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==History==
The '''''Bismarck''''' was an ''[[Atreus (WarShip class)|Atreus]]'' [[battleship]] in service with the [[Free Worlds League Navy]]. The ''Bismarck'' was one of an increasingly small number of ''Atreus''-class [[WarShip]]s to remain in service as the [[First Succession War]] progressed, and in late [[2805]] was the lead ship of a five-WarShip [[squadron]] dispatched to assist [[Oriente]] during the third and final attempt by the [[Capellan Confederation Armed Forces]] to invade and capture the planet. With the bulk of the planetary defenses destroyed or damaged during the first two invasions, the [[CCAF]] task force—escorted by every WarShip the CCAF could assemble quickly—comprised a total of four ''[[Vincent]]''-class corvettes, two ''[[Essex I|Essex]]''-class destroyers and the damaged ''[[Du Shi Wang]]''-class battleship [[Duncan Liao (Individual Du Shi Wang-class WarShip)|CCS ''Duncan Liao'']].<ref name="FSWp85">''First Succession War'', p. 85: "Objective Oriente - Strike Three and Out"</ref>

Arriving at the Oriente zenith [[jump point]], the ''Bismarck's'' task force attacked the Capellan [[JumpShip]]s there, capturing two and destroying the remainder within twenty minutes of their arrival. The ''Bismarck'' then dispatched two ''[[League (WarShip class)|League]]''-class destroyers to escort the [[Free Worlds League Military]] ground forces on their approach to Oriente, before moving to intercept the Capellan WarShips, flanked by the other two ships from her squadron - the ''[[Soyal]]''-class [[cruiser|heavy cruisers]] [[Karka|FWLS ''Karka'']] and [[Makara|FWLS ''Makara'']]. The three WarShips made an in-system jump to a pirate point between Oriente and its two moons, surprising the Capellan WarShips; as the ''Bismarck'' moved swiftly to engage the ''Duncan Liao'', the ''Karka'' and ''Makara'' began making long-range attacks against the Capellan ships, while all three WarShips launched their [[aerospace fighter]]s.<ref name="FSWp85"/>

The resulting naval engagement lasted thirty minutes; the Capellan forces enjoyed a numerical advantage, but the League ships were in much better condition and had the advantage in terms of number of fighters. The ''Duncan Liao'' was destroyed, with her shattered remains left to fall into Oriente's gravity well; one of the ''Essex''-class destroyers had surrendered, while the other Capellan WarShips had all been destroyed, and only a single squadron of Capellan aerospace fighters managed to make it to the surface of Oriente to join the ground forces. The Capellan forces had managed to destroy the ''Makara'' and a third of the League aerospace fighters, as well as crippling the ''Bismarck's'' K-F drive, but the League now had control of Oriente's orbital space, leaving the ground troops free to break the siege.<ref name="FSWp85"/>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''

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