24 May 3068
Detroit
Duke Scott Mitchell looked at all the assembled officers gathers inside of the large assembly building they had appropriated for this meeting. Two full Cluster from Clan Ghost Bears Zeta Galaxy was securing the building and immediate area. Gathered inside was the collective Regimental and above commanders from Duke Mitchell's Task Force and the newly arrived SLDF commands. Gathered inside were:
Duke Scott Mitchell - Commander of the Allied Task Force
General Maeve Wolf- Wolf's Dragoon's
Colonel Shelly Brubaker- Wolf's Dragoon's Delta Regiment
Colonel J. Elliot Jamison- Wolf's Dragoon's Zeta Battalion
Colonel Kelly Yukinov- Wolf's Dragoon's Alpha Regiment
Fleet Colonel Janice Colbaine- Wolf's Dragoon's
Leftenant General Honos- 2nd Mackolla Armored Grenadiers RCT
Leftenant General Myles Tutuola- 4th Mackolla Armored Grenadiers RCT
Galaxy Commander Gambrel Helmer - 1st MDF Galaxy
Galaxy Commander Bill Leroux- 2nd MDF Galaxy
Galaxy Commander Elianna Deleportis- Xi Galaxy Clan Nova Cat
Galaxy Commander Jocelyn Vong- Zeta Galaxy Clan Ghost Bear
Marshal Thomas Daly- 6th Davion Guards RCT
Colonel Walter Scully- 1st Argyle Lancers
Rear Admiral Brian Gellhar- 2nd Battle Squadron, 4th AFFC Fleet
Rear Admiral Helen Masey- 1st Transport Squadron, 4th AFFC Fleet
Fleet Admiral Brenda Newberry- MDF Fleet Commander
Admiral Stacey Hamilton - MDF Home Squadron Commander
General Cynthia Byrd - 10th SLDF Army Commander
Major General Dionisie Benes - 302nd SLDF Division Commander
Major General Vonda Heffington - 303rd SLDF Division Commander
Major General Svetlana Kolesnikova - 304th SLDF Division Commander
Admiral John Nelson - Commander 1st Pursuit Squadron, SLDF 1st Fleet
Admiral Tricia Yancy - Commander 1st Reconnaissance Squadron, SLDF 1st Fleet
Admiral Mikail Dubrovich - Commander 1st Transport Squadron, SLDF 1st Fleet
Along with these upper commanders were all of the Regimental Commanders of all the RCT's, Cluster Commanders and SLDF Regimental Commanders along with all Warship Captains.
Duke Scott Mitchell climbed onto the raised platform and opened the small binder he carried. "Thank you for coming everyone. I have called this meeting to discuss an opportunity, but a dangerous opportunity. Just over a month ago, I received a communication from Archon Prince Victor Steiner Davion and have been wrestling with it ever since. But now, after discussing things with General Byrd, I think it is something that we need to decide.
Alphard has been retaken by elements from Clan Wolf in Exile, Clan Nova Cat and SLDF forces. It also just so happens to lie roughly 8 jumps from Gibson, home of the Word of Blake. This would be a deep penetration strike into the heart of the Free Worlds League and we would be on our own for quite a while possibly. I will not make this decision alone, we all know the Word of Blake will pull out all of the stops fighting for Gibson and this could very well be a suicide mission. Archon Prince Victor Steiner Davion has promised to conduct a massive drive to relieve us if we undertake this strike. So, I am opening the floor to discussions."
General Maeve Wolf stood first "Duke Mitchell, Wolf Dragoon's lost our home to the Word of Blake, it is only right that we take their home from them. We will accompany you willingly." As she spoke, the gathered group of Dragoon officers all nodded their heads as she spoke
Galaxy Commander Elianna Deleportis stood when General Maeve Wolf sat back down "Clan Nova Cat's Xi Galaxy goes where you go Duke Mitchell."
This went on for roughly 30 minutes as each commander agreed to make the deep strike on Gibson. Finally, Duke Scott Mitchell spoke "Thank you all. We will move to Alphard and prepare for the strike on Gibson. I will communicate this to Archon Prince Victor Steiner Davion so that he can make preparations on his end. We have a long journey to Alphard, roughly 6 months. So let us get ready for the trip. We have plenty of time to plan the actual strike, so until the 301st SLDF Division arrives here for garrison, start prepping your troops."
Tortuga Prime
Khan Santin West was back in Clan Nova Cat's capitol city after the short campaign into the Taurian Concordat. He had received communication from Galaxy Commander Drummond on the retaking of Alphard and the current situation in that region of space. He was not sure Clan Nova Cat could even move the amount of people Galaxy Commander Drummond described as wanting to migrate to Clan Nova Cat's holdings here. Over the years of being here, Clan Nova Cat had been mildly surprised that they had roughly 500,000-1mil people per year willing to live under Clan Nova Cat rule. Currently, the Tortuga Dominion population count was:
Tortuga Prime- Capitol, pop 16,283,056
New Haiti- pop 4,398,739
New Gascony- pop 5,782,199
Fletcher's Feast- pop 6,809,371
New Port Royal- pop 7,390,019
Morgan's Holdfast- pop 4,982,399
Total Population - 45,645,783
It had taken some years to break down the walls between Trueborn and Freeborn, but now things seemed to be melding quite well, though most of the Trueborn Warriors kept themselves mainly on their military reservations, but mingled easily with the lower castes and Freeborn Warriors. Now they had added Charleston, former Taurian Concordat world to their holdings with a population of 67,143,683. The Merchant Class was already looking forward to using Charleston as a trading post and to expand into the now more friendlier Taurian Concordat.
But he could not bring himself to fully abandon the people of the former Marian Hegemony that had been living under Clan Nova Cat rule for almost 4 years. He felt Clan Nova Cat owed it to those people to evacuate all those that wanted to leave. But how would Clan Nova Cat accomplish this task, that was the major question.
Cooperland
Khan Barbara Sennet looked out the large viewscreen at the planet below, Cooperland, her Clan's new Home World. She watched the seemingly non stop flow of Dropships and shuttles entering and leaving the planets atmosphere transferring people and cargo to the surface below. It had been a long journey and she was looking forward to having solid ground under her feet once more.
Galaxy Commander Stephen Faulk had outdone himself along with the initial convoy's of lower caste in preparing for the arrival of the main convoy. Huge swathes of area had been cleared and massive barracks complexes had been built for the millions of people on the way. She had been informed that Clan Nova Cat and even the Federated Commonwealth had assisted the effort to prepare for the arrival of millions. Already, a capitol city was partially constructed that they had named Shark Home.