https://battleint.net/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Broadsword_%28Individual_Union-C-class_DropShip%29Broadsword (Individual Union-C-class DropShip) - Revision history2026-10-28T09:58:10ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.44.0https://battleint.net/index.php?title=Broadsword_(Individual_Union-C-class_DropShip)&diff=49823&oldid=previmported>Csdavis715: full infobox, disambig note2023-10-25T06:47:50Z<p>full infobox, disambig note</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{otheruses|the Clan DropShip|other uses|Broadsword (disambiguation)}}<br />
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==History==<br />
The '''''Broadsword''''' was a ''[[Union-C]]''-class [[DropShip]] operated by [[Clan Nova Cat]]. It took part in the [[Battle of Luthien (3052)|Battle of Luthien]] during the [[Clan Invasion]]. Grounded at the Nova Cats' Secondary Landing Zone west of the Tairakana plains on [[Luthien]], it was boarded by a [[Draconis Elite Strike Team]] around 1400 hours on 5 January [[3052]] ("Operation BLACK THUNDER") as the fighting in Kado-guchi valley wound down. The boarders captured the vessel after a short firefight and flew it to the main military spaceport southeast of Imperial City under [[aerospace fighter]] cover.<ref>''Luthien'', p. 58</ref> Its further fate is unknown.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
* When the ''Luthien'' scenario pack was published in 1993, the Clans' ''Union-C''-class was not yet introduced to BattleTech; it was only introduced in ''[[Technical Readout: 3057]]'' which was published in 1994, i.e. a year later. An official ruling thus states that Clan ''Union''-class DropShips mentioned in earlier sources including namely the ''Luthien'' scenario pack can be assumed to have been ''Union-C''-class instead.<br />That said, it is entirely possible that the Clans captured regular ''Union''-class vessels of Inner Sphere origin during their conquest, and that they deployed such captured vessels in the Battle of Luthien.<br />
* The capture of the ''Broadsword'' is one of the playable scenarios in the ''Luthien'' scenario pack under ''[[MechWarrior, Second Edition]]'' rules. Detailed deck plans of the ''Broadsword'' are provided on p. 59, but their scale and accuracy is questionable. Notably, they seem to suggest that each of the twelve 'Mech bays aboard the ship can hold up to six individual 'Mechs, with three to five 'Mech symbols placed in each bay.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
* ''[[Luthien (scenario pack)|Luthien]]''<br />
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