Editing Anta McKenna

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'''Anta McKenna''' was a member of the [[Clan Snow Raven Touman|Clan Snow Raven ''touman'']] in the late [[thirty-first century]].

==History==
By [[3069]] Anta was a [[Star Admiral]], and the commanding officer of a [[Star]] of [[WarShip]]s, the [[Brim Naval Assault Star (Clan Snow Raven)|Brim Naval Assault Star]].<ref name="WoRp42">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 42: "Raven Justice"</ref>

In [[3068]], [[Clan Goliath Scorpion]] forces had won a [[Trial of Possession]] for the shipyards in the [[Lum]] system, with a battle that left much of the shipyards damaged or destroyed.<ref>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 40: "Lamentations and the Raven"</ref> It was Anta who prosecuted the Snow Raven revenge for the Lum Trial, by taking the Brim Naval Assault Star to [[Roche]] and launching a Trial for the entire WarShip squadron there. The initial ''batchalls'' were bargained down until the bidding resulted in a single WarShip, plus [[aerospace fighter]]s from each side, fighting the Trial. The Snow Ravens fought using the ''[[Aegis (WarShip class)|Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Black Justice (Individual Aegis-class WarShip)|CSR ''Black Justice'']], squaring off against the ''[[Lola III]]''-class destroyer [[Sagitta|CGS ''Sagitta'']] and her accompanying fighters under the overall command of [[Star Admiral]] [[Rebecca Suvorov]]. The ''Black Justice'' won the Trial, capturing the ''Sagitta'' as well as the ''[[Congress]]''-class frigate [[Garlon|CGS ''Garlon'']] and the ''[[Potemkin]]''-class cruisers [[Enceladus|CGS ''Enceladus'']] and [[Prometheus (Individual Potemkin-class WarShip)|CGS ''Prometheus'']]. The ''Sagitta'' was left powerless as a result of damage taken during the Trial, and Admiral McKenna moved all four captured vessels to Brim for repair. The four were then pressed into service as the new [[Hellgate Battle Star (Clan Snow Raven)|Hellgate Battle Star]].<ref name="WoRp42">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 42: "Raven Justice"</ref>

In [[3072]], Anta was responsible for escorting the last major convoy of Snow Raven vessels out of the [[Clan Homeworlds]] to the [[Inner Sphere]]. Anta's military forces consisted of the Hellgate Battle Star plus attached ships, escorting a hundred and nine [[JumpShip]]s plus attached [[DropShip]]s. The convoy was relatively slow-moving, and a combined task force from [[Clan Steel Viper]] and [[Clan Star Adder]] had predicted that the convoy would likely travel via the [[Ghent]] system, a known Star Raven guidepost. On 29 July [[3072]], a Steel Viper force commanded by [[Star Commodore]] [[Terrence Moffat]] jumped into the Ghen system, intercepting the Snow Raven forces. Moffat had brought three Steel Viper WarShips with him; the Steel Viper flagship, the ''[[Leviathan Prime]]''-class battleship [[Perigard Zalman (Leviathan)|CSV ''Perigard Zalman'']], and two escort vessels, the ''[[Essex]]''-class destroyer [[Martial Legacy|CSV ''Martial Legacy'']] and the ''[[Potemkin]]''-class cruiser [[Serpentes|CSV ''Serpentes'']], and initiated a Trial for the Snow Raven convoy.<ref name="WORp102+">''The Wars of Reaving'', pp. 102–104: "Raven's Dirge"</ref>

Moffat's ''batchall'' for the trial claimed "all of the ships at his disposal" as his bid, and Anta accepted the bid, declaring all of her forces in defense. What Anta didn't realize was that a Star Adder WarShip Star consisting of the ''[[Sovetskii Soyuz (WarShip class)|Sovetskii Soyuz]]''-class heavy cruiser ''[[Admiral William S. Preston]]'' leading the ''[[Fredasa (WarShip class)|Fredasa]]''-class corvette [[Arcadian Asp|CSA ''Arcadian Asp'']], the [[York (WarShip class)|''York'']]-class destroyer [[Exodus Crusader|CSA ''Exodus Crusader'']] and the ''[[Lola III]]''-class destroyers [[Hagar|CSA ''Hagar'']] and [[Warlock (Individual Lola III-class WarShip)|CSA ''Warlock'']] was lurking nearby, under Moffat's command as leader of the joint task force, and skirting the boundaries of honor, Moffat neglected to inform McKenna of the additional forces until he communicated their presence less than a minute before the Steel Viper vessels began firing on the Ravens.<ref name="WORp102+"/>

Moffat didn't limit his targets to the four Raven WarShips defending the convoy and their attached escorts; instead, he had the ''Perigard Zalman'' open fire on whatever targets were in range, with the first Raven ships destroyed being fifteen JumpShips. The ''Martial Legacy'' proceeded to work in tandem with the ''Serpentes'' against the Ravens, first targeting and destroying the ''Sagitta'', which had still been carrying the damage inflicted on it from the Trial of Possession in which the Ravens had acquired the Hellgate Battle Star from the Scorpions. In response, the ''Enceladus'' managed to inflict some damage on the ''Serpentes'' before the ''Perigard Zalman'' blocked both the ''Serpentes'' and the ''Martial Legacy'' from fire from the heavier Raven ships.<ref name="WORp102+"/>

Despite the best efforts of the Ravens, the battle was effectively a foregone conclusion once the Star Adder forces jumped in. The Ravens still managed to cripple the ''Serpentes'' when the ''Garlon'' intercepted the ''Serpentes'' as it attempted to close on a group of JumpShips. The ''Prometheus'' was destroyed quickly by the Star Adders, the ''Warlock'' and the ''Admiral William S. Preston'' destroying the ''Prometheus'' on their first pass; her sister vessel ''Enceladus'' then worked with several Raven DropShips to gut the ''Admiral William S. Preston'' before being destroyed in turn by the ''Arcadian Asp'', and the ''Perigard Zalman'' accounted for the ''Garlon''. None of the Raven AeroSpace or combat DropShip forces answered Moffat's single call to surrender, instead fighting until they had all been destroyed.<ref name="WORp102+"/>

Moffat's actions secured the Steel Vipers and the Star Adders a total of fifty Raven JumpShips and almost eighty full DropShips of cargo as ''[[isorla]]''; at least sixteen Raven JumpShips managed to escape, although only thirteen were eventually reclaimed by the Ravens. The ''Serpentes'' was scuttled, although the Vipers claimed the ''Garlon'' as salvage; the Star Adders tagged the various other Raven hulks and marked their courses with a view to later stripping the hulks for materiél. The Star Adders and Steel Vipers then spaced any Raven civilians considered unnecessary before moving their booty back to their holdings.<ref name="WORp102+"/>

It is presumed that Anta McKenna was killed during the battle at Ghent.

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[The Wars of Reaving]]''

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