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−	The '''''Calseraigne''''' was an ''[[Essex I]]''-class destroyer which served in the [[Capellan Confederation Armed Forces]] navy as the CCS ''Calseraigne''.<ref name="FSWp58">''First Succession War'', pp. 58–60: "Debacle at Calloway"</ref>	+	==History==
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		+	=== First Succession War ===
		+	The '''''Calseraigne''''' was an ''[[Essex I]]''-class destroyer which served in the [[Capellan Confederation Armed Forces]] black water navy as the CCS ''Calseraigne''.<ref name="FSWp58">''First Succession War'', pp. 58–60: "Debacle at Calloway"</ref>
−	==History==	+	In [[2789]] the ''Calseraigne'' was one of the thirty WarShips that formed a core component of Task Force Devlin, a substantial naval and [[BattleMech]] force formed at the orders of [[Chancellor]] [[Barbara Liao]] with the express intention of breaking the morale of the [[Free Worlds League]]. The League had been prosecuting a hugely successful campaign against the Confederation, and following on the heels of the massacre conducted by the [[CCAF]] on [[New Delos]] in [[2788]], Barbara Liao gave orders in February 2789 for a strike at [[Calloway VI]].<ref name="FSWp58"/>
−	In [[2789]], the ''Calseraigne'' was one of the thirty WarShips that formed a core component of Task Force Devlin, a substantial naval and [[BattleMech]] force formed at the orders of [[Chancellor of the Capellan Confederation|Chancellor]] [[Barbara Liao]] with the express intention of breaking the morale of the [[Free Worlds League]]. The League had been prosecuting a hugely successful campaign against the Confederation, and following on the heels of the massacre conducted by the [[CCAF]] on [[New Delos]] in [[2788]], Barbara Liao gave orders in February 2789 for a strike at [[Calloway VI]].<ref name="FSWp58"/>
−	Assembled for the strike against Calloway VI, Task Force Devlin consisted of thirty WarShips, fifty attack [[DropShip]]s, fifty-six transport DropShips, numerous transport [[JumpShip]]s and seven regiments of 'Mech forces. The 'Mech forces included the [[Red Lancers]], which the Chancellor had dictated she would be leading in the field, as well as the [[Ares Titans]]—a decision which ensured that both of Barbara's sons, [[Major]] [[Barnabus Liao]] and [[Baltazar Liao]], would be on the front lines. In addition to the Red Lancers and the Ares Titans the CCAF deployed the [[1st Sian Dragoons|First]] and [[Second Sian Dragoons]], the [[Fourth Capellan Chargers]], the [[Third Confederation Reserve Cavalry]] and the [[Fifth Liao Lancers]]. The overall command of the Task Force fell to Colonel [[Jacen Devlin]] aboard his flagship, the ''[[Du Shi Wang]]''-class [[battleship]] [[Sundermann Liao (Individual Du Shi Wang-class WarShip)|CCS ''Sundermann Liao'']].<ref name="FSWp58"/>	+	Assembled for the strike against Calloway VI, Task Force Devlin consisted of thirty WarShips, fifty attack [[DropShip]]s, fifty-six transport DropShips, numerous transport [[JumpShip]]s and seven regiments of 'Mech forces. The 'Mech forces included the [[Red Lancers]], which the Chancellor had dictated she would be leading in the field, as well as the [[Ares Titans]] - a decision which ensured that both of Barbara's sons, [[Major]] [[Barnabus Liao]] and [[Baltazar Liao]], would be on the front lines. In addition to the Red Lancers and the Ares Titans the CCAF deployed the [[1st Sian Dragoons|First]] and [[Second Sian Dragoons]], the [[Fourth Capellan Chargers]], the [[Third Confederation Reserve Cavalry]] and the [[Fifth Liao Lancers]]. The overall command of the Task Force fell to Colonel [[Jacen Devlin]] aboard his flagship, the ''[[Du Shi Wang]]''-class [[battleship]] [[Sundermann Liao (Individual Du Shi Wang-class WarShip)|CCS ''Sundermann Liao'']].<ref name="FSWp58"/>
