Editing Yggdrasil (Individual Mjolnir-class WarShip)

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The first ''[[Mjolnir (WarShip class)|Mjolnir]]''-class battlecruiser completed, the '''''Yggdrasil''''' was also notable for being among the few [[Lyran Alliance]]/[[Lyran Commonwealth]] [[WarShip]]s to survive the [[Word of Blake]] [[Jihad]].

==History==
===FedCom Civil War===
The first ''Mjolnir'' to be completed, the LAS ''Yggdrasil'' 's predelivery trials were expedited at [[Archon]] [[Katherine Steiner-Davion]]'s request and the vessel was deemed fit for service in July [[3062]]. The politically mandated haste in those trials led to doubts in the Alliance Navy about the ''Yggdrasil'' 's reliability, with minor problems with the sensor suite and jumpsail reefing assembly discovered. As of December 3062, the ''Yggdrasil'' 's current location was unknown even to [[Heimdall (organization)|Heimdall]].<ref name=FMLA-25>''Field Manual: Lyran Alliance'', p. 25: "The Lyran Alliance Armed Forces - Aerospace and Naval Units - WarShips"</ref><ref name=FMLA-153>''Field Manual: Lyran Alliance'', p. 153: "Rules - MechWarrior Rules - Mjolnir-Class Battlecruiser"</ref>  It emerged briefly in April [[3063]] to [[Battle of Arcadia (3063)|intridict]] [[Kristen's Krushers]] at [[Arcadia (LC)|Arcadia]] as they attempted to flee Alliance space.<ref>''FedCom Civil War'', pp. 38–40: "The Eagle's Flight"</ref>

The ''Robert Kelswa'' subsequently fought in the Battle of Tharkad on 18 August [[3066]]; when a task force composed of the [[Kell Hounds]], [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]], the [[Blue Star Irregulars]] and the [[Twentieth Arcturan Guards]] arrived in the system with a WarShip escort, the ''Yggdrasil'' was one of the Loyalist WarShips that moved to engage. Fighting in deep space alongside at least one other Loyalist ship,<ref name="FCCWp175"/> the ''[[Fox (WarShip class)|Fox]]''-class corvette [[Robert Kelswa (Individual Fox-class WarShip)|LAS ''Robert Kelswa'']],<ref name="FM:Up165">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 165: "Ships of the Alliance"</ref> the ''Yggdrasil'' engaged the task force's WarShip escort. The Allied WarShips, led by the ''[[McKenna (WarShip class)|McKenna]]''-class battleship [[Werewolf_(Individual_McKenna-class_WarShip)|CWS ''Werewolf'']], defeated the Loyalist WarShips, but not before the ''[[Fredasa (WarShip class)|Fredasa]]''-class corvette ''[[Kerensky's Blues]]'' operated by the Blue Star Irregulars took heavy damage. The ''Yggdrasil'' was crippled in the battle, taken as ''[[isorla]]'', refitted and renamed the CWS ''Winter Wolf'';<ref name="FCCWp175">''FedCom Civil War'', p. 175: "Tharkad"</ref> the ''Robert Kelswa'' was also damaged and taken as ''isorla'', but both ships were subsequently returned to the [[Lyran Alliance]] under the [[Arc-Royal]] protocols. The damage taken during the Battle of Tharkad was extensive enough that the ''Robert Kelswa'' wasn't expected to be fit for service again until [[3070]].<ref name="FM:Up165"/>

===The Jihad===
The ''Yggdrasil'' jumped for [[Alarion]], but the ship never arrived. It later took part in the liberation of [[Tharkad]] during the [[Jihad]].<ref>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 69: "Admiralty (Star Wolves)"</ref> In [[3074]], a small task force consisting of elements from the [[Lyran Alliance Armed Forces]], [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]], and several mercenary units hired by the [[Draconis Combine]] noble and businessman [[Chandrasekhar Kurita]] attacked the secret Word of Blake facility known as the [[Ruins of Gabriel]], a former [[Star League Defense Force]] naval facility constructed in secret during the [[Star League Civil War]] and located inside an icy moon orbiting the fourth world of the [[Odessa]] system. The ''Light of Faith'' was one of the ships located at the Ruins of Gabriel at the time of the attack and formed a part of the Blakist defense of the facility; in the fighting between the two forces the ''Yggdrasil'' was damaged<ref name="JHS:3076p13">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 13</ref><ref name="JHS3076p38">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 38: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp52">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 52: "The Jihad In Review"</ref> and the ''[[Baron (WarShip class)|Baron]]''-class destroyer [[Light of Faith|WoBS ''Light of Faith'']] was destroyed.<ref name="J:FRp128">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 128: "Word of Blake Naval Assets"</ref>

