Editing Furillo (Individual Commonwealth-class WarShip)

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==History==
The LCS '''''Furillo''''' was a ''[[Commonwealth (WarShip class)|Commonwealth]]''-class light cruiser in service with the [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] during the [[First Succession War]].<ref name="FSWp19">''First Succession War'', p. 19: "The Bolan Offensive"</ref> In March 2785 the ''Donegal'' was one of a number of WarShips assigned to [[Operation ELBOW JOINT]], the preemptive invasion of [[Bolan]] by the [[Lyran Commonwealth]]. Protecting a ground force that included at least three [[regiment]]s of [[BattleMech]]s, the ''Furillo'' was one of a dozen WarShips assigned to the invasion, and arrived at the system zenith [[jump point]].<ref name="IOp226">''Interstellar Operations'', pp. 226–229: "Falling Into Fire"</ref>

The first major engagement in the invasion was fought between the Lyran task force that had arrived at a Lagrange point close to Bolan, and saw the ''[[League (WarShip class)|League]]''-class destroyers [[Talwar|FWLS ''Talwar'']], [[Turk (League)|FWLS ''Turk'']] and [[Tyberium|FWLS ''Tyberium'']] engage four Lyran ''[[Mako]]''-class corvettes, the ''[[Aurelius]]'', ''[[Nerva]]'', ''[[Vespasian (Individual Mako-class WarShip)|Vespasian]]'', and ''[[Vitellius]]'', and two of the ''Furillo's'' sister ships, the ''[[LCS Caledonia|Caledonia]]'' and ''[[LCS Donegal|Donegal]]''.<ref name="IOp226"/> In addition to the WarShips, the Lyran task force also included two [[squadron]]s of assault [[DropShip]]s and [[aerospace fighter]]s, and should have been enough to destroy all three League destroyers; however, the Lyrans were undone by the eagerness of the four ''Makos'' to engage the League WarShips. The four ''Makos'' ranged ahead of the heavier ''Commonwealths'', accompanied by only light Dropship support, and as a result the Lyran task group was divided across too broad a front.<ref name="FSWp19"/> The ''Talwar'' and her sister ships were able to use a combination of feints and sudden retreats to further disrupt the Lyran formation,<ref name="FSWp19"/> damaging two ''Makos''<ref name="IOp226"/> - the ''Nerva'' and the ''Vespasian''<ref name="FSWp19"/> and forcing them to retreat, as well as nearly destroying a third ''Mako'' before the heavier ''Commonwealths'' were able to force the three destroyers to withdraw back to orbit above Bolan.<ref name="IOp226"/>

The first Lyran naval group managed to successfully land its ground forces and then engaged in a game of cat-and-mouse with the four Free worlds League WarShips until the second Lyran group arrived above Bolan, having burned into orbit from the zenith jump point. All four Free Worlds League WarShips engaged the Lyran WarShips at this point<ref name="IOp226"/> with the ''[[Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser ''Manaslu'' leading the charge, supported by a handful of assault DropShips and two squadrons of heavy aerospace fighters. The ''Tyberium'' had been heavily damaged by the ''Nerva'' and ''Vitellius'' during the initial engagement, but attempted to support the ''Manaslu'' as best she could; while the ''Manaslu'' inflicted heavy damage on the ''Caledonia'', damaging the ''Caledonia's'' port side fire control and her maneuvering drive, the ''Tyberium'' launched a suicidal attack on the ''Donegal''. The ''Talwar'' and ''Turk'' were unable to assist either the ''Manaslu'' or the ''Tyberium'', as they were locked in battle with the ''Aurelius'' and ''Vitellus''; as the ''Talwar'' and ''Turk'' continued to battle the ''Makos'', the ''Manaslu'' was savaged by return fire from the ''Caledonia'', taking heavy damage to her prow, including strikes from at least two nuclear-tipped [[Barracuda]] missiles; the ''Caledonia'' was forced to retreat, but the ''Manaslu'' had lost her command centers, her sensor arrays and half her maneuvering thrusters, leaving her tumbling out of control. The crew of the ''Manaslu'' desperately launched escape pods even as the ''Donegal'' evaded the ''Tyberium's'' suicidal rush and crippled her engines. The crew of the ''Tyberium'' had no choice but to abandon ship, as she fell into Bolan's upper atmosphere and broke up, shedding escape pods right up until the last moment.<ref name="FSWp19"/>

Although the ''Manaslu'' and ''Tyberium'' were lost, the ''Talwar'' and the ''Turk'' were able to destroy the ''Aurelius'' and ''Vitellius'', and were ordered to retreat by Colonel Tutt when they detected the ''Furillo'' burning towards the battle from the zenith jump point.<ref name="FSWp19"/>

The ''Talwar'' and ''Turk'' then managed to avoid direct combat with either the ''Donegal'' or ''Furillo'' for days as the various naval forces attempted to draw each other out, with the Lyran forces unwilling to engage whilst in range of the surface-to-orbit capabilities of the Overwatch.<ref name="FSWp19"/> When the Lyran forces commanded by [[Leutnant-General]] [[Richart Johonson]] subjected the city of Calcutta to bombing and heavy artillery bombardment, destroying the most populated city on the Kashmir continent, rather than digging out the Bolan Defenders forces there, Colonel Tutt retaliated by ordering the ''Talwar'' to bombard the Lyran [[DropShip]]s from orbit. Leutnant-General von Eilenburg was calling for Tutt's surrender even as the ''Talwar'' destroyed the grounded Lyran DropShips; Tutt's response to von Eilenburg's demands was to order some elements of the Bolan Defenders to retreat, while also ordering that the stockpile of nuclear weapons stored at the Overwatch, the [[FWLM]] headquarters on Bolan, be used to enact a scorched-earth strategy intended to ensure that the Lyrans would obtain as little as possible from their conquest of Bolan. Tutt also ordered the ''Talwar'' and the ''Turk'' to defend those Bolan Defender elements that managed to retreat from Bolan until they had escaped; then, whilst Tutt led the remaining elements of his forces on a suicidal assault against the Lyran forces grouped around the destroyed remains of Mumbai, Bolan's capital city, the ''Talwar'' and the ''Turk'' were to return to Bolan's orbit and join in the scorched-earth campaign via orbital bombardment.<ref name="IOp226"/>

Both the ''Talwar'' and ''Turk'' being destroyed as they attempted to cover the retreating elements of the [[6th Bolan Defenders|Sixth]] and [[Tenth Bolan Defenders]]; the ''Talwar'' and the other defending League ships had sold themselves dearly, however. In addition to the destruction of the ''Aurelius'' and ''Vitellius'', the ''Nerva'' and ''Vespasian'' were so heavily damaged that each was out of commission for nearly two years while undergoing repairs, whilst the ''Caledonia'' was also badly damaged.<ref name="FSWp20">''First Succession War'', p. 21: "The Bolan Offensive"</ref>

After the conquest of Bolan the ''Donegal'' was redeployed elsewhere, while the ''Furillo'' and the badly-damaged ''Caledonia'' remained in the Bolan system as pickets until later in the war.<ref name="FSWp20"/>

== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)]]''
* ''[[Interstellar Operations]]''

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