−	Unfortunately for the Capellans, the battle for Calloway was a disaster. Unlike the earlier action at New Delos, the [[Maskirovka]] didn't have cracked Free Worlds League codes to supply to the CCAF, so the Task Force was going in blind; the Task Force had also been betrayed by a traitor within the naval fleet, who had been sickened by the massacre on New Delos and who passed word of the impending attack to League agents at [[Propus]] while the task force was being assembled. Also working against the fleet was the presence of Barbara Liao, who was able to order the Task Force to continue the attack against the advice of her subcommanders when things began going wrong, and whose very presence sapped resources away from the main Task Force because of the need to keep her safe—something that began almost immediately.<ref name="FSWp58"/>	+	Unfortunately for the Capellans, the battle for Calloway was a disaster. Unlike the earlier action at New Delos, the [[Maskirovka]] didn't have cracked Free Worlds League codes to supply to the CCAF, so the Task Force was going in blind; the Task Force had also been betrayed by a traitor within the naval fleet, who had been sickened by the massacre on New Delos and who passed word of the impending attack to League agents at [[Propus]] while the task force was being assembled. Also working against the fleet was the presence of Barbara Liao - who was able to order the Task Force to continue the attack against the advice of her subcommanders when things began going wrong, and whose very presence sapped resources away from the main Task Force because of the need to keep her safe... something that began almost immediately.<ref name="FSWp58"/>
−	When the Task Force jumped into the Calloway system, it found the [[First Oriente Provincial Squadron]] waiting for it at the zenith [[jump point]], while waiting on Calloway VI were four provincial regiments—the [[First Fusiliers of Oriente]], the [[3rd Oriente Hussars|Third]] and [[Eighth Oriente Hussars]], and the [[Helm Cuirassiers]]—complete with an attached group of attack DropShips and a number of [[Wing (Formation)|wings]] of aerospace fighters. The First Oriente Provincial Squadron didn't waste any time attacking, but despite being outnumbered, deliberately did everything they could to target transport ships, rather than escorts. By the time the four ''[[Atreus (WarShip class)|Atreus]]''-class battleships and the four ''[[League (WarShip class)|League II]]''-class destroyers had been destroyed by the ''Calseraigne'' and the other task force escorts, Task Force Devlin had lost a quarter of its transport JumpShips and more than a regiment each of aerospace fighters and 'Mechs. Wounded in the engagement was Barnabus Liao, whose ''[[Overlord]]''-class DropShip had been crippled in the battle.<ref name="FSWp58"/>	+	When the Task Force jumped into the Calloway system, it found the [[First Oriente Provincial Squadron]] waiting for it at the zenith [[jump point]], while waiting on Calloway VI were four provincial regiments - the [[First Fusiliers of Oriente]], the [[3rd Oriente Hussars|Third]] and [[Eighth Oriente Hussars]] and the [[Helm Cuirassiers]] - complete with an attached group of attack DropShips and a number of [[Wing (Formation)|wings]] of aerospace fighters. The First Oriente Provincial Squadron didn't waste any time attacking, but despite being outnumbered, deliberately did everything they could to target transport ships, rather than escorts. By the time the four ''[[Atreus (WarShip class)|Atreus]]''-class battleships and the four ''[[League (WarShip class)|League II]]''-class destroyers had been destroyed by the ''Calseraigne'' and the other task force escorts, Task Force Devlin had lost a quarter of its transport JumpShips and more than a regiment each of aerospace fighters and 'Mechs. Wounded in the engagement was Barnabus Liao, whose ''[[Overlord]]''-class DropShip had been crippled in the battle.<ref name="FSWp58"/>
−	Barbara Liao insisted on the attack going ahead, with Task Force Devlin burning towards Calloway VI—a two-week journey—unaware that the [[Free Worlds League Navy]] [[3rd Fleet (Free Worlds League)|Third Fleet]] was waiting in two large groups at [[Holt]] and [[Oriente]], and had been made aware of the attack. Twelve hours out from the surface of Calloway VI League assault craft and fighter carrier DropShips were waiting, and swarms of League aerospace fighters threw themselves at the lighter Capellan fighters. The resulting battle lasted two days, and by the time Task Force Devlin had managed to secure orbital supremacy above the planet the Task Force had lost seven more transport DropShips and two regiments of aerospace fighters.<ref name="FSWp58"/>	+	Barbara Liao insisted on the attack going ahead, with Task Force Devlin burning towards Calloway VI - a two-week journey - unaware that the [[Free Worlds League Navy]] [[3rd Fleet (FWLN)|Third Fleet]] was waiting in two large groups at [[Holt]] and [[Oriente]], and had been made aware of the attack. Twelve hours out from the surface of Calloway VI League assault craft and fighter carrier DropShips were waiting, and swarms of League aerospace fighters threw themselves at the lighter Capellan fighters. The resulting battle lasted two days, and by the time Task Force Devlin had managed to secure orbital supremacy above the planet the Task Force had lost seven more transport DropShips and two regiments of aerospace fighters.<ref name="FSWp58"/>
