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==History==
 
==History==
 
The FWLS '''''Scorpion''''' was the first of the second block of ''[[Zechetinu]]''-class corvettes to be launched by the [[Free Worlds League]] between [[3059]]<ref name="FM:FWLp119">''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 119, "Renovation/Construction"</ref> and [[3067]].<ref name="FM:Up90">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 90, "Naval Assets and Militia Divisions"</ref> More than half the fleet of ''Zechetinus'' in service to the League had been secretly infiltrated by personnel loyal to the [[Word of Blake]] and promptly defected to the Blakists during the [[Jihad]], but the ''Scorpion'' remained under loyalist control.<ref name="J:FRp128">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 128, "Original Word Of Blake Fleet"</ref>
 
The FWLS '''''Scorpion''''' was the first of the second block of ''[[Zechetinu]]''-class corvettes to be launched by the [[Free Worlds League]] between [[3059]]<ref name="FM:FWLp119">''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 119, "Renovation/Construction"</ref> and [[3067]].<ref name="FM:Up90">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 90, "Naval Assets and Militia Divisions"</ref> More than half the fleet of ''Zechetinus'' in service to the League had been secretly infiltrated by personnel loyal to the [[Word of Blake]] and promptly defected to the Blakists during the [[Jihad]], but the ''Scorpion'' remained under loyalist control.<ref name="J:FRp128">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 128, "Original Word Of Blake Fleet"</ref>
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The ''Scorpion'' was involved in a pitched naval battle in the [[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 heavy cruiser [[Nueva Badajoz|FWLS ''Nueva Badajoz'']], the ''[[Thera]]''-class carrier [[Corinth|FWLS ''Corinth'']] and one of her escorts, the ''[[Eagle (WarShip)|Eagle]]''-class frigate [[Mordred|FWLS ''Mordred'']], the ''[[Black Lion]]''-class battlecruiser [[Xanthos (Black Lion)|FWLS ''Xanthos'']], the ''[[Agamemnon]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Aineas|FWLS ''Aeneas'']] and the ''Impavido''-class [[Impavido (Impavido)|FWLS ''Impavido'']] - attacked the League loyalist WarShips present in the system at the time.<ref name="JTP:ABC"/>
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The loyalist WarShips in the system were mainly lighter destroyers and corvettes, and which consisted of the ''Scorpion'' and a sister ship, the [[Acari|FWLS ''Acari'']], the ''Eagle''-class [[Gawain|FWLS ''Gawain'']], the ''Impavido''-class [[Janos Marik (Impavido)|FWLS ''Janos Marik'']], the ''[[Zechetinu]]''-class corvette [[Sparta (Zechetinu)|FWLS ''Sparta'']] and the ''[[Essex]]''-class destroyer [[Raven (Essex)|FWLS ''Raven'']]. 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>
  
 
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* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
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* ''[[BattleCorps Scenarios#Jihad Turning Point: Atreus Battlecorps Exclusive|Jihad Turning Points: Atreus (BattleCorps Exclusive Track)]]''
 
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[[Category: Individual Zechetinu-class WarShips]]

Revision as of 19:09, 30 December 2013

Scorpion
Vessel Profile
TypeWarShip
ClassZechetinu II

History

The FWLS Scorpion was the first of the second block of Zechetinu-class corvettes to be launched by the Free Worlds League between 3059[1] and 3067.[2] More than half the fleet of Zechetinus in service to the League had been secretly infiltrated by personnel loyal to the Word of Blake and promptly defected to the Blakists during the Jihad, but the Scorpion remained under loyalist control.[3]

The Scorpion was involved in a pitched naval battle in the 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 heavy cruiser FWLS Nueva Badajoz, the Thera-class carrier FWLS Corinth and one of her escorts, the Eagle-class frigate FWLS Mordred, the Black Lion-class battlecruiser FWLS Xanthos, the Agamemnon-class heavy cruiser FWLS Aeneas and the Impavido-class FWLS Impavido - attacked the League loyalist WarShips present in the system at the time.[4]

The loyalist WarShips in the system were mainly lighter destroyers and corvettes, and which consisted of the Scorpion and a sister ship, the FWLS Acari, the Eagle-class FWLS Gawain, the Impavido-class FWLS Janos Marik, the Zechetinu-class corvette FWLS Sparta and the Essex-class destroyer FWLS Raven. 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.[4]

References

  1. Field Manual: Free Worlds League, p. 119, "Renovation/Construction"
  2. Field Manual: Updates, p. 90, "Naval Assets and Militia Divisions"
  3. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 128, "Original Word Of Blake Fleet"
  4. 4.0 4.1 Jihad Turning Points: Atreus BattleCorps Exclusive Track, p. 2, "True Colors Revealed"

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