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Line 1: − {{infoBoxIndividualSpacecraft + {{infoBoxIndividualVessel | image = | image = | vesselname = Gawain | vesselname = Gawain | prevname = | prevname = | type = [[WarShip]] | type = [[WarShip]] − | class = [[Eagle (WarShip class)|Eagle]] + | class = [[Eagle (WarShip)|Eagle]] | prevclass = | prevclass = − | servicesince = − | serviceuntil = }} }} ==History== ==History== − The ''[[Eagle (WarShip class)|Eagle]]''-class frigate '''''Gawain''''' and her sister ship [[Mordred (Individual Eagle-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Mordred'']] were both under construction in [[3059]] and were intended to be escort vessels for the third of the ''[[Thera]]''-class of carriers being built by the [[Free Worlds League]], the [[Corinth|FWLS ''Corinth'']]. The ''Corinth'' was due to enter service in [[3063]] and would form the center of a battle group, alongside the ''Gawain'' and ''Mordred''.<ref name="FM:FWLp119">''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 119: "Renovation/Construction"</ref> + The ''[[Eagle (WarShip)|Eagle]]''-class frigate '''''Gawain''''' and her sister ship [[Mordred|FWLS ''Mordred'']] were both under construction in [[3059]] and were intended to be escort vessels for the third of the ''[[Thera]]''-class of carriers being built by the [[Free Worlds League]], the [[Corinth|FWLS ''Corinth'']]. The ''Corinth'' was due to enter service in [[3063]] and would form the center of a battle group, alongside the ''Gawain'' and ''Mordred''.<ref name="FM:FWLp119">''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 119, "Renovation/Construction"</ref> − All three ships were serving together in [[3067]]<ref name="FM:Up144">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 144: "Ships Of The FWL"</ref> and prior to the outbreak of the [[Jihad]] the ''Corinth'' and the ''Mordred'' were both suborned by the [[Word of Blake]].<ref name="J:FRp128">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 128: "Captured Ships"</ref> The ''Gawain'' was involved in a pitched naval battle in the [[Atreus (FWL)|Atreus]] system on 25 October [[3068]], when loyalist and Blakist elements of the Free Worlds League navy turned on each other; the ''Corinth'' and ''Mordred'' joined the ''[[Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Nueva Badajoz|FWLS ''Nueva Badajoz'']], ''[[Agamemnon]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Aineas|FWLS ''Aeneas'']], ''[[Black Lion]]''-class battlecruiser [[Xanthos (Individual Black Lion-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Xanthos'']] and the ''[[Impavido]]''-class destroyer [[Impavido (Individual Impavido-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Impavido'']]. The Blakist-aligned WarShips attacked the loyalist WarShips in the system, which were mainly lighter destroyers and corvettes, and which consisted of the ''Gawain'', the ''Impavido''-class [[Janos Marik (Individual Impavido-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Janos Marik'']], the ''[[Zechetinu]]''-class corvette [[Sparta (Individual Zechetinu-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Sparta'']], the ''[[Zechetinu|Zechetinu II]]''-class corvettes [[Acari|FWLS ''Acari'']] and [[Scorpion (Individual Zechetinu-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Scorpion'']] and the ''[[Essex]]''-class destroyer [[Raven (Individual Essex-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Raven'']].<ref name="JTP:ABC">''Jihad Turning Points: Atreus BattleCorps Exclusive Track'', p. 2: "True Colors Revealed"</ref> + All three ships were serving together in [[3067]]<ref name="FM:Up144">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 144, "Ships Of The FWL"</ref> and prior to the outbreak of the [[Jihad]] the ''Corinth'' and the ''Mordred'' were both suborned by the [[Word of Blake]].<ref name="J:FRp128">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 128, "Captured Ships"</ref> The ''Gawain'' was involved in a pitched naval battle in the [[Atreus (FWL)|Atreus]] system on the 25th of October [[3068]], when loyalist and Blakist elements of the Free Worlds League navy turned on each other; the ''Corinth'' and ''Mordred'' joined the ''[[Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Nueva Badajoz|FWLS ''Nueva Badajoz'']], ''[[Agamemnon]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Aineas|FWLS ''Aeneas'']], ''[[Black Lion]]''-class battlecruiser [[Xanthos (Black Lion)|FWLS ''Xanthos'']] and the ''[[Impavido]]''-class destroyer [[Impavido (Impavido)|FWLS ''Impavido'']]. The Blakist-aligned WarShips attacked the loyalist WarShips in the system, which were mainly lighter destroyers and corvettes, and which consisted of the ''Gawain'', the ''Impavido''-class [[Janos Marik (Impavido)|FWLS ''Janos Marik'']], the ''[[Zechetinu]]''-class corvette [[Sparta (Zechetinu)|FWLS ''Sparta'']], the ''[[Zechetinu|Zechetinu II]]''-class corvettes [[Acari|FWLS ''Acari'']] and [[Scorpion (Zechetinu)|FWLS ''Scorpion'']] and the ''[[Essex]]''-class destroyer [[Raven (Essex)|FWLS ''Raven'']].<ref name="JTP:ABC">''Jihad Turning Points: Atreus BattleCorps Exclusive Track'', p. 2, "True Colors Revealed"</ref> The naval battle in the Atreus system was a victory for the Blakist forces; none of the Blakist WarShips were destroyed, although all of them had suffered damage, but of the loyalist forces, only the FWLS ''Acari'' and FWLS ''Raven'' escaped to seek refuge in the [[Duchy of Oriente]].<ref name="JTP:ABC"/> The naval battle in the Atreus system was a victory for the Blakist forces; none of the Blakist WarShips were destroyed, although all of them had suffered damage, but of the loyalist forces, only the FWLS ''Acari'' and FWLS ''Raven'' escaped to seek refuge in the [[Duchy of Oriente]].