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Line 10: The '''''Adrian IV''''' and her sister ships ''[[Pius XIV]]'' and ''[[St. Peter]]'' were the last three [[JumpShip]]s to survive in service to the Holy See of the Catholic Church based out of Vatican City on [[Terra]] and the Ducal Palace on [[Alarion]] in the wake of the coup launched by [[Stefan Amaris]] in [[2765]] to seize control of the [[Terran Hegemony]] in [[2765]].<ref name="ISP3:IEp59">''Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3'', pp. 59–60: "Society of St. Andreas"</ref> The '''''Adrian IV''''' and her sister ships ''[[Pius XIV]]'' and ''[[St. Peter]]'' were the last three [[JumpShip]]s to survive in service to the Holy See of the Catholic Church based out of Vatican City on [[Terra]] and the Ducal Palace on [[Alarion]] in the wake of the coup launched by [[Stefan Amaris]] in [[2765]] to seize control of the [[Terran Hegemony]] in [[2765]].<ref name="ISP3:IEp59">''Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3'', pp. 59–60: "Society of St. Andreas"</ref> − Stefan Amaris worked to directly subsume the authority and influence of the major religions based on Terra, destroying holy sites such as the Wailing Wall and torturing and executing senior religious figures, despoiling sites such as Mecca in the process. The Catholic Church knew that it would be a target for Amaris and his regime, and ''[[w:Oberst|Oberst]]'' [[Andreas Kosovskaia]], head of the Pontifical Swiss Guards, was entrusted by the Pope with an important mission - hiding the various treasures of the Vatican, particularly the contents of the ''Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana'' and the ''Archivum Secretum Vaticanum'' - the Vatican Library and the Vatican Secret Archives, respectively.<ref name="ISP3:IEp59"/> + Stefan Amaris worked to directly subsume the authority and influence of the major religions based on Terra, destroying holy sites such as the Wailing Wall and torturing and executing senior religious figures, despoiling sites such as Mecca in the process. The Catholic Church knew that it would be a target for Amaris and his regime, and ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberst Oberst]'' [[Andreas Kosovskaia]], head of the Pontifical Swiss Guards, was entrusted by the Pope with an important mission - hiding the various treasures of the Vatican, particularly the contents of the ''Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana'' and the ''Archivum Secretum Vaticanum'' - the Vatican Library and the Vatican Secret Archives, respectively.<ref name="ISP3:IEp59"/> ''Oberst'' Kosovskaia was diligent in his efforts; when Stefan Amaris arrived in his personal [[DropShip]] accompanied by Rim Worlds infantry to seize the treasures of Vatican City, he found that the vast majority of what he wanted had disappeared. Furnishings, paintings and other such treasures had vanished along with a portion of the Ducal Guard, who had merged into the civilian population of the megacity of Rome. Amaris was furious, and ''Oberst'' Kosovskaia was the first to die when Rim Worlds infantry stormed the Papal quarters; Amaris then ordered the Pope and the College of Cardinals to watch as his forces demolished the Sistine Chapel, before the Pope and Cardinals were summarily executed.<ref name="ISP3:IEp59"/> ''Oberst'' Kosovskaia was diligent in his efforts; when Stefan Amaris arrived in his personal [[DropShip]] accompanied by Rim Worlds infantry to seize the treasures of Vatican City, he found that the vast majority of what he wanted had disappeared. Furnishings, paintings and other such treasures had vanished along with a portion of the Ducal Guard, who had merged into the civilian population of the megacity of Rome. Amaris was furious, and ''Oberst'' Kosovskaia was the first to die when Rim Worlds infantry stormed the Papal quarters; Amaris then ordered the Pope and the College of Cardinals to watch as his forces demolished the Sistine Chapel, before the Pope and Cardinals were summarily executed.