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Line 9: | serviceuntil = | serviceuntil = }} }} − The SLS '''''Cairo''''' was a carrier [[WarShip]] serving in the [[Star League Defense Force]] [[11th Fleet (Star League)|Eleventh Fleet]] during the [[Periphery Uprising]]. ==History== ==History== − When rebels in the [[Taurian Concordat]] used a fuel ship to destroy the flagship of the Eleventh Fleet, the ''[[Texas]]''-class battleship [[Nebraska|SLS ''Nebraska'']], the SLS ''Cairo'' was badly damaged by debris from the explosion. Whereas the SLS ''Nebraska'' was lost, the SLS ''Cairo'' managed to continue combat operations, despite having taken heavy damage.<ref>''The Star League'', p. 78</ref><ref name="H:LoTv1p47">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 47: "Eleventh Fleet"</ref> + The SLS '''''Cairo''''' was a carrier [[WarShip]] serving in the [[Star League Defense Force]] [[11th Fleet (Star League)|Eleventh Fleet]] during the [[Periphery Uprising]]. When rebels in the [[Taurian Concordat]] used a fuel ship to destroy the flagship of the Eleventh Fleet, the ''[[Texas]]''-class battleship [[Nebraska|SLS ''Nebraska'']], the SLS ''Cairo'' was badly damaged by debris from the explosion. Whereas the SLS ''Nebraska'' was lost, the SLS ''Cairo'' managed to continue combat operations, despite having taken heavy damage.<ref>''The Star League'', p. 78</ref><ref name="H:LoTv1p47">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 47: "Eleventh Fleet"</ref> − During [[Operation LIBERATION]], the ''Cairo'' was attacked by [[Rim Worlds Republic]] [[aerospace fighter]]s while the rest of her squadrons were sortied. Relying on [[Captain]] [[Pan Ballard]] and her squadron of ''[[Swift (Aerospace Fighter class)|Swifts]]'' for a screen they were successful in saving the ''Cairo''. Ballard was posthumously awarded the [[Medal of Valor]] for her actions.<ref name=TRO3050Up226>''Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade'', p. 226</ref> + During [[Operation LIBERATION]], the ''Cairo'' was attacked by [[Rim Worlds Republic]] [[aerospace fighter]]s while the rest of her squadrons were sortied. Relying on [[Captain]] [[Pan Ballard]] and her squadron of ''[[Swift]]s'' for a screen they were successful in saving the ''Cairo''. Ballard was posthumously awarded the [[Medal of Valor]] for her actions.<ref name=TRO3050Up226>''Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade'', p. 226</ref> ==Notes== ==Notes==
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| − | When rebels in the [[Taurian Concordat]] used a fuel ship to destroy the flagship of the Eleventh Fleet, the ''[[Texas]]''-class battleship [[Nebraska|SLS ''Nebraska'']], the SLS ''Cairo'' was badly damaged by debris from the explosion. Whereas the SLS ''Nebraska'' was lost, the SLS ''Cairo'' managed to continue combat operations, despite having taken heavy damage.<ref>''The Star League'', p. 78</ref><ref name="H:LoTv1p47">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 47: "Eleventh Fleet"</ref> | + | The SLS '''''Cairo''''' was a carrier [[WarShip]] serving in the [[Star League Defense Force]] [[11th Fleet (Star League)|Eleventh Fleet]] during the [[Periphery Uprising]]. When rebels in the [[Taurian Concordat]] used a fuel ship to destroy the flagship of the Eleventh Fleet, the ''[[Texas]]''-class battleship [[Nebraska|SLS ''Nebraska'']], the SLS ''Cairo'' was badly damaged by debris from the explosion. Whereas the SLS ''Nebraska'' was lost, the SLS ''Cairo'' managed to continue combat operations, despite having taken heavy damage.<ref>''The Star League'', p. 78</ref><ref name="H:LoTv1p47">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 47: "Eleventh Fleet"</ref> |
| − | During [[Operation LIBERATION]], the ''Cairo'' was attacked by [[Rim Worlds Republic]] [[aerospace fighter]]s while the rest of her squadrons were sortied. Relying on [[Captain]] [[Pan Ballard]] and her squadron of ''[[Swift | + | During [[Operation LIBERATION]], the ''Cairo'' was attacked by [[Rim Worlds Republic]] [[aerospace fighter]]s while the rest of her squadrons were sortied. Relying on [[Captain]] [[Pan Ballard]] and her squadron of ''[[Swift]]s'' for a screen they were successful in saving the ''Cairo''. Ballard was posthumously awarded the [[Medal of Valor]] for her actions.<ref name=TRO3050Up226>''Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade'', p. 226</ref> |
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