Snow Raven (Individual Nightlord-class WarShip)
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| Snow Raven | |
|---|---|
| Vessel Profile | |
| Type | WarShip |
| Class | Nightlord |
History
In 3061 the Nightlord-class battleship CSR Snow Raven was a WarShip in service with the Clan Snow Raven touman. The Snow Raven was one of five WarShips that made up the Snow Raven Fleet Command Star at this point in time.[1]
Negotiations were ongoing between the Snow Ravens and the Outworlds Alliance in early 3071 when the Snow Ravens decided to hold a Clan Council in the Dante system. The Snow Raven was already present in the Dante system at this point in time, and during the early stages of the Clan Council - before much had been discussed, and before many of the Bloodnamed had managed to arrive on Dante - the Snow Raven was attacked. A JumpShip jumped into the Dante system, arriving directly above the Snow Raven and so close to the battleship that the two ships interpenetrated, inflicting catastrophic damage on both.[2]
Even as the other Snow Raven ships nearby were trying to react to this attack, another JumpShip arrived and disgorged three Pocket WarShips, which immediately began attacking Snow Raven ships; the Snow Ravens counterattacked, but not before those Pocket WarShips had destroyed two Carrier-class DropShips, the CSR Ebony Claw and the CSR Night Wing. The Snow Ravens reacted with extreme prejudice to the opening stages of the attack, firing on numerous ships nearby and destroying more than twenty DropShips and a total of fourteen merchant JumpShips.[2]
A few survivors were recovered from the Snow Raven, including a heavily wounded saKhan Broderick Sukhanov,[2] but the destruction of so many vessels by the Snow Ravens resulted in vocal protests from the Outworlds Alliance Senate, who were enraged by the Clan's actions. With calls for the Snow Ravens to be expelled completely from Alliance space, it was more than a year before President Mitchell Avellar was able to calm tensions enough to bring both parties back to the negotiating table, and the Snow Ravens were forced to make many concessions in the process.[3]