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Line 7: | class = [[Essex]] | class = [[Essex]] | prevclass = | prevclass = − | servicesince = − | serviceuntil = }} }} ==History== ==History== − The '''''Oslo''''' was an ''[[Essex]]''-class destroyer that served in the [[Star League Defense Force]] as the SLS ''Oslo'' during the [[Star League]] era. Abandoned or scuttled during or after the [[Amaris Civil War]], the ''Oslo'' was subsequently located in a debris system at the edge of the [[Elgin]] system by [[ComStar]] but was left where it had been found due to the amount of work that was required to return it to active service.<ref name="FM:FWLp118">''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 118: "FWLS ''Raven''"</ref> The [[Free Worlds League]] became aware of the location of the ''Oslo'' thanks to information provided by the [[Word of Blake]], who had relocated to the League after the schism within ComStar and who had decided to assist the League in its [[WarShip]] rearmament program. The Blakists helped the League locate twenty-two assorted derelict WarShips, of which the ''Oslo'' was one;<ref name="FM:FWLp116">''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 116: "Aid From The Word of Blake"</ref> this led to a daring operation in [[3055]] in which a League salvage crew took their [[JumpShip]] into the Elgin system and spent several months working on the ''Oslo'' while avoiding the attention of the [[Federated Commonwealth|Federated Commonwealth's]] [[5th Republican|Fifth Republican]], who were stationed in the system at the time.<ref name="FM:FWLp118"/> + The '''''Oslo''''' was an ''[[Essex]]''-class destroyer that served in the [[Star League Defense Force]] as the SLS ''Oslo'' during the [[Star League]] era. Abandoned or scuttled during or after the [[Amaris Civil War]], the ''Oslo'' was subsequently located in a debris system at the edge of the [[Elgin]] system by [[ComStar]] but was left where it had been found due to the amount of work that required to return it to active service.<ref name="FM:FWLp118">''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 118, "FWLS ''Raven''"</ref> The [[Free Worlds League]] became aware of the location of the ''Oslo'' thanks to information provided by the [[Word of Blake]], who had relocated to the League after the schism within ComStar and who had decided to assist the League in its [[WarShip]] rearmament programme. The Blakists helped the League locate twenty-two assorted derelict WarShips, of which the ''Oslo'' was one;<ref name="FM:FWLp116">''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 116, "Aid From The Word of Blake"</ref> this led to a daring operation in [[3055]] in which a League salvage crew took their [[JumpShip]] into the Elgin system and spent several months working on the ''Oslo'' while avoiding the attention of the [[Federated Commonwealth|Federated Commonwealth's]] [[5th Republican|Fifth Republican]], who were stationed in the system at the time.<ref name="FM:FWLp118"/> − The salvage team was able to conduct enough repairs to the ''Oslo'' to enable her to jump into League space; from there the ''Oslo'' traveled to one of the League's clandestine shipyards capable of conducting repair and renovation work on WarShips and after several months of work the ''Oslo'' was considered ready for line service again. The existence of the ''Oslo'' was kept a secret; the ship was redesignated the FWLS '''''Raven''''', and under the command of [[Commodore]] [[Thomas Mazure]] the ''Raven'' went on to provide security for the [[LCCC]] command center located on Marik.<ref name="FM:FWLp118"/> + The salvage team were able to conduct enough repairs to the ''Oslo'' to enable her to jump into League space; from there the ''Oslo'' travelled to one of the League's clandestine shipyards capable of conducting repair and renovation work on WarShips and after several months of work the ''Oslo'' was considered ready for line service again. The existence of the ''Oslo'' was kept a secret; the ship was redesignated the FWLS '''''Raven''''', and under the command of [[Commodore]] [[Thomas Mazure]] the ''Raven'' went on to provide security for the [[LCCC]] command centre located on Marik.<ref name="FM:FWLp118"/> − The ''Raven'' was one of three ''Essex''-class vessels to be located, retrieved and repaired by the League's rearmament program during the late 3050s; when her sister ship the [[Schrack (Individual Essex-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Schrack'']] entered service and was also assigned to providing security to the LCCC command center in the Marik system Commodore Mazure was given authority over both vessels.<ref name="FM:FWLp118"/><ref name="FM:FWLp118+">''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 118: "FWLS ''Schrack''"</ref> The third ''Essex''-class ship to be restored to line service was gifted to the Word of Blake as thanks for their contributions to the program, and would enter service as the [[Deliverance|WoBS ''Deliverance'']].<ref name="FM:FWLp116"/> + The ''Raven'' was one of three ''Essex''-class vessels to be located, retrieved and repaired by the League's rearmament programme during the late 3050s; when her sister ship the [[Schrack|FWLS ''Schrack'']] entered service and was also assigned to providing security to the LCCC command centre in the Marik system Commodore Mazure was given authority over both vessels.