Editing Exsanguine

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==History==
As at [[3059]] the ''[[Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser '''''Exsanguine''''' was a [[WarShip]] within the [[Clan Blood Spirit]] [[Clan Blood Spirit Touman|''touman'']] and was serving as the CBS ''Exsanguine''. The ''Exsanguine'' was one of only four WarShips in the Blood Spirit ''touman'' at this point, and was serving as a part of the [[Naval Reserve (Clan Blood Spirit)|Naval Reserve]].<ref name="FM:WCp108">''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 30, "Blood Guard Keshik and the Naval Reserve"</ref>

In [[3072]] [[Khan]] N'Buta of [[Clan Star Adder]] was looking for revenge against the Blood Spirits for their actions on [[Strana Mechty]], in which the Star Adder enclave was destroyed and [[saKhan]] [[Dante Truscott]] was killed. In August 3072 a large part of the Star Adder navy including the [[Alpha Naval Reserve Star (Clan Star Adder)|Alpha Naval Reserve Star]] struck at the world of [[York (Clan System)|York]]. The ''Exsanguine'' was in the York system at the time, and the Star Adders immediately engaged the ''Exsanguine'' and the nearby recharge station upon arriving in the system. The Blood Spirits launched five assorted [[Star]]s of [[aerospace fighter]]s and [[DropShip]]s to join in the battle, but were unable to prevent the Star Adders from crippling the ''Exsanguine'' and leaving her commanding officer, [[Star Admiral]] [[Ilse McFadden]], with no way to retaliate.<ref name="WORp104">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 104, "The Fall of York"</ref>

Once it was obvious that the ''Exsanguine'' was crippled, the Star Adders pulled back from the battle and instead pressed on to York. In the face of attacks from military and civilian vessels - up to and including civilian DropShips ramming Star Adder vessels - the Star Adders secured themselves in orbit above York and then landed DropShips to evacuate the Star Adder personnel located at their one enclave on the planet. When that was done, the Star Adders began a twenty-two-day orbital bombardment of York, striking at all of the major cities and industries on the planet, shattering the Blood Spirits. More than three-quarters of the planetary population were killed and upwards of ninety percent of the industry was destroyed; while the Star Adders ceased the bombardment short of completely destroying the capital world of the Blood Spirits, the bombardment tipped the planetary ecology into decline as the damage resulted in conditions akin to a nuclear winter, beginning York's slow death.<ref name="WORp104"/>

In April [[3073]], the Blood Spirits retaliated for the destruction of York by sending substantial ground forces and the partially-repaired ''Exsanguine'' to the [[Albion (Clan System)|Albion]] system. Stationed above Albion were two [[Clan Cloud Cobra]] WarShips, the ''[[York (WarShip class)|York]]''-class destroyer [[Nebulous|CCS ''Nebulous'']], and the ''[[Vincent]]''-class corvette [[Hertzog's Staff|CCS ''Hertzog's Staff'']]. The Blood Spirits knew that the ''Exsanguine'' was in no condition to battle both Cloud Cobra WarShips and bargained a Trial down to just one Star of aerospace fighters each. When the Blood Spirits won, the Cloud Cobra vessels allowed them to pass; the Blood Spirits then went on to launch heavy attacks against the Star Adder enclaves of Indicass Alpha and Beta, recovering substantial quantities of ''[[isorla]]'' before the ''Exsanguine'' went on to bombard the Star Adder enclaves on the planet from orbit, just as the Star Adders had done to York.<ref name="WORp122+">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 122-123, "The Defamation of Albion"</ref>

When [[Clan Coyote]] arrived in the [[Colleen]] system in [[3082]] to launch a [[Trial of Possession]] for holdings on the planet, the Blood Spirits bid the damaged ''Exsanguine'' in their defense. The Coyotes met the bid with the ''[[Liberator (WarShip class)|Liberator]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Spirit in the Sky|CCS ''Spirit in the Sky'']], which destroyed the ''Exsanguine'' in the resulting battle.<ref name="WORp156">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 156, "WarShips"</ref>

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


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