<ref name="ISP3:IEp59"/> − The vanished treasures didn't remain in Rome for long, however. The two officers who were second in command to ''Oberst'' Kosovskaia - ''[[w:Oberstleutnant|Oberstleutnant]]'' [[Chaeryl Brunegg]] on Terra and ''Oberstleutnant'' [[Daniel Nikolaus]] on Alarion - spent twelve months smuggling the various treasures out of Rome and off Terra to the Ducal Palace on Alarion. ''Oberstleutnant'' Brunegg accompanied the last load of books and sculptures to Alarion; the Swiss Guard gathered on Alarion felt that Amaris' reign indicated the decline of human civilization and that humanity would soon tear itself apart in the warfare they saw as inevitable. As such, the Swiss Guard hatched a plan; they, their families and the treasures rescued from Terra would retreat into the [[Deep Periphery]] aboard the ''Adrian IV'' and her two sister ships. Safe in the Deep Periphery, they would wait out the End of Days, returning after the Devil had claimed his share of souls, at which point they would help rebuild the Catholic Church.<ref name="ISP3:IEp59"/> + The vanished treasures didn't remain in Rome for long, however. The two officers who were second in command to ''Oberst'' Kosovskaia - ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberstleutnant Oberstleutnant]'' [[Chaeryl Brunegg]] on Terra and ''Oberstleutnant'' [[Daniel Nikolaus]] on Alarion - spent twelve months smuggling the various treasures out of Rome and off Terra to the Ducal Palace on Alarion. ''Oberstleutnant'' Brunegg accompanied the last load of books and sculptures to Alarion; the Swiss Guard gathered on Alarion felt that Amaris' reign indicated the decline of human civilization and that humanity would soon tear itself apart in the warfare they saw as inevitable. As such, the Swiss Guard hatched a plan; they, their families and the treasures rescued from Terra would retreat into the [[Deep Periphery]] aboard the ''Adrian IV'' and her two sister ships. Safe in the Deep Periphery, they would wait out the End of Days, returning after the Devil had claimed his share of souls, at which point they would help rebuild the Catholic Church.<ref name="ISP3:IEp59"/> The ''Adrian IV'', ''Pius XIV'' and ''St. Peter'' departed Alarion in December [[2766]] and vanished from Inner Sphere records. The first organized search for the Swiss Guard began in the 2990s, when the exploration organization [[Interstellar Expeditions]] received funding for annual operations to investigate from a trust fund established by a wealthy benefactor. Over the course of the next hundred years Interstellar Expeditions managed to piece together much detail about what had happened to the ''Adrian IV'' and her sister ships, although by [[3095]] the final fate of the three ships was still unknown.<ref name="ISP3:IEp59"/> The ''Adrian IV'', ''Pius XIV'' and ''St. Peter'' departed Alarion in December [[2766]] and vanished from Inner Sphere records. The first organized search for the Swiss Guard began in the 2990s, when the exploration organization [[Interstellar Expeditions]] received funding for annual operations to investigate from a trust fund established by a wealthy benefactor. Over the course of the next hundred years Interstellar Expeditions managed to piece together much detail about what had happened to the ''Adrian IV'' and her sister ships, although by [[3095]] the final fate of the three ships was still unknown.<ref name="ISP3:IEp59"/>
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The '''''Adrian IV''''' and her sister ships ''[[Pius XIV]]'' and ''[[St. Peter]]'' were the last three [[JumpShip]]s to survive in service to the Holy See of the Catholic Church based out of Vatican City on [[Terra]] and the Ducal Palace on [[Alarion]] in the wake of the coup launched by [[Stefan Amaris]] in [[2765]] to seize control of the [[Terran Hegemony]] in [[2765]].<ref name="ISP3:IEp59">''Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3'', pp. 59–60: "Society of St. Andreas"</ref> | The '''''Adrian IV''''' and her sister ships ''[[Pius XIV]]'' and ''[[St. Peter]]'' were the last three [[JumpShip]]s to survive in service to the Holy See of the Catholic Church based out of Vatican City on [[Terra]] and the Ducal Palace on [[Alarion]] in the wake of the coup launched by [[Stefan Amaris]] in [[2765]] to seize control of the [[Terran Hegemony]] in [[2765]].<ref name="ISP3:IEp59">''Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3'', pp. 59–60: "Society of St. Andreas"</ref> | ||
| − | Stefan Amaris worked to directly subsume the authority and influence of the major religions based on Terra, destroying holy sites such as the Wailing Wall and torturing and executing senior religious figures, despoiling sites such as Mecca in the process. The Catholic Church knew that it would be a target for Amaris and his regime, and ''[ | + | Stefan Amaris worked to directly subsume the authority and influence of the major religions based on Terra, destroying holy sites such as the Wailing Wall and torturing and executing senior religious figures, despoiling sites such as Mecca in the process. The Catholic Church knew that it would be a target for Amaris and his regime, and ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberst Oberst]'' [[Andreas Kosovskaia]], head of the Pontifical Swiss Guards, was entrusted by the Pope with an important mission - hiding the various treasures of the Vatican, particularly the contents of the ''Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana'' and the ''Archivum Secretum Vaticanum'' - the Vatican Library and the Vatican Secret Archives, respectively.<ref name="ISP3:IEp59"/> |
