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Line 13: The '''''Richmond''''' was a ''[[Vincent]]''-class corvette that served in the [[Star League Defense Force]] as the SLS ''Richmond'' during the [[Star League]] era.<ref name="FM:FWLp117">''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 117: "FWLS Liberty"</ref> Abandoned or scuttled during or after the [[Amaris Civil War]], the ''Richmond'' was located by [[ComStar]] but was either mothballed or left where it had been found due to the amount of work that was required to return it to active service. That would not happen until the schism within ComStar that led to the formation of the [[Word of Blake]] and the exodus of the Blakists to the [[Free Worlds League]] and their subsequent decision to assist the League in reestablishing a [[WarShip]] construction program by assisting with locating, retrieving and repairing abandoned vessels such as the ''Richmond''.<ref name="FM:FWLp116">''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 116: "Aid From The Word of Blake"</ref> The '''''Richmond''''' was a ''[[Vincent]]''-class corvette that served in the [[Star League Defense Force]] as the SLS ''Richmond'' during the [[Star League]] era.<ref name="FM:FWLp117">''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 117: "FWLS Liberty"</ref> Abandoned or scuttled during or after the [[Amaris Civil War]], the ''Richmond'' was located by [[ComStar]] but was either mothballed or left where it had been found due to the amount of work that was required to return it to active service. That would not happen until the schism within ComStar that led to the formation of the [[Word of Blake]] and the exodus of the Blakists to the [[Free Worlds League]] and their subsequent decision to assist the League in reestablishing a [[WarShip]] construction program by assisting with locating, retrieving and repairing abandoned vessels such as the ''Richmond''.<ref name="FM:FWLp116">''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 116: "Aid From The Word of Blake"</ref> − The ''Richmond'' was the first vessel to be recovered by the secret reclamation program; located and retrieved in [[3054]], the ''Richmond'' was moved to the [[Ionus]] system where the League had constructed the [[Illium Naval Yard]] in secret as a part of its WarShip program. The ''Richmond'' spent two years undergoing extensive work in the shipyards before finally launching in October [[3056]] under a new designation, that of the FWLS '''''Liberty'''''.<ref name="FM:FWLp117"/> The same program that saw the ''Richmond'' recovered and restored subsequently saw a sister ship of the same class retrieved and returned to working order; that vessel was given as a gift to the Word of Blake by the League as thanks for their assistance in the program, and would serve the Blakists as the [[Blake's Redemption|WoBS ''Blake's Redemption]].<ref name="FM:FWLp116"/> + The ''Richmond'' was the first vessel to be recovered by the secret reclamation program; located and retrieved in [[3054]], the ''Richmond'' was moved to the [[Ionus]] system where the League had constructed the [[Illium Shipyards]] in secret as a part of its WarShip program. The ''Richmond'' spent two years undergoing extensive work in the shipyards before finally launching in October [[3056]] under a new designation, that of the FWLS '''''Liberty'''''.<ref name="FM:FWLp117"/> The same program that saw the ''Richmond'' recovered and restored subsequently saw a sister ship of the same class retrieved and returned to working order; that vessel was given as a gift to the Word of Blake by the League as thanks for their assistance in the program, and would serve the Blakists as the [[Blake's Redemption|WoBS ''Blake's Redemption]].<ref name="FM:FWLp116"/> The League kept the existence of the ''Liberty'' a secret and made the ship a part of their secret fleet; by early [[3059]] the ''Liberty'' was one of six vessels within that fleet, serving alongside another pair of former SLDF vessels, the ''[[Essex]]''-class destroyers [[Raven (Individual Essex-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Raven'']] (formerly the SLS ''Oslo'') and [[Schrack (Individual Essex-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Schrack'']], the ''[[Zechetinu]]''-class corvettes [[Attica|FWLS ''Attica'']] and [[Karelia|FWLS ''Karelia'']] and an ''[[Aegis (WarShip class)|Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser, the [[Olympic|FWLS ''Olympic'']]. All was not well with the ''Liberty'', however; the ship was experiencing a number of problems such as the missile guidance system for the forward bays shutting down randomly as well as a number of other issues that led the Captain of the ship, [[Captain]] [[William Applebaum]], to devote his technical staff to working around the clock to control the issues. Captain Applebaum was convinced by this point that a second period of in-depth repair and renovation would be needed for the ''Liberty'' to become a fully combat-serviceable WarShip.<ref name="FM:FWLp117"/> The League kept the existence of the ''Liberty'' a secret and made the ship a part of their secret fleet; by early [[3059]] the ''Liberty'' was one of six vessels within that fleet, serving alongside another pair of former SLDF vessels, the ''[[Essex]]''-class destroyers [[Raven (Individual Essex-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Raven'']] (formerly the SLS ''Oslo'') and [[Schrack (Individual Essex-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Schrack'']], the ''[[Zechetinu]]''-class corvettes [[Attica|FWLS ''Attica'']] and [[Karelia|FWLS ''Karelia'']] and an ''[[Aegis (WarShip class)|Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser, the [[Olympic|FWLS ''Olympic'']]. All was not well with the ''Liberty'', however; the ship was experiencing a number of problems such as the missile guidance system for the forward bays shutting down randomly as well as a number of other issues that led the Captain of the ship, [[Captain]] [[William Applebaum]], to devote his technical staff to working around the clock to control the issues. Captain Applebaum was convinced by this point that a second period of in-depth repair and renovation would be needed for the ''Liberty'' to become a fully combat-serviceable WarShip.<ref name="FM:FWLp117"/>
