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	Although the ''Manaslu'' and ''Tyberium'' were lost, the ''Talwar'' and the ''Turk'' were able to destroy the ''Aurelius'' and ''Vitellius'', and were ordered to retreat by Colonel Tutt when they detected the [[Furillo (Individual Commonwealth-class WarShip)|LCS ''Furillo'']], a third ''Commonwealth'', burning towards the battle from the zenith jump point.<ref name="FSWp19"/>		Although the ''Manaslu'' and ''Tyberium'' were lost, the ''Talwar'' and the ''Turk'' were able to destroy the ''Aurelius'' and ''Vitellius'', and were ordered to retreat by Colonel Tutt when they detected the [[Furillo (Individual Commonwealth-class WarShip)|LCS ''Furillo'']], a third ''Commonwealth'', burning towards the battle from the zenith jump point.<ref name="FSWp19"/>
−	When the Lyran forces commanded by [[Leutnant-General]] [[Richart Johonson]] subjected the city of Calcutta to bombing and heavy artillery bombardment, destroying the most populated city on the Kashmir continent, rather than digging out the Bolan Defenders forces there, Colonel Tutt retaliated by ordering the ''Talwar'' to bombard the Lyran [[DropShip]]s from orbit. Leutnant-General von Eilenburg was calling for Tutt's surrender even as the ''Talwar'' destroyed the grounded Lyran DropShips; Tutt's response to von Eilenburg's demands was to order some elements of the Bolan Defenders to retreat, while also ordering that the stockpile of nuclear weapons stored at the Overwatch, the [[FWLM]] headquarters on Bolan, be used to enact a scorched-earth strategy intended to ensure that the Lyrans would obtain as little as possible from their conquest of Bolan. Tutt also ordered the ''Talwar'' and the ''Turk'' to defend those Bolan Defender elements that managed to retreat from Bolan until they had escaped; then, whilst Tutt led the remaining elements of his forces on a suicidal assault against the Lyran forces grouped around the destroyed remains of Mumbai, Bolan's capital city, the ''Talwar'' and the ''Turk'' were to return to Bolan's orbit and join in the scorched-earth campaign via orbital bombardment.<ref name="IOp226"/>	+	When the Lyran forces commanded by [[Leutnant-General]] [[Richard Johonson von Eilenburg]] subjected the city of Calcutta to bombing and heavy artillery bombardment, destroying the most populated city on the Kashmir continent, rather than digging out the Bolan Defenders forces there, Colonel Tutt retaliated by ordering the ''Talwar'' to bombard the Lyran [[DropShip]]s from orbit. Leutnant-General von Eilenburg was calling for Tutt's surrender even as the ''Talwar'' destroyed the grounded Lyran DropShips; Tutt's response to von Eilenburg's demands was to order some elements of the Bolan Defenders to retreat, while also ordering that the stockpile of nuclear weapons stored at the Overwatch, the [[FWLM]] headquarters on Bolan, be used to enact a scorched-earth strategy intended to ensure that the Lyrans would obtain as little as possible from their conquest of Bolan. Tutt also ordered the ''Talwar'' and the ''Turk'' to defend those Bolan Defender elements that managed to retreat from Bolan until they had escaped; then, whilst Tutt led the remaining elements of his forces on a suicidal assault against the Lyran forces grouped around the destroyed remains of Mumbai, Bolan's capital city, the ''Talwar'' and the ''Turk'' were to return to Bolan's orbit and join in the scorched-earth campaign via orbital bombardment.<ref name="IOp226"/>
	The ''Talwar'' and ''Turk'' had managed to avoid direct combat with either the ''Donegal'' or ''Furillo'' for days as the various naval forces attempted to draw each other out, with the Lyran forces unwilling to engage whilst in range of the surface-to-orbit capabilities of the Overwatch, but the scorched earth tactics used by Tutt saw the ships thrown into combat, with both the ''Talwar'' and ''Turk'' being destroyed as they attempted to cover the retreating elements of the Sixth and [[Tenth Bolan Defenders]]. The ''Talwar'' and the other defending League ships had sold themselves dearly, however; in addition to the destruction of the ''Aurelius'' and ''Vitellius'', the ''Nerva'' and ''Vespasian'' were so heavily damaged that each was out of commission for nearly two years while undergoing repairs, whilst the ''Caledonia'' was also badly damaged.