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| capital = [[Lum]] (former)
 
| capital = [[Lum]] (former)
 
| rulertitle = [[Khan]]
 
| rulertitle = [[Khan]]
| military = [[Clan Snow Raven Touman|Clan Snow Raven ''touman'']]
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| military = [[Clan Snow Raven Touman|Clan Snow Raven ''Touman'']]
 
| secretservice = [[Watch#Clan Snow Raven|Clan Snow Raven Watch]]
 
| secretservice = [[Watch#Clan Snow Raven|Clan Snow Raven Watch]]
 
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==Military==
 
==Military==
 
{{Main|Clan Snow Raven Touman}}
 
{{Main|Clan Snow Raven Touman}}
For many years the [[Clan Snow Raven Touman|Snow Raven ''touman'']] contained the largest naval force of any Clan, with forty [[WarShips]] and a near-stranglehold on shipbuilding facilities.  Its fleet was divided into five-ship naval [[Star]]s organized around either a central combatant, such as a battleship or carrier, or an armored transport, such as a ''[[Potemkin]]'' or ''[[Volga]]''.  Each naval group was accompanied by large numbers of assault [[DropShip]]s, as many as a [[Cluster]]'s worth of [[aerospace fighter]]s, and a number of [[Elemental]] marine [[Trinary|Trinaries]].  Such was the size of the fleet during this time that it allowed the Snow Ravens to maintain a "two-Clan system," whereby they could simultaneously fight major space engagements with two other Clans and be reasonably assured of victory.  These naval forces not only served to protect the Clan but also as a source of revenue: in addition to ship facilities, elements of the fleet were contracted out to other Clans to fight at their side, though such practices declined as the disparity in fleet sizes began to lessen.<ref name=FMWCp124-125>''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', pp. 124–125</ref>
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For many years the Snow Raven ''[[Touman]]'' contained the largest naval force of any Clan, with forty [[WarShips]] and a near-stranglehold on shipbuilding facilities.  Its fleet was divided into five-ship naval [[Star]]s organized around either a central combatant, such as a battleship or carrier, or an armored transport, such as a ''[[Potemkin]]'' or ''[[Volga]]''.  Each naval group was accompanied by large numbers of assault [[DropShip]]s, as many as a [[Cluster]]'s worth of [[aerospace fighter]]s, and a number of [[Elemental]] marine [[Trinary|Trinaries]].  Such was the size of the fleet during this time that it allowed the Snow Ravens to maintain a "two-Clan system," whereby they could simultaneously fight major space engagements with two other Clans and be reasonably assured of victory.  These naval forces not only served to protect the Clan but also as a source of revenue: in addition to ship facilities, elements of the fleet were contracted out to other Clans to fight at their side, though such practices declined as the disparity in fleet sizes began to lessen.<ref name=FMWCp124-125>''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', pp. 124–125</ref>
  
 
Such an emphasis on aerospace and naval assets greatly affected its ground forces, which in total numbers of [[BattleMechs]] was less compared to other Clans.  Most [[Elemental]]s, and even some 'Mech pilots, were trained in zero-G operations, making them as equally effective fighting within a ship, on its hull, or free-floating in space as they were on solid ground.  These forces were also more heavily reliant on the fleet to perform aerial reconnaissance and close air support, making their absence in a fight potentially debilitating.  A tradition of assigning a naval Star to each [[Galaxy]] posed its own problem, as the ranks of [[Star Admiral]] and [[Galaxy Commander]] were equivalent, resulting in arguments over authority and occasionally hampering operations.  Only rarely would the Khans intervene and appoint a senior officer, typically the Galaxy Commander, and only in truly problematic instances, as the two supreme leaders were supposed to be impartial to internal politicking.<ref name=FMWCp124-125/>
 
Such an emphasis on aerospace and naval assets greatly affected its ground forces, which in total numbers of [[BattleMechs]] was less compared to other Clans.  Most [[Elemental]]s, and even some 'Mech pilots, were trained in zero-G operations, making them as equally effective fighting within a ship, on its hull, or free-floating in space as they were on solid ground.  These forces were also more heavily reliant on the fleet to perform aerial reconnaissance and close air support, making their absence in a fight potentially debilitating.  A tradition of assigning a naval Star to each [[Galaxy]] posed its own problem, as the ranks of [[Star Admiral]] and [[Galaxy Commander]] were equivalent, resulting in arguments over authority and occasionally hampering operations.  Only rarely would the Khans intervene and appoint a senior officer, typically the Galaxy Commander, and only in truly problematic instances, as the two supreme leaders were supposed to be impartial to internal politicking.<ref name=FMWCp124-125/>

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