Editing Redemption

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The TCS '''''Vendetta''''' was a ''[[Quixote]]''-class [[WarShip]] gifted to the [[Taurian Concordat]] during the [[Jihad]] which became notorious for its role in the [[Taurian Concordat#The Jihad|Taurian Concordat/Federated Suns War]] in the late [[thirty-first century]].

==History==
===The Jihad===
====Origins====
The ''Vendetta'' was revealed to be in service with the Taurian Concordat in May [[3074]], just two weeks after the capital of [[Taurus]] had been bombarded with asteroids, killing Taurian [[Protector of the Realm|Protector]] [[Grover Shraplen]]. The Concordat responded to the disaster on Taurus by relocating its rimward forces to the [[Federated Suns]] border - forces which included a newly unveiled ''[[Quixote]]''-class [[WarShip]], the [[Quixote#Named_Vessels|TCS ''Vendetta'']].<ref name="JHS3076p52">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 52: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp53">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 53: "The Jihad in Review"</ref>

While the precise origin of the ''Vendetta'' is unknown, it is widely speculated that as with a number of other WarShips and technologies, the [[Word of Blake]] recovered the ''Vendetta'' from an [[SLDF]] junkyard of some kind in the buildup to the [[Jihad]]. The timing with which the ''Vendetta'' was presented to the [[Taurian Defense Force]] would later prompt speculation that supported the idea that the Word of Blake, implied to have been responsible for the asteroid bombardment of a number of worlds across the [[Inner Sphere]] and [[Periphery]] including such worlds as [[Algedi]], [[Galax]] and [[Necromo]], may have bombarded Taurus to provoke the Concordat into a frenzy of new attacks against the Federated Suns, with the ''Vendetta'' playing an important part.<ref name="J:FRp29">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 29: "Who Was It, Really?"</ref>

====Brusett and the FCS ''Kathil''====
The [[Word of Blake]]'s [[Twenty-second Division (Word of Blake)|Twenty-second Militia]] struck at the [[Capellan March]] world of [[Brusett]] on 30 May [[3075]]. The Federated Suns responded by mustering and deploying a small flotilla of ships including the [[WarShip]] [[Kathil (Individual Fox-class WarShip)|FCS ''Kathil'']] to the system to stave off an anticipated attack by the Concordat; Taurian forces arrived in the Brusett system in late June, and on the 30th of June the TCS ''Vendetta'' and the FCS ''Kathil'' battled over Brusett. The TCS ''Vendetta'' was forced to retreat, but the FCS ''Kathil'' was lost in the battle, and several major cities on the planet suffered horrendous collateral damage due to the nuclear weapons both sides used in orbit and within the planetary atmosphere.<ref name="JHS:Tp16">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 16: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp54">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 54: "The Jihad in Review"</ref>

====Panpour====
:''Main Article: [[Battle of Panpour (3076)]]
On 11 February [[3076]], the ''Vendetta'' raided the [[Panpour]] system, looking to destroy the [[Jalastar Aerospace]] factory located there. The defenders fought hard, bringing down Taurian ''[[Union]]''-class and ''[[Overlord]]''-class [[DropShip]]s with a combination of [[Air-to-Air Arrow Missile]]s and a suicidal strike by [[Captain]] [[Stephen Hollins]]' ''[[Stuka]]'' that was credited with both destroying the ''Overlord'' and diverting it's wreckage enough that it didn't level the city of Amritsar when it came down.  Despite the heroic defense, enough Taurian ground forces were able to land that they put the factory offline for several months.<ref>''BattleCorps Scenario - Vendetta''</ref><ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 64: "The Thin Steel Line"</ref>

====The Roughriders====
The Federated Suns later used the mercenary unit known as [[Hansen's Roughriders]] in a protracted campaign to weaken the industrial base of the Taurian Concordat, a campaign that saw the Roughriders attack a number of worlds within Concordat space, destroying factories and military infrastructure. Having hit several worlds the Roughriders would return to Federated Suns space when they arrived on [[Warren]] on 5 April [[3076]] to resupply.<ref name="J:FRp55">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 55: "The Jihad in Review"</ref><ref name="JHS:Tp21">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 21: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref> A Taurian task force led by the ''Vendetta'' actively pursued the Roughriders, arriving in the Warren system on the 13th of June; the Roughriders retreated to [[Keuterville]], but their retreat didn't stop the ''Vendetta'' from bombarding the planetary capital and spaceports on Warren. The ''Vendetta'' then bombarded Keuterville on the 7th of July, with the Roughriders retreating again, this time to [[Firgrove]]. In the Firgrove system a Federated Suns task force led by the ''[[Fox (WarShip class)|Fox]]''-class ''[[New Syrtis (Individual Fox-class WarShip)|New Syrtis]]'' managed to intercept the ''Vendetta'' before the planet could be attacked, forcing the ''Vendetta'' to retreat.<ref name="JHS:Tp22">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 22: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp56">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 56: "The Jihad in Review"</ref>

The deployment of the ''Vendetta'' and its actions in pursuit of the Roughriders had an impact well beyond the worlds directly targeted; on the 30th of June Baron [[Cham Kithrong]] of the [[Calderon Protectorate]] recalled all of those Protectorate troops which had been deployed into the Concordat to assist the population after the asteroid strike on Taurus and the Federated Suns counteroffensive. Kithrong directly cited "moral conflicts" as the reason for the recall.<ref name="JHS:Tp22">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 22: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp56">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 56: "The Jihad in Review"</ref>

