Battle of Taygeta (3147)
Sarna News
- HEXTECH Review - Wave 3 Brings More Urban Options To Your Battlefield
- Your BattleTech News Round-Up For March, 2024
- Crashing 'Mechs With Jennifer Brozek, Author Of The Rogue Academy Trilogy
- Getting The Word Out With Rem Alternis, Catalyst Community & Marketing Director
- Bad 'Mechs - Yeoman
- Read more →
 | This article needs to be updated with material from Technical Readout: Dark Age. Once these titles clear the Moratorium period, or if they already have, please consider revisiting this article and updating it with the new material. |
| Battle of Taygeta (3147) | |
|---|---|
| Conflict details | |
| Part of | Operation CERBERUS |
| Start Date | 16 November 3147 |
| End Date | 5 December 3147 |
| Planet(s) | Taygeta |
| Result | Federated Suns victory |
| Territorial Changes | Federated Suns conquest |
| Attacking Forces | |
| Affiliation | Federated Suns |
| Commanding Officer(s) | Colonel Janne Wealthow |
| Command(s) | Dawn Guards, Fortune Able Group |
| Defending Forces | |
| Affiliation | Capellan Confederation |
| Commanding Officer(s) | Sang-shao Eliza Zhao, Shiao-zhang Deanna Hatzinikita |
| Command(s) | Dynasty Guard, Warrior House Tsang Xiao |
| Other Forces | |
Overview[edit]
On 16 November 3147, Task Force Chimera made planetfall on Taygeta in an attempt to retake the world lost two years earlier. The battle was joined in low orbit, with two Fortune Able DropShips being so crippled by the Dynasty Guard Liao First Air Defense aerospace fighters they were forced to make emergency orbital drops, one ultimately being lost. While this saved the ground forces lives, it scattered Fortune Able across Taygeta's main continent. As these ad hoc battalions tried to regroup, they were harried by Warrior House Tsang Xiao troops until they numbered less that two battalions. Unable to wait for Able to coalesce they Dawn Guards stuck at the Dynasty Guard unsupported though linkup was later made. The Dynasty Guards were pushed back under the weight of the Dawn Guards, and they planned to stage a last stand with Tsang Xiao in the capital city. Orders of Chancellor Daoshen Liao arrived ordering them to pull back to New Syrtis to prepare for the expected invasion arrived before they could sell themselves, and on 5 December the Confederation conceded the world to the Task Force.[1]
References[edit]
- ↑ Shattered Fortress, pp. 39-40: "Chimera"