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	The FWLS '''''Araneida''''' was the first of the second block of ''[[Zechetinu]]''-class corvettes to be launched by the [[Free Worlds League]] between [[3059]]<ref name="FM:FWLp119">''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 119: "Renovation/Construction"</ref> and [[3067]].<ref name="FM:Up90">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 90: "Naval Assets and Militia Divisions"</ref> More than half the fleet of ''Zechetinus'' in service to the League had been secretly infiltrated by personnel loyal to the [[Word of Blake]] and promptly defected to the Blakists during the [[Jihad]], and the ''Araneida'' was one of the ships that followed the Blakist cause.<ref name="J:FRp128">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 128: "Original Word Of Blake Fleet"</ref>		The FWLS '''''Araneida''''' was the first of the second block of ''[[Zechetinu]]''-class corvettes to be launched by the [[Free Worlds League]] between [[3059]]<ref name="FM:FWLp119">''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 119: "Renovation/Construction"</ref> and [[3067]].<ref name="FM:Up90">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 90: "Naval Assets and Militia Divisions"</ref> More than half the fleet of ''Zechetinus'' in service to the League had been secretly infiltrated by personnel loyal to the [[Word of Blake]] and promptly defected to the Blakists during the [[Jihad]], and the ''Araneida'' was one of the ships that followed the Blakist cause.<ref name="J:FRp128">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 128: "Original Word Of Blake Fleet"</ref>
−	In February [[3068]], the Word of Blake captured the important [[Draconis Combine]] world of [[Dieron]] and subsumed it into the [[Word of Blake Protectorate]]. Despite efforts by the Combine to recapture Dieron - including a task force led by [[Hohiro Kurita II]], son and heir of the then-comatose [[Coordinator]], [[Theodore Kurita]],<ref name="J:FRp45">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 45: "The Jihad In Review"</ref> Dieron remained a Blakist territory for almost a decade.	+	In February [[3068]] the Word of Blake captured the important [[Draconis Combine]] world of [[Dieron]] and subsumed it into the [[Word of Blake Protectorate]]. Despite efforts by the Combine to recapture Dieron - including a task force led by [[Hohiro Kurita II]], son and heir of the then-comatose [[Coordinator]], [[Theodore Kurita]],<ref name="J:FRp45">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 45: "The Jihad In Review"</ref> Dieron remained a Blakist territory for almost a decade.
−	During [[Operation SCOUR]], a massive allied coalition task force drawn from the [[DCMS]] and [[Clan Ghost Bear]] led the assault to recapture Dieron. The campaign began on 8 October [[3077]] and would last for several months before Dieron was free in the face of determined resistance by the significant Blakist forces defending Dieron. In January [[3078]] the Draconis Combine and Ghost Bear commands deployed the newly-liberated [[Northwind Highlanders]] to Dieron to accelerate the mop-up operations against Blakist holdouts.<ref name="J:FRp58">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 58: "The Jihad in Review"</ref>	+	During [[Operation SCOUR]] a massive allied coalition task force drawn from the [[DCMS]] and [[Clan Ghost Bear]] led the assault to recapture Dieron. The campaign began on the 8th of October [[3077]] and would last for several months before Dieron was free in the face of determined resistance by the significant Blakist forces defending Dieron. In January [[3078]] the Draconis Combine and Ghost Bear commands deployed the newly-liberated [[Northwind Highlanders]] to Dieron to accelerate the mop-up operations against Blakist holdouts.<ref name="J:FRp58">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 58: "The Jihad in Review"</ref>
