Editing Lord Death

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==History==
The ''Aegis''-class heavy cruiser CSR '''''Lord Death''''' served as [[Operation REVIVAL]] escort and transport for the [[8th_Falcon_Regulars_(Clan_Jade_Falcon)|Eighth Falcon Regulars]].<ref name=JFS85>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 85</ref>

As of [[3061]] the ''Lord Death'' was in service with the [[Clan Snow Raven]] [[Clan Snow Raven Touman|''touman'']]. The ''Lord Death'' was one of five WarShips that made up the Snow Raven [[Fleet Command Star (Clan Snow Raven)|Fleet Command Star]] at this point in time.<ref name="FM:WCp124">''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 124, "Command Assets"</ref> The ''Lord Death'' continued to serve in the Fleet Command Star until at least [[3067]], operating alongside a sister ship, the [[Blue Quest|CSR ''Blue Quest'']], as well as the ''[[Nightlord]]''-class battleship [[Snow Raven (Individual Nightlord-class WarShip)|CSR ''Snow Raven'']], the ''[[Volga]]''-class transport [[Scavenger (Individual Volga-class WarShip)|CSR ''Scavenger'']], the ''[[Potemkin]]''-class [[Wild Swan|CSR ''Wild Swan'']].<ref name="FM:Up64">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 64-65, "Naval Assets"</ref>

On the 20th of September [[3070]] [[Clan Steel Viper]] introduced the Clans in the Homeworlds to their new flagship, the ''[[Leviathan Prime]]''-class battleship [[Perigard Zalman (Individual Leviathan-class WarShip)|CSV ''Perigard Zalman'']]. The Steel Vipers did so by striking at [[Clan Diamond Shark]]'s [[Black Diamond Naval Star (Clan Diamond Shark)|Black Diamond Naval Star]] above [[Strana Mechty]]; the ''Perigard Zalman'' quickly destroyed the ''[[Carrack]]''-class transport [[Bloodletter|CDS ''Bloodletter'']] and the ''[[Lola III]]''-class destroyer [[Predator (Individual Lola III-class WarShip)|CDS ''Predator'']] in the first pass alone, and as the Diamond Shark civilian vessels frantically jumped out of the Strana Mechty system the ''Perigard Zalman'' continued its attack, destroying two more Diamond Shark WarShips before the last Diamond Shark WarShip, the ''[[Fredasa (WarShip class)|Fredasa]]''-class corvette [[Swift Strike (Individual Fredasa-class WarShip)|CDS ''Swift Strike'']], managed to jump out of the system.<ref name="WORp51">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 51, "Closing the Net"</ref>

Warned by the Diamond Sharks about the existence of the ''Perigard Zalman'', the Snow Ravens gathered the bulk of their remaining Homeworld naval assets at [[Lum]], where they were gathering a huge convoy of vessels together, destined for the Snow Raven holdings in the [[Outworlds Alliance]]. The Snow Ravens gathered together the remains of both the [[Brim Naval Assault Star (Clan Snow Raven)|Brim Naval Assault Star]] and the [[Circe Battle Star (Clan Snow Raven)|Circe Battle Star]], stripping the convoy of its escort vessels. Included in this impromptu naval flotilla was the ''Lord Death''.<ref name="WORp52+">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 52-53, "Closing the Net"</ref>

The Steel Vipers gathered together the remainder of their Naval Reserve and struck at Lum within days of their assault on the Diamond Sharks; when [[saKhan]] Hoskins of the Steel Vipers declared his ''[[batchall]]'' for the entire system, the Ravens declared all they had to defend. The resulting battle pitched three naval stars on each side against each other, making the naval engagement far larger than that at Lum in [[3069]]. While the Snow Raven fleet was by far the more experienced, their level of skill was counterbalanced by the sheer firepower brought to the battle by the ''Perigard Zalman'' and her escorts. The battle lasted for seven hours before the last four surviving Snow Raven WarShips - the ''[[Fredasa (WarShip class)|Fredasa]]''-class corvette [[Black Beard|CSR ''Black Beard'']], the ''[[Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Black Justice|CSR ''Black Justice'']], the ''Lord Death'' and the ''[[Carrack]]''-class transport [[Venture Star|CSR ''Venture Star'']] - forfeited the Trial by jumping out of the system, leaving Lum a Steel Viper holding.<ref name="WORp52+"/>

