Stolz der Schotten
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 | Apocryphal This article's subject is only mentioned in apocryphal sources, i.e. official BattleTech products which are not clearly Non-canon but do not meet the current Canon criteria either. For more information, check the Canonicity section. |
| Stolz der Schotten | |
|---|---|
| Vessel Profile | |
| Type | DropShip |
| Class | Leopard |
History[edit]
The Stolz der Schotten ("Pride of the Scots") under Captain Jackson[1] was one of two Leopard-class DropShips (along with the Lion-class William Wallace) that carried elements of the First company, Third battalion of the Royal Black Watch, from Engadin to Icar for extended training maneuvers in January 2598; the other Leopard was the Langschwert.[2]
Tensions between the Royal Black Watch and local militia units erupted into open fighting on 9 February 2598. Grounded outside a militia base, the Stolz der Schotten and Langschwert, being aerodyne DropShips, could not take off because their runways were blocked,[3] and were subsequently captured.[4] (The William Wallace, being a spheroid design with vertical liftoff capability, escaped.)
Canonicity[edit]
Being mentioned only in an apocryphal source (the German-only novel Wahnsinn und Methode), the Stolz der Schotten must consequentially be considered apocryphal as well.
Notes[edit]
- The Stolz der Schotten and the Langschwert are repeatedly mentioned as a pair of Leopards. However, one news item from a highly unreliable broadcasting company explicitly described the three Star League vessels as a Lion, a Leopard and a Leopard CV.[5] This may have been a misreporting, or the Leopard CV was yet another ship; but there is also the off chance that either the Langschwert or the Stolz der Schotten were in fact a Leopard CV-class DropShip.