<ref name="FM:FWLp118"/><ref name="FM:FWLp118+">''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 118, "FWLS ''Schrack''"</ref> The third ''Essex''-class ship to be restored to line service was gifted to the Word of Blake as thanks for their contributions to the programme, and would enter service as the [[Deliverance|WoBS ''Deliverance'']].<ref name="FM:FWLp116"/> − By early [[3059]], the ''Raven'' was one of six vessels within the League's "secret" fleet, serving alongside the ''Schrack'', the ''[[Vincent]]''-class corvette [[Liberty (Individual Vincent-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Liberty'']], the ''[[Zechetinu]]''-class corvettes [[Attica|FWLS ''Attica'']] and [[Karelia|FWLS ''Karelia'']] and an ''[[Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser, the [[Olympic|FWLS ''Olympic'']].<ref name="FM:FWLp117">''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 117: "WarShips of the FWL Fleet"</ref> + By early [[3059]] the ''Raven'' was one of six vessels within the League's "secret" fleet, serving alongside the ''Schrack'', the ''[[Vincent]]''-class corvette [[Liberty (Vessel)|FWLS ''Liberty'']], the ''[[Zechetinu]]''-class corvettes [[Attica|FWLS ''Attica'']] and [[Karelia|FWLS ''Karelia'']] and an ''[[Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser, the [[Olympic|FWLS ''Olympic'']].<ref name="FM:FWLp117">''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 117, "WarShips of the FWL Fleet"</ref> − By [[3067]] the ''Raven'' had been in service for almost a decade and was a part of what was publicly considered to be the largest black water navy in the [[Inner Sphere]].<ref name="FM:Up144">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 144: "Ships Of The FWL"</ref> The ''Raven'' was involved in a pitched naval battle in the [[Atreus (FWL)|Atreus]] system on the 25th of October [[3068]], where loyalist and Blakist elements of the Free Worlds League navy turned on each other. The Blakists had suborned a significant number of WarShips within the Free Worlds League navy, and those Blakist-affiliated ships in the Atreus system at the time - the ''Aegis''-class [[Nueva Badajoz|FWLS ''Nueva Badajoz'']], the ''[[Thera]]''-class carrier [[Corinth|FWLS ''Corinth'']] and one of her escorts, the ''[[Eagle (WarShip class)|Eagle]]''-class frigate [[Mordred (Individual Eagle-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Mordred'']], the ''[[Black Lion]]''-class battlecruiser [[Xanthos (Individual Black Lion-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Xanthos'']], the ''[[Agamemnon]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Aineas|FWLS ''Aeneas'']] and the ''Impavido''-class [[Impavido (Individual Impavido-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Impavido'']] - attacked the League loyalist WarShips present in the system at the time.<ref name="JTP:ABC"/> + By [[3067]] the ''Raven'' had been in service for almost a decade and was a part of what was publicly considered to be the largest black water navy in the [[Inner Sphere]].<ref name="FM:Up144">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 144, "Ships Of The FWL"</ref> − − The loyalist WarShips in the system were mainly lighter destroyers and corvettes, and which consisted of the ''Raven'', the ''Eagle''-class [[Gawain|FWLS ''Gawain'']], the ''Impavido''-class [[Janos Marik (Individual Impavido-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Janos Marik'']], the ''Zechetinu''-class corvette [[Sparta (Individual Zechetinu-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Sparta'']] and the ''[[Zechetinu|Zechetinu II]]''-class corvettes [[Acari|FWLS ''Acari'']] and [[Scorpion (Individual Zechetinu-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Zechetinu'']]. The naval battle was a victory for the Blakist forces; none of the Blakist WarShips were destroyed, although all of them had suffered damage, but of the loyalist forces, only the FWLS ''Acari'' and FWLS ''Raven'' escaped to seek refuge in the [[Duchy of Oriente]].<ref name="JTP:ABC">''Jihad Turning Points: Atreus BattleCorps Exclusive Track'', p. 2: "True Colors Revealed"</ref> − − The ''Raven'' and another Free Worlds League destroyer, the ''Impavido''-class [[Phrygia|FWLS ''Phrygia'']], were destroyed in the Atreus system in [[3077]] by the [[Word of Blake]].<ref>[http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php/topic,35476.msg826670.html#msg826670 BattleTech Developer confirms the destruction of the ''Phrygia'' and ''Raven''.]</ref> − − ==Notes== − The destruction of the ''Raven'' and seven other Free Worlds League WarShips unaccounted for specifically by name in sourcebooks was confirmed by the BattleTech Developer [[Øystein Tvedten]] via the Catalyst Game Labs Ask The Writers Forum: − − {{Quote|Delphi (Thera-Class) - Destroyed by Word of Blake, 3068<br> − Thessaly (Thera-Class) - never completed, scuttled in dock by loyalists to keep it out of Blakists hands in 3068<br> − Kay (Eagle-Class) - Destroyed by Word of Blake, 3068<br> − Leodegrance (Eagle-Class) - Destroyed by Word of Blake at Regulus, 3072<br> − Phrygia (Impavido-Class) - Destroyed at Atreus, 3077<br> − Raven (Essex-Class) - Destroyed at Atreus, 3077<br> − Attica (Zechetinu-Class) - Destroyed by Word of Blake, 3068<br> − Liberty (Vincent-Class) - Destroyed by Word of Blake, 3068<br> − − With regards,<br> − Øystein|[http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php/topic,35476.msg826670.html#msg826670 Øystein Tvedten, 07 December 2013]}} ==References== ==References== Line 46:
