Turn 2
The Succession Wars continue. With positions all known of militaries, they scramble to re-deploy... or take advantage of neighbouring local weakness.
The Capellan Confederation focuses on training, and establishing more operatives in various states.
The Draconis Combine moves troops about internally, with 2 of the 3 Legions of Vega disappearing... a surprise attack on Fort Loudon against Lyran militia forces the
local government to surrender after a few short days of fighting. A raid on Quentin to disrupt production fails, however, and Brion's Legion withdraws after losing almost
a full battalion of mechs to little loss on the Federated side.
The Federated Suns begins a surprise attack on their neighbours, hoping to take advantage of them and keep the initiative in their wars. Launching raids on Tikonov,
St. Ives and Styk, they damage local industry for several months on all 3 worlds. Meanwhile, an invasion of Denbar crushes local Capellan resistance easily. However,
in what can only be described as a monumental error in command (Capellan interference in the communication chain is suspected), the Clovis Draconis March Militia attacks Ronel,
and gets embroiled in a hard fought engagement against elements of Kerr's Intruders and local miliia. Duke Sandoval of the Draconis March and Prince Davion exchange words,
both not understanding how this could occur, weakening the border with the Dragon... while the Davion forces on Ronel have the upper hand, the losses that the RCT has
sustained and the inability to disengages bodes ill for the unit.
Meanwhile, on the Draconis front, Davion forces seize the worlds of Paris and Huan. Local militia forces are easily trounced on Huan, but inflict impressive damage on
Davion forces on Paris, taking out a mech battalion, armour battalion and infantry regiment from the invading RCT. They fought to the last, and are given a posthumous
mention of merit by the Dragon himself for their courage, being only weekend warriors.
The Free Worlds League is not quiet. Janos Marik authorizes a raid on Gienah, though it has little effect. Losing 2 companies of mechs in the process, the raiders withdraw
after exceptional resistance from local militia. The 9th Regulan Hussars used in the fight then have several support units attached to the attack mutiny and/or desert,
disgusted with the Captain-General's antics. They head to Galatea with their equipment, starting up a brand new mercenary outfit.
Janos' other operation is much more successful, however, albeit with a number of embarrassments. An assault on Zaniah with 2 Free Worlds League Militia units, a mercenary
company and the Gryphons of the Silver Hawk Irregulars drops on world. The massively outnumbered local militia puts up a valiant defence, trying to take advantage of
extremely poor coordination between the FWLM units, but is simply overwhelmed by sheer numbers before they can. Lyran pundits raise concerns at this spearhead towards
Hesperus II...
Following in their Federated Suns' allies footsteps, Lyran forces attack a number of positions. On the FWL front, Lyran forces seize Colfax and Nockatunga. On Colfax,
they destroyed langendorff lancers after a hard fought attempt to make the Lyrans chase them… air recon determined their fate. In what could be a blunder, the 1st and 2nd
Narhal Raiders are tasked with assaulting Gallisteo; the local militia there makes a strong fight of it, and while inflicting little damage on the Raiders, they force them
to fight for every inch, with the attack still ongoing...
In a public statement, the Archon decides it is time to "deal with the pirate problem once and for all" and has Lyran periphery forces seize the worlds of Erewhon and
Lackhove. Finally, Lyran forces attack the Dragon itself! The 3rd Lyran Regulars seize the world of Mozirje from a surprised DCMS militia.
The Periphery states are quiet... too quiet.
Beyond that, spies abound everywhere. The FWL suspects a number of active spy networks are in their nation, especially after finding what remains of some Maskirovka
special ops teams near Andurien...