Editing Iberia

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The '''''Iberia''''' was a ''[[Fortress]]''-class [[DropShip]] associated with the [[Taurian Concordat]].

Described as a "rogue" at the time, it was brought down at [[Coromodir]] at the conclusion of the [[Arano Restoration]] campaign,<ref name=HA:TACp13>''House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition)'', p. 13 - "The Arano Restoration"</ref> in ca. August of [[3025]].<ref name=X/>
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==History==
The ''Iberia'' was operating in the [[Aurigan Reach]] circa [[3025]]. Its last captain was [[Commodore]] [[Samuel Ostergaard]].<ref name=BTVG>"BattleTech Video Game"</ref>

It originally encountered the Arano Restoration's forces in the [[Artru]] system, where [[Kamea Arano]] explored the [[Outpost Castle Nautilus]] to retrieve its [[LosTech]]. The ''Iberia'' originally hid on Artru's second moon, before landing on the planet itself an hour later, deploying a [[battalion]] of [[BattleMech]]s. Its commander, Samuel Ostergaard, had jumped at the chance to bring down Kamea Arano, due to her role in the [[Arms Dealer|death of his son]]. and one of the Restoration's ''[[Leopard]]''s was destroyed. After Kamea and her [[lance]] demolished Castle Nautilus and escaped Artru, the ''Iberia'' went to [[Smithon V]], leading the brutal Taurian assault on the planet, devastating the ancestral home of [[House Karosas]] and killing much of its population in an attempt to lure Kamea, with Samuel himself freeing [[Victoria Espinosa]] and killing the surviving members of House Karosas, [[Simon Karosas|Simon]] and his son, [[Otto Karosas|Otto]].

After the Taurians turned on the [[Aurigan Directorate]] due to their role in the [[Perdition Massacre]] and a failed mutiny on the ship, Ostergaard went rogue and continued to fight alongside the Directorate, his mind and sanity utterly devoured by his hatred of Kamea. When the Restoration forces landed on [[Coromodir VI]], the ''Iberia'' entered orbit, with Ostergaard fully willing to burn everything on its surface to the ground.

===Destruction===
In a desperate attempt to stop the ''Iberia'' and keep it from slaughtering Coromodir's population, the mercenary company formerly known as [[Markham's Marauders]] led an assault on the system's primary comm station on Coromodir VI's second moon, [[Lyris]]. With the help of [[Farah Murad]], they transmitted the ''[[Locura]]'' virus code to the ''Iberia'', destroying the ship's engines and fuel tanks, deorbiting it in the process. As a result, the ''Iberia'' crashed on the planet's surface, taking not only Samuel and what remained of his crew, but also the ship's remaining BattleMechs, saving the Restoration forces.<ref name=BTVG>"BattleTech Video Game"</ref>
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==Canonicity==
The ''Iberia'' first appeared in the [[apocryphal]] [[BattleTech (Video Game)]] by [[Harebrained Schemes LLC]]. It was later mentioned by name and class in the fully canonical ''House Arano: The Aurigan Coalition'' sourcebook,<ref name=HA:TACp13/> properly canonizing it (but not its exact history prior to crashing on Coromodir).

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[BattleTech (Video Game)|BattleTech]]'' (Video Game)
* ''[[House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition)]]''

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