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The '''''Abyssal''''' was a ''[[Potemkin]]''-class cruiser acquired by [[Clan Diamond Shark]] during the [[Dark Age]] as the result of a trade with the [[Raven Alliance]].
 
 
 
==History==
 
==History==
In or around [[3090]], the Raven Alliance found its need for a dedicated transport fleet of WarShips lessening, and Diamond Shark [[Khan]] Nagasawa saw an opportunity for a beneficial trade. In [[3091]] he proposed to [[Clan Snow Raven]] that four Diamond Shark WarShips be exchanged for four Snow Raven WarShips. This proved a contentious proposal for the warriors of the [[Clan Snow Raven Touman|Snow Raven ''touman'']], but ultimately the trade was agreed. The Diamond Sharks transferred four WarShips to the Snow Ravens—the ''[[Nightlord]]''-class battleship ''[[Terror of the Deep]]'', the ''Essex''-class destroyers ''[[Tracy]]'' and ''[[Architeuthis]]'', and the ''[[Fredasa (WarShip class)|Fredasa]]''-class transport ''[[Kutkh|Swift Strike]]''—and in exchange received three ''[[Potemkin]]''-class cruisers, the ''[[Epimetheus (Individual Potemkin-class WarShip)|Epimetheus]]'', ''[[Treachery]]'', and ''[[Wild Swan]]'', and the ''[[Volga]]''-class transport ''[[Scavenger (Individual Volga-class WarShip)|Scavenger]]''.<ref name="ER:3145p74">''Era Report: 3145'', pp. 74–76: "Alliance Naval Star"</ref><ref name="FM:3145p166">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 166: "The Alliance Fleet"</ref><ref name="FR:Cp18">''Field Report: Clans'', pp. 18–19: "Fleet Assets"</ref>
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The '''''Abyssal''''' was a ''[[Potemkin]]''-class cruiser acquired by [[Clan Diamond Shark]] during the [[Dark Age]] as the result of a trade with the [[Raven Alliance]]. In or around [[3090]] the Raven Alliance found its need for a dedicated transport fleet of WarShips lessening, and Diamond Shark [[Khan]] Nagasawa saw an opportunity for a beneficial trade. In [[3091]] he proposed to [[Clan Snow Raven]] that four Diamond Shark WarShips be exchanged for four Snow Raven WarShips. This proved a contentious proposal for the warriors of the [[Clan Snow Raven Touman|Snow Raven ''touman'']], but ultimately the trade was agreed. The Diamond Sharks transferred four WarShips to the Snow Ravens - the ''[[Nightlord]]''-class battleship ''[[Terror of the Deep]]'', the ''Essex''-class destroyers ''[[Tracy]]'' and ''[[Architeuthis]]'' and the ''[[Fredasa (WarShip class)|Fredasa]]''-class transport ''[[Kutkh|Swift Strike]]'' - and in exchange received three ''[[Potemkin]]''-class cruisers, the ''[[Epimetheus (Individual Potemkin-class WarShip)|Epimetheus]]'', ''[[Treachery]]'' and ''[[Wild Swan]]'', and the ''[[Volga]]''-class transport ''[[Scavenger]]''.<ref name="ER:3145p74">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 74-76, "Alliance Naval Star"</ref><ref name="FM:3145p166">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 166, "The Alliance Fleet"</ref><ref name="FR:Cp18">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 18-19, "Fleet Assets"</ref>
  
The Diamond Sharks evidently renamed the four ships, although it is unclear exactly what the four ships were renamed to. Three ''Potemkins'' were active amongst the various Khanates of [[Clan Sea Fox]] in the [[Dark Age]] with names previously unseen in canon, suggesting that the ''Epimetheus'', ''Treachery'' and ''Wild Swan'' correspond to these three ships, but this has yet to be confirmed. The three newly-detailed ''Potemkins'' were the ''[[Atlantean]]'', the [[ArcShip]] of the [[Skate Khanate (Clan Sea Fox)|Skate Khanate]], the ''Abyssal'', home to the Skate Khanate's [[Beta Aimag (Skate Khanate)|Beta Aimag]] and the ''[[Voidswimmer]]'', home to the [[Delta Aimag (Spina Khanate)|Delta Aimag]] of the [[Spina Khanate (Clan Sea Fox)|Spina Khanate]].<ref name="FM:3145p169">''Field Manual: 3145'', pp. 169–170: "Clan Sea Fox"</ref>
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The Diamond Sharks evidently renamed the four ships, although it is unclear exactly what the four ships were renamed to. Three ''Potemkins'' were active amongst the various Khanates of [[Clan Sea Fox]] in the [[Dark Age]] with names previously unseen in canon, suggesting that the ''Epimetheus'', ''Treachery'' and ''Wild Swan'' correspond to these three ships, but this has yet to be confirmed. The three newly-detailed ''Potemkins'' were the ''[[Atlantean]]'', the [[ArcShip]] of the [[Skate Khanate (Clan Sea Fox)|Skate Khanate]], the ''Abyssal'', home to the Skate Khanate's [[Beta Aimag (Skate Khanate)|Beta Aimag]] and the ''[[Voidswimmer]]'', home to the [[Delta Aimag (Spina Khanate)|Delta Aimag]] of the [[Spina Khanate (Clan Sea Fox)|Spina Khanate]].<ref name="FM:3145p169">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 169-170, "Clan Sea Fox"</ref>
  
==Notes==
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== Notes ==
At least one of the former Snow Raven ''Potemkins'', the ''Voidswimmer'', was extensively modified into what the Diamond Sharks referred to as an [[ArcShip]];<ref>''Hunters of the Deep''</ref> it is unknown if the ''Abyssal'' had been similarly modified, although the ''Atlantean'' was specifically listed as the "Skate Khanate ArcShip,"<ref name="FM:3145p169"/> indicating that the ''Abyssal'' may have remained functionally a ''Potemkin'', although confirmation that the ''Voidswimmer'' had also become an ArcShip was given in the novel ''[[Hunters of the Deep]]''.
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At least one of the former Snow Raven ''Potemkins'', the ''Voidswimmer'', was extensively modified into what the Diamond Sharks referred to as an [[ArcShip]];<ref>''Hunters of the Deep''</ref> it is unknown if the ''Abyssal'' had been similarly modified, although the ''Atlantean'' was specifically listed as the "Skate Khanate ArcShip",<ref name="FM:3145p169"/> indicating that the ''Abyssal'' may have remained functionally a ''Potemkin'', although confirmation that the ''Voidswimmer'' had also become an ArcShip was given in the novel ''[[Hunters of the Deep]]''.
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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* ''[[Field Report: Clans]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: Clans]]''
 
* ''[[Hunters of the Deep]]''
 
* ''[[Hunters of the Deep]]''
 
 
[[Category: Individual WarShips]]
 
[[Category: Individual WarShips]]
 
[[Category: Individual Cruisers]]
 
[[Category: Individual Cruisers]]
 
[[Category: Individual Potemkin-class WarShips]]
 
[[Category: Individual Potemkin-class WarShips]]

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