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| vesselname   = Ai Di
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| type         = [[WarShip]]
| class        = [[Essex I]]
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| serviceuntil = [[2787]] (destroyed)<ref name="FSWp56">''First Succession War'', p. 56: "Corey and Wazan"</ref>
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The CCS '''''Ai Di''''' was an ''[[Essex I]]''-class destroyer in service with the [[Capellan Confederation Armed Forces]] during the [[First Succession War]].

==History==
In September [[2787]], the ''[[Congress]]''-class [[frigate]] [[Tianjin (Individual Congress-class WarShip)|CCS ''Tianjin'']] led a group of Capellan [[WarShip]]s including the ''Ai Di'' in an ambush against [[Free Worlds League]] forces in the [[Corey]] system, striking as the [[Marik Militia]] forces on the planet were in the process of redeploying to attack worlds within the [[Capellan Confederation]]. Striking first at the transport vessels located at the zenith and nadir [[jump point]]s, the ''Tianjin'' and the other ships of her group—four ''Essex''-class [[destroyer]]s including the ''Ai Di'' and four ''[[Vincent (WarShip class)|Vincent]]''-class corvettes—destroyed or captured a number of ships as the [[Free Worlds League Navy]] ships in orbit above the planet began in-system jumps in response.<ref name="FSWp56"/>

The League WarShips—the ancient ''[[Vigilant]]''-class corvette [[FWLS Samhain|FWLS ''Samhain'']], the ''[[League (WarShip class)|League II]]''-class destroyers [[Oràn|FWLS ''Oràn'']] and ''[[Ocuri]]'', and the ''[[Atreus (WarShip class)|Atreus]]''-class [[battleship]] [[Agrippa|FWLS ''Agrippa'']]—were destroyed by the ''Ai Di'' and the other Capellan WarShips, but not before the ''Ai Di'' and the ''Vincent''-class [[Vladislav|CCS ''Vladislav'']] had been destroyed.<ref name="FSWp56"/>

==Notes==
As the Capellan Confederation manufactured large quantities of the ''Essex I'' class destroyer, but could only have acquired the more modern ''Essex II'' via salvage or defection from the [[SLDF]], the ''Ai Di'' was most likely an ''Essex I''-class WarShip, and has been categorised accordingly.<ref name="FR2765:Pp30+">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', pp. 30–31: "Essex I (Destroyer)"</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Field Report 2765: Periphery]]''
* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''

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[[Category: Individual Destroyers]]
[[Category: Individual Essex I-class WarShips]]