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| type = [[WarShip]]
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| serviceuntil = [[2838]] (destroyed)
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The '''''CCS Khalzan''''' was an [[Essex|''Essex''-class]] [[destroyer]] in service with the [[Capellan Confederation Navy]] during the [[First Succession War]].

==History==
In September [[2787]], the ''Khalzan'' was one group of Capellan [[WarShip]]s that mounted an ambush against [[Free Worlds League]] forces in the [[Wazan]] system, striking as the [[Marik Militia]] forces on the planet were in the process of redeploying to attack worlds within the [[Capellan Confederation]]. Striking first at the transport vessels located at the zenith and nadir [[jump point]]s, the ''Khalzan'' and the other ships of her group—two ''Essex'' and two ''Lola III''s led by the ''[[Black Lion]]''-class [[battlecruiser]] [[Zulfiqar|CCS ''Zulfiqar'']]—destroyed or captured a number of ships as the [[Free Worlds League Navy]] ships in orbit above the planet began in-system jumps in response.<ref name="FSWp56">''First Succession War'', p. 56: "Corey and Wazan"</ref>

The League WarShips—the [[battleship]] [[FWLS Ragusa|FWLS ''Ragusa'']] and a pair of ''[[Lola I]]''-class destroyers, the [[Minsck|FWLS ''Minsck'']] and [[Warsaw (Individual Lola I-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Warsaw'']]—were destroyed by the ''Khalzan'' and the other Capellan WarShips, but not before the ''Khalzan'' had taken enough damage to cause her to be scuttled.<ref name="FSWp56"/>

Salvaged and repaired sometime later, the ''Khalzan'' was still crewed in October [[2838]] when it participated in an assault on [[Andurien]].

In [[2838]], the battles for Andurien's jump points were bloody with Marik's fixed defenses exacting a high price from the invaders before the installations could be silenced. More than forty [[aerospace fighter]]s as well as six assault DropShips perished in the operation, though losses among troop transports were minimal. The CCS ''Khalzan'' and the CCS [[Chengdu (Individual WarShip)|Chengdu]] participated in the fight, with the CCS ''Khalzan'' taking moderate damage, that forced it to undergo repairs at the zenith point while the main flotilla headed in-system.

The arrival of the [[Atreus (WarShip class)|Atreus]]-class battleship FWLS ''[[Majestic (Individual Atreus-class WarShip)|Majestic]]'', the [[Soyal]]-class heavy cruiser FWLS ''[[Kumbha]]'', and their DropShip escorts threw the operation into disarray. A vicious naval battle erupted in low orbit and destroyed almost a fifth of the Liao forces with the remainder surviving by heading for the planet during the confusing melee.

The CCS ''Khalzan'' and the CCS ''Chengdu'' perished in the clash, as did the FWLS ''Majestic''. The wreckage of the vessels became a navigation hazard for vessels bound to and from Andurien, finally reentering the atmosphere and burning up in [[2843]].<ref name="SSWp50-51">''Second Succession War'', pp. 50–51: "The Battles for Andurien"</ref>

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

[[Category: Individual WarShips]]
[[Category: Individual Destroyers]]
[[Category:Individual Essex-class WarShips]]

Khalzan (Individual Essex-class WarShip) - Revision history

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