−	The Blakist forces on Dieron represented one of the largest commitments by the Word of Blake during the Jihad; in terms of ground support the Blakists had deployed a task force consisting of [[Protectorate Militia]] Divisions from [[Acamar]], [[Asta]], [[Fletcher (CC)|Fletcher]], [[Liberty]], and [[Milton]], along with the [[2nd Division (Word of Blake)|2nd]], [[3rd Division (Word of Blake)|3rd]], [[14th Division (Word of Blake)|14th]], [[19th Division (Word of Blake)|19th]], and [[23rd Division (Word of Blake)|23rd]] [[Word of Blake Militia|Militia Divisions]].<ref name="J:FRp127">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 127: "Word Of Blake Militia Divisions"</ref> Backing up the ground forces was a substantial naval force - substantial enough that no less than ten Blakist WarShips were destroyed or captured during the campaign, more capital ship losses for the Word of Blake than any other battle of the Jihad save the battle for [[Terra]] in [[3078]]. From their core fleet alone the Word of Blake lost three destroyers, the ''[[Baron (WarShip class)|Baron]]''-class [[Light of Glory|WoBS ''Light of Glory'']], the ''[[Essex]]''-class [[Dawning Horizon|WoBS ''Dawning Horizon'']] and the ''[[Lola III]]''-class [[End of Wisdom|WoBS ''End of Wisdom'']].<ref name="J:FRp128"/>	+	The Blakist forces on Dieron represented one of the largest commitments by the Word of Blake during the Jihad; in terms of ground support the Blakists had deployed a task force consisting of [[Protectorate Militia]] Divisions from [[Acamar]], [[Asta]], [[Fletcher (CC)|Fletcher]], [[Liberty]] and [[Milton]], along with the [[2nd Division (Word of Blake)|2nd]], [[3rd Division (Word of Blake)|3rd]], [[14th Division (Word of Blake)|14th]], [[19th Division (Word of Blake)|19th]] and [[23rd Division (Word of Blake)|23rd]] [[Word of Blake Militia|Militia Divisions]].<ref name="J:FRp127">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 127: "Word Of Blake Militia Divisions"</ref> Backing up the ground forces was a substantial naval force - substantial enough that no less than ten Blakist WarShips were destroyed or captured during the campaign, more capital ship losses for the Word of Blake than any other battle of the Jihad save the battle for [[Terra]] in [[3078]]. From their core fleet alone the Word of Blake lost three destroyers, the ''[[Baron (WarShip class)|Baron]]''-class [[Light of Glory|WoBS ''Light of Glory'']], the ''[[Essex]]''-class [[Dawning Horizon|WoBS ''Dawning Horizon'']] and the ''[[Lola III]]''-class [[End of Wisdom|WoBS ''End of Wisdom'']].<ref name="J:FRp128"/>
−	In addition to the losses from the core Blakist fleet, seven WarShips from their fleet of vessels suborned from the [[Free Worlds League]] navy were also destroyed: the ''[[Zechetinu]]''-class corvettes [[Karelia|FWLS ''Karelia'']], [[Tirana|FWLS ''Tirana'']] and the FWLS ''Araneida'', the ''[[Agamemnon]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Aineas|FWLS ''Aineas'']], the [[Eagle (WarShip class)|''Eagle'']]-class frigates [[Mordred (Individual Eagle-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Mordred'']] and [[Tristram|FWLS ''Tristram'']] and the ''[[Thera]]''-class carrier [[Sardis (Individual Thera-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Sardis'']] - although the latter was captured rather than destroyed, and would be pressed into service by [[Clan Snow Raven]]<ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 128: "Captured Ships"</ref> as the renamed SRS ''Raven's Nest''.<ref name="JHS:Tp68">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 68: "Flight of the Raven"</ref>	+	In addition to the losses from the core Blakist fleet, seven WarShips from their fleet of vessels suborned from the [[Free Worlds League]] navy were also destroyed: the ''[[Zechetinu]]''-class corvettes [[Karelia|FWLS ''Karelia'']], [[Tirana|FWLS ''Tirana'']] and the FWLS ''Araneida'', the ''[[Agamemnon]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Aineas|FWLS ''Aineas'']], the [[Eagle (WarShip class)|''Eagle'']]-class frigates [[Mordred|FWLS ''Mordred'']] and [[Tristram|FWLS ''Tristram'']] and the ''[[Thera]]''-class carrier [[Sardis (Individual Thera-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Sardis'']] - although the latter was captured rather than destroyed, and would be pressed into service by [[Clan Snow Raven]]<ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 128: "Captured Ships"</ref> as the renamed SRS ''Raven's Nest''.<ref name="JHS:Tp68">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 68: "Flight of the Raven"</ref>
