Editing Alshain Sunset

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==History==
The '''''Alshain Sunset''''' was a [[Star Lord (JumpShip class)|Star Lord]]-class [[JumpShip]] in service with [[Clan Ghost Bear]] during the [[Wars of Reaving]] as the CGB ''Alshain Sunset''. Operating under the overall command of [[saKhan]] [[Aletha Kabrinski]] and [[Loremaster]] [[Laurie Tseng]], who were organizing the evacuation and removal of the last Ghost Bear enclaves in the [[Clan Homeworlds]] as a part of the Clan's exodus to what would become the [[Ghost Bear Dominion]] and later the [[Rasalhague Dominion]] in the [[Inner Sphere]], the CGB ''Alshain Sunset'' was one of a number of JumpShips being loaded with as many people and as much matériel as could be removed from [[Arcadia (Clan System)|Arcadia]] in [[3071]].<ref name="WORp82+">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 82-83, "The Wolf At The Door"</ref>

The Ghost Bear forces in the Clan Homeworlds were resolutely ignoring the [[Trial of Reaving|Trials of Reaving]] called by [[ilKhan]] [[Brett Andrews]], which saKhan Kabrinski had described as an "improper and horrid misuse of Clan law", and the Ghost Bears had summarily crushed groups such as the [[Clan Fire Mandrill]] force which had landed on Arcadia in mid-December intent on launching Trials of Reaving against two Ghost Bear [[Bloodname]]s, but that didn't stop [[Clan Blood Spirit]] from attempting to annex the last Ghost Bear enclaves on Arcadia.<ref name="WORp82+"/>

[[Khan]] [[Karianna Schmitt]] led [[Alpha Galaxy (Clan Blood Spirit)|Alpha Galaxy]] to Arcadia escorted by two [[WarShip]]s from the small Blood Spirit black water navy, the ''[[York (WarShip)|York]]''-class destroyer [[Stooping Kite|CBS ''Stooping Kite'']] and the Blood Spirit flagship, the ''[[Black Lion]]''-class battlecruiser [[Rocinante|CBS ''Rocinante'']]. Khan Schmitt had intended to negoatiate with the Ghost Bears for the remaining enclaves on Arcadia, but was unprepared for the vehemence of saKhan Kabrinski's rejection of her plans. Schmitt moved the ''Rocinante'' into a low orbit above Arcadia and attempted to force the issue by launching a warning shot into the Snow Peak Mountains, but that only resulted in drawing an insult from Kabrinski before the Ghost Bears shut off communications with the Blood Spirits completely.<ref name="WORp82+"/>

Enraged by Kabrinski's actions, Khan Schmitt ordered the ''Stooping Kite'' to close with the Ghost Bear vessel closest to the jump point to prevent it jumping out; that vessel was the ''Alshain Sunset'', which at the time was fully loaded with thousands of Ghost Bear civilians as well as matériel recovered from the enclaves, in preparation for the journey back to the Inner Sphere. What followed was a deadly game of brinkmanship; the merchant captain of the ''Alshain Sunset'' protested the Blood Spirit orders to stand down and the ''Stooping Kite's'' move to prevent the ''Alshain Sunset'' from jumping, and began jump preparations anyway, hoping to force the ''Stooping Kite'' to withdraw. The Ghost Bears subsequently claimed that the actions of the merchant captain were justified, because whilst the order to stand down was being given by the warrior caste, it was the warrior caste of Clan Blood Spirit giving the order - not the Ghost Bears.<ref name="WORp82+"/>

The ''Stooping Kite'' responded to the ''Alshain Sunset's'' actions with brute force - the Blood Spirit WarShip fired a broadside at the JumpShip, tearing both the ''Alshain Sunset'' and her attached [[DropShip]]s apart and killing the thousands of people aboard. The Ghost Bear response was immediate and savagely brutal; every single spaceworthy ship the Ghost Bears had on Arcadia launched and immediately attacked the ''Rocinante'', swarming the Blood Spirit cruiser and destroying her in mere moments. Although Khan Schmitt was recovered alive from the wreckage, the Blood Spirit flagship was utterly destroyed and the surviving Ghost Bear vessels moved to the jump point, organized themselves into a coherent force and jumped out of the Homeworlds, ending the Ghost Bear presence there forever.<ref name="WORp82+"/>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[The Wars of Reaving]]''
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