Stonehenge

History

The Stonehenge was a Mule-class DropShip operated by ComStar. It touched down in the starport of the city of Royce on Fletcher on 20 November 3067 on a supply run, on the circuit from Epsilon Indi. By this time, it was noted that the vessel featured unique scarring that made visual identification easy.

Two days later Fletcher was overrun by Word of Blake forces in a surprise attack. All military Com Guard DropShips were mined and destroyed by sappers with massive charges attached to their hulls, but the Stonehenge—being a civilian ship with a ComStar registry as opposed to a military vessel with a Com Guard registry—was initially overlooked. On or shortly after 24 November 3067, however, the Word of Blake forces in Royce noticed the Stonehenge for the ComStar vessel it was. A ring of BattleMech surrounded the DropShip and destroyed it with weapons fire, to prevent any surviving ComStar forces on Fletcher from making any use of the ship.

The ship was reported missing after her failure to arrive on station in Errai mid December, and it was confirmed that the Stonehenge's route included a stopover in the Fletcher system.

Bibliography

• The Discovery of Command (in: Front Lines, pp. 94-125)
• INN Newscast, 04/01/3068: "Word of Blake Seizes Epsilon Indi, Fletcher"