Editing Cage's Pride

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As of [[3059]], the ''[[McKenna (WarShip class)|McKenna]]''-class battleship '''''Cage's Pride''''' was a [[WarShip]] within the [[Clan Ice Hellion Touman|Clan Ice Hellion ''touman'']] in the [[Alpha Naval Star (Clan Ice Hellion)|Alpha Naval Star]] and was serving as the CIH ''Cage's Pride''. The ''Cage's Pride'' was the flagship of [[Alpha Galaxy (Clan Ice Hellion)|Alpha Galaxy]] at this point in time.<ref name="FM:CCp44">''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 81: "Naval Assets"</ref>

==History==
When the Ice Hellions launched their invasion of the [[Clan Jade Falcon]] Occupation Zone in the [[Inner Sphere]] in mid-[[3071]] the ''Cage's Pride'' was one of the WarShips deployed. One of the first actions conducted by all thirteen Ice Hellion WarShips including the ''Cage's Pride'' was to secure the [[Dark Nebula]], destroying the small Jade Falcon naval force there and securing the largely-abandoned facility. As a part of the Ice Hellions Alpha Galaxy Naval Star the ''Cage's Fury'' was then involved in the fleet action at [[Derf]] that saw the vast orbital supply station there destroyed thanks to a ferocious but ultimately unsuccessful defense by forces from Clan Jade Falcon's [[Mu Galaxy (Clan Jade Falcon)|Mu Galaxy]].<ref name="WoRp69+">''The Wars of Reaving'', pp. 69–71: "The Hellion Strikes"</ref>

The ''Cage's Pride'' played an increasingly important part as both the Jade Falcons and [[Clan Hell's Horses]] began to work together against the Ice Hellions in [[3072]]; with the Ice Hellion forces driven back to three primary locations—the Dark Nebula, [[Evciler]], and [[Vantaa]]—the ''Cage's Pride'' found it and the other ships within the Alpha Galaxy Naval Star at Vantaa, facing off forces from both the Jade Falcon [[Alpha Galaxy (Clan Jade Falcon)|Alpha]] and [[Gamma Galaxy (Clan Jade Falcon)|Gamma Galaxies]] - accompanied by the ''[[Black Lion]]''-class battlecruiser [[Jade Aerie|CJF ''Jade Aerie'']] and the ''[[Sovetskii Soyuz]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Hawker (Individual Sovetskii Soyuz-class WarShip)|CJF ''Hawker'']] - soon joined by the Hell's Horses [[Iota Galaxy (Clan Hell's Horses)|Iota Galaxy]], which added the ''[[Volga]]''-class transport [[Mount Olympus|CHH ''Mount Olympus'']] to the Falcon's naval strength.<ref name="WoRp84+">''The Wars of Reaving'', pp. 84–85: "Icy Fire"</ref>

As the combined Hell's Horses and Jade Falcon forces moved to land on the planet, the ''[[York (WarShip class)|York]]''-class destroyer [[Pack Leader|CIH ''Pack Leader'']] and the ''[[Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Chaos Sailor|CIH ''Chaos Sailor'']] engaged the opposing naval forces and the ''Cage's Pride'' attempted to intercept the descending [[DropShip]]s. The ''Cage's Pride'' was largely unsuccessful in her efforts, destroying two DropShips but being beaten back by enemy assault craft and [[aerospace fighter]]s.<ref name="WoRp84+"/>

The ground battle didn't go according to the plans of Ice Hellion [[Khan]] Montose, with the Hell's Horses and Jade Falcons suspecting a trap and failing to follow her forces into the toxic Biwick Industrial Zone, where she hoped to use speed and stealth to reduce their numbers. The two opposing Clans worked together to restrict the avenues by which the Ice Hellions could operate, limiting their movements; the Hell's Horses Khan Cobb offered Montose and her forces ''[[hegira]]'', but Montose not only refused the offer but also ordered the ''Cage's Pride'' to strike at Iota Galaxy and the Falcon forces from orbit. The first blow from the ''Cage's Pride'' succeeded in breaking Iota Galaxy's line, but also damaged or destroyed a number of lines and pipes transporting toxic chemicals, starting fires as the volatile planetary atmosphere came into contact with a number of the poisonous substances. The second shot from the ''Cage's Pride'' missed the Jade Falcon forces by a quarter of a kilometer, instead scoring a direct hit on a major dam responsible for holding back a nearby river.<ref name="WoRp84+"/>

The ''[[Black Lion]]''-class battlecruiser [[Jade Aerie|CJF ''Jade Aerie'']] and the ''[[Sovetskii Soyuz]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Hawker|CJF ''Hawker'']] moved to engage the ''Cage's Pride'' and the ''Chaos Sailor'' in response; the ''Chaos Sailor'' had already been badly damaged by this point and was quickly subdued by a marine boarding assault, while the ''Cage's Pride'' was left wilting under the assault of the Jade Falcon WarShips, leaving the ground forces without orbital support. The Hell's Horses and Jade Falcon's proceeded to destroy the Ice Hellion ground forces with less than a [[Cluster]] of Hellion troops surviving the combination of enemy forces and an increasingly toxic atmosphere.<ref name="WoRp84+"/>

The ''Cage's Pride's'' actions had a lasting effect on Vantaa, however; the damaged industries leaked large quantities of poisonous materials into the nearby river, and when the dam damaged by the ''Pride's'' second orbital strike collapsed, billions of liters of contaminated water were dumped straight into the most heavily-settled sea on the planet. This, combined with the failing atmospheric regulation equipment left Vantaa in a collapsing downward spiral of ecological damage that led the Jade Falcons to abandon the world, leaving behind those members of the population they considered unsalvageable.<ref name="WoRp86">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 86: "Abandoning Vantaa"</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Field Manual: Crusader Clans]]''
* ''[[The Wars of Reaving]]''


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