Yggdrasil (Individual Mjolnir-class WarShip)
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| Yggdrasil | |
|---|---|
| Vessel Profile | |
| Type | WarShip |
| Class | Mjolnir |
The first Mjolnir-class battlecruiser completed, the Yggdrasil was also notable for being among the few Lyran Alliance/Lyran Commonwealth WarShips to survive the Word of Blake Jihad.
History
The first Mjolnir to be completed, the LAS Yggdrasil 's predelivery trials were expedited at Archon Katherine Steiner-Davion's request and the vessel was deemed fit for service in July 3062. The politically mandated haste in those trials led to doubts in the Alliance Navy about the Yggdrasil 's reliability, with minor problems with the sensor suite and jumpsail reefing assembly discovered. As of December 3062, the Yggdrasil 's current location was unknown even to Heimdall.[1] [2]
Captured by Clan Wolf-in-Exile forces during the FedCom Civil War, the Yggdrasil briefly entered service as the CWS Winter Wolf[3], but was returned to the Lyran Alliance once the scale of repairs needed became clear. The ship was one of eight vessels that survived the FedCom Civil War and in service of the Lyran Alliance Armed Forces in 3067.[4]
The Yggdrasil jumped for Alarion, but the ship never arrived. It later took part in the liberation of Tharkad during the Jihad. [5] In 3074 a small task force consisting of elements from the Lyran Alliance Armed Forces, Clan Wolf-in-Exile, and several mercenary units hired by the Draconis Combine noble and businessman Chandrasekhar Kurita attacked the secret Word of Blake facility known as the Ruins of Gabriel, a former Star League Defense Force naval facility constructed in secret during the Star League Civil War and located inside an icy moon orbiting the fourth world of the Odessa system. The Light of Faith was one of the ships located at the Ruins of Gabriel at the time of the attack and formed a part of the Blakist defense of the facility; in the fighting between the two forces the Yggdrasil was damaged[6][7][8] and the Baron-class destroyer WoBS Light of Faith was destroyed.[9]
While the Blakists were able to beat the attack off, they poisoned the populated world of Odessa III. To deny information to their enemies, the Word of Blake stripped the base of all available information, destroyed the Naga-class frigate that was undergoing repairs within the facility, and programmed all their drone fighters to self-destruct.[6][7][8]
The Yggdrasil was mothballed in orbit of Hesperus II during the Republic era but was reactivated and loaned to the Stormhammers splinter faction during the Falcon descent on Skye. The Yggdrasil dueled the Jade Falcon Nightlord-class Emerald Talon and barely survived during the Falcons' second and ultimately successful attempt to conquer Skye.
In 3145 the Yggdrasil was refurbished and returned to service, making it the only WarShip available to the LCAF. It was stationed at Hesperus II and supported by a flotilla of combat DropShips and aerospace fighters.[10]
References
- ↑ Field Manual: Lyran Alliance, p. 25 "The Lyran Alliance Armed Forces - Aerospace and Naval Units - WarShips"
- ↑ Field Manual: Lyran Alliance, p. 153 "Rules - MechWarrior Rules - Mjolnir-Class Battlecruiser"
- ↑ FedCom Civil War (sourcebook), p. 175
- ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 165, "Ships of the Alliance"
- ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 69, "Admiralty (Star Wolves)"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 13
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 38, "Timeline of the Jihad"
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 52, "The Jihad In Review"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 128, "Word of Blake Naval Assets"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 122