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−	The ''Amber Lotus'' was a casualty of the [[Second Combine-Dominion War]]. Preparing for an inevitable escalation in the conflict, [[Khan]] [[Aletha Kabrinski]] responded to an intelligence windfall that identified the location of the ''Amber Lotus'' as well as the location of both of the Combine's secret mobile factories, the reconditioned WarShips [[Yamato (Individual Yamato-class WarShip)|DCS ''Yamato'']] and [[Ryū|DCS ''Ryū'']] - the renamed ''Mount Niitaka''. Kabrinski launched a preemptive strike against the three WarShips, which were located in the uninhabited [[Bikini Atoll]] system; Kabrinski dispatched the ''[[Leviathan II|Leviathan]]''-class ''[[Rasalhague (Individual Leviathan-class WarShip)|Rasalhague]]'' and six [[Star]]s of [[Pocket WarShip]]s and fighter carriers transported by a small flotilla of [[JumpShip]]s to hunt down and destroy the three Combine WarShips.<ref name="H:WotREp32">''Historical: Wars of the Republic Era'', pp. 32–33: "Bikini Atoll"</ref>	+	The ''Amber Lotus'' was a casualty of the [[Second Combine-Dominion War]]. Preparing for an inevitable escalation in the conflict, [[Khan]] [[Aletha Kabrinski]] responded to an intelligence windfall that identified the location of the ''Amber Lotus'' as well as the location of both of the Combine's secret mobile factories, the reconditioned WarShips [[Yamato (Individual Yamato-class WarShip)|DCS ''Yamato'']] and [[Ryū|DCS ''Ryū'']] - the renamed ''Mount Niitaka''. Kabrinski launched a preemptive strike against the three WarShips, which were located in the uninhabited [[Bikini Atoll]] system; Kabrinski dispatched the ''[[Leviathan II|Leviathan]]''-class ''[[Rasalhague (Leviathan)|Rasalhague]]'' and six [[Star]]s of [[Pocket WarShip]]s and fighter carriers transported by a small flotilla of [[JumpShip]]s to hunt down and destroy the three Combine WarShips.<ref name="H:WotREp32">''Historical: Wars of the Republic Era'', pp. 32–33: "Bikini Atoll"</ref>
	Although the location of the Bikini Atoll system was a closely guarded secret, the Combine didn't realize that the system was known to the [[Clan Ghost Bear|Ghost Bears]] from [[Star League]]-era records relating to mass driver testing in the system from [[2720]] onwards. The ''Rasalhague''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s task force arrived in the system on the 18th of December [[3099]]; the Combine forces split up and attempted to flee, with the ''Ryū'' heading in one direction and the ''Amber Lotus'' and ''Yamato'' in another. The Dominion ships split up and chased down all three WarShips, destroying all three, as well as the three ''[[Okinawa (DropShip class)|Okinawa]]''-class DropShips attached to the ''Amber Lotus'' (the [[Comforting Silence|DCS ''Comforting Silence'']], [[Heated Sword|DCS ''Heated Sword'']], and [[Iijima's Pride|DCS ''Iijima's Pride'']]) and their aerospace fighters. The Dominion forces went so far as to destroy all of the escape pods that launched, and the discovery of the wreckage in the system by the ''[[Kyushu]]''-class frigate [[Draconis Rift (Individual Kyushu-class WarShip)|DCS ''Draconis Rift'']] led to a dramatic escalation in the war. Whilst the wreckage of the ''Amber Lotus'' had been left in-system, the Dominion forces had deliberately accelerated the hulks of the ''Ryū'' and the ''Yamato'' into the corona of the local star, destroying them both utterly.<ref name="H:WotREp32"/> A black box recovered from the ''Amber Lotus'' contained a final message from the commanding officer of the ''Amber Lotus'', ''[[Sho-sho]]'' [[Emanuel Inoue]]; that message was subsequently broadcast on a number of major Combine news agencies.<ref name="H:WotREp32A">''Historical: Wars of the Republic Era'', p. 32: "Wilted Lotus"</ref>		Although the location of the Bikini Atoll system was a closely guarded secret, the Combine didn't realize that the system was known to the [[Clan Ghost Bear|Ghost Bears]] from [[Star League]]-era records relating to mass driver testing in the system from [[2720]] onwards. The ''Rasalhague''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s task force arrived in the system on the 18th of December [[3099]]; the Combine forces split up and attempted to flee, with the ''Ryū'' heading in one direction and the ''Amber Lotus'' and ''Yamato'' in another. The Dominion ships split up and chased down all three WarShips, destroying all three, as well as the three ''[[Okinawa (DropShip class)|Okinawa]]''-class DropShips attached to the ''Amber Lotus'' (the [[Comforting Silence|DCS ''Comforting Silence'']], [[Heated Sword|DCS ''Heated Sword'']], and [[Iijima's Pride|DCS ''Iijima's Pride'']]) and their aerospace fighters. The Dominion forces went so far as to destroy all of the escape pods that launched, and the discovery of the wreckage in the system by the ''[[Kyushu]]''-class frigate [[Draconis Rift (Individual Kyushu-class WarShip)|DCS ''Draconis Rift'']] led to a dramatic escalation in the war. Whilst the wreckage of the ''Amber Lotus'' had been left in-system, the Dominion forces had deliberately accelerated the hulks of the ''Ryū'' and the ''Yamato'' into the corona of the local star, destroying them both utterly.<ref name="H:WotREp32"/> A black box recovered from the ''Amber Lotus'' contained a final message from the commanding officer of the ''Amber Lotus'', ''[[Sho-sho]]'' [[Emanuel Inoue]]; that message was subsequently broadcast on a number of major Combine news agencies.<ref name="H:WotREp32A">''Historical: Wars of the Republic Era'', p. 32: "Wilted Lotus"</ref>

