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| name = Vishu Folkner
| birthdate = [[3001]] or [[3002]]<ref name="FM:CCp95">''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 95: "Naval Assets"</ref>
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| affiliation = [[Clan Jade Falcon]]
| rank = [[Star Admiral]]
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| profession = [[Aerospace]] pilot<br>[[WarShip]] officer
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Star Admiral '''Vishu Folkner''' commanded the [[Jade Falcon Naval Reserve]] from [[3052]] to at least [[3067]].<ref name=CJFSBp55>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 55: "Jade Falcon Naval Reserve"</ref><ref name=FW>''The Falcon and the Wolf'', p. 49</ref><ref name=FMCC99>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 99: "Turkina Keshik - Officers"</ref><ref name=FMU>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 72: "Command Assets"</ref>

==History==
===Aerospace Fighter Pilot===
Vishu was born in the Jade Falcon's [[Omega 5]] orbital ''[[sibko]]'', which produced many of that [[Clan]]s best [[aerospace fighter]] pilots and [[WarShip]] officers. His early career was spent in aerospace fighters, where he was reputed to be one of the Falcon's greatest aces, being credited with more than ninety kills.

He earned his [[Folkner (Bloodname)|Folkner]] [[Bloodname]] at age twenty-eight, when he won a [[Trial of Bloodright]], which he entered via being victorious in the [[Grand Melee]].<ref name=CJFSBp55></ref>

In [[3035]], Vishu was noted as suggesting ''[[Comitatus]]''-class fighter carriers should be modified by adding additional fighter bays, in order to improve its ability to defend [[Jump Point]]s. While many senior officers were skeptical, the idea was supported by then-[[SaKhan|saKhan]] [[Elias Crichell]], and the first ships so revised successfully entered service in [[3036]].<ref>''Technical Readout: 3057 (Revised)'', p. 114: "Comitatus"</ref>

Before rising to command the [[Clan Jade Falcon Naval Forces|Jade Falcon Naval Reserve]], Vishnu Folkner served in [[Turkina Keshik]].<ref name=FMCC99></ref>

===WarShip Officer===
Following these successes, Vishu was assigned to WarShip training and took command of a troop transport named ''[[Turkina's Eyrie (Individual JumpShip)|Turkina's Eyrie]]'', after the [[Malthus (Bloodname)|Malthus Bloodname]]'s fall from grace during the [[Clan Invasion]].

By the [[Truce of Tukayyid]], in [[3052]], Vishu had risen to assume command the [[Jade Falcon Naval Reserve]].<ref name=CJFSBp55></ref> While assignment to the Naval Reserve was not held in high regard, Vishu did his best to improve morale, including by rotating troops between rear-echelon and front line duties for his crews and encouraging raids against [[Clan Wolf]], [[Clan Steel Viper]] and the [[Lyran Alliance]].<ref name=FMCC99></ref> He believed the Inner Sphere would not lag in deploying WarShips for long , and kept crews in top fighting form.<ref name="FM:CCp95"/> Vishu retained command of the Naval Reserve during the [[Refusal War]] and was still in command as of 3067.<ref name=FMU></ref>

As Star Admiral, Vishu generally was generally patient and bided his time before striking his enemies.<ref name=FMCC99></ref>

==Vehicle==
Vishu's initially piloted an ''[[Avar]]'' light [[OmniFighter]]. As a [[JumpShip]] officer, he captained the ''Turkina's Eyrie'', before taking the ''[[Congress]]''-class frigate CJF ''[[Green Lantern]]'' as his flagship once promoted to Star Admiral.<ref name=CJFSBp55/>

==Philosophical and/or political views==
Vishu was a [[Crusader Clans|Crusader]], who rejected the Truce of Tukayyid in principle and hoped to be part of a resumed invasion of the [[Inner Sphere]] once his Clan had recovered from its losses.<ref name=CJFSBp55/> A contemporary of Khan [[Marthe Pryde]], he shared many of her views, though he did object to her decision to return two [[Star]]s of [[Clan Snow Raven]] WarShips back to their owners.<ref name=FMCC99></ref>

==Notes==
Vishu Folkner's name is sometimes spelled "Vish'''n'''u Folkner."

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[The Falcon and the Wolf]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Crusader Clans]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
* ''[[Jade Falcon Sourcebook]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3057 Revised]]''

[[Category: Clan Jade Falcon Characters|Folkner, Vishu]]

Vishu Folkner - Revision history

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