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==History==
The '''''Exeter''''' was an ''[[Intruder]]''-class [[DropShip]] owned and operated until at least [[3067]] by the mercenary unit known as [[The Medusans]]. The ''Exeter'' and her sister ship, the ''[[Ambuscade]]'', formed the Second Division of Hydra Assault Squadron, serving under the commanding officer of the Second Division, [[Captain]] [[Isabella Parry]].<ref name="MSIIp50">''Mercenaries Supplemental II'', p. 50: "Hydra Assault Squadron: Many Heads Make Light Work"</ref>

When the Medusans attempted to defend [[New Syrtis]] from a [[Capellan Confederation|Capellan]] strike force in [[3069]], the ''Exeter'' was one of the ships involved in launching a deep space ambush against the Capellans. While the Medusans managed to destroy a ''[[Leopard]]'' and a ''[[Triumph]]'' and damaged a number of other Capellan DropShips, the mercenaries took damage in turn from the Capellan forces led by the ''[[Impavido]]'' class [[WarShip]] [[Zhejiang|CCS ''Zhejiang'']], which was escorting the strike force. ''Exeter'' took significant amounts of damage during the combat, with her drives in particular requiring repairs that only a fully operational shipyard would be able to repair; while the damage was repairable, the damage inflicted on shipyards throughout the [[Inner Sphere]] by the [[Word of Blake]] as the [[Jihad]] escalated meant that the ''Exeter'' was still waiting for those repairs at the end of [[3071]].<ref name="MSUp90">''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 90: "Medusans"</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental II]]''
* ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental Update]]''

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