Ursus (Individual Whirlwind-class WarShip)
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- This article is about the WarShip. For other uses, see Ursus.
Ursus | |
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Vessel Profile | |
Type | WarShip |
Class | Whirlwind |
In service until | December 3059[1] |
The Whirlwind-class destroyer CGB Ursus served within the Clan Ghost Bear touman.
History[edit]
In December 3059, the Ursus was part of a naval convoy moving through the Deep Periphery when it encountered Task Force SERPENT.[2]
The Ursus was accompanied by a sister ship, the CGB Fire Fang and a Congress-class frigate, the CGB Shining Claw.[2] The Shining Claw, Fire Fang, and Ursus moved to engage Task Force SERPENT while attempting to buy time for the Invader-class JumpShip CGB Winter Wind to quick-charge and jump out of the system to warn the Clans of the presence of an Inner Sphere WarShip flotilla moving through the Deep Periphery.[3]
The Inner Sphere forces, led by the Com Guard Cameron-class battlecruiser ISS Invisible Truth, were the victors in the engagement, subsequently dubbed Trafalgar, and the Ursus was destroyed; the Shining Claw was also lost, and the Task Force claimed the intact Fire Fang as isorla, along with some three hundred warriors and more than a thousand civilian caste members. The Winter Wind was unable to jump out before being boarded and captured, leaving the Clans unaware of the existence of Task Force SERPENT.[1]