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{{otheruses|the ''[[Fortress]]''-class [[DropShip]]|the [[OmniVehicle]] assault tank|Ajax}}
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==History==
 
==History==
The '''''Ajax''''' was a ''[[Fortress]]''-class [[DropShip]] owned and operated until at least [[3067]] by the mercenary unit known as [[The Medusans]]. The ''Ajax'' was the flagship of [[Rear Admiral]] [[Henry H. Harwood]], the commanding officer  of the Hydra Assault Squadron, as well as the lead ship of the First Division within that squadron, with [[Commodore]] [[Patricia Woodhouse]] serving as commanding officer of the First Division and XO to Rear Admiral Harwood. The second ship within the First Division was the ''[[Cumberland (Individual Fortress-class DropShip)|Cumberland]]'', sister ship to the ''Ajax''.<ref name="MSIIp49">''Mercenaries Supplemental II'', p. 50: "Hydra Assault Squadron: Many Heads Make Light Work"</ref>
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The '''''Ajax''''' was a ''[[Fortress]]''-class [[DropShip]] owned and operated until at least [[3067]] by the mercenary unit known as [[The Medusans]]. The ''Ajax'' was the flagship of [[Rear Admiral]] [[Henry H. Harwood]], the commanding officer  of the Hydra Assault Squadron, as well as the lead ship of the First Division within that squadron, with [[Commodore]] [[Patricia Woodhouse]] serving as commanding officer of the First Division and XO to Rear Admiral Harwood. The second ship within the First Division was the ''[[Cumberland (Individual Fortress-class DropShip)|Cumberland]]'', sister ship to the ''Ajax''.<ref name="MSIIp49">''Mercenaries Supplemental II'', p. 50, "Hydra Assault Squadron: Many Heads Make Light Work"</ref>
  
When the Medusans attempted to defend [[New Syrtis]] from a [[Capellan Confederation|Capellan]] strike force in [[3069]], the ''Ajax'' was one of the ships involved in launching a deep space ambush against the Capellans. While the Medusans managed to destroy a ''[[Leopard (DropShip class)|Leopard]]'' and a ''[[Triumph]]'' and damaged a number of other Capellan DropShips, the mercenaries took damage in turn from the Capellan forces led by the ''[[Impavido]]'' class [[WarShip]] [[Zhejiang|CCS ''Zhejiang'']], which was escorting the strike force. ''Ajax'' took damage during the combat, and while the damage was repairable, the damage inflicted on shipyards throughout the [[Inner Sphere]] by the [[Word of Blake]] as the [[Jihad]] escalated meant that the ''Ajax'' was still waiting for those repairs at the end of [[3071]].<ref name="MSUp90">''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 90: "Medusans"</ref>
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When the Medusans attempted to defend [[New Syrtis]] from a [[Capellan Confederation|Capellan]] strike force in [[3069]], the ''Ajax'' was one of the ships involved in launching a deep space ambush against the Capellans. While the Medusans managed to destroy a ''[[Leopard]]'' and a ''[[Triumph]]'' and damaged a number of other Capellan DropShips, the mercenaries took damage in turn from the Capellan forces led by the ''[[Impavido]]'' class [[WarShip]] [[Zhejiang|CCS ''Zhejiang'']], which was escorting the strike force. ''Ajax'' took damage during the combat, and while the damage was repairable, the damage inflicted on shipyards throughout the [[Inner Sphere]] by the [[Word of Blake]] as the [[Jihad]] escalated meant that the ''Ajax'' was still waiting for those repairs at the end of [[3071]].<ref name="MSUp90">''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 90, "Medusans"</ref>
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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* ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental II]]''
 
* ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental II]]''
 
* ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental Update]]''
 
* ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental Update]]''
 
 
[[Category: Individual DropShips]]
 
[[Category: Individual DropShips]]
 
[[Category: Individual Fortress-class DropShips]]
 
[[Category: Individual Fortress-class DropShips]]

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