Editing Narbonne (Individual Dante-class WarShip)

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| vesselname   = Narbonne
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| type         = [[WarShip]]
| class        = [[Dante (WarShip class)|''Dante'']]
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| servicesince = [[2941]]
| serviceuntil = 15 August [[3078]] (destroyed)
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Constructed in [[2941]], the '''''Narbonne''''' was the first of class of the [[Dante (WarShip class)|''Dante''-class]] [[WarShip]]<ref name="TRO:3067">''Technical Readout: 3067'', p. 202: "Dante (Frigate)"</ref> and in [[3062]] was a part of the [[Com Guards|Com Guard]] [[2nd Fleet (ComStar)|Second Fleet]], operating from the [[ComStar]] fleet base at [[Ross 248]].<ref name="FM:CSp44">''Field Manual: ComStar'', p. 44: "The WarShip Fleet"</ref>

==History==
When the [[Titan Yards]] came under [[Battle of Terra (3058)|attack]] from [[Word of Blake]] on 2 March [[3058]], the ''Narbonne'' arrived some two hours after the end of the main battle to relieve the defenders; it was observed to arrive with battle damage from its prior engagement at Ross 248 with the [[Vincent (WarShip class)|''Vincent'']]-class WoBS ''[[Blake's Redemption]]''.<ref>''The Fall of Terra'', p. 49: "Aftermath"</ref><ref>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 116: "Aid From The Word Of Blake"</ref>

The CSV ''Narbonne'' remained in service with ComStar as of [[3067]],<ref name="FM:Up83">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 83: "ComStar Naval Assets"</ref> but was subsequently deployed on the abortive [[Case White (event)|Case White]] attack on [[Terra]] in March [[3068]];<ref name="DOTJp89+">''Dawn of the Jihad'', pp. 89, 91: "Case White Underway!"</ref> The ''Narbonne'' wasn't completely salvaged by the [[Word of Blake]] after being lost during Case White,<ref name="J:FRp128">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 128: "Word of Blake Naval Assets"</ref> but had been returned to a partially operational state in time to defend the Titan Yards in the Sol system from [[Task Force CRONUS]] during the campaign to liberate [[Terra]], [[Operation SCOUR]].  It was destroyed along with the rest of the Blakist forces by a Coalition flotilla.<ref name="CGLF20130118">[http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php/topic,26265.msg594037.html#msg594037 Øystein Tvedten, BattleTech Developer, 18 Jan 2013]</ref>

==Notes==
The destruction of all three ComStar ''Dante''-class vessels was originally confirmed by BattleTech Developer Øystein Tvedten in the Catalyst Game Lab BattleTech forums:<ref name="CGLF20111029">[http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php/topic,12100.msg287455.html#msg287455 Øystein Tvedten, BattleTech Developer, 29 Oct 2011]</ref>

{{Quote|No ComStar Dantes were captured by the Word of Blake. ''Bordeaux'' died at Luyten, ''Monpellier'' [''sic''] at Columbus, and ''Narbonne'' bit it during Case White.|[http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php/topic,12100.msg287455.html#msg287455 Øystein Tvedten, BattleTech Developer, 29 Oct 2011]}}

However, this was then superseded by a further clarification from the same source:<ref name="CGLF20130118"/>

{{Quote|The Deathblow was part of the Com Guard fleet. It was lost at Terra during Case White, and was later salvaged enough that it was partially operational in time for the Coalition attack on Terra along with (IIRC) two other Com Guard vessels, the Manchester and the Narbonne. (I had forgotten we did that, sorry).|[http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php/topic,12100.msg594037.html#msg594037 Øystein Tvedten, BattleTech Developer, 18 Jan 2013]}}

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Dawn of the Jihad]]''
* ''[[The Fall of Terra]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: ComStar]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]''
* ''[[Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3067]]''

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