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The '''''Richmond''''' was a ''[[Vincent]]''-class corvette that served in the [[Star League Defense Force]] as the SLS ''Richmond'' during the [[Star League]] era.<ref name="FM:FWLp117">''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 117: "FWLS Liberty"</ref> Abandoned or scuttled during or after the [[Amaris Civil War]], the ''Richmond'' was located by [[ComStar]] but was either mothballed or left where it had been found due to the amount of work that was required to return it to active service. That would not happen until the schism within ComStar that led to the formation of the [[Word of Blake]] and the exodus of the Blakists to the [[Free Worlds League]] and their subsequent decision to assist the League in reestablishing a [[WarShip]] construction program by assisting with locating, retrieving and repairing abandoned vessels such as the ''Richmond''.<ref name="FM:FWLp116">''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 116: "Aid From The Word of Blake"</ref> | The '''''Richmond''''' was a ''[[Vincent]]''-class corvette that served in the [[Star League Defense Force]] as the SLS ''Richmond'' during the [[Star League]] era.<ref name="FM:FWLp117">''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 117: "FWLS Liberty"</ref> Abandoned or scuttled during or after the [[Amaris Civil War]], the ''Richmond'' was located by [[ComStar]] but was either mothballed or left where it had been found due to the amount of work that was required to return it to active service. That would not happen until the schism within ComStar that led to the formation of the [[Word of Blake]] and the exodus of the Blakists to the [[Free Worlds League]] and their subsequent decision to assist the League in reestablishing a [[WarShip]] construction program by assisting with locating, retrieving and repairing abandoned vessels such as the ''Richmond''.<ref name="FM:FWLp116">''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 116: "Aid From The Word of Blake"</ref> | ||
| − | The ''Richmond'' was the first vessel to be recovered by the secret reclamation program; located and retrieved in [[3054]], the ''Richmond'' was moved to the [[Ionus]] system where the League had constructed the [[Illium | + | The ''Richmond'' was the first vessel to be recovered by the secret reclamation program; located and retrieved in [[3054]], the ''Richmond'' was moved to the [[Ionus]] system where the League had constructed the [[Illium Shipyards]] in secret as a part of its WarShip program. The ''Richmond'' spent two years undergoing extensive work in the shipyards before finally launching in October [[3056]] under a new designation, that of the FWLS '''''Liberty'''''.<ref name="FM:FWLp117"/> The same program that saw the ''Richmond'' recovered and restored subsequently saw a sister ship of the same class retrieved and returned to working order; that vessel was given as a gift to the Word of Blake by the League as thanks for their assistance in the program, and would serve the Blakists as the [[Blake's Redemption|WoBS ''Blake's Redemption]].<ref name="FM:FWLp116"/> |
The League kept the existence of the ''Liberty'' a secret and made the ship a part of their secret fleet; by early [[3059]] the ''Liberty'' was one of six vessels within that fleet, serving alongside another pair of former SLDF vessels, the ''[[Essex]]''-class destroyers [[Raven (Individual Essex-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Raven'']] (formerly the SLS ''Oslo'') and [[Schrack (Individual Essex-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Schrack'']], the ''[[Zechetinu]]''-class corvettes [[Attica|FWLS ''Attica'']] and [[Karelia|FWLS ''Karelia'']] and an ''[[Aegis (WarShip class)|Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser, the [[Olympic|FWLS ''Olympic'']]. All was not well with the ''Liberty'', however; the ship was experiencing a number of problems such as the missile guidance system for the forward bays shutting down randomly as well as a number of other issues that led the Captain of the ship, [[Captain]] [[William Applebaum]], to devote his technical staff to working around the clock to control the issues. Captain Applebaum was convinced by this point that a second period of in-depth repair and renovation would be needed for the ''Liberty'' to become a fully combat-serviceable WarShip.<ref name="FM:FWLp117"/> | The League kept the existence of the ''Liberty'' a secret and made the ship a part of their secret fleet; by early [[3059]] the ''Liberty'' was one of six vessels within that fleet, serving alongside another pair of former SLDF vessels, the ''[[Essex]]''-class destroyers [[Raven (Individual Essex-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Raven'']] (formerly the SLS ''Oslo'') and [[Schrack (Individual Essex-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Schrack'']], the ''[[Zechetinu]]''-class corvettes [[Attica|FWLS ''Attica'']] and [[Karelia|FWLS ''Karelia'']] and an ''[[Aegis (WarShip class)|Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser, the [[Olympic|FWLS ''Olympic'']]. All was not well with the ''Liberty'', however; the ship was experiencing a number of problems such as the missile guidance system for the forward bays shutting down randomly as well as a number of other issues that led the Captain of the ship, [[Captain]] [[William Applebaum]], to devote his technical staff to working around the clock to control the issues. Captain Applebaum was convinced by this point that a second period of in-depth repair and renovation would be needed for the ''Liberty'' to become a fully combat-serviceable WarShip.<ref name="FM:FWLp117"/> | ||