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The '''''Asgard''''' was a ''[[Fortress]]''-class [[DropShip]] serving as the headquarters ship for the [[Duke of Skye]]'s [[regiment]] of [[Huscarles]].
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The '''''Asgard''''' was a ''[[Fortress]]''-class [[DropShip]] serving as the headquarters ship for the [[Duke of Skye]]'s [[regiment]] of [[Huscarles]]. By 3056, it was the only ''Fortress''-class ship known to exist within the [[Isle of Skye]].<ref>''Blood of Heroes'', p. 122</ref>
 
 
==History==
 
By [[3056]], the ''Asgard'' was the only ''Fortress''-class ship known to exist within the [[Isle of Skye]].<ref>''Blood of Heroes'', p. 122</ref>
 
  
When [[Duke]] [[Richard Steiner (31st c.)|Richard Steiner]] joined the Skye separatists in the [[Second Skye Rebellion]], the ''Asgard'' served as the flagship of General-Kommandant [[Friedrich Wilhelm von Bulow]]'s attack force that was sent against [[Glengarry]]. It was carried from [[Skye]] to Glengarry's nadir [[jump point]] by the [[JumpShip]] ''[[Götterdämmerung (Individual Star Lord-class JumpShip)|Götterdämmerung]]'' on 1 April 3056.<ref>''Blood of Heroes'', pp. 55–59, 65</ref>
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When [[Duke]] [[Richard Steiner (31st c.)|Richard Steiner]] joined the Skye separatists in the [[Second Skye Rebellion]], the ''Asgard'' served as the flagship of General-Kommandant [[Friedrich Wilhelm von Bulow]]'s attack force that was sent against [[Glengarry]]. It was carried from [[Skye]] to Glengarry's nadir [[jump point]] by the [[JumpShip]] ''[[Götterdämmerung (Individual Star Lord-class JumpShip)|Götterdämmerung]]'' on 1 April [[3056]].<ref>''Blood of Heroes'', pp. 55-59, 65</ref>
  
 
The ''Asgard'' had arrived in planetary orbit around Glengarry by 7 April,<ref>''Blood of Heroes'', p. 250</ref> but as attempts to establish a bridgehead on the planet's surface dragged on, it remained in orbit through 11 April.<ref>''Blood of Heroes'', p. 295</ref>
 
The ''Asgard'' had arrived in planetary orbit around Glengarry by 7 April,<ref>''Blood of Heroes'', p. 250</ref> but as attempts to establish a bridgehead on the planet's surface dragged on, it remained in orbit through 11 April.<ref>''Blood of Heroes'', p. 295</ref>

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