====New Syrtis====
Having been forced to retreat from Firgrove, the ''Vendetta'' returned to the Brusett system in mid-September 3076. The ''Vendetta'' and her task force put Brusett under siege, but the siege would only last until the 2nd of October; the arrival of the FSS ''New Syrtis'' and resulting naval battle saw the Federated Suns WarShip suffering crippling damage, but not before enough critical damage was inflicted on the ''Vendetta'' by the ''New Syrtis'' and her escorts to force the ''Vendetta'' to retreat. Despite the naval siege of Brusett being broken, a Taurian task force raided [[New Syrtis]] on the 12th of October 3076; using a combination of bombing runs, random orbital bombardment and nuclear strikes the task force not only crippled the [[New Syrtis Shipyards]] facilities but also to inflict devastating damage on large swathes of the equatorial regions of the world.<ref name="JHS:Tp22"/><ref name="J:FRp56"/>

====Firgrove====
On 19 June [[3080]], the ''Vendetta'' attempted to raid the [[Clyde Shipyards]] at [[Firgrove]],<ref name="J:FRp61">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 61: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> intent on damaging or destroying the shipyards, capturing supplies and drawing out Federated Suns WarShips. A fragment of a news broadcast being recorded by [[TNS]] reporter [[Joshua MacDermott]] indicated that the ''Vendetta'' had been hit by several explosions within a minute of beginning to maneuver after emerging from the jump point, with the First Officer of the ''Vendetta'', [[Able Ritcher]], indicating that the ''Vendetta'' had emerged into—or moved into—a minefield of some kind. In addition to the damage inflicted by the explosions, the footage indicated that the ''Vendetta'' was being targeted with capital missiles before retreating from the system.<ref name="J:FRp28">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 28: "Vendetta Vengeance"</ref>

====Peace====
Emissaries from the Calderon Protectorate arrived on both Taurus and [[New Avalon]] on 15 March [[3080]], appealing to both states for an end to the conflict between the Concordat and the Suns. The Protectorate successfully brokered a treaty between the two states on the 2nd of July, a week after Baron Kithrong stepped down as Regent-Protector so that [[Erik Martens-Calderon]] could assume the Protectorship. The treaty called for the Federated Suns to cede the Pleiades worlds to the Concordat, while the Concordat effectively surrendered the TCS ''Vendetta'' to the Calderon Protectorate, where it would be crewed by a crew of personnel from all three realms. While the treaty ended the war, the ''Vendetta'' wouldn't be formally transferred to the Protectorate until 19 April [[3081]].<ref name="J:FRp61">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 61: "The Jihad in Review"</ref>

===Post-Jihad===
As a part of the treaty brokered between the Concordat and the Federated Suns the ''Vendetta'' was manned with a caretaker crew, none of whom had served on the ''Vendetta'' during the war, and moved into orbit over the Protectorate world of [[Erod's Escape]]. The marine contingent aboard the ''Vendetta'' was also replaced with a garrison of marines from the Protectorate, although the Protectorate marines numbered just three-quarters as many as the original Concordat marine contingent. The marine quarters freed up by the smaller marine garrison were converted into guest quarters used for housing official observers, including a number from the [[Republic of the Sphere]]. These observers would ensure that the ''Vendetta'' and its crew would honor the agreement that the ''Vendetta'' would never deploy closer to the Federated Suns border than the [[Pirates Haven Star Cluster]]. The Captain of the caretaker crew, [[Commodore]] [[David Percy]], handed control of the ship over to its' new Captain, [[Rear Admiral]] [[Elias Biggs]], on 19 April 3081.<ref name="J:FRp30">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 30: "Strange Bedfellows"</ref>

====CPS Redemption====
The TCS ''Vendetta'' was renamed the CPS '''''Redemption''''' and would patrol throughout the Calderon Protectorate, defending Protectorate worlds and disrupting pirate activity. These patrols continued through [[3085]],<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 145</ref> and Federated Suns observers reported that [[Clan Diamond Shark]] has offered their services to maintain the ship.<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 132</ref> How interested the Protectorate is in this proposal is unknown.

When a new system joined the [[Calderon Protectorate]] the CPS ''Redemption'' and [[Second Calderon Guard]] regiment would often serve as the first garrison force for the system.<ref>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 77</ref> These duties, and the frequent patrols of Protectorate systems, made the ''Redemption'' one of the busiest [[WarShip]]s in the post-Jihad era.<ref>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 123</ref> By [[3145]], the Taurian and Federated Suns crews assigned to the ''Redemption'' had been recalled to their home nations, leaving the ship solely crewed by the Protectorate. The Protectorate was also solely responsible for maintaining the ''Redemption'' at this point, although the ship was both maintained and operated to only a moderate extent.<ref name="FM:3145p189">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 189: "Calderon Protectorate"</ref>

As of [[3152]], rumors among the TDF had the ''Redemption'' relocating to guard [[New Vandenburg]] in a few years.<ref>''Dominions Divided'', p. 104: "Taurian Concordat"</ref>

==Officers==
The Captain of the ''Vendetta'' during the raid on Firgrove (and possibly before) was Commodore [[Maximillian Vandenburg]].<ref name="J:FRp28"/> His temporary successor was Commodore [[David Percy]], who was subsequently replaced in April 3081 by [[Rear Admiral]] [[Elias Biggs]] of the Federated Suns navy.<ref name="J:FRp30"/>

==Notes==
Despite the shared name, there is no indication this vessel is the same as RSS [[Redemption (Individual RoS Quixote-class WarShip)|''Redemption'']].{{clarify}}

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Era Report: 3145]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3076]]''
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]''

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