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| − | The '''''Oslo''''' was an ''[[Essex]]''-class destroyer that served in the [[Star League Defense Force]] as the SLS ''Oslo'' during the [[Star League]] era. Abandoned or scuttled during or after the [[Amaris Civil War]], the ''Oslo'' was subsequently located in a debris system at the edge of the [[Elgin]] system by [[ComStar]] but was left where it had been found due to the amount of work that | + | The '''''Oslo''''' was an ''[[Essex]]''-class destroyer that served in the [[Star League Defense Force]] as the SLS ''Oslo'' during the [[Star League]] era. Abandoned or scuttled during or after the [[Amaris Civil War]], the ''Oslo'' was subsequently located in a debris system at the edge of the [[Elgin]] system by [[ComStar]] but was left where it had been found due to the amount of work that required to return it to active service.<ref name="FM:FWLp118">''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 118, "FWLS ''Raven''"</ref> The [[Free Worlds League]] became aware of the location of the ''Oslo'' thanks to information provided by the [[Word of Blake]], who had relocated to the League after the schism within ComStar and who had decided to assist the League in its [[WarShip]] rearmament programme. The Blakists helped the League locate twenty-two assorted derelict WarShips, of which the ''Oslo'' was one;<ref name="FM:FWLp116">''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 116, "Aid From The Word of Blake"</ref> this led to a daring operation in [[3055]] in which a League salvage crew took their [[JumpShip]] into the Elgin system and spent several months working on the ''Oslo'' while avoiding the attention of the [[Federated Commonwealth|Federated Commonwealth's]] [[5th Republican|Fifth Republican]], who were stationed in the system at the time.<ref name="FM:FWLp118"/> |
| − | The salvage team | + | The salvage team were able to conduct enough repairs to the ''Oslo'' to enable her to jump into League space; from there the ''Oslo'' travelled to one of the League's clandestine shipyards capable of conducting repair and renovation work on WarShips and after several months of work the ''Oslo'' was considered ready for line service again. The existence of the ''Oslo'' was kept a secret; the ship was redesignated the FWLS '''''Raven''''', and under the command of [[Commodore]] [[Thomas Mazure]] the ''Raven'' went on to provide security for the [[LCCC]] command centre located on Marik.<ref name="FM:FWLp118"/> |
| − | The ''Raven'' was one of three ''Essex''-class vessels to be located, retrieved and repaired by the League's rearmament | + | The ''Raven'' was one of three ''Essex''-class vessels to be located, retrieved and repaired by the League's rearmament programme during the late 3050s; when her sister ship the [[Schrack|FWLS ''Schrack'']] entered service and was also assigned to providing security to the LCCC command centre in the Marik system Commodore Mazure was given authority over both vessels.<ref name="FM:FWLp118"/><ref name="FM:FWLp118+">''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 118, "FWLS ''Schrack''"</ref> The third ''Essex''-class ship to be restored to line service was gifted to the Word of Blake as thanks for their contributions to the programme, and would enter service as the [[Deliverance|WoBS ''Deliverance'']].<ref name="FM:FWLp116"/> |
| − | By early [[3059]] | + | By early [[3059]] the ''Raven'' was one of six vessels within the League's "secret" fleet, serving alongside the ''Schrack'', the ''[[Vincent]]''-class corvette [[Liberty (Vessel)|FWLS ''Liberty'']], the ''[[Zechetinu]]''-class corvettes [[Attica|FWLS ''Attica'']] and [[Karelia|FWLS ''Karelia'']] and an ''[[Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser, the [[Olympic|FWLS ''Olympic'']].<ref name="FM:FWLp117">''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 117, "WarShips of the FWL Fleet"</ref> |
| − | By [[3067]] the ''Raven'' had been in service for almost a decade and was a part of what was publicly considered to be the largest black water navy in the [[Inner Sphere]].<ref name="FM:Up144">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 144 | + | By [[3067]] the ''Raven'' had been in service for almost a decade and was a part of what was publicly considered to be the largest black water navy in the [[Inner Sphere]].<ref name="FM:Up144">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 144, "Ships Of The FWL"</ref> |
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[[Category: Individual WarShips]] | [[Category: Individual WarShips]] | ||
[[Category: Individual Destroyers]] | [[Category: Individual Destroyers]] | ||
[[Category: Individual Essex-class WarShips]] | [[Category: Individual Essex-class WarShips]] | ||