<ref name="FSWp20">''First Succession War'', p. 21: "The Bolan Offensive"</ref>		The ''Talwar'' and ''Turk'' had managed to avoid direct combat with either the ''Donegal'' or ''Furillo'' for days as the various naval forces attempted to draw each other out, with the Lyran forces unwilling to engage whilst in range of the surface-to-orbit capabilities of the Overwatch, but the scorched earth tactics used by Tutt saw the ships thrown into combat, with both the ''Talwar'' and ''Turk'' being destroyed as they attempted to cover the retreating elements of the Sixth and [[Tenth Bolan Defenders]]. The ''Talwar'' and the other defending League ships had sold themselves dearly, however; in addition to the destruction of the ''Aurelius'' and ''Vitellius'', the ''Nerva'' and ''Vespasian'' were so heavily damaged that each was out of commission for nearly two years while undergoing repairs, whilst the ''Caledonia'' was also badly damaged.<ref name="FSWp20">''First Succession War'', p. 21: "The Bolan Offensive"</ref>

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{{infoBoxIndividualVessel | image = | vesselname = Talwar | prevname = | type = [[WarShip]] | class = [[League (WarShip class)|League]] | prevclass = | servicesince = | serviceuntil = March [[2785]] }} ==History== In March 2785, the ''League''-class destroyer '''FWLS ''Talwar''''' was one of four Free Worlds League WarShips assigned to the defense of [[Bolan]], serving alongside two sister ships, the [[Turk (Individual League-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Turk'']] and the [[Tyberium|FWLS ''Tyberium'']] and the ''[[Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Manaslu|FWLS ''Manaslu'']] under the overall command of [[Colonel]] [[Salam Tutt]] of the [[Sixth Bolan Defenders]]. It was in early March that the Lyran Commonwealth launched an invasion of Bolan, deploying at least three [[regiment]]s of [[BattleMech]]s escorted by eight ''[[Mako]]''-class corvettes and four ''[[Commonwealth (WarShip class)|Commonwealth]]''-class cruisers. The Lyrans split their forces, with one half arriving at the zenith [[jump point]] and the other half arriving three days out from Bolan via a Lagrange point.<ref name="IOp226">''Interstellar Operations'', pp. 226–229: "Falling Into Fire"</ref> The first WarShip engagement of the invasion came when the ''Talwar'' and her two sister ships engaged the first Lyran task group.<ref name="IOp226"/> Approaching along the solar plane, the first Lyran task group consisted primarily of the ''[[Caledonia (Individual Commonwealth-class WarShip)|Caledonia]] and [[Donegal (Individual Commonwealth-class WarShip)|Donegal]]'' - both ''Commonwealths'' - and the ''Mako''-class corvettes ''[[Aurelius]]'', ''[[Nerva]]'', ''[[Vespasian (Individual Mako-class WarShip)|Vespasian]]'', and ''[[Vitellius]]''. In addition to the WarShips, the Lyran task force also included two [[squadron]]s of assault Dropships and [[aerospace fighter]]s, and should have been enough to destroy all three League WarShips; however, the Lyrans were undone by the eagerness of the four ''Makos'' to engage the League WarShips. The four ''Makos'' ranged ahead of the heavier ''Commonwealths'', accompanied by only light Dropship support, and as a result the Lyran task group was divided across too broad a front.<ref name="FSWp19">''First Succession War'', p. 19: "The Bolan Offensive"</ref> The ''Talwar'' and her sister ships were able to use a combination of feints and sudden retreats to further disrupt the Lyran formation,<ref name="FSWp19"/> damaging two ''Makos''<ref name="IOp226"/> - the ''Nerva'' and the ''Vespasian''<ref name="FSWp19"/> and forcing them to retreat, as well as nearly destroying a third ''Mako'' before the heavier ''Commonwealths'' were able to force the three destroyers to withdraw back to orbit. The first Lyran group managed to successfully land its ground forces and then engaged in a game of cat-and-mouse with the four Free worlds League WarShips until the second Lyran group arrived above Bolan, having burned into orbit from the zenith jump point. All four Free Worlds League WarShips engaged the Lyran WarShips at this point<ref name="IOp226"/> with the ''Manaslu'' leading the charge, supported by a handful of assault DropShips and two