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{{infoBoxIndividualSpacecraft | image = | vesselname = Amber Lotus | prevname = | type = [[WarShip]] | class = [[Inazuma]] | prevclass = | servicesince = | serviceuntil = December [[3099]]<ref name="H:WotREp32A"/> }} ==History== The '''''Amber Lotus''''' was an ''[[Inazuma]]''-class corvette manufactured by the [[Draconis Combine]] in the shipyards at [[Midway]]; spaceworthy by [[3058]], the ''Amber Lotus'' was undergoing shakedown trials alongside two sister ships of the same class, the [[Swiping Claw|DCS ''Swiping Claw'']] and [[Winds of Heaven|DCS ''Winds of Heaven'']], before joining the lead ship of the class (the [[Night of Agony|DCS ''Night of Agony'']]) on active service.<ref name="FM:DCp15">''Field Manual: Draconis Combine'', p. 15: "Aerospace Assets"</ref> On 29 November [[3062]], it participated in an attack on [[Clan Ghost Bear]]-held [[Thule]] (supporting the ''[[Victory at Wolcott]]'') in what was supposed to be more or less a training exercise for the [[14th Sun Zhang Aerospace Wing]], a training cadre. However, the unexpected presence of stronger-than-anticipated Ghost Bear forces in the system resulted in a naval battle that would cost both sides dearly. In this action, the ''Amber Lotus'' carried the [[DropShip]]s ''[[Starlight (Individual Achilles-class DropShip)|Starlight]]'', ''[[Lotus]]'', and ''[[Sunset Pacific]]''.<ref>''Bushido and the Bear''</ref> By [[3067]], the ''Amber Lotus'' had been in service alongside her sister ships for some years,<ref name="FM:Up105">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 105: "Draconis Combine Naval Assets"</ref> although a fifth ''Inazuma''-class corvette under construction at the Dieron shipyards in 3058 had either never entered service or had been destroyed in service to the Dragon.<ref name="FM:DCp15"/> The ''Amber Lotus'' survived the [[Jihad]], one of only two ''Inazuma''-class ships to remain in service by [[3079]], and had been redeployed back to the Midway system, defending the last shipyards in the Combine capable of repairing and maintaining WarShips.<ref name="FR:DCMSp5">''Field Report: DCMS'', p. 5: "Safeguarding the Wounded Heart"</ref> === Second Combine-Dominion War === The ''Amber Lotus'' was a casualty of the [[Second Combine-Dominion War]]. Preparing for an inevitable escalation in the conflict, [[Khan]] [[Aletha Kabrinski]] responded to an intelligence windfall that identified the location of the ''Amber Lotus'' as well as the location of both of the Combine's secret mobile factories, the reconditioned WarShips [[Yamato (Individual Yamato-class WarShip)|DCS ''Yamato'']] and [[Ryū|DCS ''Ryū'']] - the renamed ''Mount Niitaka''. Kabrinski launched a preemptive strike against the three WarShips, which were located in the uninhabited [[Bikini Atoll]] system; Kabrinski dispatched the ''[[Leviathan II|Leviathan]]''-class ''[[Rasalhague (Leviathan)|Rasalhague]]'' and six [[Star]]s of [[Pocket WarShip]]s and fighter carriers transported by a small flotilla of [[JumpShip]]s to hunt down and destroy the three Combine WarShips.<ref name="H:WotREp32">''Historical: Wars of the Republic Era'', pp. 32–33: "Bikini Atoll"</ref> Although the location of the Bikini Atoll system was a closely guarded secret, the Combine didn't realize that the system was known to the [[Clan Ghost Bear|Ghost Bears]] from [[Star League]]-era records relating to mass driver testing in the system from [[2720]] onwards. The ''Rasalhague''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s task force arrived in the system on the 18th of December [[3099]]; the Combine forces split up and attempted to flee, with the ''Ryū'' heading in one direction and the ''Amber Lotus'' and ''Yamato'' in another. The Dominion ships split up and chased down all three WarShips, destroying all three, as well as the three ''[[Okinawa (DropShip class)|Okinawa]]''-class DropShips attached to the ''Amber Lotus'' (the [[Comforting Silence|DCS ''Comforting Silence'']], [[Heated Sword|DCS ''Heated Sword'']], and [[Iijima's Pride|DCS ''Iijima's Pride'']]) and their aerospace fighters. The Dominion forces went so far as to destroy all of the escape pods that launched, and the discovery of the wreckage in the system by the ''[[Kyushu]]''-class frigate [[Draconis Rift (Individual Kyushu-class WarShip)|DCS ''Draconis Rift'']] led to a dramatic escalation in the war. Whilst the wreckage of the ''Amber Lotus'' had been left in-system, the Dominion forces had deliberately accelerated the hulks of the ''Ryū'' and the ''Yamato'' into the corona of the local star, destroying them both utterly.<ref name="H:WotREp32"/> A black box recovered from the ''Amber Lotus'' contained a final message from the commanding officer of the ''Amber Lotus'', ''[[Sho-sho]]'' [[Emanuel Inoue]]; that message was subsequently broadcast on a number of major Combine news agencies.<ref name="H:WotREp32A">''Historical: Wars of the Republic Era'', p. 32: "Wilted Lotus"</ref> ==References== <references /> ==Bibliography== * ''[[Bushido and the Bear]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: Draconis Combine]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' * ''[[Field Report: DCMS]]'' * ''[[Historical: Wars of the Republic Era]]'' [[Category: Individual WarShips]] [[Category: Individual Corvettes]] [[Category: Individual Inazuma-class WarShips]]

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