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The '''''Bryceland''''' was one of twelve ''[[Fox (WarShip class)|Fox]]''-class corvettes to remain in service with the [[AFFS]] after the devastation of the [[FedCom Civil War]].<ref name="FM:Up105">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 124: "WarShips of the AFFS"</ref>
 
 
 
==History==
 
==History==
In October [[3067]], the ''Bryceland'' was guarding New Avalon alongside a sister ship, the [[Antrim|FSS ''Antrim'']], when a trio of [[Word of Blake]] [[WarShip]]s appeared. The three Blakist WarShips—the ''[[Essex]]''-class destroyer [[Divine Forgiveness|WoBS ''Divine Forigveness'']], ''[[Riga (WarShip class)|Riga]]''-class frigate [[Red Angel|WoBS ''Red Angel'']], and the ''[[Aegis (WarShip class)|Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Herald of Justice|WoBS ''Herald of Justice'']]—had been positioned in the outskirts of the [[New Avalon]] system along with orders to jump to New Avalon and reveal themselves as the new defenders of the Federated Suns capital world after the Word of Blake had been accepted into the [[Second Star League]]. The collapse of the Second Star League ahead of the vote saw the three ships issued new orders; to punish the Federated Suns.<ref name="TCp43">''Total Chaos'', pp. 43–45: "New Avalon (sidebar)"</ref> The ''Antrim'' and ''Bryceland''<ref name="TCp43"/> attempted to interdict the Blakist fleet as it approached New Avalon, and managed to cripple<ref name="J:FRp44"/> and then destroy the WoBS ''Herald of Justice''<ref name="J:FRp128">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 128: "Original Word Of Blake Fleet"</ref> via suicidal collisions<ref name="TCp43"/> but despite the heavy fighting in space the AFFS could not prevent the Word from bombarding Avalon City and dropping almost a [[division]] of ground troops onto the city.<ref name="J:FRp44">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 44: "The Jihad In Review"</ref><ref name=NADHL>''BattleCorps: INN Newscast (Solaris Broadcasting Co. section), news item published [19/12/3067]: "New Avalon Defenders Hold Line, Cripple Blake Flagship"''</ref>
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The ''[[Fox (WarShip class)|Fox]]''-class corvette '''''Bryceland''''' was one of twelve ''Fox''-class [[WarShip]]s to remain in service with the [[AFFS]] after the devastation of the [[FedCom Civil War]].<ref name="FM:Up105">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 124, "WarShips of the AFFS"</ref> In October [[3067]] the ''Bryceland'' was guarding New Avalon alongside a sister ship, the [[Antrim|FSS ''Antrim'']], when a trio of [[Word of Blake]] WarShips appeared. The three Blakist WarShips - the ''[[Essex]]''-class destroyer [[Divine Forgiveness|WoBS ''Divine Forigveness'']], ''[[Riga (WarShip class)|Riga]]''-class frigate [[Red Angel|WoBS ''Red Angel'']] and the ''[[Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Herald of Justice|WoBS ''Herald of Justice'']] had been positioned in the outskirts of the [[New Avalon]] system along with orders to jump to New Avalon and reveal themselves as the new defenders of the Federated Suns capital world after the Word of Blake had been accepted into the [[Second Star League]]. The collapse of the Second Star League ahead of the vote saw the three ships issued new orders; to punish the Federated Suns.<ref name="TCp43">''Total Chaos'', p. 43-45, "New Avalon (sidebar)"</ref> The ''Antrim'' and ''Bryceland''<ref name="TCp43"/> attempted to interdict the Blakist fleet as it approached New Avalon, and managed to cripple<ref name="J:FRp44"/> and then destroy the WoBS ''Herald of Justice''<ref name="J:FRp128">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 128, "Original Word Of Blake Fleet"</ref> via suicidal collisions<ref name="TCp43"/> but despite the heavy fighting in space the AFFS could not prevent the Word from bombarding Avalon City and dropping almost a [[division]] of ground troops onto the city.<ref name="J:FRp44">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 44, "The Jihad In Review"</ref><ref name=NADHL>''BattleCorps: INN Newscast (Solaris Broadcasting Co. section), news item published [19/12/3067]: "New Avalon Defenders Hold Line, Cripple Blake Flagship"''</ref>
  
 
[[Princess-Regent]] [[Yvonne Steiner-Davion]] said she was going to award every crew member of these noble vessels the [[Diamond Sunburst|Diamond Sunburst Medal]].<ref name=NADHL/>
 
[[Princess-Regent]] [[Yvonne Steiner-Davion]] said she was going to award every crew member of these noble vessels the [[Diamond Sunburst|Diamond Sunburst Medal]].<ref name=NADHL/>

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