−	The Capellan landings went ahead, with the Task Force mustering roughly five regiments of 'Mechs—a number almost equaled by the defenders, who had spent two weeks fortifying positions, creating redoubts and evacuating civilians from the major cities on the planet. For ten days the Capellan ground forces fought a war of attrition against the defenders, hampered by the need to protect the Chancellor; when Barbara Liao finally announced a withdrawal from the planet only a third of the Red Lancers remained to evacuate her, and Barnabus Liao was killed along with the other members of the Ares Titans while attempting to fall back. Even as the Capellan forces evacuated from Calloway VI, they learned that their transport JumpShips had been destroyed. The FWLN Third Fleet had jumped to Calloway a week into Task Force Devlin's two-week approach to the planet; arriving close enough to the transport JumpShips to engage immediately, the Third Fleet had destroyed all bar two of the JumpShips, along with their small WarShip escort, and were burning towards Calloway VI, determined to avenge New Delos.<ref name="FSWp58"/>	+	The Capellan landings went ahead, with the Task Force mustering roughly five regiments of 'Mechs - a number almost equaled by the defenders, who had spent two weeks fortifying positions, creating redoubts and evacuating civilians from the major cities on the planet. For ten days the Capellan ground forces fought a war of attrition against the defenders, hampered by the need to protect the Chancellor; when Barbara Liao finally announced a withdrawal from the planet only a third of the Red Lancers remained to evacuate her, and Barnabus Liao was killed along with the other members of the Ares Titans while attempting to fall back. Even as the Capellan forces evacuated from Calloway VI, they learned that their transport JumpShips had been destroyed. The FWLN Third Fleet had jumped to Calloway a week into Task Force Devlin's two-week approach to the planet; arriving close enough to the transport JumpShips to engage immediately, the Third Fleet had destroyed all bar two of the JumpShips, along with their small WarShip escort, and were burning towards Calloway VI, determined to avenge New Delos.<ref name="FSWp58"/>
−	Colonel Devlin assigned six WarShips to evacuate Barbara Liao, while his remaining forces acted as a rearguard against the vengeful League forces. By the time the Chancellor's ships were away, Devlin was dead, and the ''Sundermann Liao'' had been destroyed, along with the bulk of Task Force Devlin. During the battle the ''Calseraigne'' was destroyed by the ''[[Aegis (WarShip class)|Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Pleiades (Individual Aegis-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Pleiades'']]; aboard the ''Calseraigne'' at the time she was destroyed was Baltazar Liao, leaving Barbara Liao with no sons. Of the original Task Force Devlin ships and forces, the survivors who managed to escape mustered just twelve WarShips, six attack DropShips, five 'Mech transports and three fighter carriers, transporting away the remnants of the ground forces—of which only the Red Lancers, Third Confederation Reserve Cavalry, and Fifth Liao Lancers had managed to survive in any numbers.<ref name="FSWp58"/>	+	Colonel Devlin assigned six WarShips to evacuate Barbara Liao, while his remaining forces acted as a rearguard against the vengeful League forces. By the time the Chancellor's ships were away, Devlin was dead, and the ''Sundermann Liao'' had been destroyed, along with the bulk of Task Force Devlin. During the battle the ''Calseraigne'' was destroyed by the ''[[Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Pleiades (Individual Aegis-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Pleiades'']]; aboard the ''Calseraigne'' at the time she was destroyed was Baltazar Liao, leaving Barbara Liao with no sons. Of the original Task Force Devlin ships and forces, the survivors who managed to escape mustered just twelve WarShips, six attack DropShips, five 'Mech transports and three fighter carriers, transporting away the remnants of the ground forces - of which only the Red Lancers, Third Confederation Reserve Cavalry and Fifth Liao Lancers had managed to survive in any numbers.<ref name="FSWp58"/>