<ref name="JTP:ABC"/> ==Notes== ==Notes== − The ''Gawain'' appears to have been named for a figure associated with the myths around the fifth-or-sixth-century [[w:King Arthur|King Arthur]]; in this case, one of the [[w:Knights of the Round Table|Knights of the Round Table]], [[w:Gawain|Sir Gawain]]. The pairing of the ''Gawain'' and the ''Mordred'' as escorts together may be an allusion to stories indicating that in some of the Arthurian tales Sir Gawain and Mordred were brothers. + The ''Gawain'' appears to have been named for a figure associated with the myths around the 5th or 6th century AD [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Arthur King Arthur]; in this case, one of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_the_Round_Table Knights of the Round Table], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gawain Sir Gawain]. The pairing of the ''Gawain'' and the ''Mordred'' as escorts together may be an allusion to stories indicating that in some of the Arthurian tales Sir Gawain and Mordred were brothers. ==References== ==References== Line 26:
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==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | The ''[[Eagle (WarShip | + | The ''[[Eagle (WarShip)|Eagle]]''-class frigate '''''Gawain''''' and her sister ship [[Mordred|FWLS ''Mordred'']] were both under construction in [[3059]] and were intended to be escort vessels for the third of the ''[[Thera]]''-class of carriers being built by the [[Free Worlds League]], the [[Corinth|FWLS ''Corinth'']]. The ''Corinth'' was due to enter service in [[3063]] and would form the center of a battle group, alongside the ''Gawain'' and ''Mordred''.<ref name="FM:FWLp119">''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 119, "Renovation/Construction"</ref> |
| − | All three ships were serving together in [[3067]]<ref name="FM:Up144">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 144 | + | All three ships were serving together in [[3067]]<ref name="FM:Up144">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 144, "Ships Of The FWL"</ref> and prior to the outbreak of the [[Jihad]] the ''Corinth'' and the ''Mordred'' were both suborned by the [[Word of Blake]].<ref name="J:FRp128">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 128, "Captured Ships"</ref> The ''Gawain'' was involved in a pitched naval battle in the [[Atreus (FWL)|Atreus]] system on the 25th of October [[3068]], when loyalist and Blakist elements of the Free Worlds League navy turned on each other; the ''Corinth'' and ''Mordred'' joined the ''[[Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Nueva Badajoz|FWLS ''Nueva Badajoz'']], ''[[Agamemnon]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Aineas|FWLS ''Aeneas'']], ''[[Black Lion]]''-class battlecruiser [[Xanthos (Black Lion)|FWLS ''Xanthos'']] and the ''[[Impavido]]''-class destroyer [[Impavido (Impavido)|FWLS ''Impavido'']]. The Blakist-aligned WarShips attacked the loyalist WarShips in the system, which were mainly lighter destroyers and corvettes, and which consisted of the ''Gawain'', the ''Impavido''-class [[Janos Marik (Impavido)|FWLS ''Janos Marik'']], the ''[[Zechetinu]]''-class corvette [[Sparta (Zechetinu)|FWLS ''Sparta'']], the ''[[Zechetinu|Zechetinu II]]''-class corvettes [[Acari|FWLS ''Acari'']] and [[Scorpion (Zechetinu)|FWLS ''Scorpion'']] and the ''[[Essex]]''-class destroyer [[Raven (Essex)|FWLS ''Raven'']].<ref name="JTP:ABC">''Jihad Turning Points: Atreus BattleCorps Exclusive Track'', p. 2, "True Colors Revealed"</ref> |
The naval battle in the Atreus system was a victory for the Blakist forces; none of the Blakist WarShips were destroyed, although all of them had suffered damage, but of the loyalist forces, only the FWLS ''Acari'' and FWLS ''Raven'' escaped to seek refuge in the [[Duchy of Oriente]].<ref name="JTP:ABC"/> | The naval battle in the Atreus system was a victory for the Blakist forces; none of the Blakist WarShips were destroyed, although all of them had suffered damage, but of the loyalist forces, only the FWLS ''Acari'' and FWLS ''Raven'' escaped to seek refuge in the [[Duchy of Oriente]].<ref name="JTP:ABC"/> | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
| − | The ''Gawain'' appears to have been named for a figure associated with the myths around the | + | The ''Gawain'' appears to have been named for a figure associated with the myths around the 5th or 6th century AD [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Arthur King Arthur]; in this case, one of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_the_Round_Table Knights of the Round Table], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gawain Sir Gawain]. The pairing of the ''Gawain'' and the ''Mordred'' as escorts together may be an allusion to stories indicating that in some of the Arthurian tales Sir Gawain and Mordred were brothers. |
==References== | ==References== | ||
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* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' | * ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' | ||
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' | * ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' | ||
| − | * ''[[BattleCorps Scenarios#Jihad Turning Point: Atreus | + | * ''[[BattleCorps Scenarios#Jihad Turning Point: Atreus Battlecorps Exclusive|Jihad Turning Points: Atreus (BattleCorps Exclusive Track)]]'' |
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[[Category: Individual WarShips]] | [[Category: Individual WarShips]] | ||
[[Category: Individual Frigates]] | [[Category: Individual Frigates]] | ||
[[Category: Individual Eagle-class WarShips]] | [[Category: Individual Eagle-class WarShips]] | ||