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'''Gustav Sharae''' was the commanding officer of the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] task force sent to capture [[Finmark]]'s orbital shipyards in [[2792]].<ref name=FSWp68/>

==History==
During the [[First Succession War]], amidst the loss of so much of the [[Inner Sphere]]'s industrial infrastructure, [[Kommodore]] Sharae was dispatched with a naval task force to claim the former [[Rim Worlds Republic]] shipyards in orbit around Finmark in 2792. Sharae's force quickly eliminated resistance at the planet's [[Zenith jump point|zenith jump point]] before making contact with the new [[Finmark Free Republic]]. After two days of negotiating with the less-than-enthusiastic planetary leaders, Sharae's marine contingent, two [[Leopard CV]] [[DropShips]], and the [[Vincent (WarShip class)|Vincent-class]] destroyers LCS ''[[Ulm (Individual Vincent-class WarShip)|Ulm]]'' and LCS ''[[Potsdam]]'' moved in to secure the shipyard facilities. While Sharae expected some kind of trap, hence the deployment of two WarShips to escort what was meant to be a bloodless boarding action, he and his task force were completely unprepared when the Free Republic detonated a nuclear device inside the shipyard itself.<ref name=FSWp68/>

Instantly losing the marines and DropShips, with the ''Potsdam'' left disabled and the ''Ulm'' unresponsive to hails, Sharae's fleet soon came under aerospace and strategic nuclear attack from Finmark itself. While emergency evasive maneuvers saved those vessels that hadn't been sent to secure the shipyard, both the ''Potsdam'' and ''Ulm'' were obliterated in this follow-up attack. With no strategically-valuable assets left in the system, an enraged Sharae ordered his fleet to saturate Finmark with their own nuclear weapons, ignoring any pleas for mercy and leaving the world fatally wounded.<ref name=FSWp68/>

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

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