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	Unlike the other ships of the 568th, the ''E. Presley'' had only been disabled by the defenses at Epsilon Indi, not destroyed; locked into a long elliptical orbit, the ''E. Presley'' was recovered by the [[Word of Blake]] in secret at some point in [[3059]]. The Blakists transported the ''E. Presley'' to the [[Terra]]n solar system and had her extensively repaired at the [[Titan Yards]], changing her name in the process to the WBS '''''Immortal Spirit''''' and refitting her with a [[Lithium-Fusion Battery]]. The news service [[INN]] reported that the ''Immortal Spirit'' was due to launch in [[3064]], but may have actually entered active service in [[3063]], only to vanish as a result of what was suspected to be a catastrophe related to her being rushed into service early.<ref name=FMU-89>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 89: "The Word of Blake - Terra"</ref><ref name="BAp125"/>		Unlike the other ships of the 568th, the ''E. Presley'' had only been disabled by the defenses at Epsilon Indi, not destroyed; locked into a long elliptical orbit, the ''E. Presley'' was recovered by the [[Word of Blake]] in secret at some point in [[3059]]. The Blakists transported the ''E. Presley'' to the [[Terra]]n solar system and had her extensively repaired at the [[Titan Yards]], changing her name in the process to the WBS '''''Immortal Spirit''''' and refitting her with a [[Lithium-Fusion Battery]]. The news service [[INN]] reported that the ''Immortal Spirit'' was due to launch in [[3064]], but may have actually entered active service in [[3063]], only to vanish as a result of what was suspected to be a catastrophe related to her being rushed into service early.<ref name=FMU-89>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 89: "The Word of Blake - Terra"</ref><ref name="BAp125"/>
−	In truth the Word of Blake would use the ''Immortal Spirit'' on a strange yet seemingly important mission during the early stages of the [[FedCom Civil War]]. Making cryptic remarks about the "misuse of the name of the one foretold", the Word took great affront to the renaming of the [[Fox (WarShip class)|''Fox''-class]] [[Angela Franks (Individual Fox-class WarShip)|LAS ''Angela Franks'']] as the [[Arthur Steiner-Davion (Individual Fox-class WarShip)|LAS ''Arthur Steiner-Davion'']] by the [[Lyran Alliance]]. When the [[LAAF]] sent the ''Arthur Steiner-Davion'' to [[Coventry]] as a "welcoming present" for the arrival of [[Victor Steiner-Davion]]'s forces in October 3063, the Word of Blake responded by sending the ''Immortal Spirit'', utilizing a [[Super-Jump Drive|Super-Jump]] to traverse the distance between Terra and Coventry in an instant, but burning out its [[KF drive]] in the process.<ref name=FMU-89/><ref name=JSTBD-38>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 38: "Around the Sphere - The Lyran Alliance - Coventry Liberation Aftermath"</ref>	+	In truth the Word of Blake would use the ''Immortal Spirit'' on a strange yet seemingly important mission during the early stages of the [[FedCom Civil War]]. Making cryptic remarks about the "misuse of the name of the one foretold", the Word took great affront to the renaming of the [[Fox (WarShip)|''Fox''-class]] [[Angela Franks (Individual Fox-class WarShip)|LAS ''Angela Franks'']] as the [[Arthur Steiner-Davion (Individual Fox-class WarShip)|LAS ''Arthur Steiner-Davion'']] by the [[Lyran Alliance]]. When the [[LAAF]] sent the ''Arthur Steiner-Davion'' to [[Coventry]] as a "welcoming present" for the arrival of [[Victor Steiner-Davion]]'s forces in October 3063, the Word of Blake responded by sending the ''Immortal Spirit'', utilizing a [[Super-Jump Drive|Super-Jump]] to traverse the distance between Terra and Coventry in an instant, but burning out its [[KF drive]] in the process.<ref name=FMU-89/><ref name=JSTBD-38>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 38: "Around the Sphere - The Lyran Alliance - Coventry Liberation Aftermath"</ref>
	Catching the ''Fox''-class ship by surprise and easily defeating her, the stranded ''Immortal Spirit'' would hide in the outer asteroid belt of the Coventry system as the Word considered the highly complex task of replacing her Jump Core outside of a drydock. Despite the common assumption of the ''Immortal Spirit''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s destruction, sightings of the vessel began to be reported from numerous systems ranging from [[Hazeldean]] to [[Memphis]], though all sightings would prove inconclusive and the ship would remain stuck at Coventry for the early years of the [[Jihad]].<ref name="BAp125"/><ref name=FMU-89/><ref name=JSTBD-38/>		Catching the ''Fox''-class ship by surprise and easily defeating her, the stranded ''Immortal Spirit'' would hide in the outer asteroid belt of the Coventry system as the Word considered the highly complex task of replacing her Jump Core outside of a drydock. Despite the common assumption of the ''Immortal Spirit''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s destruction, sightings of the vessel began to be reported from numerous systems ranging from [[Hazeldean]] to [[Memphis]], though all sightings would prove inconclusive and the ship would remain stuck at Coventry for the early years of the [[Jihad]].<ref name="BAp125"/><ref name=FMU-89/><ref name=JSTBD-38/>

