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==History==
 
==History==
As at December [[3059]] the ''[[Congress]]''-class frigate '''''Shining Claw''''' was serving as the CGB ''Shining Claw'' within the [[Clan Ghost Bear]] [[Clan Ghost Bear Touman|''touman'']] and was part of a naval convoy moving through the [[Deep Periphery]] when it encountered [[Task Force Serpent|Task Force SERPENT]].<ref name="TOTCp18">''Twilight of the Clans'', p. 18, "Defender"</ref>
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As of December [[3059]] the ''[[Congress]]''-class frigate '''''Shining Claw''''' was serving as the CGB ''Shining Claw'' within the [[Clan Ghost Bear]] [[Clan Ghost Bear Touman|''touman'']] and was part of a naval convoy moving through the [[Deep Periphery]] when it encountered [[Task Force Serpent|Task Force SERPENT]].<ref name="TOTCp18">''Twilight of the Clans'', p. 18, "Defender"</ref>
  
 
The ''Shining Claw'' was transporting two ''[[Union-C]]''-class DropShips at the time - the [[Ice Storm (Union-C)|CGB ''Ice Storm'']] and [[Sanguine Rime|CGB ''Sanguine Rime'']] - and was accompanied by a pair of ''[[Whirlwind]]''-class destroyers, the [[Fire Fang|CGB ''Fire Fang'']] and [[Ursus (Vessel)|CGB ''Ursus'']].<ref name="TOTCp18"/> The ''Shining Claw'', ''Fire Fang'' and ''Ursus'' moved to engage Task Force SERPENT while attempting to buy time for the ''[[Invader]]''-class [[JumpShip]] [[Winter Wind|CGB ''Winter Wind'']] to quick-charge and jump out of the system to warn the [[Clans]] of the presence of an [[Inner Sphere]] [[WarShip]] flotilla moving through the Deep Periphery.<ref name="TOTCp17">''Twilight of the Clans'', p. 17, "Scenario 1: Trafalgar"</ref>
 
The ''Shining Claw'' was transporting two ''[[Union-C]]''-class DropShips at the time - the [[Ice Storm (Union-C)|CGB ''Ice Storm'']] and [[Sanguine Rime|CGB ''Sanguine Rime'']] - and was accompanied by a pair of ''[[Whirlwind]]''-class destroyers, the [[Fire Fang|CGB ''Fire Fang'']] and [[Ursus (Vessel)|CGB ''Ursus'']].<ref name="TOTCp18"/> The ''Shining Claw'', ''Fire Fang'' and ''Ursus'' moved to engage Task Force SERPENT while attempting to buy time for the ''[[Invader]]''-class [[JumpShip]] [[Winter Wind|CGB ''Winter Wind'']] to quick-charge and jump out of the system to warn the [[Clans]] of the presence of an [[Inner Sphere]] [[WarShip]] flotilla moving through the Deep Periphery.<ref name="TOTCp17">''Twilight of the Clans'', p. 17, "Scenario 1: Trafalgar"</ref>

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Shining Claw
Vessel Profile
TypeWarShip
ClassCongress

History

As of December 3059 the Congress-class frigate Shining Claw was serving as the CGB Shining Claw within the Clan Ghost Bear touman and was part of a naval convoy moving through the Deep Periphery when it encountered Task Force SERPENT.[1]

The Shining Claw was transporting two Union-C-class DropShips at the time - the CGB Ice Storm and CGB Sanguine Rime - and was accompanied by a pair of Whirlwind-class destroyers, the CGB Fire Fang and CGB Ursus.[1] The Shining Claw, Fire Fang and Ursus moved to engage Task Force SERPENT while attempting to buy time for the Invader-class JumpShip CGB Winter Wind to quick-charge and jump out of the system to warn the Clans of the presence of an Inner Sphere WarShip flotilla moving through the Deep Periphery.[2]

The Inner Sphere forces, led by the Com Guard Cameron-class battlecruiser ISS Invisible Truth, were the victors in the engagement, subsequently dubbed Trafalgar, and the Shining Claw was destroyed; the Ursus was also lost, and the Task Force claimed the intact Fire Fang as isorla, along with some three hundred warriors and more than a thousand civilian caste members. The Winter Wind was unable to jump out before being boarded and captured, leaving the Clans unaware of the existence of Task Force SERPENT.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Twilight of the Clans, p. 18, "Defender"
  2. Twilight of the Clans, p. 17, "Scenario 1: Trafalgar"
  3. Twilight of the Clans, p. 10, "Beyond The Periphery"

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