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	A former [[Star League Defense Force]] [[WarShip]] left derelict in the [[Inner Sphere]] after the fall of the [[Star League]], the '''''Blake's Redemption''''' was salvaged by the [[Free Worlds League]] and [[Word of Blake]] as a part of a reclamation program that began in [[3054]]. By [[3057]] the ''[[Vincent (WarShip class)|''Vincent Mk. 39''-class]]'' corvette had been repaired, refurbished and gifted to the Word of Blake, who had pressed her into service as the WoBS ''Blake's Redemption''.<ref name="FM:FWLp44">''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 116, "Aid From The Word Of Blake"</ref>		A former [[Star League Defense Force]] [[WarShip]] left derelict in the [[Inner Sphere]] after the fall of the [[Star League]], the '''''Blake's Redemption''''' was salvaged by the [[Free Worlds League]] and [[Word of Blake]] as a part of a reclamation program that began in [[3054]]. By [[3057]] the ''[[Vincent (WarShip class)|''Vincent Mk. 39''-class]]'' corvette had been repaired, refurbished and gifted to the Word of Blake, who had pressed her into service as the WoBS ''Blake's Redemption''.<ref name="FM:FWLp44">''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 116, "Aid From The Word Of Blake"</ref>
−	Alongside another former [[SLDF]] vessel gifted to the Blakists, the [[Essex II (WarShip class)|''Essex''-class]] destroyer [[Deliverance|WoBS ''Deliverance'']], the ''Blake's Redemption'' was responsible for raids on the [[ComStar]] fleet bases at [[Luyten 68-28]] and [[Ross 248]] as well as neutralizing ComStar's WarShip fleet during [[Battle of Terra (3058)|Operation ODYSSEUS]], the Blakist invasion of [[Terra]]. The ''Blake's Redemption'' jumped into Ross 248 where it engaged at least the [[Dante (WarShip class)|''Dante''-class]] CSV ''[[Narbonne (Individual Dante-class WarShip)|Narbonne]]'' while the ''Deliverance'' targeted Luyten 68-28.  Both WarShips suffered heavy damage yet were able to delay the intervention of the [[ComStar WarShip Fleet]] at Terra before jumping out again, their primary mission.  With the [[Titan Yards]] still in ComStar hands, they were forced to limp back to the [[Free Worlds League]] for repairs.<ref name="FM:FWLp44"/>	+	Alongside another former [[SLDF]] vessel gifted to the Blakists, the [[Essex II (WarShip class)|''Essex''-class]] destroyer [[Deliverance|WoBS ''Deliverance'']], the ''Blake's Redemption'' was responsible for raids on the [[ComStar]] fleet bases at [[Luyten 68-28]] and [[Ross 248]] as well as neutralizing ComStar's WarShip fleet during [[Battle of Terra (3058)|Operation ODYSSEUS]], the Blakist invasion of [[Terra]].<ref name="FM:FWLp44"/>
	By [[3067]] the ''Blake's Redemption'' was one of half a dozen WarShips publicly known to be in service with the Blakists,<ref name="FM:Up90">''Field Manual: Updates", p. 90, "Naval Assets and Militia Divisions"</ref> although the ''Blake's Redemption'' was actually part of a much larger black water navy assembled in secret.		By [[3067]] the ''Blake's Redemption'' was one of half a dozen WarShips publicly known to be in service with the Blakists,<ref name="FM:Up90">''Field Manual: Updates", p. 90, "Naval Assets and Militia Divisions"</ref> although the ''Blake's Redemption'' was actually part of a much larger black water navy assembled in secret.

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{{infoBoxIndividualSpacecraft | image = | vesselname = Blake's Redemption | prevname = | type = [[WarShip]] | class = [[Vincent (WarShip class)|Vincent Mk. 39]] | prevclass = | servicesince = | serviceuntil = 2 April [[3081]] (destroyed) }} ==History== A former [[Star League Defense Force]] [[WarShip]] left derelict in the [[Inner Sphere]] after the fall of the [[Star League]], the '''''Blake's Redemption''''' was salvaged by the [[Free Worlds League]] and [[Word of Blake]] as a part of a reclamation program that began in [[3054]]. By [[3057]] the ''[[Vincent (WarShip class)|''Vincent Mk. 39''-class]]'' corvette had been repaired, refurbished and gifted to the Word of Blake, who had pressed her into service as the WoBS ''Blake's Redemption''.<ref name="FM:FWLp44">''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 116, "Aid From The Word Of Blake"</ref> Alongside another former [[SLDF]] vessel gifted to the Blakists, the [[Essex II (WarShip class)|''Essex''-class]] destroyer [[Deliverance|WoBS ''Deliverance'']], the ''Blake's Redemption'' was responsible for raids on the [[ComStar]] fleet bases at [[Luyten 68-28]] and [[Ross 248]] as well as neutralizing ComStar's WarShip fleet during [[Battle of Terra (3058)|Operation ODYSSEUS]], the Blakist invasion of [[Terra]].<ref name="FM:FWLp44"/> By [[3067]] the ''Blake's Redemption'' was one of half a dozen WarShips publicly known to be in service with the Blakists,<ref name="FM:Up90">''Field Manual: Updates", p. 90, "Naval Assets and Militia Divisions"</ref> although the ''Blake's Redemption'' was actually part of a much larger black water navy assembled in secret. The Word of Blake launched a raid on [[Donegal]] between the 14th and 17th of March [[3068]] with support from Blakist [[WarShip]]s or [[Pocket WarShip]]s.<ref name="J:FRp45">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 45, "The Jihad In Review"</ref> The WoB deployed the ''Blake's Redemption'', and with precise marksmanship with its capital ship weapons and a few nuclear devices was able to reduce to rubble in less than two days ''[[Nashan Diversified]]'s'' and ''[[Lockheed/CBM]]'s'' complexes, and all key infrastructure and landmarks of the planet's major cities despite a fervent resistance by the [[1st Donegal Jaegers]] aerospace wing. After that the ship went silent though still in orbit.<ref name="TCp110">''Total Chaos'', p. 110-112, "DONEGAL"</ref> In [[3070]] a small [[Lyran Alliance]] relief force attempted to break Blakist blockade of Donegal; led by the [[Fox (WarShip class)|''Fox''-class]] corvette [[Ian McQuiston (Individual Fox-class WarShip)|LAS ''Ian McQuiston'']], the relief force was forced to withdraw by the ''Blake's Redemption''.<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 24 - "Operation: Steel Hammer" - Donegal</ref> Serving with the Blakists through the [[Jihad]], the ''Blake's Redemption'' was destroyed in the [[Circinus]] system on 2 April [[3081]] by a task force from the [[Principality of Regulus]].<ref name="J:FRp128">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 128, "Original Word Of Blake Fleet"</ref><ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 23: "On This Day, It Ends In Fire"</ref> ==References== <references /> ==Bibliography== * ''[[Field Manual: Free Worlds League]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' * ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' * ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' [[Category: Individual WarShips]] [[Category: Individual Corvettes]] [[Category: Individual Vincent-class WarShips]]

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