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The '''''Sacajawea''''' was an ''[[Explorer]]''-class [[JumpShip]] owned and operated initially by [[Interstellar Expeditions]].
 
 
 
==History==
 
==History==
At some point prior to [[3067]], it was commandeered by Dr. [[Brooklyn Stevens]] and her crew when they broke away from IE in what was apparently not an amicable split. However, IE seemed to tolerate them taking the ship and even approached Stevens later with a job offer, seeking reconciliation. Stevens and her crew used the ship when they recovered the [[Chalice of Uston DeKirk]] from [[Rocky]], and also during their quest to find [[Jardine]], "the [[w:Atlantis|Atlantis]] of our time."
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The '''''Sacajawea''''' was an ''[[Explorer]]''-class [[JumpShip]] owned and operated initially by [[Interstellar Expeditions]]. At some point prior to [[3067]], it was commandeered by Dr. [[Brooklyn Stevens]] and her crew when they broke away from IE in what was apparently not an amicable split. However, IE seemed to tolerate them taking the ship and even approached Stevens later with a job offer, seeking reconciliation. Stevens and her crew used the ship when they recovered the [[Chalice of Uston DeKirk]] from [[Rocky]], and also during their quest to find [[Jardine]], "the [[w:Atlantis|Atlantis]] of our time".
  
The ''Sacajawea'' was heavily modified. Most importantly, it had traded minor luxuries along with some shuttle space for added armor and weapons. The enhanced armament was sufficient to fight off pirate raids, as the crew had repeatedly demonstrated.<ref>''Forgotten Worlds: The Hunt for Jardine'', ch. 4</ref><ref name=BTLp116>''BattleTech: Legends'', pp. 116–118: "For the Promise"</ref>
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The ''Sacajawea'' was heavily modified. Most importantly, it had traded minor luxuries along with some shuttle space for added armor and weapons. The enhanced armament was sufficient to fight off pirate raids, as the crew had repeatedly demonstrated.<ref>''Forgotten Worlds: The Hunt for Jardine'', chapter four</ref> <ref name=BTLp116/>
  
Where other vessels of the class usually carried an observatory, high-powered radio telescopes and a holographic "planetarium" chamber, the ''Sacajawea'' carried a single conference room and something resembling a library of both hardcopy and electronic files.<ref>''Forgotten Worlds: The Hunt for Jardine'', ch. 5</ref>
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Where other vessels of the class usually carried an observatory, high-powered radio telescopes and a holographic "planetarium" chamber, the ''Sacajawea'' carried a single conference room and something resembling a library of both hardcopy and electronic files.<ref>''Forgotten Worlds: The Hunt for Jardine'', chapter five</ref>
  
In a report from [[3073]] it was noted that finding Jardine had resulted in a manhunt for Stevens, her family and her crew by the [[Word of Blake]]. Over the course of this manhunt, "her venerable ship" (implicitly, the ''Sacajawea'') had reportedly been "blasted apart near [[Skye]]."<ref>''Jihad Conspiracies: Interstellar Players 2'', p. 13</ref> In truth, Stevens and the ''Sacajawea'' reached the [[Nestor]] system where they linked up with [[Paul Masters|Sir Paul Masters]] of the [[Knights of the Inner Sphere]], evacuating and leaving the vessel on automatic after they wiped its logs and reformatted its computer core.<ref name=BTLp116/>
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In a report from [[3073]] it was noted that finding Jardine had resulted in a manhunt for Stevens, her family and her crew by the [[Word of Blake]]. Over the course of this manhunt, "her venerable ship" (implicitly, the ''Sacajawea'') had reportedly been "blasted apart near [[Skye]]".<ref>''Jihad Conspiracies: Interstellar Players 2'', p. 13</ref> In truth, Stevens and the ''Sacajawea'' reached the [[Nestor]] system where they linked up with [[Paul Masters|Sir Paul Masters]] of the [[Knights of the Inner Sphere]], evacuating and leaving the vessel on automatic after they wiped its logs and reformatted its computer core.<ref name=BTLp116>''BattleTech: Legends'', pp.116-118 "For the Promise"</ref>
  
The pursuing Blakist forces under [[Precentor|Poltergeist Precentor Sigma]] [[Damien Lucille]] would find the ''Sacajawea'' station keeping with its [[jump sail]] deployed fifty-thousand kilometers from Nestor's Zenith [[Jump point]], suspecting a trap as his [[Free Worlds League]]-flagged shuttle approached to perform a "routine customs inspection." Boarding the seeming derelict but fully functional ship, Lucille found nothing but a single taunting message from Sir Paul Masters. While Lucille knew, as Masters intimated, that [[Irian Technologies]] likely could recover some of the deleted information, he ordered the local storage be pulled for Irian's techs to perform this and the ship to be messily scuttled from the inside out as a blatant warning for others.<ref name=BTLp116/><ref>''Jihad Conspiracies: Interstellar Players 2'', p. 14</ref>
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The pursuing Blakist forces under [[Precentor|Poltergeist Precentor Sigma]] [[Damien Lucille]] would find the ''Sacajawea'' station keeping with its [[jump sail]] deployed fifty-thousand kilometers from Nestor's Zenith [[Jump point]], suspecting a trap as his [[Free Worlds League]]-flagged shuttle approached to perform a "routine customs inspection". Boarding the seeming derelict but fully functional ship, Lucille found nothing but a single taunting message from Sir Paul Masters. While Lucille knew, as Masters intimated, that [[Irian Technologies]] likely could recover some of the deleted information, he ordered the local storage be pulled for Irian's techs to perform this and the ship to be messily scuttled from the inside out as a blatant warning for others.<ref name=BTLp116/> <ref>''Jihad Conspiracies: Interstellar Players 2'', p. 14</ref>
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
* ''[[BattleTech: Legends]]'' ''[[For the Promise]]''
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*''[[BattleTech: Legends]]'' ''[[For the Promise]]''
* ''[[Forgotten Worlds]]''
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*''[[Forgotten Worlds]]''
* ''[[Jihad Conspiracies: Interstellar Players 2]]''
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*''[[Jihad Conspiracies: Interstellar Players 2]]''
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