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	By the time the Trial of Annihilation reached New Kent the ''Snake Leader'' was serving as the Steel Viper flagship, and attempted to face off against the ''[[McKenna's Pride]]'' in one-on-one combat, but the assembled Clans opposing the Steel Vipers were determined not to extend the Vipers any honor at all. As a result, the ''Steel Viper'' was swiftly destroyed an hour into the battle after Cloud Cobra marines boarded the ''[[Lola III]]''-class destroyer [[Anaconda|CSV ''Anaconda'']] and managed to control key systems for long enough to have the ''Anaconda'' block the ''Snake Leader's'' broadside arc for several vital seconds. Those seconds were enough time for the ''McKenna's Pride'' to slip past the ''Anaconda'' and rip open the rear of the ''Snake Leader'' with a broadside; the ''Snake Leader'' was left venting into space as a series of catastrophic secondary explosions broke the ship's keel.<ref name="WORp150+"/>		By the time the Trial of Annihilation reached New Kent the ''Snake Leader'' was serving as the Steel Viper flagship, and attempted to face off against the ''[[McKenna's Pride]]'' in one-on-one combat, but the assembled Clans opposing the Steel Vipers were determined not to extend the Vipers any honor at all. As a result, the ''Steel Viper'' was swiftly destroyed an hour into the battle after Cloud Cobra marines boarded the ''[[Lola III]]''-class destroyer [[Anaconda|CSV ''Anaconda'']] and managed to control key systems for long enough to have the ''Anaconda'' block the ''Snake Leader's'' broadside arc for several vital seconds. Those seconds were enough time for the ''McKenna's Pride'' to slip past the ''Anaconda'' and rip open the rear of the ''Snake Leader'' with a broadside; the ''Snake Leader'' was left venting into space as a series of catastrophic secondary explosions broke the ship's keel.<ref name="WORp150+"/>
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{{infoBoxIndividualVessel | image = Navalcamocsv.png | vesselname = Snake Leader | prevname = | type = WarShip | class = [[Congress]] | prevclass = }} ==History== In [[3058]] the ''[[Congress]]''-class frigate '''''Snake Leader''''' was a [[WarShip]] within the [[Clan Steel Viper]] [[Clan Steel Viper Touman|''touman'']] and was serving within the Steel Viper Naval Reserve in the [[Inner Sphere]].<ref name="ICp92">''Invading Clans'', p. 92, "Front-Line Unit Summary"</ref> The ''Snake Leader'' continued to serve as the CSV ''Snake Leader'' throughout the 3060s.<ref name="FM:WCp138+">''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 138-139, "Naval Assets"</ref> Very active during the [[Wars of Reaving]], the ''Snake Leader'' was involved in a number of battles fought by the Steel Vipers. On the 18th and 19th of December [[3071]] the ''Snake Leader'' was responsible for subjecting the last [[Clan Wolf]] presence in the [[Clan Homeworlds]], the enclaves on [[Tranquil]], to a sustained five-hour orbital bombardment, striking at them until nothing was left but dust.<ref name="WORp83">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 83, "Success!"</ref> Then, a year later, the ''Snake Leader'' struck again at the last holdings of a Clan exiled from the Homeworlds - in this case, [[Clan Snow Raven]] holdings on [[Hellgate]]. The [[Society]] had successfully stirred up a rebellion within the Homeworlds, and one of their sources of support was the various enclaves of lower caste members abandoned by the Clans retreating to the [[Inner Sphere]]. The Snow Raven castes on Hellgate fought a defensive action against [[2nd Viper Guards (Clan Steel Viper)|Second Viper Guards]], successfully holding the Viper forces off through tactics such as collapsing a large swath of mountainside onto the advancing Steel Viper forces.<ref name="WORp111+">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 111-112, "Constriction"</ref> [[Galaxy Commander]] [[Kimberly Hoskins]] was incensed with the actions of the Ravens on Hellgate, and responded by having the ''Snake Leader'' bombard the planet from orbit shortly after it arrived in the Hellgate system. The systematic bombardment of the planet began with Gehenna City and then expanded in scope, with the ''Snake Leader'' striking at factories, power plants, various enclaves and other important facilities. By the time the ''Snake Leader'' had finished its orbital bombardment the population of the planet had been reduced to less than fifty thousand people, who were left to eke out whatever existence they could manage as scavengers amidst the planetary badlands.<ref name="WORp111+"/> The last battle for the ''Snake Leader'' was the [[Trial of Annihilation]] fought in December [[3075]] that saw the Steel Vipers destroyed as a Clan. The ''Snake Leader'' had been fully repaired by the time the forces from [[Clan Blood Spirit|Clans Blood Spirit,]] [[Clan Cloud Cobra|Cloud Cobra]], [[Clan Goliath Scorpion|Goliath Scorpion]], [[Clan Star Adder|Star Adder]] and [[Clan Stone Lion|Stone Lion]] arrived at the last major Steel Viper world, [[New Kent]]<ref name="WORp150+">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 150, "Focused Aggression"</ref> having presumably suffered damage during the Steel Viper assault against the [[Clan Coyote]] world of [[Tamaron]] the year before.<ref name="WORp142+">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 142-143, "Viper's Venom"</ref> By the time the Trial of Annihilation reached New Kent the ''Snake Leader'' was serving as the Steel Viper flagship, and attempted to face off against the ''[[McKenna's Pride]]'' in one-on-one combat, but the assembled Clans opposing the Steel Vipers were determined not to extend the Vipers any honor at all. As a result, the ''Steel Viper'' was swiftly destroyed an hour into the battle after Cloud Cobra marines boarded the ''[[Lola III]]''-class destroyer [[Anaconda|CSV ''Anaconda'']] and managed to control key systems for long enough to have the ''Anaconda'' block the ''Snake Leader's'' broadside arc for several vital seconds. Those seconds were enough time for the ''McKenna's Pride'' to slip past the ''Anaconda'' and rip open the rear of the ''Snake Leader'' with a broadside; the ''Snake Leader'' was left venting into space as a series of catastrophic secondary explosions broke the ship's keel.<ref name="WORp150+"/> ==References== <references /> ==Bibliography== * ''[[AeroTech 2 Revised Edition]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: Warden Clans]]'' * ''[[Invading Clans]]'' * ''[[The Wars of Reaving]]'' [[Category: Individual WarShips]] [[Category: Individual Frigates]] [[Category: Individual Congress-class WarShips]]

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