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Line 9: | serviceuntil = | serviceuntil = }} }} − The DCS '''''Seoul''''' was a [[WarShip]] and carrier serving in the [[Draconis Combine Admiralty]] during the late [[Star League era]]. + == History == + The DCS '''''Seoul''''' was a [[WarShip]] and carrier serving in the [[Draconis Combine Admiralty]] during the late [[Star League era]]. Following the eruption of the [[Amaris Coup]], a combination of hostages held on [[Terra]], thinly-veiled threats from [[Stefan Amaris]] and the deathbed orders of [[Takiro Kurita]] forced [[Coordinator]] [[Minoru Kurita (28th c.)|Minoru Kurita]] to close the borders of the [[Draconis Combine]] to the [[Star League Defense Force]] led by [[Commanding General of the Star League Defense Force|Commanding General]] [[Aleksandr Kerensky]]. Whilst this forced Kerensky to invade several Combine systems to regain access to SLDF facilities, Minoru ordered the [[DCMS]] units facing the SLDF forces to fight for a few minutes only, before executing orderly retreats. Some DCMS personnel went further still, defecting as ''ronin'' to the SLDF. Amongst those forces and units that defected were the ''Seoul'', which had been damaged, and two of her escort vessels - the battleships [[Kumamoto|DCS ''Kumamoto'']] and [[DCS Shizuoka|DCS ''Shizuoka'']].<ref name="HB:HKp38">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 38: "The Long Night of Turning"</ref> − ==History==+ == Notes == − Following the eruption of the [[Amaris Coup]], a combination of hostages held on [[Terra]], thinly-veiled threats from [[Stefan Amaris]] and the deathbed orders of [[Takiro Kurita]] forced [[Coordinator]] [[Minoru Kurita (28th c.)|Minoru Kurita]] to close the borders of the [[Draconis Combine]] to the [[Star League Defense Force]] led by [[Commanding General of the Star League Defense Force|Commanding General]] [[Aleksandr Kerensky]]. Whilst this forced Kerensky to invade several Combine systems to regain access to SLDF facilities, Minoru ordered the [[DCMS]] units facing the SLDF forces to fight for a few minutes only, before executing orderly retreats. Some DCMS personnel went further still, defecting as ''ronin'' to the SLDF. Amongst those forces and units that defected were the ''Seoul'', which had been damaged, and two of her escort vessels - the battleships [[Kumamoto|DCS ''Kumamoto'']] and [[DCS Shizuoka|DCS ''Shizuoka'']].<ref name="HB:HKp38">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 38: "The Long Night of Turning"</ref>+ Although the class of the DCS ''Seoul'' isn't given in ''[[Handbook: House Kurita]]'', the only class of WarShip specifically described as a carrier to be manufactured natively by the Draconis Combine prior to the end of the Star League era was the ''[[Samarkand Block II (WarShip class)|Samarkand]]'', of which there were two blocks. At least three ''Samarkands'' not only served as SLDF vessels but survived the [[Hegemony Campaign]] and joined Kerensky's forces on the [[Operation Exodus|Exodus]], the [[SLS Beijing|''Beijing'']]<ref name="WORp162">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 162: "WarShips"</ref>, the [[Yorktown (Individual Samarkand-class WarShip)|''Yorktown'']]<ref name="WORp112+">''The Wars of Reaving'', pp. 112–113: "Constriction"</ref> and the ''[[Deal Breaker]]''.<ref name="WoRp130">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 130: "Vengeance on Vinton"</ref> It would therefore seem likely that the ''Seoul'' was a ''Samarkand'', although this hasn't been confirmed in canon. Given the propensity displayed by [[Clan Diamond Shark]] for renaming WarShips, it is even potentially possible that the ''Seoul'' could be the same ship later identified as the ''Deal Breaker'' during the [[Wars of Reaving]], although this is purely speculation. − − ==Notes== − Although the class of the DCS ''Seoul'' isn't given in ''[[Handbook: House Kurita]]'', the only class of WarShip specifically described as a carrier to be manufactured natively by the Draconis Combine prior to the end of the Star League era was the ''[[Samarkand Block II (WarShip class)|Samarkand]]'', of which there were two blocks. At least three ''Samarkands'' not only served as SLDF vessels but survived the [[Hegemony Campaign]] and joined Kerensky's forces on the [[Operation Exodus|Exodus]]: the [[Beijing (Individual Samarkand-class WarShip)|''Beijing'']],<ref name="WORp162">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 162: "WarShips"</ref> the [[Yorktown (Individual Samarkand-class WarShip)|''Yorktown'']],<ref name="WORp112+">''The Wars of Reaving'', pp. 112–113: "Constriction"</ref> and the ''[[Deal Breaker]]''.