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| vesselname = Kumbha
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| type = [[WarShip]]
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==History==
The '''FWLS ''Kumbha''''' was a member of the ''[[Soyal]]''-class of Heavy Cruisers constructed by the [[Delhi WarShips]].<ref>''Field Report 2765: CCAF'', p. 21: "Soyal (Heavy Cruiser)" - Who constructed the ''Soyal''-class for the Free Worlds League.</ref> The ship was among the very few of the ''Soyal''-Class which were ordered by the [[Free Worlds League]]. The ''Kumbha'' and its sister ships were ordered by the League's navy due in part to the Confederation initially placing an order for its sister ships of the Class and its feared [[Medium Mass Driver|Mass Driver]].

===First Succession War===
The ship saw only limited but intense use during the opening years of the [[First Succession War]]. During the League's offensive against the Capellan Confederation, the ''Kumbha'' was part of a League Naval Task force trying to provide support for captured worlds. The ship was assigned to escort the League's only ''[[Samarkand (WarShip class)|Samarkand]]''-class aerospace carrier, [[Chronos (Individual Samarkand II-class WarShip)|''Chronos'']], with its sister ship, the ''[[Mithuna]]'', in [[2788]].

The flotilla which the ''Kumbha'' had been assigned to, was tasked to act as a retribution force, getting revenge for the Confederation's slaughter at [[New Delos]] in April 2788. During that year the ship was part of the bombardment of many of the Capellan worlds such as [[Corey]], [[Wazan]], and [[Ingersoll]]. At Ingersoll, the ship along with its flotilla mates devastated the world's resort cities with nuclear weaponry.<ref name="FSWpp54-55">''First Succession War'', pp. 57–58: The New Delos Massacre/Fallout - "Kumbha's known naval actions during the First Succession War.</ref>

===Second Succession War===
The ship would be among the last active members of the Free Worlds League Navy's WarShip Fleet. The ship's most notable action during the war was in defense of the district capital of [[Andurien]] in October [[2838]]. The ''Kumbha'' would assist in destroying the Liao invasion force who assumed the League's defenses had been weakened during the [[ComStar War]] from the previous year. In the orbital battle the ensued, the ship helped to destroy a fifth of the Liao invasion force, prior to them making planetfall.<ref name="SSWp50-51">''Second Succession War'', pp. 50–51: "The Battles for the Andurien"- The ''Kumbha'''s only known action during the war.</ref>

Eventually the ship would be lost along with its other sister ships during the early Succession Wars. This was partially due to its design flaws making it vulnerable to being destroyed due to limited weaponry layout, especially in the aft quarters of the ship.<ref>''Field Report 2765: CCAF'', pp. 21–22: "Ship article notes the demise of all ''Soyal'' ships due to the design flaws.''</ref>

==Notes==
* As of this writing, there is limited information regarding other actions of the ''Kumbha''. The article on the ''Soyal''-class notes that all the ships that were built were lost during the Succession Wars due to its design weaknesses. ''Soyal'''s status being active during the Second Succession War leads to its destruction during that conflict. The ''Kumbha'''s final battle was never detailed in the two Historical: books published about the Succession Wars.

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Field Report 2765: CCAF]]''
* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''
* ''[[Second Succession War (sourcebook)|Second Succession War]]''

[[Category: Individual WarShips]]
[[Category: Individual Heavy Cruisers]]
[[Category: Individual Soyal-class WarShips]]

Kumbha (Individual Soyal-class WarShip) - Revision history

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