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In January [[3073]], forces from [[Clan Coyote]] allied with the Society launched an invasion of the system. The system defenses consisted of an [[SDS]] network and the ''Samarkand''-class CDS ''Deal Breaker''. The Coyote forces were escorted by at least four WarShips, the ''[[Cameron (WarShip class)|Cameron]]''-class battlecruiser [[Blood of the Coyote|CCS ''Blood of the Coyote'']], the ''[[Lola III]]''-class destroyers [[Courage (Individual Lola III-class WarShip)|CCS ''Courage'']] and [[Honor of Ages|CCS ''Honor of Ages'']], the ''[[Essex]]''-class destroyer [[Windrunner|CCS ''Windrunner'']] and the ''[[York (WarShip class)|York]]''-class destroyer [[Broken Sea|CCS ''Broken Sea'']]. The ''Deal Breaker'' gutted the ''Honor of Ages'' and the Diamond Shark SDS managed to disable or destroy the ''Broken Sea'' and the ''Courage'', but the ''Deal Breaker'' couldn't stand up to the ''Blood of the Coyote'' and was destroyed, while a network virus transmitted to Vinton disabled the SDS network.<ref name="WoRp130"/>
 
In January [[3073]], forces from [[Clan Coyote]] allied with the Society launched an invasion of the system. The system defenses consisted of an [[SDS]] network and the ''Samarkand''-class CDS ''Deal Breaker''. The Coyote forces were escorted by at least four WarShips, the ''[[Cameron (WarShip class)|Cameron]]''-class battlecruiser [[Blood of the Coyote|CCS ''Blood of the Coyote'']], the ''[[Lola III]]''-class destroyers [[Courage (Individual Lola III-class WarShip)|CCS ''Courage'']] and [[Honor of Ages|CCS ''Honor of Ages'']], the ''[[Essex]]''-class destroyer [[Windrunner|CCS ''Windrunner'']] and the ''[[York (WarShip class)|York]]''-class destroyer [[Broken Sea|CCS ''Broken Sea'']]. The ''Deal Breaker'' gutted the ''Honor of Ages'' and the Diamond Shark SDS managed to disable or destroy the ''Broken Sea'' and the ''Courage'', but the ''Deal Breaker'' couldn't stand up to the ''Blood of the Coyote'' and was destroyed, while a network virus transmitted to Vinton disabled the SDS network.<ref name="WoRp130"/>
  
Vinton was the last Diamond Shark stronghold in the Homeworlds; the last elements of the [[Clan Diamond Shark Touman|Diamond Shark ''touman'']] to be found in the Homeworlds were at Vinton and nominally consisted of the [[11th Strike (Clan Diamond Shark|Eleventh Strike Cluster]]. However, prior to the departure of the last convoy from Vinton, the Diamond Shark [[Loremaster]], [[Semi Kalasa]], authorized the buildup and equipping of additional defending forces on Vinton by allowing those [[Trueborn|trueborns]] who had tested out of the warrior caste the opportunity to retest, and opened the last two warehouse complexes belonging to the merchant caste on the planet to equip those who passed. To retest successfully, an applicant had to defeat a member of the Eleventh in a wrestling match; given the substantial trueborn population on Vinton - which had a population of some seven million people of various castes - more than ten [[Cluster]]s of new forces had been mustered, more than the merchant caste stocks on the planet could equip. The merchant caste responded to the need to equip the newly formed Vinton Defense Clusters by increasing the production of ''[[Grendel]]'', ''[[Mad Cat II]]'' and ''[[Piranha]]'' [[BattleMech]]s from the factories on Vinton, and overall command of the defending forces fell to [[Galaxy Commander]] [[Trevor Rodriguez]].<ref name="WoRp130"/>
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Vinton was the last Diamond Shark stronghold in the Homeworlds; the last elements of the Diamond Shark ''[[touman]]'' to be found in the Homeworlds were at Vinton and nominally consisted of the [[11th Strike (Clan Diamond Shark|Eleventh Strike Cluster]]. However, prior to the departure of the last convoy from Vinton, the Diamond Shark [[Loremaster]], [[Semi Kalasa]], authorized the buildup and equipping of additional defending forces on Vinton by allowing those [[Trueborn|trueborns]] who had tested out of the warrior caste the opportunity to retest, and opened the last two warehouse complexes belonging to the merchant caste on the planet to equip those who passed. To retest successfully, an applicant had to defeat a member of the Eleventh in a wrestling match; given the substantial trueborn population on Vinton - which had a population of some seven million people of various castes - more than ten [[Cluster]]s of new forces had been mustered, more than the merchant caste stocks on the planet could equip. The merchant caste responded to the need to equip the newly formed Vinton Defense Clusters by increasing the production of ''[[Grendel]]'', ''[[Mad Cat II]]'' and ''[[Piranha]]'' [[BattleMech]]s from the factories on Vinton, and overall command of the defending forces fell to [[Galaxy Commander]] [[Trevor Rodriguez]].<ref name="WoRp130"/>
  
 
The Clan Coyote forces were commanded by [[saKhan]] [[Raven Clearwater]] and consisted of the Coyote [[Delta Galaxy (Clan Coyote)|Delta]]. [[Epsilon Galaxy (Clan Coyote)|Epsilon]] and [[Rho Galaxy (Clan Coyote)|Rho]] Galaxies, accompanied by upwards of three Clusters of Society military forces. The initial Clan Coyote landings secured beachheads on Aquatine Island and near an empty former Star League Defense Force cache designated SLB-28. Galaxy Commander Rodriguez responded immediately by dispatching the [[1st Vinton Defense (Clan Diamond Shark)|First]] and [[4th Vinton Defense (Clan Diamond Shark)|Fourth Vinton Defense Cluster]]s from their base on Ophilia Island to attack the beachhead at Aquatine Island, which was located close to Ophilia Island. The First and Fourth VDCs made the journey between the two islands underwater and engaged the Coyote forces, taking them by surprise and allowing the Attack Squadron from the Fifteenth Strike Cluster to strafe the Coyote DropShips.<ref name="WoRp130"/>
 
The Clan Coyote forces were commanded by [[saKhan]] [[Raven Clearwater]] and consisted of the Coyote [[Delta Galaxy (Clan Coyote)|Delta]]. [[Epsilon Galaxy (Clan Coyote)|Epsilon]] and [[Rho Galaxy (Clan Coyote)|Rho]] Galaxies, accompanied by upwards of three Clusters of Society military forces. The initial Clan Coyote landings secured beachheads on Aquatine Island and near an empty former Star League Defense Force cache designated SLB-28. Galaxy Commander Rodriguez responded immediately by dispatching the [[1st Vinton Defense (Clan Diamond Shark)|First]] and [[4th Vinton Defense (Clan Diamond Shark)|Fourth Vinton Defense Cluster]]s from their base on Ophilia Island to attack the beachhead at Aquatine Island, which was located close to Ophilia Island. The First and Fourth VDCs made the journey between the two islands underwater and engaged the Coyote forces, taking them by surprise and allowing the Attack Squadron from the Fifteenth Strike Cluster to strafe the Coyote DropShips.<ref name="WoRp130"/>

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