7 October 3068
Anywhere
Clan Ice Hellion's 78th and 150th Hellion Lancer's made landfall and quickly engaged the defending mercenary unit, Harlock's Warriors, only on planet for 6 months supported by 2 Militia Infantry Regiments. Colonel Larette Thomas, commander of Harlock's Warriors quickly found that fighting the Clan's was much different than fighting anyone else in the Inner Sphere and that her Regiment was badly under equipped to fight the Clan's due to the lack of extensive upgrades. After 7 hours of watching unit's of her command being overrun by the much swifter and dealier Hellion Mechs, she ordered her command to break contact at all costs and to go to ground where they would conduct a guerrilla campaign until relieved. Three days later, just over a Battalion of Harloc's Warriors had managed to disappear into the heavy forests.
Somerset
Clan Ice Hellion's 7th Attack Cluster and 40th Hellion Lancers made landfall and quickly found themselves embroiled in heavy fighting against the defending mercenary command, Barber's Marauder IIs. Though outnembered by the invaders, Barber's Marauder IIs took a fearful toll on the invading Hellion's. Khan Asa Taney, leading the 7th Attack Cluster finally resorted to using the Mckenna Battleship, Cage's Pride, to conduct surgical orbital fire on the defending mercenaries. Or as surgical as orbital fire could be anyway. As the mercenary Marauder's staggered from their positions after the bombardment, they came under fierce concentrated fire from the enraged Hellion's. Major Susan Barber, seeing her command down to under a company of effectives had no choice and surrendered her remaining troops. But they had savaged the 150th Hellion Lancer's which could only field just over 2 Trinary at the battle's end.
Wotan
Clan Ice Hellion's Delta Galaxy found themselves embroiled in heavy fighting against the defending Wotan TMM, rebuilt after the recapture of Wotan from Clan forces. For 3 hours the Wotan TMM managed to hold steadfast against the Hellion's until finally the 53rd Striker Irregulars managed to break the Wotan TMM's left flank defenses and poured into the commands rear area's. Leftenant General Petra Sudets tried to reform her defensive lines but her green troops just were not up to the task, not under heavy fire anyway. As her defensive lines collapsed, the Hellion's renewed their assault with even more fury and the Wotan TMM fled the field, only to be hunted down and destroyed in detail.
Golandrinas
Clan Ice Hellion's Zeta Prime Galaxy made landfall and found themselves facing 2 Armor Regiments and 3 Infantry Regiments. After 2 hours of heavy fighting, the 47th Skye Heavy Armor Regiment was finally destroyed, but they had badly hurt the 175th Attack Cluster before falling. The 192nd Loxley Hover Regiment fought a running fight against the 52nd Hector Cavaliers, which by the end of the day saw the remaining 2 company's of Hover Tanks flee the field along with part of the 1123rd Gallery Infantry.
Winfield
Clan Ice Hellion's Zeta Galaxy, upon landing, smashed into the reforming Winfield's Brigade and quickly overwhelmed the green command. After barely 3 hours fighting the defenders fled into the countryside.
Persistence
With warships escorting the Hellion invasion force, Brigadier General Edna kept all of the Aerospace fighters of her Brigade and Clan Wolf in Exile on the ground in dispersed air bases. She ordered Clan Wolf in Exile forces, now 5 Clusters strong to disperse also while the 1st MDF Garrison Brigade held the factory complex. Galaxy Commander Conner Rood and Beta Galaxy ran into the defenses of the 1st MDF Garrison Brigade and were shocked when their 1st assault was thrown back with heavy losses to the 121st Hellion Lancers, having lost 3 of their 4 Trinaries when they thought they had found a undefended gap in the defenses and rushed in only to find themselves in a deadly fire sack formed by a full Armor Regiment. As the 121st Hellion Lancers were falling back, they came under attack by hidden Clan 2nd Line Mechs of the newest MDF members, the 100th Assault Cluster which managed to destroy a full Trinary of Hellion's before being called back by Brigadier General Edna.
Galaxy Commander Conner Rood pulled his Galaxy back to refit and prepare for the next days fighting. At 3am local time, a call from the orbiting warships announced the arrival of 2 hostile warships at a pirate point and heading to engage the Hellion warships. Aboard MDF Leander, Halsey II Destroyer, Commodore Branden Yuan wished he had his other 2 Halsey II Destroyers with him at this moment, but they were still 2 jumps away and performing a dangerous hot load in their recharge operations when he made the jump to engage the enemy warships. He noted that MDF Belfast, Halsey II Destroyer was matching his manuevers as he watched the plot board and noted that the Hellion Aegis Cruisers began to break orbit and move to intercept his ships. As the oppossing forces began closing rapidly on each other, the Hellion's began launching fighters while others began leaving the atmosphere from the ground.