By the time the surviving Snow Raven vessels jumped out of the system, the ''[[Potemkin]]''-class cruisers [[Rook (Individual Potemkin-class WarShip)|CSR ''Rook'']] and [[Snowflake|CSR ''Snowflake'']] and the ''[[Lola III]]''-class [[Vision of Terra|CSR ''Vision of Terra'']] had effectively been destroyed, although a covert Watch team from the Diamond Sharks would salvage the ''Snowflake'' several years later with assistance from the Snow Ravens. The Steel Vipers immediately landed ground forces on Lum, but faced little organized resistance and discovered that the Snow Ravens had been in the midst of a mass evacuation of their holdings, with large quantities of supplies and matériel partially loaded onto [[DropShip]]s at the two main DropPorts. The Steel Vipers gleefully seized the former Snow Raven resources, preparing to absorb the lower castes left behind as the Steel Viper WarShips began repairs in orbit.<ref name="WORp52+"/>

The Snow Ravens were not done with Lum or the ''Perigard Zalman'', however. Five days after the naval battle in the system, all four Snow Raven ships that had fled the battle returned to the system, launching a ferocious attack against the ''Perigard Zalman'' without bothering with a ''batchall''; the Snow Raven vessels simply closed into range and opened up on the Steel Viper WarShips, with Steel Viper technical and laborer personnel continuing to work on repairs to the ''Perigard Zalman'' up until seconds before the first Raven blows hit the ''Leviathan Prime''.<ref name="WORp52+"/>

For all of the ferocity displayed by the Ravens, they were unable to destroy the ''Perigard Zalman''. The four-ship squadron managed a number of successes—the ''[[Vincent]]''-class corvette [[Coiled Serpent|CSV ''Coiled Serpent'']] was destroyed, along with three quarters of the Steel Viper [[aerospace fighter]]s in the system and almost all the Steel Viper's DropShips. However, three of the four Snow Raven WarShips were destroyed - the ''Perigard Zalman'' destroyed the ''Black Beard'' and the ''Venture Star'', while the ''Black Justice'' broke apart against the atmosphere of Lum after a failed ramming attack on the Steel Viper flagship. Only the ''Lord Death'' survived to escape the system, and did so with a heavily damaged main drive and while leaking atmosphere. The Snow Ravens had exacted a heavy price on the Steel Vipers, and while the last of the Snow Raven forces to escape the Homeworlds did so rapidly after the defeat at Lum, the lack of response from the usually-bellicose Steel Vipers indicated as to the amount of repairs needed following the last battle in the system.<ref name="WORp52+"/>

Of the fifty Snow Raven JumpShips that had originally been intended to be a part of this last large convoy out of the Homeworlds, only twenty-two survived to make it to [[Quatre Belle]] in the Outworlds Alliance, escorted by an ad hoc star of damaged vessels including the ''Lord Death'', the ''[[York (WarShip)|York]]''-class destroyer [[Corvidae|CSR ''Corvidae'']], the ''[[Whirlwind]]''-class destroyers [[Drake (Individual Whirlwind-class WarShip)|CSR ''Drake'']] and [[William Adams (Individual Whirlwind-class WarShip)|CSR ''William Adams'']], ''[[Congress]]''-class frigate [[Magpie|CSR ''Magpie'']] and ''[[Vincent]]''-class corvette [[Munnin|CSR ''Munnin'']]. The Snow Ravens would subsequently blame the losses taken and damage suffered on bandits when talking to their new allies in the Outworlds Alliance.<ref name="WORp108">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 108, "Force of Power"</ref>

By [[3079]], having survived both the Wars of Reaving and the [[Jihad]], the ''Lord Death'' was serving in the [[Conqueror Naval Star (Clan Snow Raven)|Conqueror Naval Star]] alongside the ''[[Conqueror]]''-class carrier [[Conqueror (Individual Conqueror-class WarShip)|CSR ''Conqueror'']], the [[Cameron (WarShip class)|''Cameron'']]-class battlecruiser [[Kerensky's Hope|CSR ''Kerensky's Hope]], the ''[[Sovetskii Soyuz]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Storm Crow|CSR ''Storm Crow'']], ''[[Thera]]''-class carrier [[Raven's Nest|CSR ''Raven's Nest'']] and the ''William Adams''.<ref name="FR:Cp18">''Field Report: Clans'', pp. 18-19, "Fleet Assets"</ref>

In 3145, the Conqueror Naval Star was reactivated by Clan Snow Raven, and the ''Lord Death'' was once again on active service; the makeup of the Star was largely unchanged from that of sixty years before, except for the departure of the ''William Adams'', which had been reassigned to the [[Alliance Naval Star (Clan Snow Raven)|Alliance Naval Star]].<ref name="FM:3145p166">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 166, "The Alliance Fleet"</ref> At this point the Conqueror Naval Star was operating from [[Kirbyville]] as part of [[Beta Galaxy (Clan Snow Raven)|Beta Galaxy]].<ref name="FM:3145p173">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 173, "Beta Galaxy (Storm Crow Galaxy)"</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Warden Clans]]''
* ''[[Field Report: Clans]]''
* ''[[The Wars of Reaving]]''


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