−	The underground news agency known as [[Drake (News Agency)|Drake]] released what it claimed to be the combat logs for the naval battle in the Dieron system kept by [[Star Admiral]] [[James Lankenau]], the Clan Snow Raven Admiral commanding the ''[[Conqueror]]''-class carrier [[Ark Royal (Individual Conqueror-class WarShip)|CSR ''Ark Royal'']]. If the logs are accurate—and it is noteworthy that the logs contain no mention of the FWLS ''Araneida'' or the WoBS ''Dawning Horizon''—the major naval combat actions took place on the 20th of November, after the Blakist task force jumped in-system on the 19th. The logs record that the Clan forces in the system comprised the ''Ark Royal'' and two Clan Ghost Bear WarShips, the ''[[Nightlord]]''-class [[Ursa Major|CGB ''Ursa Major'']] and the massive ''[[Leviathan (WarShip class)|Leviathan]]''-class [[Leviathan (Individual Leviathan-class WarShip)|CGB ''Leviathan'']]. The ''Ark Royal'' reportedly suffered light damage and the ''Ursa Major'' moderate damage, but the ''Leviathan'' was evidently scuttled, as the Blakists had concentrated fire from their WarShips and their considerable [[Pocket WarShip]] fleet on the Ghost Bear battleship.<ref name="JHS:Tp68"/>	+	The underground news agency known as [[Drake (News Agency)|Drake]] released what it claimed to be the combat logs for the naval battle in the Dieron system kept by [[Star Admiral]] [[James Lankenau]], the Clan Snow Raven Admiral commanding the ''[[Conqueror]]''-class carrier [[Ark Royal (Individual Conqueror-class WarShip)|CSR ''Ark Royal'']]. If the logs are accurate - and it is noteworthy that the logs contain no mention of the FWLS ''Araneida'' or the WoBS ''Dawning Horizon'' - the major naval combat actions took place on the 20th of November, after the Blakist task force jumped in-system on the 19th. The logs record that the Clan forces in the system comprised the ''Ark Royal'' and two Clan Ghost Bear WarShips, the ''[[Nightlord]]''-class [[Ursa Major|CGB ''Ursa Major'']] and the massive ''[[Leviathan (WarShip class)|Leviathan]]''-class [[Leviathan (Individual Leviathan-class WarShip)|CGB ''Leviathan'']]. The ''Ark Royal'' reportedly suffered light damage and the ''Ursa Major'' moderate damage, but the ''Leviathan'' was evidently scuttled, as the Blakists had concentrated fire from their WarShips and their considerable [[Pocket WarShip]] fleet on the Ghost Bear battleship.<ref name="JHS:Tp68"/>
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{{infoBoxIndividualSpacecraft | image = | vesselname = Araneida | prevname = | type = [[WarShip]] | class = [[Zechetinu|Zechetinu II]] | prevclass = | servicesince = | serviceuntil = }} ==History== The FWLS '''''Araneida''''' was the first of the second block of ''[[Zechetinu]]''-class corvettes to be launched by the [[Free Worlds League]] between [[3059]]<ref name="FM:FWLp119">''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 119: "Renovation/Construction"</ref> and [[3067]].<ref name="FM:Up90">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 90: "Naval Assets and Militia Divisions"</ref> More than half the fleet of ''Zechetinus'' in service to the League had been secretly infiltrated by personnel loyal to the [[Word of Blake]] and promptly defected to the Blakists during the [[Jihad]], and the ''Araneida'' was one of the ships that followed the Blakist cause.<ref name="J:FRp128">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 128: "Original Word Of Blake Fleet"</ref> In February [[3068]] the Word of Blake captured the important [[Draconis Combine]] world of [[Dieron]] and subsumed it into the [[Word of Blake Protectorate]]. Despite efforts by the Combine to recapture Dieron - including a task force led by [[Hohiro Kurita II]], son and heir of the then-comatose [[Coordinator]], [[Theodore Kurita]],<ref name="J:FRp45">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 45: "The Jihad In Review"</ref> Dieron remained a Blakist territory for almost a decade. During [[Operation SCOUR]] a massive allied coalition task force drawn from the [[DCMS]] and [[Clan Ghost Bear]] led the assault to recapture Dieron. The campaign began on the 8th of October [[3077]] and would last for several months before Dieron was free in the face of determined resistance by the significant Blakist forces defending Dieron. In January [[3078]] the Draconis Combine and Ghost Bear commands deployed the newly-liberated [[Northwind Highlanders]] to Dieron to accelerate the mop-up operations against Blakist holdouts.