Editing Stooping Kite

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==History==
As of [[3059]] the ''[[York (WarShip)|York]]''-class destroyer '''''Stooping Kite''''' was a [[WarShip]] within the [[Clan Blood Spirit]] [[Clan Blood Spirit Touman|''touman'']] and was serving as the CBS ''Stooping Kite''. The ''Stooping Kite'' was one of only four WarShips in the Blood Spirit ''touman'' at this point, and was serving as a part of the [[Naval Reserve (Clan Blood Spirit)|Naval Reserve]].<ref name="FM:WCp108">''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 30, "Blood Guard Keshik and the Naval Reserve"</ref>

In early January [[3072]] [[Khan]] [[Karianna Schmitt]] led [[Alpha Galaxy (Clan Blood Spirit)|Alpha Galaxy]], the ''[[Black Lion]]''-class battlecruiser [[Rocinante|CBS ''Rocinante'']] and the ''Stooping Kite'' to [[Arcadia (Clan System)|Arcadia]], hoping to negotiate with [[Clan Ghost Bear]] for the remaining Ghost Bear enclaves on the world. To Schmitt's intense frustration [[saKhan]] Kabrinski was completely unwilling to negotiate; unknown to the Blood Spirits, the Ghost Bears were in the final stages of evacuating the small enclave in preparation for moving it to the [[Ghost Bear Dominion]] in the [[Inner Sphere]].<ref name="WORp82">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 82, "The Wolf At The Door"</ref>

Attempting to force the issue, Schmitt brought the ''Rocinante'' into a close orbit above Arcadia and shelled one of the Snow Peak Mountains. Rather than forcing Kabrinski to negotiate, this instead caused the Ghost Bear saKhan to shut off all communication with Schmitt, although not without insulting Schmitt first. Enraged, Schmitt ordered the ''Stooping Kite'' to the nearby jump point with orders to prevent the nearest Ghost Bear vessel from departing. That vessel was the ''[[Star Lord (JumpShip class)|Star Lord]]''-class [[JumpShip]] [[Alshain Sunset|CGB ''Alshain Sunset'']].<ref name="WORp82"/>

The captain of the ''Alshain Sunset'' protested the order from the ''Stooping Kite'' to remain in place, and a deadly game of chicken began with the ''Alshain Sunset'' beginning jump preparations while the ''Stooping Kite'' continued to remain close to the Ghost Bear JumpShip. The ''Stooping Kite'' responded in a most deadly fashion to the ''Alshain Sunset's'' refusal to follow the Blood Spirit orders by firing a broadside that tore the ''Alshain Sunset'' and her [[DropShip]]s apart. As a result, thousands of civilians who had been packed aboard the various DropShips died.<ref name="WORp82"/>

The reaction from the Ghost Bears was both immediate and violent; every spaceworthy ship was launched at the ''Rocinante'', and within seconds the Blood Spirit flagship had been torn apart. Khan Schmitt barely survived, albeit with crippling injuries including a crippled back; the Ghost Bear vessels then moved to the jump point and left the [[Clan Homeworlds]] permanently, ending the Ghost Bear presence in the Homeworlds completely.<ref name="WORp82"/>

The ''Stooping Kite'' was destroyed above the world of Haven in the [[Colleen]] system alongside the ''[[Carrack]]''-class transport [[Karianna Schmitt (Individual Carrack-class WarShip)|CBS ''Karianna Schmitt'']] on the 5th of October [[3084]] by the [[Clan Star Adder]] battleships [[Absolute Truth|CSA ''Absolute Truth'']] and [[Sovereign Right|CSA ''Sovereign Right'']] as a part of the annihilation of the Blood Spirits conducted under the guise of a [[Trial of Absorption]].<ref name="WORp156">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 156, "Clan Blood Spirit"</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[AeroTech 2 Revised Edition]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Crusader Clans]]''
* ''[[The Wars of Reaving]]''
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