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In [[3071]], Vinton was raided by a substantial [[Bandit Caste]] force led by the former [[Clan Burrock]] warrior [[Commodus Van Houten]]. Having escaped from imprisonment aboard the former [[Star League Defense Force]] ''[[Texas]]''-class battleship ''[[Prinz Eugen]]'' in [[3056]] - the ''Prinz Eugen'' being a floating prison ship in the [[Strana Mechty]] system at the time - Commodus Van Houten built a band of like-minded pirates and outcasts and raided numerous Clan worlds over the following two decades; Vinton was one of four worlds to be struck by Van Houten in 3071 following the eruption of mass chaos in the Clan Homeworlds.<ref name="WoRp61">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 61: "Bandit Caste: Commodus Van Houten"</ref>
 
In [[3071]], Vinton was raided by a substantial [[Bandit Caste]] force led by the former [[Clan Burrock]] warrior [[Commodus Van Houten]]. Having escaped from imprisonment aboard the former [[Star League Defense Force]] ''[[Texas]]''-class battleship ''[[Prinz Eugen]]'' in [[3056]] - the ''Prinz Eugen'' being a floating prison ship in the [[Strana Mechty]] system at the time - Commodus Van Houten built a band of like-minded pirates and outcasts and raided numerous Clan worlds over the following two decades; Vinton was one of four worlds to be struck by Van Houten in 3071 following the eruption of mass chaos in the Clan Homeworlds.<ref name="WoRp61">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 61: "Bandit Caste: Commodus Van Houten"</ref>
  
In January [[3072]], Vinton was struck again by Bandit Caste raiders; this time, it was one of many worlds to be attacked as a part of the mass [[Society]] uprising against the Clan warrior caste, and as with the attacks on the worlds of [[Arcadia (Clan System)|Arcadia]], [[Grant's Station]], [[Hoard]], [[New Kent]] and [[Tokasha]], the Bandit Caste raid succeeded in destroying key substations on the planet, depriving part of the system of communications and sowing short-term chaos within the region.<ref name="WoRp94">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 94: "Death Rides Forth"</ref> Making matters worse, Vinton then suffered an [[HPG]] failure along with the worlds of [[Brim]], [[Dagda (Clan System)|Dagda]], [[Roche]] and [[Strato Domingo]], severing Vinton from the communications grid.<ref name="WoRp95">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 95: "Sandbagging the Breach"</ref>
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In January [[3072]], Vinton was struck again by Bandit Caste raiders; this time, it was one of many worlds to be attacked as a part of the mass [[Society]] uprising against the Clan warrior caste, and as with the attacks on the worlds of [[Arcadia (Clan System)|Arcadia]], [[Grant's Station]], [[Hoard]], [[New Kent]] and [[Tokasha]], the Bandit Caste raid succeeded in destroying key substations on the planet, depriving part of the system of communications and sowing short-term chaos within the region.<ref name="WoRp94">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 94: "Death Rides Forth"</ref> Making matters worse, Vinton then suffered an [[HPG]] failure along with the worlds of [[Brim]], [[Dagda (Clan)|Dagda]], [[Roche]] and [[Strato Domingo]], severing Vinton from the communications grid.<ref name="WoRp95">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 95: "Sandbagging the Breach"</ref>
  
 
By 3072, Clan Diamond Shark had been evacuating its holdings in the Clan Homeworlds as a result of the [[Trial of Reaving|Trials of Reaving]] ordered by [[ilKhan]] [[Brett Andrews]]; one of the last convoys of Diamond Shark ships to leave Vinton consisted of between sixty and seventy-one [[JumpShip]]s plus their assorted [[DropShip]]s and escorted by the ''[[Carrack]]''-class transport [[Star Swimmer|CDS ''Star Swimmer'']] and the ''[[Volga]]''-class transport [[Bold Venture|CDS ''Bold Venture'']]. The convoy from Vinton had made it as far as the [[Salonika]] outpost in the Deep Periphery when the refugees found themselves under attack from Clan Burrock forces, initially consisting of a small squadron of JumpShips led by the ''[[Riga (WarShip class)|Riga]]''-class frigate [[Hetherington|CBS ''Hetherington'']] and then, two weeks later, a second flotilla led by the ''Hetherington'', the ''[[Kimagure]]''-class pursuit cruiser [[Admiral Russell Nga|CBS ''Admiral Russell Nga'']] and the ''[[Mako]]''-class corvette [[Stone Crab|CBS ''Stone Crab'']]. By the end of the battle both Diamond Shark WarShips had been destroyed and all bar thirteen of the JumpShips were captured and moved to the [[Tanis]] system as ''[[isorla]]''.<ref name="WORp102">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 102: "Bearding the Shark"</ref>
 
By 3072, Clan Diamond Shark had been evacuating its holdings in the Clan Homeworlds as a result of the [[Trial of Reaving|Trials of Reaving]] ordered by [[ilKhan]] [[Brett Andrews]]; one of the last convoys of Diamond Shark ships to leave Vinton consisted of between sixty and seventy-one [[JumpShip]]s plus their assorted [[DropShip]]s and escorted by the ''[[Carrack]]''-class transport [[Star Swimmer|CDS ''Star Swimmer'']] and the ''[[Volga]]''-class transport [[Bold Venture|CDS ''Bold Venture'']]. The convoy from Vinton had made it as far as the [[Salonika]] outpost in the Deep Periphery when the refugees found themselves under attack from Clan Burrock forces, initially consisting of a small squadron of JumpShips led by the ''[[Riga (WarShip class)|Riga]]''-class frigate [[Hetherington|CBS ''Hetherington'']] and then, two weeks later, a second flotilla led by the ''Hetherington'', the ''[[Kimagure]]''-class pursuit cruiser [[Admiral Russell Nga|CBS ''Admiral Russell Nga'']] and the ''[[Mako]]''-class corvette [[Stone Crab|CBS ''Stone Crab'']]. By the end of the battle both Diamond Shark WarShips had been destroyed and all bar thirteen of the JumpShips were captured and moved to the [[Tanis]] system as ''[[isorla]]''.<ref name="WORp102">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 102: "Bearding the Shark"</ref>

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