Ravens were beaten by the Alliance pilots. Greatly impressed, they offered their hand in friendship and eventually formalized a make-shift alliance that has allowed Snow Raven vessels to use Outworlds recharge stations, in exchange for refurbishing an old Star League-era naval base at Quatre Belle. The Snow Ravens also helped the Alliance develop its own OmniFighter, the Corax (named in honor of the Ravens). This was their first contact with the Inner Sphere and it was when the roots of what would become the Raven Road were built.

During the Jihad, Clan Snow Raven was put on trial for their war with the Draconis Combine. IlKhan Brett Andrews stated that the Raven's tactics were another example of the Inner Sphere's taint corrupting them. Being the Steel Viper's enemies made it easier for them to be abjured from clan space. The Snow Ravens were abjured from Clan Space and their holdings were contested by the other clans. A naval convoy left behind was destroyed by the Snake Alliance, including Epsilon Garrison Galaxy.[2]

References[edit]

  1. The Wars of Reaving, p. 42, "Raven Justice"
  2. The Wars of Reaving, p. 102-4

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