Editing Ursine Boatman

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== History ==
As of [[3061]] the ''[[Volga]]''-class Transport '''''Ursine Boatman''''' was serving as the CGB ''Ursine Boatman'' within the [[Clan Ghost Bear Touman|Clan Ghost Bear ''touman'']] and was a part of the substantial flotilla of transport [[WarShip]]s available to the Ghost Bears during this era.<ref name="FM:WCp86">''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 86, "Naval Assets"</ref> The ''Ursine Boatman'' remained an active part of the Ghost Bear ''touman'' for the next decade<ref name="FM:Up60">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 60, "Naval Assets"</ref> and into the chaos of the [[Jihad]].

Actively supporting Ghost Bear battleships for most of the Jihad, the ''Ursine Boatman'' was eventually lost in the only battle in which it deployed in a role other than that of supporting battleships.<ref name="FR:Cp11"/> 

In [[3078]] [[New Earth]] was targeted for liberation by the allied coalition as a part of [[Operation SCOUR]]; a contingent of roughly four [[Galaxy|Galaxies]] of mixed [[Clan]] forces drawn from the Lyran front of the Operation struck at New Earth on the 8th of February [[3078]], meeting heavy resistance.<ref name="J:FRp58">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 58, "The Jihad in Review"</ref>

The initial attack was rebuffed, with the Clan forces having retreated by mid February; while the media reported that the [[SDS]] in the New Earth system had been destroyed or at least heavily damaged, it also reported that up to four Clan WarShips supporting the ground forces had been destroyed, and that the Clan forces had been forced to retreat due to the presence of not just the anticipated Protectorate Militia Divisions and Militia Division, but also at least one [[Shadow Division]]. There were also unsubstantiated rumours that the forces from [[Clan Ghost Bear]], [[Clan Jade Falcon]] and [[Clan Wolf]] had arrived at different times, with the Ghost Bears arriving early, and then failed to work together.<ref name="JHS:Tp66">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 66, "Failed Gambit?"</ref> One of the destroyed WarShips was subsequently identified as the ''[[Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Frost Falcon|CJF ''Frost Falcon'']];<ref name="FR:Cp15">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 15, "Fleet Assets"</ref> another was the ''[[Vincent]]''-class corvette [[Huninn|CSR ''Huninn'']], a vessel from the [[Clan Snow Raven]] [[Ice Storm Naval Star (Clan Snow Raven)|Ice Storm Naval Star]] assigned to support the [[Ghost Bear Dominion]] during the Jihad,<ref name=FR:Cp18">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 18, "Fleet Assets"</ref> and a third ship lost was the ''Ursine Boatman''.<ref name="FR:Cp11">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 11, "Fleet Assets"</ref>

== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
* ''[[Field Manual: Warden Clans]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
* ''[[Field Report: Clans]]''
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]''

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