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'''Terence Moffat''' was a naval officer in the [[Clan Steel Viper Touman|Clan Steel Viper ''touman'']] during the mid-[[thirty-first century]].

== History ==
From at least [[3058]]<ref name=ICp92>''Invading Clans'', p. 92</ref> to [[3067]] Terence Moffat was a [[Star Commodore]] and the commanding officer of [[Clan_Steel_Viper_Touman#Naval_Assets|Clan Steel Viper's Naval Reserve]].<ref name=FMU79>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 79: Clan Steel Viper TO&E</ref> He commanded from the ''[[Congress]]''-class Frigate ''[[Snake Leader]]'' in 3058.<ref name=ICp92/>

During the [[Wars of Reaving]] Moffat held command of a joint Steel Viper and [[Clan Star Adder|Star Adder]] naval task force dispatched to intercept a large [[Clan Snow Raven|Snow Raven]] convoy leaving the [[Clan Homeworlds]] for the [[Outworlds Alliance]]. Anticipating that the Ravens would visit [[Ghent]] ''en route'', Moffat led his fleet to that system and jumped in on July 29, [[3072]], with the Viper elements of his force. Addressing the assembled Raven convoy, Moffat declared a [[Trial of Possession]] for the entire Raven fleet, bidding all of his forces - including (unbeknownst to the Ravens) the Adder naval Star that awaited his signal to join in.<ref name=WORp102>''The Wars of Reaving'', pp. 102, 104: "Raven's Dirge"</ref>

His opponent, [[Star Admiral]] Anta McKenna, accepted his bid and likewise included all of her forces in the coming Trial. The Viper battleship CSV ''[[Perigard Zalman (Individual Leviathan-class WarShip)|Perigard Zalman]]'' soon dominated the engagement zone, destroying any Raven or [[Clan Diamond Shark|Diamond Shark]] [[DropShip|DropShips]] and [[JumpShip|JumpShips]] within range of its batteries. After pelting the ''Perigard Zalman'' from long range and crippling the CSV ''[[Serpentes]]'', the Ravens mounted an assault on the ''Zalman'', intending to finish her off, only for the rest of Moffat's plan to unfold: the Star Adders then jumped in and aided the Vipers in crushing the Raven fleet. With this victory, Moffat had captured fifty JumpShips and almost eighty cargo DropShips in addition to the hulks of the defeated Raven WarShips.<ref name=WORp102/>

Two and a half years later Moffat participated in Clan Steel Viper's assault against [[The Society|the Society's]] stronghold on [[Tamaron]]. In early December [[3074]] he oversaw the approach to the planet, using the ''Zalman's'' firepower to blast a path through the [[Clan Coyote|Coyote]] naval defenses and [[Space Defense System|SDS]] network. But as [[ilKhan]] [[Brett Andrews]] and the Viper DropShips began their landing, the CCS ''[[Ancestral Home]]'' tore the ''Perigard Zalman'' in half by detonating its [[Kearny-Fuchida Drive|K-F drive]].<ref name=WORp142>''The Wars of Reaving'', pp. 142–143: "Viper's Venom"</ref>

==Notes==
Terence Moffat's name is sometimes misspelled as "Ter'''r'''ence Moffat."<ref name=FMU79/>

== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
* ''[[Invading Clans (sourcebook)]]''
* ''[[The Wars of Reaving (sourcebook)|The Wars of Reaving]]''


[[Category: Clan Steel Viper Characters|Moffat, Terence]]