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Line 16: The ''Odessa'' was deployed alongside a sister ship, the [[Porrima (Individual Commonwealth-class WarShip)|LCS ''Porrima'']], as escorts for the [[Fourteenth Arcturan Guards]] during the conquest of the former [[Terran Hegemony]] world of [[Denebola]] in [[2786]].<ref name="FSWp29">''First Succession War'', p. 29: "Lyran Commonwealth Gains"</ref> The ''Odessa'' was deployed alongside a sister ship, the [[Porrima (Individual Commonwealth-class WarShip)|LCS ''Porrima'']], as escorts for the [[Fourteenth Arcturan Guards]] during the conquest of the former [[Terran Hegemony]] world of [[Denebola]] in [[2786]].<ref name="FSWp29">''First Succession War'', p. 29: "Lyran Commonwealth Gains"</ref> − The [[Free Worlds League]] had conquered Denebola in [[2785]] and assigned the [[Thirty-fourth Marik Militia]] to garrison the planet, but the Thirty-fourth was still settling into their chosen base - the battered [[Star League]]-era facilities that had formerly been the base of the [[Star League Defense Force]] [[282nd Mechanized Infantry Division]] - and fending off low-level raids and skirmishes from pro-Hegemony guerrillas when the Lyran task force arrived.<ref name="FSWp29"/> + The [[Free Worlds League]] had conquered Denebola in [[2785]] and assigned the [[Thirty-fourth Marik Militia]] to garrison the planet, but the Thirty-fourth was still settling into their chosen base - the battered [[Star League]]-era facilities that had formerly been the base of the [[Star League Defense Force]] [[282nd Mechanized Infantry Division]] - and fending off low-level raids and skirmishes from pro-Hegemony guerillas when the Lyran task force arrived.<ref name="FSWp29"/> The [[Free Worlds League Military]] was heavily deployed, fighting along the border with the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] as well as annexing former Hegemony worlds and invading the [[Capellan Confederation]], and as a result the naval picket for the Denebola system consisted of just a pair of ''[[Vincent (WarShip class)|Vincent]]''-class corvettes. These two light WarShips gamely attempted to oppose the invasion, but the opening salvo of laser and missile fire from the ''Odessa'' destroyed the [[Francisco|FWLS ''Francisco'']] outright, prompting the ''Francisco's'' sister ship to abandon the Denebola system post-haste.<ref name="FSWp29"/> The [[Free Worlds League Military]] was heavily deployed, fighting along the border with the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] as well as annexing former Hegemony worlds and invading the [[Capellan Confederation]], and as a result the naval picket for the Denebola system consisted of just a pair of ''[[Vincent (WarShip class)|Vincent]]''-class corvettes. These two light WarShips gamely attempted to oppose the invasion, but the opening salvo of laser and missile fire from the ''Odessa'' destroyed the [[Francisco|FWLS ''Francisco'']] outright, prompting the ''Francisco's'' sister ship to abandon the Denebola system post-haste.<ref name="FSWp29"/> − The ''Odessa'' and ''Porrima'' moved into orbit above Denebola and subjected the Thirty-fourth's base to a two-hour orbital bombardment that destroyed more than half the Marik forces outright. Having already lost a [[company]] of forces to the Hegemony guerrillas, two companies of mixed armor and infantry forces from the Thirty-fourth went to ground and would spend months engaged in raids and resistance against the Fourteenth Arcturan Guards, but the bulk of the survivors from the Thirty-fourth surrendered within two days of the Fourteenth's landing.<ref name="FSWp29"/> + The ''Odessa'' and ''Porrima'' moved into orbit above Denebola and subjected the Thirty-fourth's base to a two-hour orbital bombardment that destroyed more than half the Marik forces outright. Having already lost a [[company]] of forces to the Hegemony guerillas, two companies of mixed armor and infantry forces from the Thirty-fourth went to ground and would spend months engaged in raids and resistance against the Fourteenth Arcturan Guards, but the bulk of the survivors from the Thirty-fourth surrendered within two days of the Fourteenth's landing.<ref name="FSWp29"/> ==References== ==References==
