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With his own task force separated from Khan Montose by Clan Jade Falcon and Clan Hell's Horses forces, Connor Rood sends out a general message to "every Ice Hellion unit receiving this message" ordering them to retreat to the [[Dark Nebula]] in an attempt to save as much of his doomed Clan as possible. He also orders Ephraim Cage, his trusted DropShip captain, to assume command of the ''[[Potemkin]]''-class troop cruiser ''[[Coterie]]'' from [[Star Admiral]] Venice Harbin, by Trial and by killing her if required.
 
With his own task force separated from Khan Montose by Clan Jade Falcon and Clan Hell's Horses forces, Connor Rood sends out a general message to "every Ice Hellion unit receiving this message" ordering them to retreat to the [[Dark Nebula]] in an attempt to save as much of his doomed Clan as possible. He also orders Ephraim Cage, his trusted DropShip captain, to assume command of the ''[[Potemkin]]''-class troop cruiser ''[[Coterie]]'' from [[Star Admiral]] Venice Harbin, by Trial and by killing her if required.
  
Clan Ice Hellion survivors under saKhan Connor Rood has withdrawn to [[Camelot Command]] which they have reactivated when an enemy war fleet arrives on 3 March 3072. They wait for two days—apparently for reinforcements—and, after new vessels have jumped in, proceed to attack Camelot Command. Two Ice Hellion WarShips, the damaged ''[[Lola III]]''-class ''[[Cold Hunter]]'' and the ''[[Fredasa (WarShip class)|Fredasa]]''-class ''[[Whelp]]'', are ordered on a suicidal attack run to take out as many 'Mech carriers as possible, ignoring fighters and assault DropShips. Still, an impressive combined Jade Falcon/Hell's Horses fleet arrives at Camelot Command and destroys every single last Ice Hellion aerospace fighter, while the ''Coterie'' arrives in-system at the opposite jump point, too far away to take part in the battle. When they finally land on the planetoid, Jade Falcon Khan Samantha Clees offers Rood and his Ice Hellion remnant ''hegira'' on 6 March 3072. In an argument with Hell's Horses Galaxy Commander [[Troy DelVillar]] she reasoned that the forces on Camelot Command are the battle-hardened elite who survived until now. To conserve her own forces in view of the Jihad raging in the Inner Sphere, Clees is content to allow the Ice Hellion remnant to leave for the Homeworlds on the ''Coterie'', assuming that stress and battle damage will wear them down enough to spell the end of the Clan, without having to fight them here.
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Clan Ice Hellion survivors under saKhan Connor Rood has withdrawn to [[Camelot Command]] which they have reactivated when an enemy war fleet arrives on 3 March 3072. They wait for two days—apparently for reinforcements—and, after new vessels have jumped in, proceed to attack Camelot Command. Two Ice Hellion WarShips, the damaged ''[[Lola III]]''-class ''[[Cold Hunter]]'' and the ''[[Fredasa]]''-class ''[[Whelp]]'', are ordered on a suicidal attack run to take out as many 'Mech carriers as possible, ignoring fighters and assault DropShips. Still, an impressive combined Jade Falcon/Hell's Horses fleet arrives at Camelot Command and destroys every single last Ice Hellion aerospace fighter, while the ''Coterie'' arrives in-system at the opposite jump point, too far away to take part in the battle. When they finally land on the planetoid, Jade Falcon Khan Samantha Clees offers Rood and his Ice Hellion remnant ''hegira'' on 6 March 3072. In an argument with Hell's Horses Galaxy Commander [[Troy DelVillar]] she reasoned that the forces on Camelot Command are the battle-hardened elite who survived until now. To conserve her own forces in view of the Jihad raging in the Inner Sphere, Clees is content to allow the Ice Hellion remnant to leave for the Homeworlds on the ''Coterie'', assuming that stress and battle damage will wear them down enough to spell the end of the Clan, without having to fight them here.
  
 
Rood's forces rendezvous with the remains of Khan Montose's forces in the uninhabited star system [[NGC-99382]] in the Deep Periphery on 11th May 3072. He learns from a shell-shocked Star Colonel Tanda Ho Jang - who is suffering from radiation poisoning - that the attack on Vantaa was such a horrible debacle that only a small fraction of the Ice Hellion forces survived. Khan Montose died, meaning saKhan Connor Rood is now Khan. He orders the ''Coterie'' to set course for Hector, but on the next day he learns of the chaos in the Homeworlds—the Ice Hellions may not even have a home to return to anymore. Connor Rood observes that they need to draw up plans for their future. He hands a noteputer to Idris and tells him to read the file labeled "[[Clan Goliath Scorpion|Goliath Scorpion]]" first...
 