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{{otheruses|the ''Essex''-class WarShip|the system|Calseraigne}} {{infoBoxIndividualVessel | image = Essex TRO2750.jpg | vesselname = Calseraigne | prevname = | type = [[WarShip]] | class = [[Essex I|Essex I]] | prevclass = | servicesince = | serviceuntil = [[2789]]<ref name="FSWp58"/> }} ==History== === First Succession War === The '''''Calseraigne''''' was an ''[[Essex I]]''-class destroyer which served in the [[Capellan Confederation Armed Forces]] black water navy as the CCS ''Calseraigne''.<ref name="FSWp58">''First Succession War'', pp. 58–60: "Debacle at Calloway"</ref> In [[2789]] the ''Calseraigne'' was one of the thirty WarShips that formed a core component of Task Force Devlin, a substantial naval and [[BattleMech]] force formed at the orders of [[Chancellor]] [[Barbara Liao]] with the express intention of breaking the morale of the [[Free Worlds League]]. The League had been prosecuting a hugely successful campaign against the Confederation, and following on the heels of the massacre conducted by the [[CCAF]] on [[New Delos]] in [[2788]], Barbara Liao gave orders in February 2789 for a strike at [[Calloway VI]].<ref name="FSWp58"/> Assembled for the strike against Calloway VI, Task Force Devlin consisted of thirty WarShips, fifty attack [[DropShip]]s, fifty-six transport DropShips, numerous transport [[JumpShip]]s and seven regiments of 'Mech forces. The 'Mech forces included the [[Red Lancers]], which the Chancellor had dictated she would be leading in the field, as well as the [[Ares Titans]] - a decision which ensured that both of Barbara's sons, [[Major]] [[Barnabus Liao]] and [[Baltazar Liao]], would be on the front lines. In addition to the Red Lancers and the Ares Titans the CCAF deployed the [[1st Sian Dragoons|First]] and [[Second Sian Dragoons]], the [[Fourth Capellan Chargers]], the [[Third Confederation Reserve Cavalry]] and the [[Fifth Liao Lancers]]. The overall command of the Task Force fell to Colonel [[Jacen Devlin]] aboard his flagship, the ''[[Du Shi Wang]]''-class [[battleship]] [[Sundermann Liao (Individual Du Shi Wang-class WarShip)|CCS ''Sundermann Liao'']].<ref name="FSWp58"/> Unfortunately for the Capellans, the battle for Calloway was a disaster. Unlike the earlier action at New Delos, the [[Maskirovka]] didn't have cracked Free Worlds League codes to supply to the CCAF, so the Task Force was going in blind; the Task Force had also been betrayed by a traitor within the naval fleet, who had been sickened by the massacre on New Delos and who passed word of the impending attack to League agents at [[Propus]] while the task force was being assembled. Also working against the fleet was the presence of Barbara Liao - who was able to order the Task Force to continue the attack against the advice of her subcommanders when things began going wrong, and whose very presence sapped resources away from the main Task Force because of the need to keep her safe... something that began almost immediately.<ref name="FSWp58"/> When the Task Force jumped into the Calloway system, it found the [[First Oriente Provincial Squadron]] waiting for it at the zenith [[jump point]], while waiting on Calloway VI were four provincial regiments - the [[First Fusiliers of Oriente]], the [[3rd Oriente Hussars|Third]] and [[Eighth Oriente Hussars]] and the [[Helm Cuirassiers]] - complete with an attached group of attack DropShips and a number of [[Wing (Formation)|wings]] of aerospace fighters. The First Oriente Provincial Squadron didn't waste any time attacking, but despite being outnumbered, deliberately did everything they could to target transport ships, rather than escorts. By the time the four ''[[Atreus (WarShip class)|Atreus]]''-class battleships and the four ''[[League (WarShip class)|League II]]''-class destroyers had been destroyed by the ''Calseraigne'' and the other task force escorts, Task Force Devlin had lost a quarter of its transport JumpShips and more than a regiment each of aerospace fighters and 'Mechs. Wounded in the engagement was Barnabus Liao, whose ''[[Overlord]]''-class DropShip had been crippled in the battle.