"Comms, make signal that we might need some more little friends. Launch fighters for CAP." Commodore Yuan ordered
On the surface, Brigadier General Edna gave the order for the combined Aerospace forces of Clan Wolf in Exile and 1st MDF Garrison Brigade to launch from their dispersal fields. Clan Wolf in Exile launched a Binary of Omni Fighters along with 2 Trinary of Aerospace fighters while the MDF launched 24 Omni Fighters and 24 Tyre Aerospace fighters. Like angry wasps, they swarmed for the heavens to inflict pain on their foes.
The sudden appearance of enemy fighters racing for orbit caused the Hellion Carrack, Maker to call out for help in a near panic. This caused confusion among the Hellion Aerospace fighters as some continued racing for the Aegis Cruisers while several Stars broke off to assist the Maker. As the MDF and WiE fighters raced for the lone Carrack, Maker, they began engaging the massively outnumbered Hellion fighters. Detailing 2 Trinary to deal with the enemy fighters, Wing Commander Brian Brussard ordered the remaining fighters to take out the Carrack. Lost among the cloud of rising Aerospace fighters, the commander of the Hellion Carrack never spotted the 4 NL-42 Battle Taxi's that launched with the fighters from the surface.
MDF Leander and MDF Belfast remained fairly close together and Commodore Yuan ordered both warships to target the closest Aegis cruiser in an attempt to knock it from the fight before the 2nd Aegis cruiser could close the distance. "Lead Aegis cruiser entering range in 37 seconds Commodore." The Weapons Officer announced.
"Steady as she goes Weps, when we have good targeting solutions, you are weapons free." Commodore Yuan said
"Enemy missiles inbound!!!" The sensor operator reported
"Steady people, these are Clanners, not Wobbies. They will be standard warheads and not nukes." Commodore Yuan said, at least I hope this Clan Ice Hellion is like the other Clans we know.
Out of the 6 White Shark's inbound, only 1 made it thru the AMS and point defenses to strike the MDF Leander. But now it was the MDF's turn to take a shot. Commodore Yuan "felt" the ship shudder as she fired 4 Heavy Naval Guass rounds at the fast approaching Aegis cruiser. Only 2 of the rounds struck the Aegis Cruiser but they ripped massive amounts of armor off the forward bays of the Taney. MDF Belfast followed the Leander with her Heavy Naval Gauss and was luckier with 3 of her 4 striking home. Two of the massive rounds slammed into the already damaged FLS of the Aegis Cruiser blasting the last of the armor from that section. The 3rd round tore a chunk from the Taney's nose section. The Captain of the Taney ordered the Aegis cruiser to rotate and present a fresh side to the oppossing warships. In another 2 minutes, his NAC's would be in range and he would teach them a lesson in naval warfare. But Commodore Yuan was not a novice, a veteran of both the Battle of Tortuga and Mackolla before being transferred to this command. "Damn Hargel!! Stuff is magic, that last volley should have vented the entire ship. Weps, next volley aim high, you know where." Commodore Yuan ordered
The next volley from both the Leander and Belfast was fired and of the 8 rounds, 2 struck the nose section while 3 rounds slammed into the fresh FRS and ripped massive sheets of armor from the warship, but the final 3 managed to impact their true target and with 2 arriving almost at the same time ripping into the armor surrounding the bridge section of the Aegis, the 3rd round arrived 4 seconds later and tore thru the remaining armor and tearing into the bridge section of the Taney. The sudden loss of control from the bridge cause the engineering section to activate their emergency protocal's and bring the ship to a halt remotely. As the MDF Leander and MDF Belfast passed the wounded Aegis Cruiser, they both launched their Marines for boarding via NL-42 Battle Taxi's. Commodore Yuan now turned his attention to the remaining Aegis Cruiser rapidly closing into firing range.
The second Aegis cruiser was advancing much faster than the first, Commordore Yuan noted, this would probably get within knife fighting range and the Aegis had a nasty broadside. He was sure he felt the ship shudder as it loosed it's first volley of Heavy Naval Guass rounds at the onrushing Aegis Cruiser. Only 2 of the 4 slammed home shredding armor on the Aegis Cruiser. MDF Belfast let loose a volley of Heavy Guass and 3 of it's 4 rounds struck home. Commodore Yuan ordered MDF Belfast to slide slightly "underneath" MDF Leander in an attempt to focus both of their broadsides on the Aegis Cruiser as it passed close off their port side. Belfast completed the move right as the Aegis made it's firing run, raking the Leander with it's powerful broadsides. MDF Leander Took the full brunt of the assault and Commodore Yuan watched the ships monitors as it relayed the damage to the bridge, all the armor was ripped with several rounds penetrating into the ship itself. Leander was holed in 3 places and damage control parties were converging on the area's. But the Aegis Cruiser did not escape unscathed, for the Leanders guns had raked the Aegis Cruiser and those hits combined with MDF Belfast's guns tore into the Aegis Cruiser. Several hits managed to penetrate into the Hellion warship, but the Hargel managed to seal the breaches. MDF Belfast started to manuever in an attempt to keep the Aegis Cruiser in it's gun sights.