squadrons of heavy aerospace fighters. The ''Tyberium'' had been heavily damaged by the ''Nerva'' and ''Vitellius'' during the initial engagement, but attempted to support the ''Manaslu'' as best she could; while the ''Manaslu'' inflicted heavy damage on the ''Caledonia'', damaging the Lyran cruisers' port side fire control and her maneuvering drive, the ''Tyberium'' launched a suicidal attack on the ''Donegal''. The ''Talwar'' and ''Turk'' were unable to assist either the ''Manaslu'' or the ''Tyberium'', as they were locked in battle with the ''Aurelius'' and ''Vitellus''; as the ''Talwar'' and ''Turk'' continued to battle the ''Makos'', the ''Manaslu'' was savaged by return fire from the ''Caledonia'', taking heavy damage to her prow, including strikes from at least two nuclear-tipped [[Barracuda]] missiles; the ''Caledonia'' was forced to retreat, but the ''Manaslu'' had lost her command centers, her sensor arrays and half her maneuvering thrusters, leaving her tumbling out of control. The crew of the ''Manaslu'' desperately launched escape pods even as the ''Donegal'' evaded the ''Tyberium's'' suicidal rush and crippled her engines. The crew of the ''Tyberium'' had no choice but to abandon ship, as she fell into Bolan's upper atmosphere and broke up, shedding escape pods right up until the last moment.<ref name="FSWp19"/> Although the ''Manaslu'' and ''Tyberium'' were lost, the ''Talwar'' and the ''Turk'' were able to destroy the ''Aurelius'' and ''Vitellius'', and were ordered to retreat by Colonel Tutt when they detected the [[Furillo (Individual Commonwealth-class WarShip)|LCS ''Furillo'']], a third ''Commonwealth'', burning towards the battle from the zenith jump point.<ref name="FSWp19"/> When the Lyran forces commanded by [[Leutnant-General]] [[Richard Johonson von Eilenburg]] subjected the city of Calcutta to bombing and heavy artillery bombardment, destroying the most populated city on the Kashmir continent, rather than digging out the Bolan Defenders forces there, Colonel Tutt retaliated by ordering the ''Talwar'' to bombard the Lyran [[DropShip]]s from orbit. Leutnant-General von Eilenburg was calling for Tutt's surrender even as the ''Talwar'' destroyed the grounded Lyran DropShips; Tutt's response to von Eilenburg's demands was to order some elements of the Bolan Defenders to retreat, while also ordering that the stockpile of nuclear weapons stored at the Overwatch, the [[FWLM]] headquarters on Bolan, be used to enact a scorched-earth strategy intended to ensure that the Lyrans would obtain as little as possible from their conquest of Bolan. Tutt also ordered the ''Talwar'' and the ''Turk'' to defend those Bolan Defender elements that managed to retreat from Bolan until they had escaped; then, whilst Tutt led the remaining elements of his forces on a suicidal assault against the Lyran forces grouped around the destroyed remains of Mumbai, Bolan's capital city, the ''Talwar'' and the ''Turk'' were to return to Bolan's orbit and join in the scorched-earth campaign via orbital bombardment.<ref name="IOp226"/> The ''Talwar'' and ''Turk'' had managed to avoid direct combat with either the ''Donegal'' or ''Furillo'' for days as the various naval forces attempted to draw each other out, with the Lyran forces unwilling to engage whilst in range of the surface-to-orbit capabilities of the Overwatch, but the scorched earth tactics used by Tutt saw the ships thrown into combat, with both the ''Talwar'' and ''Turk'' being destroyed as they attempted to cover the retreating elements of the Sixth and [[Tenth Bolan Defenders]]. The ''Talwar'' and the other defending League ships had sold themselves dearly, however; in addition to the destruction of the ''Aurelius'' and ''Vitellius'', the ''Nerva'' and ''Vespasian'' were so heavily damaged that each was out of commission for nearly two years while undergoing repairs, whilst the ''Caledonia'' was also badly damaged.<ref name="FSWp20">''First Succession War'', p. 21: "The Bolan Offensive"</ref> ==References== <references /> ==Bibliography== * ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]'' * ''[[Interstellar Operations]]'' [[Category: Individual WarShips]] [[Category: Individual Destroyers]] [[Category: Individual League-class WarShips]]

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