<ref name="FSWp58"/> Barbara Liao insisted on the attack going ahead, with Task Force Devlin burning towards Calloway VI - a two-week journey - unaware that the [[Free Worlds League Navy]] [[3rd Fleet (FWLN)|Third Fleet]] was waiting in two large groups at [[Holt]] and [[Oriente]], and had been made aware of the attack. Twelve hours out from the surface of Calloway VI League assault craft and fighter carrier DropShips were waiting, and swarms of League aerospace fighters threw themselves at the lighter Capellan fighters. The resulting battle lasted two days, and by the time Task Force Devlin had managed to secure orbital supremacy above the planet the Task Force had lost seven more transport DropShips and two regiments of aerospace fighters.<ref name="FSWp58"/> The Capellan landings went ahead, with the Task Force mustering roughly five regiments of 'Mechs - a number almost equaled by the defenders, who had spent two weeks fortifying positions, creating redoubts and evacuating civilians from the major cities on the planet. For ten days the Capellan ground forces fought a war of attrition against the defenders, hampered by the need to protect the Chancellor; when Barbara Liao finally announced a withdrawal from the planet only a third of the Red Lancers remained to evacuate her, and Barnabus Liao was killed along with the other members of the Ares Titans while attempting to fall back. Even as the Capellan forces evacuated from Calloway VI, they learned that their transport JumpShips had been destroyed. The FWLN Third Fleet had jumped to Calloway a week into Task Force Devlin's two-week approach to the planet; arriving close enough to the transport JumpShips to engage immediately, the Third Fleet had destroyed all bar two of the JumpShips, along with their small WarShip escort, and were burning towards Calloway VI, determined to avenge New Delos.<ref name="FSWp58"/> Colonel Devlin assigned six WarShips to evacuate Barbara Liao, while his remaining forces acted as a rearguard against the vengeful League forces. By the time the Chancellor's ships were away, Devlin was dead, and the ''Sundermann Liao'' had been destroyed, along with the bulk of Task Force Devlin. During the battle the ''Calseraigne'' was destroyed by the ''[[Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Pleiades (Individual Aegis-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Pleiades'']]; aboard the ''Calseraigne'' at the time she was destroyed was Baltazar Liao, leaving Barbara Liao with no sons. Of the original Task Force Devlin ships and forces, the survivors who managed to escape mustered just twelve WarShips, six attack DropShips, five 'Mech transports and three fighter carriers, transporting away the remnants of the ground forces - of which only the Red Lancers, Third Confederation Reserve Cavalry and Fifth Liao Lancers had managed to survive in any numbers.<ref name="FSWp58"/> ==Notes== Mentioned in the ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]'' sourcebook, the ''Calseraigne'' is simply described as an ''Essex''. In [[2765]] the Capellan Confederation was only operating two ''Essexes'', both the earlier ''Essex I'' build standard.<ref name="FR:2765CCAFp5">''Field Report 2765: CCAF'', p. 5: "Guarding the Vault of Heaven"</ref> The ''Essex I'' class was formally published in ''[[Field Report 2765: Periphery]]'', which indicated that the class received a significant renewal in the 2760s following the [[Amaris Coup]] and the mass-production of the ''Essex I'' from the [[Delhi WarShips]] production facilities in the Capellan Confederation. This makes it likely, but not certain, that the ''Calseraigne'' was an ''Essex I''.<ref name="FR2765:Pp30">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 30: "Essex I (Destroyer)"</ref> ==References== <references /> ==Bibliography== * ''[[Field Report 2765: CCAF]]'' * ''[[Field Report 2765: Periphery]]'' * ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]'' [[Category: Individual WarShips]] [[Category: Individual Destroyers]] [[Category:Individual Essex I-class WarShips]]

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