<ref name="J:FRp58">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 58: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> The Blakist forces on Dieron represented one of the largest commitments by the Word of Blake during the Jihad; in terms of ground support the Blakists had deployed a task force consisting of [[Protectorate Militia]] Divisions from [[Acamar]], [[Asta]], [[Fletcher (CC)|Fletcher]], [[Liberty]] and [[Milton]], along with the [[2nd Division (Word of Blake)|2nd]], [[3rd Division (Word of Blake)|3rd]], [[14th Division (Word of Blake)|14th]], [[19th Division (Word of Blake)|19th]] and [[23rd Division (Word of Blake)|23rd]] [[Word of Blake Militia|Militia Divisions]].<ref name="J:FRp127">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 127: "Word Of Blake Militia Divisions"</ref> Backing up the ground forces was a substantial naval force - substantial enough that no less than ten Blakist WarShips were destroyed or captured during the campaign, more capital ship losses for the Word of Blake than any other battle of the Jihad save the battle for [[Terra]] in [[3078]]. From their core fleet alone the Word of Blake lost three destroyers, the ''[[Baron (WarShip class)|Baron]]''-class [[Light of Glory|WoBS ''Light of Glory'']], the ''[[Essex]]''-class [[Dawning Horizon|WoBS ''Dawning Horizon'']] and the ''[[Lola III]]''-class [[End of Wisdom|WoBS ''End of Wisdom'']].<ref name="J:FRp128"/> In addition to the losses from the core Blakist fleet, seven WarShips from their fleet of vessels suborned from the [[Free Worlds League]] navy were also destroyed: the ''[[Zechetinu]]''-class corvettes [[Karelia|FWLS ''Karelia'']], [[Tirana|FWLS ''Tirana'']] and the FWLS ''Araneida'', the ''[[Agamemnon]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Aineas|FWLS ''Aineas'']], the [[Eagle (WarShip class)|''Eagle'']]-class frigates [[Mordred|FWLS ''Mordred'']] and [[Tristram|FWLS ''Tristram'']] and the ''[[Thera]]''-class carrier [[Sardis (Individual Thera-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Sardis'']] - although the latter was captured rather than destroyed, and would be pressed into service by [[Clan Snow Raven]]<ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 128: "Captured Ships"</ref> as the renamed SRS ''Raven's Nest''.<ref name="JHS:Tp68">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 68: "Flight of the Raven"</ref> The underground news agency known as [[Drake (News Agency)|Drake]] released what it claimed to be the combat logs for the naval battle in the Dieron system kept by [[Star Admiral]] [[James Lankenau]], the Clan Snow Raven Admiral commanding the ''[[Conqueror]]''-class carrier [[Ark Royal (Individual Conqueror-class WarShip)|CSR ''Ark Royal'']]. If the logs are accurate - and it is noteworthy that the logs contain no mention of the FWLS ''Araneida'' or the WoBS ''Dawning Horizon'' - the major naval combat actions took place on the 20th of November, after the Blakist task force jumped in-system on the 19th. The logs record that the Clan forces in the system comprised the ''Ark Royal'' and two Clan Ghost Bear WarShips, the ''[[Nightlord]]''-class [[Ursa Major|CGB ''Ursa Major'']] and the massive ''[[Leviathan (WarShip class)|Leviathan]]''-class [[Leviathan (Individual Leviathan-class WarShip)|CGB ''Leviathan'']]. The ''Ark Royal'' reportedly suffered light damage and the ''Ursa Major'' moderate damage, but the ''Leviathan'' was evidently scuttled, as the Blakists had concentrated fire from their WarShips and their considerable [[Pocket WarShip]] fleet on the Ghost Bear battleship.<ref name="JHS:Tp68"/> ==References== <references /> ==Bibliography== * ''[[Field Manual: Free Worlds League]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' * ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' * ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]'' [[Category: Individual WarShips]] [[Category: Individual Corvettes]] [[Category: Individual Zechetinu-class WarShips]]

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