The Aegis was starting a roll to present it's undamaged side to the enemy warships. Commodore Yuan and MDF Leander was doing the same thing. MDF Belfast was only able to bring part of it's weapons onto the Aegis and managed to score a few hits. The Aegis lashed out at the Leander again but only part of it's shells struck home, blasting tons of armor from the Leander. Aboard the Leander, her weapons officer targeted the Aegis Cruiser's aft section and fired off his fresh broadside in an attempt to knock out the ships engines. Only a few shells managed to strike home but only blasted tons of armor. MDF Belfast raked the Aegis Cruiser again removing vast amounts of armor from the Aegis Cruiser. Sensors aboard all the ships detected the incoming emergence wave and 3 minutes later, MDF Tribal, Halsey II Destroyer appeared at the pirate point 23,000km from the battle. MDF Tribal launched the 2 Titan II Dropships it carried and began accelerating to join the battle. There was no sign of MDF Cromwell, Halsey II Destoyer.
With the arrival of another Destoyer, Star Commodore Rita Hasbrin signaled her ships defeat and powered down her ships weapons and began to bring her ship to a halt. Aboard the Carrack Transport, the arrival of 4 NL-42 Battle Taxi's and their marines sealed the ships fate. Once aboard the Carrack, the MDF marines managed to capture the Carrack in 4 hours.
On the ground, Galaxy Commander Conner Rood ordered his Galaxy to once again take the to the field. As his Beta Galaxy advanced, scouts reported sensor hits of Mechs approaching on both flanks. Where did they come from, he wondered for he could clearly see the enemy still within their defensive lines. As he issued orders to prepare to face this new development, word came from the landing zone that they were under attack by Battle Armor troops dismounting from Hover tanks. Cursing he ordered the surviving Trinary from the 121st Hellion Lancers to return to the landing zone and repel the enemy attack there. What Galaxy Commander Conner Rood did not know was that during the night, Brigadier General Edna had ordered Clan Wolf in Exile's newest Clusters, in their old Mechs, to man the defensive works and moved her now reinforced and re-equipped Cluster along with her Battle Armor Regiment onto the enemies right flank. The 2nd Wolf Cavalry were on the Hellion's left. Basically, the Hellions were in a box, a loose box, but a box none the less.
The 200th Attack Cluster turned to face the 2nd Wolf Cavalry, reinforced with the Binary of former Star Adder warriors from the 1st MDF Garrison Brigade wile the 90th Striker Irregulars faced off with the 1st MDF Garrison Brigades oversized Mech force. Eager to prove themselves, Star Colonel Koga had argued hard for his 100th Assault Cluster to lead the attack on the Hellion's. Brigadier General Edna resisted for a bit and only agreed when Star Colonel Koga agreed to fight with no Zell, massing fire as needed to bring the enemy down as fast and hard as possible. Armed now with brand new 2nd Line Clan Mechs and a few Omni Mech's, the 100th Assault Cluster slammed into the 90th Striker like a tsunami. Using focused fire and heavier Mechs than the Hellion's, they cut deep into the 90th Striker's formation. As the Hellion's began trying to surround the 100th Assault, Brigadier Edna ordered her Omni Mech Battalion into the fray which kept the 100th Assault from being cut off. Radio call's reported that Hellion Omni Mechs had arrived back at their landing zone and General Edna ordered her 3rd Bttalion to move to assist, 3rd Battalion was equipped with fast Clan 2nd Line Mechs.
While the 1st MDF Garrison Brigade battled the 90th Striker, Clan Wolf in Exile's 2nd Wolf Cavalry hammered away at the 200th Attack Cluster. Using their heavier Omni Mechs, the 2nd Wolf Cavalry was able to deal hold their own and slowly gain the numerical advantage on the 200th Attack Cluster. Galaxy Commander Conner Rood, in his Kit Fox, had been keeping his speed to maximum and though he had managed to avoid any serious damage, his 30 ton Omni was just too light to escape heavy damage forever. As he fired his CERLL and Streak SRM4 at the WiE Timber Wolf with it's back to him, he never saw the Gargoyle D that blew his Kit Foxes left leg off causing him to plow into the ground at 97kph which knocked him out. The sudden loss of of communication with their Galaxy Commander/Cluster Commander caused confusion in the ranks of the 200th Attack Cluster which only made the situation that much worse.
