Editing Kerensky's Blues

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==History==
The '''''Kerensky's Blues''''' was a ''[[Fredasa]]''-class [[Clan]] [[WarShip]] which was operated by [[Clan Jade Falcon]] until the Falcons lost the ship in [[3055]]. The [[Blue Star Irregulars]] and the [[Hell's Black Aces]] captured the ''Kerensky's Blues'' in combat against the Jade Falcons in 3055,<ref name="FM:MRp46"/> as part of an assault on the occupied world of [[Quarell]]. The Blue Star Irregulars were determined to make up for an earlier defeat to the Falcons on [[Fort Loudon]] at some point after the [[Truce of Tukayyid]]. The Blue Sky Irregulars ignored the Falcon calls for a ''batchall'', which led to battles on both the surface of the planet and in space. Hell's Black Aces emerged from hidden positions to secure space superiority over the planet, something which the Falcon ''Fredasa'' ignored, concentrating instead on a badly-damaged Irregulars [[JumpShip]]. Left with no other choice, the JumpShip captain rammed the ''Fredasa'', and the resulting damage inflicted on the WarShip included the destruction of the command center. The Hell's Black Aces promptly claimed both the ''Fredasa'' and an escort [[DropShip]] in the name of the Irregulars.<ref name="FM:Mp40">''Field Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 40, "Blue Star Irregulars: The Return of Kerensky"</ref>

The Irregulars were able to keep the ''Fredasa'' and leave the Quarell system after the Irregulars' commanding officer, [[Colonel]] [[Alexander Duff-Gordon]] of the [[1894th Light Horse]] won a challenge against [[Star Colonel]] [[Padrick Shi-Lu]], killing Shi-lu in the process. The terms of the challenge had pitted the ''Fredasa'' and a captured Falcon supply depot against any captured warriors from the Irregulars, any captured Blue Star medals, and safe conduct back to [[Federated Commonwealth]] space.<ref name="FM:MRp46"/>

The Irregulars had [[Wolf's Dragoons]] repair and partially refit the renamed ''Kerensky's Blues'', returning the WarShip to active use by [[3059]], although with only approximately half of the original Clan-level weaponry still in place.<ref name="FM:Mp41">''Field Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 41, "Blue Star Irregulars: Technical and Transportation Support"</ref> Although the ability to maintain the ''Kerensky's Blues'' was consistently too much for the Blue Star Irregulars to afford, they refused to give the WarShip up, operating the ''Kerensky's Blues'' until at least [[3067]].<ref name="FM:MRp46">''Field Manual: Mercenaries Revised'', p. 46, "Blue Star Irregulars: Support"</ref>

The Blue Star Irregulars fought in support of [[Duke]] [[Morgan Kell]] and [[Peter Steiner-Davion]] during the [[FedCom Civil War]] and the ''Kerensky's Blues'' took heavy damage in the battle over [[Tharkad]] during the conflict. Even after the end of the war the ''Kerensky's Blues'' continued to suffer from poor maintenance, but the presence of the former Clan corvette within the Blue Star Irregulars made them the only mercenary unit other than [[Wolf's Dragoons]] to operate their own WarShip.<ref name="FM:MRp46"/>

====Destruction====
In January of [[3069]] the ''Kerensky's Blues'' was destroyed in the [[Black Earth]] system by forces from Clan Jade Falcon. The Jade Falcons had attacked the planet in strength, shattering both regiments of the Blue Star Irregulars; the surviving Irregulars and fleeing civilian refugees in a flotilla of ships were being escorted from the planet to the [[jump point]] to join with escaping [[JumpShip]]s when the Clan forces struck. The Falcons attacked with a ''[[Congress]]''-class frigate and a ''[[Vincent]]''-class corvette<ref name="BAp210"/><ref name="MSUp11"/> - subsequently identified as the [[Lightning Strike|CJF ''Lightning Strike'']]<ref name="MSUp11">''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 11, "Blue Star Irregulars"</ref> - destroying JumpShips and DropShips as the ''Kerensky's Blues'' attempted to place itself between the Falcon WarShips and the refugees. The ''Kerensky's Blues'' managed to deal with the CJF ''Lightning Strike'',<ref name="MSUp11"/> but was unable to prevent the ''Congress''-class ship from butchering almost all of the fleeing Irregulars' forces before destroying the ''Blues'' as well. The battle was reported in the media via an [[INN]] journalist aboard the ''[[Loyal Son]]'', a fleeing ''[[Overlord]]''-class DropShip and one of the vessels escaping from Black Earth.<ref name="BAp210">''Blake Ascending'', p. 210, p. 211, "Falling Stars"</ref><ref name="MSUp11"/>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Blake Ascending]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries Revised]]''
* ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental Update]]''

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