----- Ten Days Later -----
Date: September 11, 3025
Location: Galtor III
Title: Dahar No More
Author: Geoff Swift
Type: Track
Synopsis: Warlord Grieg Samsonov has been laying siege to the city of New Derry for six weeks. With the Sword of Light's failure to seize the Star League depot, Warlord Samsonov has refocused his remaining forces on taking New Derry, hoping to overwhelm and destroy the AFFS forces there and shift the strategic balance.
The 2nd Amphigean Light Assault Group and the 8th Galedon Regulars outnumber the defending Dahar DMM, Galtor Irregulars, and Lone Wolves by 5:2, and large sections of the city are on fire. One third of the DCMS forces emerge in the center of New Derry through the sewers. Historically, the DMM and Irregulars fought to the last man, while the Lone Wolves fought their way to their DropShips and blasted their way offworld after AFFS General Sir William Dobson went down fighting.
If you want to be historically accurate, rather than rolling on the RAT, the Lone Wolves have the following composition:
The Committee: Cyclops, Victor, Awesome, Atlas, Ostroc, Rifleman, 3 Crusaders, JagerMech, Archer, Dervish
Hakim's Company: 2 Enforcers, 2 Assassins, Phoenix Hawk, Hatchetman, 2 Ostscouts, 4 Valkyries, 2 Vedettes, 2 Goblins, 2 Pack Rats, 2 Skulkers
Negef's Company: Awesome, Victor, 2 Orions, Hatchetman, 2 Assassins, Stinger, Trebuchet, Whitworth, Dervish, Shadow Hawk, 2 Rommels, Manticore, Pike, Condor, Falcon, 2 J. Edgars
Force for Galaxy Freedom: 6 Phoenix Hawks, 6 Hatchetmen
Independence: 2 Demolishers, 2 Von Luckners, 2 Vedettes, 2 Goblins
Albrot's Company: Griffin, Wolverine, 2 Quickdraws, 2 Enforcers, 2 Assassins
Company of Wolves: 2 Rommels, Manticore, Pike, 3 Locusts, Ostscout
Crowned Seraph: Awesome, Victor, 2 Orions, JagerMech, Ostsol, Thunderbolt, Archer, Griffin, Wolverine, 2 Quickdraws, 2 Wasps, Stinger, Valkyrie
God's Judgement: 3 Locusts, Ostscout, Assassin, Spider, Wasp, Stinger
Lords of the Sword: 2 Griffins, Wolverine, 3 Quickdraws, JagerMech, 3 Dervishes, Phoenix Hawk, Hatchetman, 2 Ostscouts, 2 Enforcers, 2 Assassins, 2 Whitworths
Sword of Moses: 2 Rommels, Manticore, Pike, Condor, Falcon, 2 J. Edgars, 2 Pack Rats, 2 Skulkers, 2 Demolishers, 2 Von Luckners
Brothers of Israel: Assassin, Spider, Wasp, Stinger
Memorialists: 2 Wasps, Stinger, Valkyrie
The Elected Ones: Phoenix Hawk, Hatchetman, 2 Ostscouts
Black November: Trebuchet, Whitworth, Dervish, Shadow Hawk
Golden Rays: 2 Whitworths, 2 Dervishes
John "Big Booty" Stetson's Company: 4 Valkyries, 2 Pack Rats, 2 Skulkers
Freedom Fighters: MG Motorized Platoon, Rifle Motorized Platoon, Laser Foot Platoon, SRM Foot Platoon
Notes: There's no chance of the AFFS side winning this battle, so the main focus is on getting the Lone Wolves away, firing at targets of opportunity (which may include the Dahar DMM on a roll of 9+, indicating they object to their mercenaries cutting and running). Given that objective, optimal Lone Wolf component units to field would include John "Big Booty" Stetson's Company, the Memorialists, Brothers of Israel, the Elected Ones, and/or God's Justice. (Given the relatively slow speed of the Hatchetman, it's less optimal, but how can you resist deploying the "Force for Galaxy Freedom?") The DMM should be represented by Sir William Dobson's Awesome, along with a Victor and two Orions. Have the DMM run interference for the retreating Wolves, and target the LAG commander, Chu-sa Saxton, who should be canonically fielding a Grasshopper, per the NAIS conversion table of his H3 lance.
The Lone Wolves are unique in a number of ways. They include some of the few overtly Judeo-Christian religious units in the BattleTech canon (outside of the Cloud Cobra cloisters), going by naming conventions. They also drop out of sight after this campaign, not reappearing until an engagement in the Outworlds Alliance in 3063. One wonders what they were doing all that time. My guess is that they were laying low in the Periphery (perhaps even fighting in the Chainlane Isles or similar Periphery hot spots), since cutting and running during the battle of New Derry would have been a major black mark for their ComStar Mercenary Review Board rating and/or with the Mercenary's Guild.