Rood's forces rendezvous with the remains of Khan Montose's forces in the uninhabited star system [[NGC-99382]] in the Deep Periphery on 11th May 3072. He learns from a shell-shocked Star Colonel Tanda Ho Jang - who is suffering from radiation poisoning - that the attack on Vantaa was such a horrible debacle that only a small fraction of the Ice Hellion forces survived. Khan Montose died, meaning saKhan Connor Rood is now Khan. He orders the ''Coterie'' to set course for Hector, but on the next day he learns of the chaos in the Homeworlds—the Ice Hellions may not even have a home to return to anymore. Connor Rood observes that they need to draw up plans for their future. He hands a noteputer to Idris and tells him to read the file labeled "[[Clan Goliath Scorpion|Goliath Scorpion]]" first...
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==Featured units==
 
==Featured units==
 
*[[1st Falcon Hussars (Clan Jade Falcon)]]
 
*[[1st Falcon Hussars (Clan Jade Falcon)]]
*[[11th Provisional Garrison (Clan Jade Falcon)]]
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*[[11th Provisional Garrison Cluster (Clan Jade Falcon)]]
 
*[[150th Hellion Lancers (Clan Ice Hellion)]]
 
*[[150th Hellion Lancers (Clan Ice Hellion)]]
 
*[[200th Attack (Clan Ice Hellion)]] Cluster (Lithe Kill Keshik)
 
*[[200th Attack (Clan Ice Hellion)]] Cluster (Lithe Kill Keshik)
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*[[53rd Striker Irregulars (Clan Ice Hellion)]]
 
*[[53rd Striker Irregulars (Clan Ice Hellion)]]
 
*[[78th Hellion Lancers (Clan Ice Hellion)]]
 
*[[78th Hellion Lancers (Clan Ice Hellion)]]
*78th Provisional Garrison (Clan Jade Falcon)
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*78th Provisional Garrison Cluster (Clan Jade Falcon)
 
*[[8th Falcon Regulars (Clan Jade Falcon)]]
 
*[[8th Falcon Regulars (Clan Jade Falcon)]]
 
*[[90th Striker Irregulars (Clan Ice Hellion)]]
 
*[[90th Striker Irregulars (Clan Ice Hellion)]]
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==Featured places==
 
==Featured places==
*[[Apollo (system)|Apollo]]
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*[[Apollo (planet)|Apollo]]
 
*[[Bensinger]] (mentioned)
 
*[[Bensinger]] (mentioned)
 
*[[Bone Norman]]
 
*[[Bone Norman]]
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*[[Golandrinas]] (mentioned)
 
*[[Golandrinas]] (mentioned)
 
*[[Götterdämmerung (system)|Götterdämmerung]] (mentioned)
 
*[[Götterdämmerung (system)|Götterdämmerung]] (mentioned)
*[[Hector (system)|Hector]] (mentioned)
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*[[Hector (planet)|Hector]] (mentioned)
 
*[[Here]] (mentioned)
 
*[[Here]] (mentioned)
 
*[[Lackhove]] (mentioned)
 
*[[Lackhove]] (mentioned)
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===WarShips===
 
===WarShips===
 
* ''[[Black Lion]]'' (''[[Jade Aerie]]'')
 
* ''[[Black Lion]]'' (''[[Jade Aerie]]'')
* ''[[Fredasa (WarShip class)|Fredasa]]'' (''[[Swift Bait]]'', ''[[Whelp]]'')
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* ''[[Fredasa]]'' (''[[Swift Bait]]'', ''[[Whelp]]'')
 
* ''[[Lola III]]'' (''[[Cold Hunter]]'', ''[[Impaler]]'')
 
* ''[[Lola III]]'' (''[[Cold Hunter]]'', ''[[Impaler]]'')
 
* ''[[Potemkin]]'' (''[[Coterie]]'')
 
* ''[[Potemkin]]'' (''[[Coterie]]'')
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===JumpShips===
 
===JumpShips===
* ''[[Star Lord (JumpShip class)|Star Lord]]'' (''[[Admiral Garrett]]'')
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* ''[[Star Lord (JumpShip)|Star Lord]]'' (''[[Admiral Garrett]]'')
  
 
===DropShips===
 
===DropShips===

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