<ref name="WoRp130">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 130: "Vengeance on Vinton"</ref> It would therefore seem likely that the ''Seoul'' was a ''Samarkand'', although this hasn't been confirmed in canon. Given the propensity displayed by [[Clan Diamond Shark]] for renaming WarShips, it is even potentially possible that the ''Seoul'' could be the same ship later identified as the ''Deal Breaker'' during the [[Wars of Reaving]], although this is purely speculation. ==References== ==References==
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| − | The DCS '''''Seoul''''' was a [[WarShip]] and carrier serving in the [[Draconis Combine Admiralty]] during the late [[Star League era]]. | + | == History == |
| + | The DCS '''''Seoul''''' was a [[WarShip]] and carrier serving in the [[Draconis Combine Admiralty]] during the late [[Star League era]]. Following the eruption of the [[Amaris Coup]], a combination of hostages held on [[Terra]], thinly-veiled threats from [[Stefan Amaris]] and the deathbed orders of [[Takiro Kurita]] forced [[Coordinator]] [[Minoru Kurita (28th c.)|Minoru Kurita]] to close the borders of the [[Draconis Combine]] to the [[Star League Defense Force]] led by [[Commanding General of the Star League Defense Force|Commanding General]] [[Aleksandr Kerensky]]. Whilst this forced Kerensky to invade several Combine systems to regain access to SLDF facilities, Minoru ordered the [[DCMS]] units facing the SLDF forces to fight for a few minutes only, before executing orderly retreats. Some DCMS personnel went further still, defecting as ''ronin'' to the SLDF. Amongst those forces and units that defected were the ''Seoul'', which had been damaged, and two of her escort vessels - the battleships [[Kumamoto|DCS ''Kumamoto'']] and [[DCS Shizuoka|DCS ''Shizuoka'']].<ref name="HB:HKp38">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 38: "The Long Night of Turning"</ref> | ||
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| − | + | Although the class of the DCS ''Seoul'' isn't given in ''[[Handbook: House Kurita]]'', the only class of WarShip specifically described as a carrier to be manufactured natively by the Draconis Combine prior to the end of the Star League era was the ''[[Samarkand Block II (WarShip class)|Samarkand]]'', of which there were two blocks. At least three ''Samarkands'' not only served as SLDF vessels but survived the [[Hegemony Campaign]] and joined Kerensky's forces on the [[Operation Exodus|Exodus]], the [[SLS Beijing|''Beijing'']]<ref name="WORp162">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 162: "WarShips"</ref>, the [[Yorktown (Individual Samarkand-class WarShip)|''Yorktown'']]<ref name="WORp112+">''The Wars of Reaving'', pp. 112–113: "Constriction"</ref> and the ''[[Deal Breaker]]''.<ref name="WoRp130">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 130: "Vengeance on Vinton"</ref> It would therefore seem likely that the ''Seoul'' was a ''Samarkand'', although this hasn't been confirmed in canon. Given the propensity displayed by [[Clan Diamond Shark]] for renaming WarShips, it is even potentially possible that the ''Seoul'' could be the same ship later identified as the ''Deal Breaker'' during the [[Wars of Reaving]], although this is purely speculation. | |
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| − | Although the class of the DCS ''Seoul'' isn't given in ''[[Handbook: House Kurita]]'', the only class of WarShip specifically described as a carrier to be manufactured natively by the Draconis Combine prior to the end of the Star League era was the ''[[Samarkand Block II (WarShip class)|Samarkand]]'', of which there were two blocks. At least three ''Samarkands'' not only served as SLDF vessels but survived the [[Hegemony Campaign]] and joined Kerensky's forces on the [[Operation Exodus|Exodus]] | ||
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