At the Hellion landing zone, the Battle Armor Regiment from the 1st MDF Garrison Brigade had secured the Hellion Dropships, supplies and technicians before the Hellion Trinary made it back to landing zone. What the Hellions found were over 100 Bandit Hover Tanks slashing into their ranks at max speed tearing great chunks of armor off with each pass. As they pushed deeper into the landing zone, they then came under assault from the Battle Armored infantry of the 1st MDF Garrison Brigade. Heavily outnumbered, they began pulling back only to run into the 1st MDF's 3rd Battalion arrviing on the scene. Within an hour, the last Hellion Omni Mech fell to the MDF troops. By nightfall, the battle was over and the Hellion's Beta Galaxy was defeated.
As salvage ooperations began across the battlefield and Hellion prisoners were being brought into the main base of the 1st MDF Garrison Brigade, Brigadier General Edna called a commander's conference. As the various commanders on the ground, weary but riding a high after their victory, she went over the casualty reports and repair estimates from her head tech. She had already spoken to Commodore Yuan and knew she only had MDF Belfast combat ready, but they had captured the Chaos Sailor, Aegis Cruiser basically intact with just heavy armor damage along with the Maker, Carrack Transport. The damage list was not as horrible as she expected:
1st MDF Garrison Brigade
4 Omni Mechs destroyed
8 Clan 2nd Line destroyed
13 Bandit Hover Tanks destroyed
8 Omni Fighters destroyed
4 Aerospace Fighters destroyed
8 Mechwarriors KIA
22 Mechwarriors WIA
57 Armor crew KIA
91 Armor Crew WIA
34 BA KIA
118 BA WIA
9 Aerospace Pilots KIA
6 Aerospace Pilots WIA
Clan Ice Hellion Beta Galaxy
53 Omni Mech destroyed
97 Omni Mech salvaged
37 Omni Fighter destroyed
23 Omni Fighter salvaged
44 Mechwarrior KIA
106 Mechwarrior captured
26 Aerospace Pilot KIA
34 Aerospace Pilot captured
62 Elemental KIA
88 Elemental captured
3 Overlord C captured
2 Sassanid captured
2 Lion captured
Maker, Carrack Transport captured (light damage)
Taney, Aegis Cruiser captured (heavy damage)
Chaos Sailor, Aegis Cruiser captured (light damage)
"We won a huge victory here today. In recognition of Clan Wolf in Exile's assistance, I am granting you all salvage of the Omni Mechs, Omni Fighters and Dropships. The warships will remain under MDF control until such time as Duke Mitchell advises me of their status. We have word that many worlds have fallen to the Hellion's. My techs will assit CLan Wolf in Exile in repairing the damaged captured equipment from out supply stocks here. I have sent word to Lyran State Command asking for orders. Until that time, let's get down to the business of repairing all this stuff." Brigadier General Edna said
Alphard
Duke Scott Mitchell had arrived on the surface hours before the vast fleet of Dropships began landing all over the planet's surface. During the trip to the planet, he had recieved the equipment needs of the ground forces and already the factory ship was manufacturing replacement equipment. In a large conference room, the various commanders were gathered. The gathering was extremely large, present were:
Duke Scott Mitchell- Commander Task Force Mitchell
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 Bill Leroux- 2nd MDF Galaxy
Galaxy Commander Gambrel Helmer- 1st 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
Admiral Jackson Daniels- Commander 1st Line Squadron, SLDF Fleet
General Ariana Winston- Commander 3rd SLDF RCT
General Brenda Bradley- Commander 2nd SLDF RCT
Major General Eduard Karen- Commander 278th SLDF Division
Major General Regis Grandi- Commander 2nd SLDF Division
Galaxy Commander Ajax Drummond- Commander Tau Galaxy, Clan Nova Cat
Galaxy Commander Tirant Higall- Commander Kappa Galaxy, Clan Nova Cat
"For those of you who do not know me, my name is Duke Scott Mitchell, Duke of the Outer March and Commander of this combined Task Force by order of First Lord Katherine Steiner-Davion. In 2 months, we will leave here to drive deep into Free World space and take Gibson. The delay is fpr several reasons. One, we need some time to re-equip units here on Alphard. Two, ground time for ground units. Three, I have word that both Clan Nova Cat and Clan Diamond Shark have forces heading this way. Per Khan Santin West, Kappa Galaxy will be accompanying us, I will be upgrading Kappa Galaxy to front line equipment. I would like them on station before we depart. Khan West is sending Delta Galaxy out here, and is transfering the 246th Battle Cluster to Tau Galaxy to replace losses.
The biggest reason, is it is going to take soem time to organize this large of a force properly. I have some idea's, but want massive input from you commanders. This is way beyond anything I have ever led. Now let's really get down to work on how to organize this massive force."