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{{infoBoxIndividualVessel | image = | vesselname = Immortal Spirit | prevname = E. Presley | type = [[WarShip]] | class = [[Aegis]] | prevclass = }} ==History== ===The Terran Hegemony=== Launched from the Greenock shipyards above [[Terra]] in [[2382]], the ''[[Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser ''E. Presley'' joined the black water navy of the [[Terran Hegemony]] military, the [[Hegemony Armed Forces]], and would continue to serve the [[HAF]] as the THS ''E. Presley'' until she was mothballed in [[2531]].<ref name="BAp125">''Blake Ascending'', p. 125: "Immortal Spirit Sighting"</ref> ===The Star League=== The [[Star League Defense Force]] reactivated the ''E. Presley'' in [[2582]], partway through the [[Reunification War]], and restored her to service as the SLS ''E. Presley''. Serving with distinction, the ''E. Presley'' remained an active part of the SLDF until the opening stages of the [[Amaris Civil War]].<ref name="BAp125"/> When [[Stefan Amaris]] launched his coup the ''E. Presley'' was under the command of [[Vice Admiral]] [[Mitchell Justin]] and serving as a part of the [[568th Armed Transport Flotilla]] under the overall command of [[Admiral]] [[Amanda Braso]]. Serving alongside a sister ship of the same class, the [[Huston|SLS ''Huston'']], the ''E. Presley'' was one of eight [[WarShip]]s within the flotilla. The lead ship of the flotilla was Admiral Braso's ''[[Black Lion]]''-class battlecruiser, reinforced by the ''E. Presley'', the ''Huston'', four ''[[Lola III]]''-class destroyers and a ''[[Potemkin]]''-class carrier, along with twenty assorted transport vessels and an undisclosed number of support craft. When the bulk of the SLDF learned of the coup, one division - the [[Thirty-fourth Royal BattleMech Division]] - was strongly associated with the world of [[Epsilon Indi]], and was determined to launch an unsanctioned attack to reclaim the Hegemony world. The 568th acted to support the forces of the Thirty-Fourth.<ref name="TSLp86">''The Star League'', p. 86: "Admiral Braso's Last Transmission"</ref> The 568th divided their forces into two groups, one led by Admiral Braso and one by Vice Admiral Justin, and arrived at the zenith and nadir jump points of the Epsilon Indi system at 0900 hrs on the 1st of July [[2767]]. The two groups began the transit to the planet, and were challenged by the first ''[[Caspar]]'' drone from the local [[SDS]] network a day away from the planet. The drone refused to acknowledge the SLDF codes, and the best efforts of the crews of the various SLDF WarShips had no success in attempting to gain control of the drone ship's systems. Soon, all fifty-six ''Caspar''s assigned to Epsilon Indi were in formation, waiting for the SLDF WarShips to approach; Admiral Braso ordered Vice Admiral Julian to take his ships to the other side of the planet while her group engaged the bulk of the drone forces, in the hope that Julian's group would be able to deploy their contingent of the Thirty-Fourth unopposed.<ref name="TSLp86"/> The ''Caspars'' coordinated their efforts precisely, inflicting heavy damage on the Star League WarShips and splitting into two groups as the SLDF troop transports made for the planet, one group attacking the deploying troops as the others engaged the WarShips and defending vessels. When the [[Rex (Individual Lola III-class WarShip)|SLS ''Rex'']], a ''Lola III'', attempted to break and run, several ''Caspar'' drones worked together to quickly destroy the isolated vessel; even as Admiral Braso's ''Black Lion'' managed to disable some of the drones through accurate gunnery, another ''Caspar'' rammed the ''Huston'', destroying the heavy cruiser outright. The remaining ships of the 568th were destroyed shortly after, with only a fraction of the Thirty-Fourth making it to the planet through the gauntlet of ''Caspar'' drones and ground-based SDS weapons.