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== History ==
 
== History ==
The DCS '''''Star Spirit''''' was a ''[[Narukami (WarShip class)|Narukami]]''-class destroyer in service with the [[Draconis Combine Admiralty]] during the [[First Succession War]]. The ''Star Spirit'' was a part of the invasion force commanded by ''[[Tai-sho]]'' [[Hiroshi Pederson]] responsible for the invasion of the key [[Lyran Commonwealth]] industrial system of [[Skondia]] in February [[2787]].<ref name="FSWp46">''First Succession War'', p. 46-47, "Skondia"</ref>
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The DCS '''''Star Spirit''''' was a ''[[Narukami (WarShip class)|Narukami]]''-class destroyer in service with the [[Draconis Combine Admiralty]] during the [[First Succession War]]. The ''Star Spirit'' was a part of the invasion force commanded by ''[[Tai-sho (rank)|Tai-sho]]'' [[Hiroshi Pederson]] responsible for the invasion of the key [[Lyran Commonwealth]] industrial system of [[Skondia]] in February [[2787]].<ref name="FSWp46">''First Succession War'', p. 46-47, "Skondia"</ref>
  
 
Pederson's invasion force consisted of forty-five WarShips including the ''Star Spirit'' and a substantial number of supporting ships and anticipated an easy conquest, but instead encountered a major naval force of almost three hundred ships - including fifty WarShips - commanded by [[Admiral]] [[Seamus van Hatten]], assembled just days before as a result of the devastating [[Free Worlds League]] attack on the [[Bolson Shipyards]] at [[New Kyoto]]. The resulting four-week battle was one of the largest naval engagements to be fought between the Lyran Commonwealth and the [[Draconis Combine]] during the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]].<ref name="FSWp46"/>
 
Pederson's invasion force consisted of forty-five WarShips including the ''Star Spirit'' and a substantial number of supporting ships and anticipated an easy conquest, but instead encountered a major naval force of almost three hundred ships - including fifty WarShips - commanded by [[Admiral]] [[Seamus van Hatten]], assembled just days before as a result of the devastating [[Free Worlds League]] attack on the [[Bolson Shipyards]] at [[New Kyoto]]. The resulting four-week battle was one of the largest naval engagements to be fought between the Lyran Commonwealth and the [[Draconis Combine]] during the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]].<ref name="FSWp46"/>

Revision as of 15:18, 10 August 2020

Star Spirit
Vessel Profile
TypeWarShip
ClassNarukami

History

The DCS Star Spirit was a Narukami-class destroyer in service with the Draconis Combine Admiralty during the First Succession War. The Star Spirit was a part of the invasion force commanded by Tai-sho Hiroshi Pederson responsible for the invasion of the key Lyran Commonwealth industrial system of Skondia in February 2787.[1]

Pederson's invasion force consisted of forty-five WarShips including the Star Spirit and a substantial number of supporting ships and anticipated an easy conquest, but instead encountered a major naval force of almost three hundred ships - including fifty WarShips - commanded by Admiral Seamus van Hatten, assembled just days before as a result of the devastating Free Worlds League attack on the Bolson Shipyards at New Kyoto. The resulting four-week battle was one of the largest naval engagements to be fought between the Lyran Commonwealth and the Draconis Combine during the Succession Wars.[1]

The battle saw the Lyran forces reduced to a third of their original numbers, whilst half the Combine ships were lost; during the battle the Star Spirit and a sister ship, the DCS Bladewind, were responsible for crippling Admiral van Hatten's flagship, the Tharkad-class battlecruiser LCS Impregnable.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 First Succession War, p. 46-47, "Skondia"

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