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As of [[3061]], the ''[[Nightlord]]''-class battleship CSV '''''Dark Asp''''' was a [[WarShip]] within the [[Clan Steel Viper]] [[Clan Steel Viper Touman|''touman'']] and was  the flagship of the Steel Viper fleet.<ref name="FM:WCp138+">''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', pp. 138–139: "Naval Assets"</ref> It had served in this role from at least [[3053]].<ref>''Bloodright'', p. 70</ref>
 
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
In November [[3069]], the ''Dark Asp'' was one of several Steel Viper WarShips to be directly involved in the assault by [[Alpha Galaxy (Clan Steel Viper)|Alpha Galaxy]] against the [[Clan Jade Falcon]] world of [[Ironhold]], the first Jade Falcon target to be hit by the Steel Vipers following [[Khan]] [[Brett Andrews]] attempt to have the Jade Falcons declared ''[[dezgra]]'' and expelled from the [[Clan Homeworlds]].<ref name="WORp46">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 46: "Exodus Requiem"</ref>
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As of [[3061]], the ''[[Nightlord]]''-class battleship '''''Dark Asp''''' was a [[WarShip]] within the [[Clan Steel Viper]] [[Clan Steel Viper Touman|''touman'']] and was serving as the CSV ''Dark Asp'', flagship of the Steel Viper fleet.<ref name="FM:WCp138+">''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 138-139, "Naval Assets"</ref> It had served in this role from at least [[3053]].<ref>''Bloodright (scenario pack)'', p. 70</ref>
  
A full [[Star]] of Steel Viper WarShips were responsible for deflecting the attempt by the Jade Falcons' [[Emerald Talon Assault Star (Clan Jade Falcon)|Emerald Talon Assault Star]] to disrupt the landing. The ''Dark Asp'' and the ''[[Cameron (WarShip class)|Cameron]]''-class battlecruiser [[Zalman's Endeavor|CSV ''Zalman's Endeavor'']], provided support while the ''[[Aegis (WarShip class)|Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Steel Python|CSV ''Steel Python'']] and the lighter ''[[Whirlwind]]''-class destroyer [[Snake in the Grass (Individual Whirlwind-class WarShip)|CSV ''Snake in the Grass'']] and ''[[Lola III]]''-class destroyer [[Snake Pit|CSV ''Snake Pit'']] escorted Alpha Galaxy to the surface. The actions of the ''Dark Asp'' and the other WarShips, joined by almost ten Stars of [[aerospace fighter]]s, were sufficient to push the defending Falcon WarShips far enough away that Alpha Galaxy could launch a full assault drop, securing the world within a month.<ref name="WORp46"/>
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In November [[3069]] the ''Dark Asp'' was one of several Steel Viper WarShips to be directly involved in the assault by [[Alpha Galaxy (Clan Steel Viper)|Alpha Galaxy]] against the [[Clan Jade Falcon]] world of [[Ironhold]], the first Jade Falcon target to be hit by the Steel Vipers following [[Khan]] [[Brett Andrews]] attempt to have the Jade Falcons declared ''[[dezgra]]'' and expelled from the [[Clan Homeworlds]].<ref name="WORp46">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 46, "Exodus Requiem"</ref>
  
There is no record of the ''Dark Asp'' having survived the [[Wars of Reaving]] and the [[Trial of Annihilation|annihilation]] of Clan Steel Viper in December [[3075]]. The presence of the [[Snake Leader|CSV ''Snake Leader'']] as the Steel Viper flagship at [[New Kent]] in [[3075]]<ref name="WORp150+">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 150: "Focused Aggression"</ref> implies that the ''Dark Asp'' had been disabled or destroyed prior to this point, possibly during the Steel Viper campaign against [[Tamaron]] in [[3074]] to which the bulk of the Steel Viper naval assets were committed.<ref name="WORp142+">''The Wars of Reaving'', pp. 142–143: "Viper's Venom"</ref>
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A full [[Star]] of Steel Viper WarShips were responsible for deflecting the attempt by the Jade Falcons' [[Emerald Talon Assault Star (Clan Jade Falcon)|Emerald Talon Assault Star]] to disrupt the landing. The ''Dark Asp'' and the ''[[Cameron (WarShip class)|Cameron]]''-class battlecruiser [[Zalman's Endeavor|CSV ''Zalman's Endeavor'']], provided support while the ''[[Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Steel Python|CSV ''Steel Python'']] and the lighter ''[[Whirlwind]]''-class destroyer [[Snake in the Grass|CSV ''Snake in the Grass'']] and ''[[Lola III]]''-class destroyer [[Snake Pit|CSV ''Snake Pit'']] escorted Alpha Galaxy to the surface. The actions of the ''Dark Asp'' and the other WarShips, joined by almost ten Stars of [[aerospace fighter]]s, were sufficient to push the defending Falcon WarShips far enough away that Alpha Galaxy could launch a full assault drop, securing the world within a month.<ref name="WORp46"/>
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There is no record of the ''Dark Asp'' having survived the [[Wars of Reaving]] and the [[Trial of Annihilation|annihilation]] of Clan Steel Viper in December [[3075]]. The presence of the [[Snake Leader|CSV ''Snake Leader'']] as the Steel Viper flagship at [[New Kent]] in [[3075]]<ref name="WORp150+">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 150, "Focused Aggression"</ref> implies that the ''Dark Asp'' had been disabled or destroyed prior to this point, possibly during the Steel Viper campaign against [[Tamaron]] in [[3074]] to which the bulk of the Steel Viper naval assets were committed.<ref name="WORp142+">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 142-143, "Viper's Venom"</ref>
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
* ''[[Bloodright (scenario pack)|Bloodright]]''
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* ''[[Bloodright (scenario pack)]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Warden Clans]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Warden Clans]]''
 
* ''[[The Wars of Reaving]]''
 
* ''[[The Wars of Reaving]]''
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[[Category: Individual WarShips]]
 
[[Category: Individual WarShips]]
 
[[Category: Individual Battleships]]
 
[[Category: Individual Battleships]]
 
[[Category: Individual Nightlord-class WarShips]]
 
[[Category: Individual Nightlord-class WarShips]]

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