<ref name="TSLp86"/> ===The Word of Blake=== Unlike the other ships of the 568th, the ''E. Presley'' had only been disabled by the defenses at Epsilon Indi, not destroyed; locked into a long elliptical orbit, the ''E. Presley'' was recovered by the [[Word of Blake]] in secret at some point in [[3059]]. The Blakists transported the ''E. Presley'' to the [[Terra]]n solar system and had her extensively repaired at the [[Titan Yards]], changing her name in the process to the WBS '''''Immortal Spirit''''' and refitting her with a [[Lithium-Fusion Battery]]. The news service [[INN]] reported that the ''Immortal Spirit'' was due to launch in [[3064]], but may have actually entered active service in [[3063]], only to vanish as a result of what was suspected to be a catastrophe related to her being rushed into service early.<ref name=FMU-89>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 89: "The Word of Blake - Terra"</ref><ref name="BAp125"/> In truth the Word of Blake would use the ''Immortal Spirit'' on a strange yet seemingly important mission during the early stages of the [[FedCom Civil War]]. Making cryptic remarks about the "misuse of the name of the one foretold", the Word took great affront to the renaming of the [[Fox (WarShip)|''Fox''-class]] [[Angela Franks (Individual Fox-class WarShip)|LAS ''Angela Franks'']] as the [[Arthur Steiner-Davion (Individual Fox-class WarShip)|LAS ''Arthur Steiner-Davion'']] by the [[Lyran Alliance]]. When the [[LAAF]] sent the ''Arthur Steiner-Davion'' to [[Coventry]] as a "welcoming present" for the arrival of [[Victor Steiner-Davion]]'s forces in October 3063, the Word of Blake responded by sending the ''Immortal Spirit'', utilizing a [[Super-Jump Drive|Super-Jump]] to traverse the distance between Terra and Coventry in an instant, but burning out its [[KF drive]] in the process.<ref name=FMU-89/><ref name=JSTBD-38>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 38: "Around the Sphere - The Lyran Alliance - Coventry Liberation Aftermath"</ref> Catching the ''Fox''-class ship by surprise and easily defeating her, the stranded ''Immortal Spirit'' would hide in the outer asteroid belt of the Coventry system as the Word considered the highly complex task of replacing her Jump Core outside of a drydock. Despite the common assumption of the ''Immortal Spirit''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s destruction, sightings of the vessel began to be reported from numerous systems ranging from [[Hazeldean]] to [[Memphis]], though all sightings would prove inconclusive and the ship would remain stuck at Coventry for the early years of the [[Jihad]].<ref name="BAp125"/><ref name=FMU-89/><ref name=JSTBD-38/> As that conflict began to turn against the Word of Blake, in [[3073]] it was decided to finally repair the ''Immortal Spirit'', the Word sending the ''[[Newgrange]]''-class [[Mercy|WoBS ''Blake's Mercy'']] to overhaul the ship and her crippled KF Drive. Before this could be completed however, [[Devlin Stone]]'s [[Stone's Coalition|coalition forces]] arrived to liberate Coventry from Blakist hands in [[3074]]. All but destroyed by Coalition forces during the Blakists' failed defense of the planet, a team of [[Rabid Foxes]] would secure the ship's bridge after the fighting, her logs still intact and filling in many blanks as to what happened after its supposed disappearance in 3063.<ref name=JSTBD-38/><ref name=JHS3076-121>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', pp. 121–123: "Rules Annex - New WarShip - ''Newgrange''-class yardship"</ref> <ref name=TRO3085S-40>''Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental'', p. 40: "''Newgrange'' III yardship</ref><ref name="J:FRp128">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 128: "Original Word Of Blake Fleet"</ref> The Blakists credited the ''Aegis''-class [[Red Talon|CJF ''Red Talon'']], a [[Clan Jade Falcon]] WarShip, with the destruction of the ''Immortal Spirit''.<ref name="JS:TBDp24">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', pp. 24–25: "Coventry"</ref> ==Notes== The name ''E. Presley'' is most likely a pop culture reference to the noted rock and roll performer [[w:Elvis Presley|Elvis Presley]]. ==References== <references /> ==Bibliography== * ''[[BattleCorps Scenarios#Scenario: Fire in the Dark]]'' * ''[[Blake Ascending]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' * ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' * ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3076]]'' * ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' * ''[[The Star League]]'' * ''[[Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental]]'' [[Category: Individual WarShips]] [[Category: Individual Heavy Cruisers]] [[Category: Individual Aegis-class WarShips]]

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