''Oberst'' Kosovskaia was diligent in his efforts; when Stefan Amaris arrived in his personal [[DropShip]] accompanied by Rim Worlds infantry to seize the treasures of Vatican City, he found that the vast majority of what he wanted had disappeared. Furnishings, paintings and other such treasures had vanished along with a portion of the Ducal Guard, who had merged into the civilian population of the megacity of Rome. Amaris was furious, and ''Oberst'' Kosovskaia was the first to die when Rim Worlds infantry stormed the Papal quarters; Amaris then ordered the Pope and the College of Cardinals to watch as his forces demolished the Sistine Chapel, before the Pope and Cardinals were summarily executed.<ref name="ISP3:IEp59"/> | ''Oberst'' Kosovskaia was diligent in his efforts; when Stefan Amaris arrived in his personal [[DropShip]] accompanied by Rim Worlds infantry to seize the treasures of Vatican City, he found that the vast majority of what he wanted had disappeared. Furnishings, paintings and other such treasures had vanished along with a portion of the Ducal Guard, who had merged into the civilian population of the megacity of Rome. Amaris was furious, and ''Oberst'' Kosovskaia was the first to die when Rim Worlds infantry stormed the Papal quarters; Amaris then ordered the Pope and the College of Cardinals to watch as his forces demolished the Sistine Chapel, before the Pope and Cardinals were summarily executed.<ref name="ISP3:IEp59"/> | ||
| − | The vanished treasures didn't remain in Rome for long, however. The two officers who were second in command to ''Oberst'' Kosovskaia - ''[ | + | The vanished treasures didn't remain in Rome for long, however. The two officers who were second in command to ''Oberst'' Kosovskaia - ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberstleutnant Oberstleutnant]'' [[Chaeryl Brunegg]] on Terra and ''Oberstleutnant'' [[Daniel Nikolaus]] on Alarion - spent twelve months smuggling the various treasures out of Rome and off Terra to the Ducal Palace on Alarion. ''Oberstleutnant'' Brunegg accompanied the last load of books and sculptures to Alarion; the Swiss Guard gathered on Alarion felt that Amaris' reign indicated the decline of human civilization and that humanity would soon tear itself apart in the warfare they saw as inevitable. As such, the Swiss Guard hatched a plan; they, their families and the treasures rescued from Terra would retreat into the [[Deep Periphery]] aboard the ''Adrian IV'' and her two sister ships. Safe in the Deep Periphery, they would wait out the End of Days, returning after the Devil had claimed his share of souls, at which point they would help rebuild the Catholic Church.<ref name="ISP3:IEp59"/> |
The ''Adrian IV'', ''Pius XIV'' and ''St. Peter'' departed Alarion in December [[2766]] and vanished from Inner Sphere records. The first organized search for the Swiss Guard began in the 2990s, when the exploration organization [[Interstellar Expeditions]] received funding for annual operations to investigate from a trust fund established by a wealthy benefactor. Over the course of the next hundred years Interstellar Expeditions managed to piece together much detail about what had happened to the ''Adrian IV'' and her sister ships, although by [[3095]] the final fate of the three ships was still unknown.<ref name="ISP3:IEp59"/> | The ''Adrian IV'', ''Pius XIV'' and ''St. Peter'' departed Alarion in December [[2766]] and vanished from Inner Sphere records. The first organized search for the Swiss Guard began in the 2990s, when the exploration organization [[Interstellar Expeditions]] received funding for annual operations to investigate from a trust fund established by a wealthy benefactor. Over the course of the next hundred years Interstellar Expeditions managed to piece together much detail about what had happened to the ''Adrian IV'' and her sister ships, although by [[3095]] the final fate of the three ships was still unknown.<ref name="ISP3:IEp59"/> | ||