While the Blakists were able to beat the attack off, they poisoned the populated world of Odessa III. To deny information to their enemies, the Word of Blake stripped the base of all available information, destroyed the ''[[Naga (WarShip class)|Naga]]''-class Destroyer that was undergoing repairs within the facility, and programmed all their drone fighters to self-destruct.<ref name="JHS:3076p13"/><ref name="JHS3076p38">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 38: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp52"/>

===The Dark Age===
When Archon [[Adam Steiner]] called for the [[Archonette]]s to return their power to Tharkad after the Jihad the rulers of every Archonette dragged their feet, seeking to retain their independence and authority as long as possible, but only one—[[Duchess]] LaRue, ruler of the Inarcs Archonette—went so far as to openly defy the Archon. Duchess LaRue's public statements became increasingly insubordinate, but her bid for independence was cut short when the ''Yggdrasil'' appeared in the [[Inarcs]] system on 23 June [[3083]]. The ''Yggdrasil'' was escorting four ''[[Monolith]]''-class [[JumpShip]]s transporting the [[Second Bolan Guards]] [[LCT]] and the entire of the [[First Royal Guards]] [[RCT]]; the two formations arrested the recaltriant Duchess and secured Inarcs, with the Bolan Guards remaining on-world whilst the Royal Guards escorted the Duchess back to Tharkad for a very public trial for treason and subsequent execution.<ref name="FM:3085p94">''Field Manual: 3085'', pp. 94–95: "Reclaiming Authority"</ref>

The ''Yggdrasil'' was mothballed in orbit of [[Hesperus II]] during the [[Dark Age|Republic era]] but was reactivated and loaned to the [[Stormhammers]] splinter faction during the [[Clan Jade Falcon|Falcon]] descent on [[Skye]]. The ''Yggdrasil'' dueled the Jade Falcon ''[[Nightlord]]''-class ''[[Emerald Talon]]'' and barely survived during the Falcons' second and ultimately successful attempt to conquer Skye.{{cn}}

In [[3145]], the ''Yggdrasil'' was refurbished and returned to service, making it the only WarShip available to the LCAF. It was stationed at Hesperus II and supported by a flotilla of combat DropShips and aerospace fighters.<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 122</ref>

==Notes==
An Ask The Writers question regarding the disappearance of the ''Yggdrasil'' after the FedCom Civil War and her subsequent reappearance later in the Jihad received the following response:

{{Quote|Hi,

Yggdrasil suffered a misjump on her return trip home, one that rendered her KF drive and transit engines inoperative. Using her projected course data and a lot of small, independent scouts to scour the systems in and along that route, the Lyrans managed to find the dead ship--with no small amount of sheer luck--several light-years off from one of her jump points (far enough that her distress signal was not received yet). The found a ship whose fuel supply and food stores had run out years before, starving off what remained of her stranded crew. <br>
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The recovered vessel was eventually returned to the Gibbs JumpShip yards for repairs, re-crewing, and resupply, all performed under exceptionally tight security (like "shut-down-the-local-HPG-and-shoot-anything-not-squalking-a-trusted-IFF-and-don't-let-those-scouts-out-of-debriefing-for-several-months" tight) to get her back into the fight. Even then, she was a cursed ship, and became something of the Yorktown-at-Midway of the Jihad, getting pounded to a burning hulk and presumed a write-off for at least two more actions in the war.<br>
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Hope that helps,<br>|[http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php/topic,40569.0.html Herbert Beas, BattleTech Developer, 16 July 2014]}}

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[FedCom Civil War (sourcebook)|FedCom Civil War]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Lyran Alliance]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3076]]''

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