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The FWLS '''''Ixodida''''' was one of the ''[[Zechetinu II]]''-class corvettes to be launched by the [[Free Worlds League]] between [[3059]]<ref name="FM:FWLp119">''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 119: "Renovation/Construction"</ref> and [[3067]].<ref name="FM:Up90">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 90: "Naval Assets and Militia Divisions"</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
More than half the fleet of ''Zechetinus'' in service to the League had been secretly infiltrated by personnel loyal to the [[Word of Blake]] and promptly defected to the Blakists during the [[Jihad]];<ref name="J:FRp128">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 128: "Captured Ships"</ref> the ''Ixodida'' was one such [[WarShip]].<ref name=JHS3076/> It was subsequently confirmed that the Blakists had renamed the ''Ixodida'' the WoBS '''''Dark Light''''';<ref name=JHS3076>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 33: "What to give a freedom fighter who already has everything?"</ref> serving alongside two [[Pocket WarShips]] as a task force in August [[3072]], the ''Dark Light'' appeared in the [[Markesan]] system. Whatever the Blakist plans, the three-ship task force found itself swiftly engaged by [[aerospace fighter]]s from the [[Fourth Crucis Lancers]] as it, the transports and [[JumpShip]]s the task force were escorting attempted to deploy from the L1 Lagrange point.<ref name="JHS:3072p99">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3072'', p. 99: "All For One!"</ref><br />
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As the fighters from the Crucis Lancers destroyed the two Pocket WarShips a pair of ''[[Fox (WarShip class)|Fox]]''-class corvettes, the [[Admiral Michael Saille|FSS ''Admiral Michael Saille'']] and the [[Brest (Individual Fox-class WarShip)|FSS ''Brest'']] jumped to the L1 Lagrange point from a hidden point within the Markesan system and engaged the ''Dark Light'', which had begun to regain the initiative against the Crucis Lancer forces. The Blakist transports made a hasty retreat back to their JumpShips as the two AFFS corvettes disabled and then boarded the ''Dark Light''.<ref name="JHS:3072p99"/><br />
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The identity of the ''Dark Light'' as the WarShip captured by the AFFS in the Markesan system became public in February [[3075]] when Princess-Regent [[Yvonne Steiner-Davion]] presented the ''Dark Light'' to [[Devlin Stone]], leader of the anti-Blakist allied coaltiion as a gift. The ''Dark Light'' had been renamed the FSS '''''Excalibur''''' and crewed with veteran AFFS personnel.<ref name=JHS3076>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 33: "What to give a freedom fighter who already has everything?"</ref><ref name="JHS:Tp15">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 14: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp53">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 53: "The Jihad In Review"</ref> <br />
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The ''Excalibur'' went on to play a part in [[Operation SCOUR]], the liberation of the [[Word of Blake Protectorate]], as the ISS ''Excalibur'' and was serving as a part of [[Task Force CRONUS]] in the [[Sol]] system when it was destroyed by a ''[[Dragau|Drake]]'' drone fighter; the [[Federated Suns]] [[DropShip]] [[Avalon Knight|FSDS ''Avalon Knight'']] reported that the ''Drake'' collided with the ''Excalibur'' amidships, completely penetrating the hull on both sides of the ''Excalibur''.<ref name="JHS:Tp102">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 102: "Swarms"</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
* ''[[Field Manual: Free Worlds League]]''<br />
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''<br />
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''<br />
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3072]]''<br />
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3076]]''<br />
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]''<br />
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