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The ''Odessa'' was deployed alongside a sister ship, the [[Porrima (Individual Commonwealth-class WarShip)|LCS ''Porrima'']], as escorts for the [[Fourteenth Arcturan Guards]] during the conquest of the former [[Terran Hegemony]] world of [[Denebola]] in [[2786]].<ref name="FSWp29">''First Succession War'', p. 29: "Lyran Commonwealth Gains"</ref> | The ''Odessa'' was deployed alongside a sister ship, the [[Porrima (Individual Commonwealth-class WarShip)|LCS ''Porrima'']], as escorts for the [[Fourteenth Arcturan Guards]] during the conquest of the former [[Terran Hegemony]] world of [[Denebola]] in [[2786]].<ref name="FSWp29">''First Succession War'', p. 29: "Lyran Commonwealth Gains"</ref> | ||
| − | The [[Free Worlds League]] had conquered Denebola in [[2785]] and assigned the [[Thirty-fourth Marik Militia]] to garrison the planet, but the Thirty-fourth was still settling into their chosen base - the battered [[Star League]]-era facilities that had formerly been the base of the [[Star League Defense Force]] [[282nd Mechanized Infantry Division]] - and fending off low-level raids and skirmishes from pro-Hegemony | + | The [[Free Worlds League]] had conquered Denebola in [[2785]] and assigned the [[Thirty-fourth Marik Militia]] to garrison the planet, but the Thirty-fourth was still settling into their chosen base - the battered [[Star League]]-era facilities that had formerly been the base of the [[Star League Defense Force]] [[282nd Mechanized Infantry Division]] - and fending off low-level raids and skirmishes from pro-Hegemony guerillas when the Lyran task force arrived.<ref name="FSWp29"/> |
The [[Free Worlds League Military]] was heavily deployed, fighting along the border with the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] as well as annexing former Hegemony worlds and invading the [[Capellan Confederation]], and as a result the naval picket for the Denebola system consisted of just a pair of ''[[Vincent (WarShip class)|Vincent]]''-class corvettes. These two light WarShips gamely attempted to oppose the invasion, but the opening salvo of laser and missile fire from the ''Odessa'' destroyed the [[Francisco|FWLS ''Francisco'']] outright, prompting the ''Francisco's'' sister ship to abandon the Denebola system post-haste.<ref name="FSWp29"/> | The [[Free Worlds League Military]] was heavily deployed, fighting along the border with the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] as well as annexing former Hegemony worlds and invading the [[Capellan Confederation]], and as a result the naval picket for the Denebola system consisted of just a pair of ''[[Vincent (WarShip class)|Vincent]]''-class corvettes. These two light WarShips gamely attempted to oppose the invasion, but the opening salvo of laser and missile fire from the ''Odessa'' destroyed the [[Francisco|FWLS ''Francisco'']] outright, prompting the ''Francisco's'' sister ship to abandon the Denebola system post-haste.<ref name="FSWp29"/> | ||
| − | The ''Odessa'' and ''Porrima'' moved into orbit above Denebola and subjected the Thirty-fourth's base to a two-hour orbital bombardment that destroyed more than half the Marik forces outright. Having already lost a [[company]] of forces to the Hegemony | + | The ''Odessa'' and ''Porrima'' moved into orbit above Denebola and subjected the Thirty-fourth's base to a two-hour orbital bombardment that destroyed more than half the Marik forces outright. Having already lost a [[company]] of forces to the Hegemony guerillas, two companies of mixed armor and infantry forces from the Thirty-fourth went to ground and would spend months engaged in raids and resistance against the Fourteenth Arcturan Guards, but the bulk of the survivors from the Thirty-fourth surrendered within two days of the Fourteenth's landing.<ref name="FSWp29"/> |
==References== | ==References== | ||