Editing VaultShip Alpha

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'''''VaultShip Alpha''''' was one of six [[VaultShip]]s commissioned by [[Clan Jade Falcon]] in [[3132]] in response to the [[Blackout]], to stabilize the [[Kerensky (currency)|Kerensky]] by using the assets stored aboard the vessel for trade along the [[Clan Occupation Zones]].<ref>''Tamar Rising'', p. 42</ref> These VaultShips were reconfigured ''Mule''-class [[DropShip]]s.

For the purpose of this article, ''VaultShip Alpha'' is considered to be the name of the individual VaultShip. It is ultimately unclear if this was the true name of the DropShip itself (which would have existed, presumably under another name, before the conversion), or if it referred to the DropShip's role with its entire task force which would invariably encompass a [[JumpShip]] with a [[Lithium-Fusion Battery]] and assorted escort assets including at least an [[assault DropShip]] and a [[Trinary]] of troops.

==Operational History==
''Alpha''&#39;s operating area was the [[Clan Jade Falcon Occupation Zone]]. As with all of other VaultShips, its initial Trinary was composed of elite warriors, but after [[3137]] they were moved to the [[Golden Ordun]] and replaced by ''[[solahma]]'' and ''[[dezgra]]'' warriors, the dregs of the Falcon ''Touman'', proving how little the new Khan, [[Malvina Hazen]], appreciated the ships' vital work.<ref>''Tamar Rising'', pp. 42–43</ref>

After Malvina began her move to [[Terra]], she ordered all VaultShips returned to [[Sudeten]] and emptied of their contents. Merchant Factor [[Marena]], who was aboard ''Alpha'', ignored the order. With the HPG Blackout and the confusion of orders to mobilize the Falcons' full ''Touman'', Marena gambled on the hunch that Malvina could not understand what a VaultShip was, and pretended that ''Alpha'' had blown a helium seal and was unable to return. This forced Malvina to depart without the Clan's money.<ref>''Tamar Rising'', p. 43</ref>

In late June [[3151]], Marena led ''Alpha'' to [[Alyina]]. Sensing her opportunity, she sent the onboard Trinary to take the planet, and later founded her new mercantile state, the [[Alyina Mercantile League]].<ref>''Tamar Rising'', pp. 43–44</ref>

As the Clan Jade Falcon Zone had ceased to exist, it is doubtful that ''Alpha'' resumed its trips. Like VaultShip Beta, its contents were probably stored on Alyina.<ref>''Tamar Rising'', p. 44</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Tamar Rising]]''

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