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The WoBS ''Herald of Justice'' was one of eight ''Aegis''-class cruisers to serve in the Blakist fleet during the [[Jihad]];<ref name="J:FRp128"/> prior to the Jihad, the only ''Aegis'' known to be operating within the Blakist black water navy was the [[Immortal Spirit|WoBS ''Immortal Spirit'']],<ref name="FM:Up90"/> but the Word of Blake had secretly recovered three additional ''Aegis''-class heavy cruisers from sites around the [[Inner Sphere]] such as the abandoned [[Star League Defense Force]] facility known as the [[Ruins of Gabriel]] and restored them to operational status. These three ''Aegis'' were the ''Herald of Justice'', the [[Herald of Retribution|WoBS ''Herald of Retribution'']] and the [[Herald of Wisdom|WoBS ''Herald of Wisdom'']].<ref name="J:FRp128"/>
 
The WoBS ''Herald of Justice'' was one of eight ''Aegis''-class cruisers to serve in the Blakist fleet during the [[Jihad]];<ref name="J:FRp128"/> prior to the Jihad, the only ''Aegis'' known to be operating within the Blakist black water navy was the [[Immortal Spirit|WoBS ''Immortal Spirit'']],<ref name="FM:Up90"/> but the Word of Blake had secretly recovered three additional ''Aegis''-class heavy cruisers from sites around the [[Inner Sphere]] such as the abandoned [[Star League Defense Force]] facility known as the [[Ruins of Gabriel]] and restored them to operational status. These three ''Aegis'' were the ''Herald of Justice'', the [[Herald of Retribution|WoBS ''Herald of Retribution'']] and the [[Herald of Wisdom|WoBS ''Herald of Wisdom'']].<ref name="J:FRp128"/>
  
In October [[3067]] the ''Herald of Justice'' was positioned in the outskirts of the [[New Avalon]] system along with two other Blakist WarShips, the ''[[Riga (WarShip class)|Riga]]''-class frigate [[Red Angel|WoBS ''Red Angel'']] and the ''[[Essex]]''-class destroyer [[Divine Forgiveness|WoBS ''Divine Forgiveness'']] with orders to jump to New Avalon and reveal themselves as the new defenders of the Federated Suns capital world after the Word of Blake had been accepted into the [[Second Star League]]. The collapse of the Second Star League ahead of the vote saw the three ships issued new orders; to punish the Federated Suns.<ref name="TCp43">''Total Chaos'', p. 43-45, "New Avalon (sidebar)"</ref> [[WarShip]]s from the [[AFFS]]<ref name="J:FRp44"/> - the ''[[Fox (WarShip class)|Fox]]''-class corvettes [[Antrim|FSS '' Antrim'']] and [[Bryceland (Individual Fox-class WarShip)|FSS ''Bryceland'']]<ref name="TCp43"/> - attempted to interdict the Blakist fleet as it approached New Avalon on 5 December, and managed to cripple<ref name="J:FRp44"/> and then destroy the WoBS ''Herald of Justice''<ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 128, "Original Word Of Blake Fleet"</ref> via suicidal collisions<ref name="TCp43"/> but despite the heavy fighting in space the AFFS could not prevent the Word from bombarding Avalon City and dropping almost a [[division]] of ground troops onto the city.<ref name="J:FRp44">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 44, "The Jihad In Review"</ref>
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In October [[3067]] the ''Herald of Justice'' was positioned in the outskirts of the [[New Avalon]] system along with two other Blakist WarShips, the ''[[Riga (WarShip)|Riga]]''-class frigate [[Red Angel|WoBS ''Red Angel'']] and the ''[[Essex]]''-class destroyer [[Divine Forgiveness|WoBS ''Divine Forgiveness'']] with orders to jump to New Avalon and reveal themselves as the new defenders of the Federated Suns capital world after the Word of Blake had been accepted into the [[Second Star League]]. The collapse of the Second Star League ahead of the vote saw the three ships issued new orders; to punish the Federated Suns.<ref name="TCp43">''Total Chaos'', p. 43-45, "New Avalon (sidebar)"</ref> [[WarShip]]s from the [[AFFS]]<ref name="J:FRp44"/> - the ''[[Fox (WarShip class)|Fox]]''-class corvettes [[Antrim|FSS '' Antrim'']] and [[Bryceland (Individual Fox-class WarShip)|FSS ''Bryceland'']]<ref name="TCp43"/> - attempted to interdict the Blakist fleet as it approached New Avalon on 5 December, and managed to cripple<ref name="J:FRp44"/> and then destroy the WoBS ''Herald of Justice''<ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 128, "Original Word Of Blake Fleet"</ref> via suicidal collisions<ref name="TCp43"/> but despite the heavy fighting in space the AFFS could not prevent the Word from bombarding Avalon City and dropping almost a [[division]] of ground troops onto the city.<ref name="J:FRp44">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 44, "The Jihad In Review"</ref>
  
 
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