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	Just a few weeks later, the DCMS were presented with the opportunity needed to free Benjamin; a naval flotilla from [[Clan Nova Cat]] backed up with ground forces attacked the defending Word of Blake forces in a sudden assault on the 16th of December 3072. The Nova Cat forces overwhelmed the majority of the defending Blakist forces before moving on, allowing the surviving DCMS forces still on Benjamin to reclaim the planet.<ref name="J:FRp51"/><ref name="JHS3076p26">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 26, "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref>		Just a few weeks later, the DCMS were presented with the opportunity needed to free Benjamin; a naval flotilla from [[Clan Nova Cat]] backed up with ground forces attacked the defending Word of Blake forces in a sudden assault on the 16th of December 3072. The Nova Cat forces overwhelmed the majority of the defending Blakist forces before moving on, allowing the surviving DCMS forces still on Benjamin to reclaim the planet.<ref name="J:FRp51"/><ref name="JHS3076p26">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 26, "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref>
−	The various battles in the Benjamin system in 3072 would claim a total of five Blakist [[WarShip]]s. From their original fleet salvaged from the [[Ruins of Gabriel]] and elsewhere, the Word of Blake lost the ''Faith's End'' and the ''[[Vincent (WarShip class)|Vincent Mk. 39]]''-class [[Blade of Holiness|WoBS ''Blade of Holiness'']]. The Blakists also lost the [[Fox (WarShip class)|''Fox'']]-class corvettes [[Robinson (Individual Fox-class WarShip)|FSS ''Robinson'']] and [[Robert Kelswa (Individual Fox-class WarShip)|LAS ''Robert Kelswa'']], captured earlier from the [[Federated Suns]] and [[Lyran Alliance]] respectively, as well as the [[Eagle (WarShip class)|''Eagle'']]-class [[Bors|FWLS ''Bors'']], one of the WarShips from the [[Free Worlds League]] navy the Blakists had suborned in the opening stages of the Jihad.<ref name="J:FRp128"/>	+	The various battles in the Benjamin system in 3072 would claim a total of five Blakist [[WarShip]]s. From their original fleet salvaged from the [[Ruins of Gabriel]] and elsewhere, the Word of Blake lost the ''Faith's End'' and the ''[[Vincent|Vincent Mk. 39]]''-class [[Blade of Holiness|WoBS ''Blade of Holiness'']]. The Blakists also lost the [[Fox (WarShip class)|''Fox'']]-class corvettes [[Robinson (Individual Fox-class WarShip)|FSS ''Robinson'']] and [[Robert Kelswa (Individual Fox-class WarShip)|LAS ''Robert Kelswa'']], captured earlier from the [[Federated Suns]] and [[Lyran Alliance]] respectively, as well as the [[Eagle (WarShip class)|''Eagle'']]-class [[Bors|FWLS ''Bors'']], one of the WarShips from the [[Free Worlds League]] navy the Blakists had suborned in the opening stages of the Jihad.<ref name="J:FRp128"/>
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{{infoBoxIndividualVessel | image = | vesselname = Faith's End | prevname = | type = [[WarShip]] | class = [[Lola III]] | prevclass = }} ==History== One of many [[WarShip]]s to be disabled and abandoned or lost during the [[Star League]] era or the early [[BattleTech eras|Succession Wars]], the ''[[Lola III]]''-class destroyer later known as the '''''Faith's End''''' was one of a number of ships recovered by the [[Word of Blake]]<ref name="J:FRp128">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 128, "Word of Blake Naval Assets"</ref> and restored to working order in secret.<ref name="FM:Up90">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 90, "Naval Assets and Militia Divisions"</ref> The WoBS ''Faith's End'' was one of three ''Lola III''-class destroyers to serve in the Blakist fleet at the height of its power, serving alongside her sister ships [[End of Wisdom|WoBS ''End of Wisdom'']]<ref name="J:FRp128"/> and [[Guarded Knowledge|WoBS ''Guarded Knowledge'']].<ref name="FM:Up90"/> The ''Faith's End'' was directly involved in at least one of the significant naval engagements or battles in the [[Benjamin]] system in [[3072]]; the first conflict of the year in the Benjamin system to involve the Blakists was in May, when forces led by the [[28th Division (Word of Blake)|28th Division]] with support from the [[45th Shadow Division]] and mercenary units<ref name="JHS3072p76"/> seized the planet on the 12th.<ref name="JHS3076p22">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 22, "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp50">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 50, "The Jihad In Review"</ref> Nine of the planet's semi-suns were destroyed the initial invasion. Benjamin's defending [[DCMS]] forces were overwhelmed by the Blakist forces, who secured the planet with surrender of the [[6th Ghost|6th Ghost Regiment]], but a guerrilla resistance force fought on after the occupation began.<ref name="JHS3072p76">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3072'', p. 76, "Benjamin Falls"</ref> Six months later the Combine attempted unsuccessfully to break the siege of Benjamin in a campaign fought during the first two weeks of November 3072.<ref name="JHS3076p23">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 23, "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp51">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 51, "The Jihad In Review"</ref> The battle cost the Combine three of their [[WarShips]], the ''[[Kyushu]]''-class frigate [[Luthien (Individual Kyushu-class WarShip)|DCS ''Luthien'']] and the ''[[Inazuma]]''-class corvettes [[Night of Agony|DCS ''Night of Agony'']] and [[Swiping Claw| DCS ''Swiping Claw'']].<ref name="JHS:Tp30">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 30, "DCA Readiness Report"</ref> Just a few weeks later, the DCMS were presented with the opportunity needed to free Benjamin; a naval flotilla from [[Clan Nova Cat]] backed up with ground forces attacked the defending Word of Blake forces in a sudden assault on the 16th of December 3072. The Nova Cat forces overwhelmed the majority of the defending Blakist forces before moving on, allowing the surviving DCMS forces still on Benjamin to reclaim the planet.<ref name="J:FRp51"/><ref name="JHS3076p26">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 26, "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref> The various battles in the Benjamin system in 3072 would claim a total of five Blakist [[WarShip]]s. From their original fleet salvaged from the [[Ruins of Gabriel]] and elsewhere, the Word of Blake lost the ''Faith's End'' and the ''[[Vincent|Vincent Mk. 39]]''-class [[Blade of Holiness|WoBS ''Blade of Holiness'']]. The Blakists also lost the [[Fox (WarShip class)|''Fox'']]-class corvettes [[Robinson (Individual Fox-class WarShip)|FSS ''Robinson'']] and [[Robert Kelswa (Individual Fox-class WarShip)|LAS ''Robert Kelswa'']], captured earlier from the [[Federated Suns]] and [[Lyran Alliance]] respectively, as well as the [[Eagle (WarShip class)|''Eagle'']]-class [[Bors|FWLS ''Bors'']], one of the WarShips from the [[Free Worlds League]] navy the Blakists had suborned in the opening stages of the Jihad.<ref name="J:FRp128"/> ==References== <references /> ==Bibliography== * ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' * ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' * ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3072]]'' * ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3076]]'' * ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]'' [[Category: Individual WarShips]] [[Category: Individual Destroyers]] [[Category: Individual Lola III-class WarShips]]

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