Editing Second Coming

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==History==
The ''[[McKenna (WarShip class)|McKenna]]''-class battleship '''''Second Coming''''' was a [[Star League Defense Force]] [[WarShip]] that survived the [[Hegemony Campaign]] to liberate [[Terra]] from the forces of [[Stefan Amaris]], and subsequently followed [[Commanding General of the Star League Defense Force|General]] [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] on the [[Operation Exodus|Exodus]].<ref name="H:OKp43">''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 43: "Return to the Pentagon - Babylon - Opening the Cache"</ref>

===Operation KLONDIKE===
When the [[Pentagon Civil War]] erupted, the ''Second Coming'' was one of the WarShips which followed [[Nicholas Kerensky]] to [[Strana Mechty]]. After Nicholas founded the [[Clan]]s the ''Second Coming'' was deployed on [[Operation KLONDIKE]], Nicholas' plan to conquer the Pentagon worlds.<ref name="H:OKp43"/>

The ''Second Coming'' was one of the WarShips deployed by [[saKhan]] [[Rafe Kardaan]] of [[Clan Cloud Cobra]], the officer commanding the naval operations in the [[Babylon]] system, to secure the naval cache in that system. Kardaan led the operation on the naval cache himself; the Cloud Cobra team already inserted into the cache began the action by managing to cut the power to a number of vessels, while also broadcasting jamming signals from two ships and cutting adrift a number of other, heavily populated vessels.<ref name="H:OKp43"/>

Kardaan's naval forces jumped into two pirate points near the cache and intercepted a number of fleeing [[DropShip]]s as they moved towards the cache itself. Ground troops from all four Clans involved in the operation deployed as zero-g marines to secure the various ships, but while the bulk of the troops secured their targets, the [[Clan Coyote]] forces were distracted by their desire for conquest and glory and ended up becoming mired in running firefights as they insisted on challenging every enemy spacefarer they met. As those aboard the cached ships were all seasoned spacefarers vastly more experienced at living and moving within a zero-g environment they stalled the Coyote forces on eight different ships and began bringing weapon turrets back online.<ref name="H:OKp43"/>

Kaardan acted quickly when he saw the weapon systems beginning to come online, and had the ''Second Coming'' destroy the reactivated turrets with a number of accurate shots. He then led a boarding action personally, relying on the combination of his own experience with naval vessels and the threat of overwhelming firepower from the WarShips to carry the day... a combination that proved effective in securing the cache.<ref name="H:OKp43"/>

During the Clans ground offensive on Babylon, the ''Second Coming'' would remain in orbit. After volcanic eruptions and a massive earthquake struck during the Cloud Cobras conquest of the Shoshi'i Islands, [[Khan]] [[Windham Khatib]] immediately ordered his forces to assist with search and rescue operations and disaster relief, with the worst medical cases and injuries transported up to the ''Second Coming'' for treatment. Khatib's decision would save tens of thousands of lives as well as winning Clan Cloud Cobra the loyalty of many of the island inhabitants.<ref name="HOK-66">''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 66: "Babylon - No Quarter - Down by the Seaside"</ref>

===Clan Invasion===
The ''Second Coming'' would remain in service with the Cloud Cobras as the CCS ''Second Coming''; by [[3061]], the ''Second Coming'' was one of four WarShips assigned to [[Delta Galaxy (Clan Cloud Cobra)|Delta Galaxy]], serving alongside the ''[[Vincent|Vincent Mk. 42]]''-class corvettes [[Trump|CCS ''Trump'']] and [[Hertzog's Staff|CCS ''Hertzog's Staff'']] and the ''[[Fredasa (WarShip class)|Fredasa]]''-class corvette [[Perdition's Flame|CCS ''Perdition's Flame'']].<ref name="FM:WCp28">''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 28: "Naval Forces"</ref>  The ''Second Coming'' was still listed as being in service with the Cloud Cobras as of [[3067]].<ref name="FM:Up55">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 55: "Naval Assets"</ref>

===Wars of Reaving===
During the Wars of Reaving the ''Second Coming'' was part of a failed Cloud Cobra military action in the [[Tanis]] system in [[3073]]. Attempting to steal a march on forces from [[Clan Star Adder]], Cloud Cobra [[Khan]] Steiner led [[Delta Galaxy (Clan Cloud Cobra)|Delta]] and [[Epsilon Galaxy (Clan Cloud Cobra)|Epsilon Galaxies]] into the Tanis system with the ''Second Coming'' and three other Cloud Cobra WarShips, the ''[[Cataclysm]]'', ''[[Consequence]]'' and ''[[True Sight]]'', intending to secure the planet [[Stacha]] and claim the advanced [[Society]] technology believed to be there.<ref name="WORp126">''Wars of Reaving'', p. 126: "Steiner's Folly"</ref>

The Cloud Cobra naval forces found themselves facing an active ''[[Olympus]]'' defense station and the ''[[Prinz Eugen]]'', a ''[[Texas]]''-class battleship that the Society had recommissioned. The ''Second Coming'' took the brunt of the damage when the ''Olympus'' station launched a capital missile barrage, and the ''Second Coming'' deliberately moved to block the other Cloud Cobra WarShips from the station's line of sight while rolling to engage the station with its own broadsides. As the ''Second Coming'' battled the station, the ''Cataclysm'', ''Consequence'' and ''True Sight'' were responsible for engaging the ''Prinz Eugen'', clearing the system of Bandit Caste [[aerospace fighter]]s and ultimately destroying the ''Prinz Eugen''.<ref name="WORp126"/>

The ''Second Coming'' suffered a cracked [[K-F Drive]] and was left on partial power only after the naval engagement, leaving it out of the fight; the remaining DropShips aboard the ''Second Coming'' were launched to support the Cloud Cobra ground assault, but with the failure of the Cloud Cobra campaign to capture the worlds, the ''Second Coming'' was subsequently seized by Tanite marines and marines from the [[Society]], salvaged and partially repaired over [[Alexandra]].<ref name="WORp126"/>

In late [[3074]], the two Cloud Cobra WarShips, [[Hell Fury|CCS ''Hell Fury'']] and [[Brimstone (Individual York-class WarShip)|CCS ''Brimstone'']] were assigned along with several stars of boarding craft and aerospace fighters as part of a grudging contribution from the Cloud Cobras to the military task force being assembled by [[Clan Star Adder]] at [[Dagda (Clan System)|Dagda]] for a strike on Tanis. Operating under the command of Adder [[SaKhan]] [[Hannibal Banacek]], ''Brimstone'' and ''Hell Fury'' joined the task force when it jumped into the Tanis system on the 17th of December, with the ''Hell Fury'' engaging the defending ''[[Ingrid Bucharev]]'' and ''Second Coming'' alongside the ''[[Divine Conquest]]'' and ''[[Stellar Serpent]]''. The ''Hell Fury'' and the two Star Adder WarShips evidently easily dispatched the ''[[Mako]]''-class ''Ingrid Bucharev'' and the partially-functional ''Second Coming'', allowing the Star Adder [[Gamma Galaxy (Clan Star Adder)|Gamma]], [[Delta Galaxy (Clan Star Adder)|Delta]] and [[Epsilon Galaxy (Clan Star Adder)|Epsilon Galaxies]] to secure uncontested landing zones on Stacha.<ref name="WORp144">''Wars of Reaving'', p. 144: "Adder's Assault"</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Warden Clans]]''
* ''[[Historical: Operation Klondike]]''

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