KC Midzha (No.27)
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KC Midzha
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| Midzha Sailing alongside Blokha in 2139 | |||||
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| Builder | Klensagradina Stahlduga | ||||
| Laid Down | 2133 | ||||
| Launched | 2134 | ||||
| Commissioned | 2134 | ||||
 Sahren Navy |
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| Name | SN Midzha (No.27) | ||||
 Klensagrad Commune |
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| Name | KC Midzha (No.27) | ||||
| Aquired | (month) 2145 | ||||
| Homeport | Klensagrad | ||||
| Status | Sunk as of 2146 | ||||
The KC Midzha (No.27) (Midge) was a Blokha class destroyer of the Sahren Navy and later Klensagradite People's Liberation Front.
Design and Construction
SN Midzha was laid down two years after her sister Blokha due to funding and equipment delivery delays. Construction was fast once it began and she was launched in early 2129. Similarly to her sister ships Midzha showed significant differences in design, being around 8 metres shorter but an additional 3 knots faster while being more stable. These charactaristics made it the most capable Blokha class ever produced.
Operational history
First Sortie
Midzha was rushed out of trials for the War of the Egercias and the impending recapture of Klensthail, now known as Klensagrad. She performed convoy escort duties alongside Blokha to keep the Sahren portion of the city supplied along with several shore bombardment operations in assistance with the royal armed forces. During these she suffered minor damage by shelling which was swifty repaired.
Burr War & post war years
Midzha ran convoy escort and anti-insurgency duty during the Burr war and was consequently far from home when the Pozhar Revolts began. She was ordered to continue the mission rather than returning, thus never firing a shot during the revolt.
After the war the Sahren Navy's leadership was paralyzed due to internal instability, leading Midzha to sit in her homeport of Klensagrad until the Civil war in 2144.
Sahren Civil War
Post war
The wreck continued to sit offshore on its side for another 8 years untouched. It attracted attention of contemporary writers, most notably inspiring the last paragraph of Rory-kæ Abzalev's 2148 semi-autobiographical novel Withering of a Cynaz
| “ | I never wrote to Akoren again. My only comrade was that silent monolith of Chevspendic steel, a fragment of her spirit still buried deep within faded away slowly just as everything I knew and cared for did the same. Every day Midzha sank deeper into the ancient sands, along with the last glittery delusions of youth and royalty. And yet I was still alive, breathing and eating nothing in this nothing-place of shattered peculiarities, surrealisms, and other varieties. | ” |
| —Rory-kæ Abzalev | ||
In 2156 Midzha was ordered to be removed for the construction of the Klensagrad Isles. Adaman Steel won the contract and began salvage work shortly after.
Trócære Rioga
The gaps in the hull plating were patched over and the water pumped out, and Midzha was towwed into the Stahlduga for further breakage. Upon inspection the damage was found to be relatively minimal and everything below the waterline was in unusually good condition, likely caused by the burial. Much of this was processed and repurposed for the construction of the river cargo ship Trócære Rioga (Royal Mercy)