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== History ==
 
== History ==
The ''SLS Prinz Eugen'' joined [[Aleksandr Kerensky|General Kerensky's]] [[Exodus Fleet]] in [[2784]]. During the journey, the ship gained notoriety in August [[2785]] for being one of the ships belonging to the SLDF staff that rebelled and threatened to return to the [[Inner Sphere]]. The ship was captured by General Kerensky's commandos after a brief naval battle and boarding action, and the commanding Admiral Votok summarily executed, ending what was known as the [[Prinz Eugen Mutiny]].<ref name=HOKp16>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 16: "Prinz Eugen" - The ship is noted being part of the mutiny and its recapture.</ref> The vessel continued the trek, and once the fleet discovered the [[Pentagon Worlds]] and established the [[Star League-in-Exile]], the ''Prinz Eugen'' was decommissioned and placed in one of the SLDF's Naval Reserve boneyards. By the time of the Clans' liberation of the Pentagon Worlds, the vessel's name was synonymous with rebellion, so no one Clan wanted it in their ''[[touman]]''. Instead, it became a prison ship, the Clans' version of Alcatraz or Europa. Located in the outer reaches of the [[Strana Mechty]] system, being imprisoned or even stationed as a guard there was the ultimate degradation for a Clan warrior.<ref>''MechWarrior Guide to the Clans'' p. 74</ref>  
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The ''SLS Prinz Eugen'' joined [[Aleksandr Kerensky|General Kerensky's]] [[Exodus Fleet]] in [[2784]]. During the journey, the ship gained notoriety in August [[2785]] for being one of the ships belonging to the SLDF staff that rebelled and threatened to return to the [[Inner Sphere]]. The ship was captured by General Kerensky's commandos after a brief naval battle and boarding action, ending what was known as the [[Prinz Eugen Mutiny]].<ref>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 16, "Prinz Eugen" - The ship is noted being part of the mutiny and its recapture.</ref> Once the fleet discovered the [[Pentagon Worlds]] and established the [[Star League-in-Exile]], the ''Prinz Eugen'' was decommissioned and placed in one of the SLDF's Naval Reserve boneyards. By the time of the Clans' liberation of the Pentagon Worlds, the vessel's name was synonymous with rebellion, so no one Clan wanted it in their ''[[touman]]''. Instead it became a prison ship, the Clans' version of Alcatraz or Europa. Located in the outer reaches of the [[Strana Mechty]] system, being imprisoned or even stationed as a guard there was the ultimate degradation for a Clan warrior.<ref>''MechWarrior Guide to the Clans'' p. 74</ref>  
  
 
As the [[Word of Blake|Word of Blake's]] [[Jihad]] raged in the Inner Sphere, the [[Wars of Reaving]] were taking place in the [[Clan Homeworlds]]. The ''Prinz Eugen'' was subverted by [[The Society]] and given to the reborn [[Clan Burrock]], after which it was used to defend the [[Tanis]] system until its destruction in [[3073]] at the hands of a [[Clan Cloud Cobra]] invasion fleet led by [[Star Admiral]] [[Rufus Kardaan]].  After several assaults, the ship was finally destroyed and allowed to drift off into space by order of Cloud Cobra [[Khan]] [[Din Steiner]].<ref name=TWoR-61>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 61, ''Bandit Caste: Commodus Van Houten''</ref><ref>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 126, ''Steiner's Folly''</ref>
 
As the [[Word of Blake|Word of Blake's]] [[Jihad]] raged in the Inner Sphere, the [[Wars of Reaving]] were taking place in the [[Clan Homeworlds]]. The ''Prinz Eugen'' was subverted by [[The Society]] and given to the reborn [[Clan Burrock]], after which it was used to defend the [[Tanis]] system until its destruction in [[3073]] at the hands of a [[Clan Cloud Cobra]] invasion fleet led by [[Star Admiral]] [[Rufus Kardaan]].  After several assaults, the ship was finally destroyed and allowed to drift off into space by order of Cloud Cobra [[Khan]] [[Din Steiner]].<ref name=TWoR-61>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 61, ''Bandit Caste: Commodus Van Houten''</ref><ref>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 126, ''Steiner's Folly''</ref>
 
==Officers==
 
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! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank
 
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name
 
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command
 
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the ''Prinz Eugen'''''
 
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| [[Admiral]]||[[Votok]]||[[2785]]<ref name=HOKp16/>
 
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== Notes ==
 
== Notes ==

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