Second Chance

Second Chance
Second Chance 3151.svg
Second Chance nearby systems
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System Information
X:Y Coordinates-22.763 : -129.785[e]

System Description[edit]

Second Chance is located near the Ohrensen and Harsefeld systems.

Political Affiliation[edit]


Second Chance[edit]

Second Chance
Government and Infrastructure
Noble RulerDuke of Second Chance

Planetary History[edit]

First Succession War[edit]

Captain-General Kenyon Marik launched a mass invasion of the Capellan and Sarna Commonalities of the Capellan Confederation in February 2787, using ten assorted regiments of the Marik Militia, almost four times as many conventional and aerospace groups, and the bulk of the Free Worlds League Navy Second Fleet. The first wave of attacks hit Harsefeld, Ramen II, Second Chance, and Vanra; protected by little more than paramilitary forces and planetary militias, both Harsefeld and Ramen II fell quickly, despite calling for assistance from the more substantial garrisons at Second Chance and Vanra.[6]

The first battle for Second Chance took place in space; the FWLM task for arrived at the nadir jump point, with the ground forces—led by the Nineteenth, Twentieth, and Thirty-eighth Marik Militia regiments—being escorted by a substantial naval group that included the Atreus-class battleship FWLS Sorunda and the League-class destroyers FWLS Ospina and FWLS Otavalo, two squadrons of attack DropShips and three wings of aerospace fighters. In contrast with the other three systems hit in the opening wave, there was a substantial CCAF naval presence in the Second Chance system, as part of an ongoing patrol of the border. The Capellan naval presence was smaller than that of the FWLM task force, consisting of the Du Shi Wang-class battleship CCS Mica Liao and the Soyal-class heavy cruiser CCS Solstice, but both ships were at the zenith jump point when the FWLM task force arrived, and immediately began plotting an intercept jump.[6]

The two Capellan WarShips arrived just as the League task force was starting to burn for the planet, and announced their presence with a long-range mass driver shot from the Solstice that destroyed the Opina in a single hit. The League forces came about and engaged, with the Otavalo and a squadron of attack DropShips targeting the Solstice as a priority, while the Mica Liao exchanged fire with the Sorunda. The Sorunda, more heavily armed than her opponent, raked the Mica Liao with fire before launching nuclear-armed fighters that scored at least two hits against the Mica Liao's already weakened armor, destroying the Capellan battleship. Heavily outgunned, the Solstice launched her own nuclear missiles, destroying a pair of DropShips—an Intruder-class attack DropShip and a Vengeance-class fighter carrier—before being crippled and then exploding under the weight of fire from the Otavalo, attack DropShips and fighter screens.[6]

Having powered through the Capellan naval defenses, the League task force moved to deploy ground forces on Second Chance. The primary defensive unit on the ground was the Twentieth Liao Lancers; mustered originally to defend Raman II, the Lancers had been rotated to Second Chance in 2785 to fill the gap left by the Third Tikonov Lancers, who had been redeployed into former Terran Hegemony space. A new command with little combat experience, half of the Lancers were on exercises on Second Chance's northern continent when the FWLM task force appeared, and word of the swift destruction of the Capellan naval forces was a heavy blow to the Lancers' morale—and that of the planetary government, who had little faith in the Lancers.[6]

The planetary government ordered the Lancers' support formations to deploy to Sevarias and Sweethaven, two major port cities; the support regiments were vehicle and infantry regiments raised locally, and the government planned to use them to cover the evacuation of high-level officials from the government and the major corporations present on the planet. The discovery that their attempts to rally to defend the planet were being blocked by the planetary government to cover their own evacuation was the last straw for many of the Lancers; by the time the League task force arrived in orbit, a third of the Lancers had already deserted. The League task force detected a number of DropShips warming up for liftoff at Sweethaven; working on the assumption that the DropShips represented a possible attack being launched, the captain of the Sorunda initiated a seven-minute orbital bombardment of the spaceport. The hellish firestorm destroyed four Union-class DropShips belonging to the Lancers, two armor companies and a regiment of infantry - and also killed both the planetary governor, Duke Maynard Stott, and the Security Minister, Haley Fernando, along with the majority of the planetary elite. When League General Matias Rosenkov called for Second Chance to surrender an hour later, Colonel Mila Palmer, commanding officer of the remaining Lancers and the senior military officer left on Second Chance, had little choice but to acquiesce.[6]

Anton Marik's Revolt[edit]

After Wolf's Dragoons had devastated New Delos for Anton Marik's murder of Joshua Wolf and twenty-seven other Wolf dependents, they fled to Second Change where the remainder of their families and dependents were stationed under the protection of Epsilon Regiment. There they prepared for an attack from Janos Marik and his Loyalist forces for aiding the revolt. However, Janos would instead submit an offer of employment for the mercenaries, an offer that Jaime Wolf would accept.[8][10]

Military Deployment[edit]

2765[edit]

2786[edit]

2787[edit]

  • Twentieth Liao Lancers[6]

3039–3040[edit]

  • Second Oriente Hussars (from July 3039)[14]

3085[edit]

- The unit was at 90% strength, with 60% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.

Planetary Locations[edit]

  • Sevarias: a major port city[6]
  • Sweethaven: a major port city[6]

Map Gallery[edit]

Nearby Systems[edit]

Closest 56 systems (56 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Ohrensen 10.3 Harsefeld 13.1 Shui-pào 15.6 New Delos 18.7
Park Place 20.0 Jilin 22.2 Ling 22.9 Ramen 23.8
Gomeisa 26.8 Ventabren 26.9 Old Kentucky 27.5 Ibstock 27.9
Ilmachna 28.8 New Sarna 30.0 Wazan 30.7 Hassad 31.7
Campertown 34.2 Gorki 34.5 Phact 35.1 Bernardo 35.2
Holt 37.8 Bonaire 39.6 Asuncion 39.7 Kievanur 39.8
Chamdo 40.0 Chengdu 41.1 Elnath 41.4 Myrvoll 41.5
Suzano 41.6 Vanra 42.1 Sorunda 42.9 McKenna 43.5
Kyrkbacken 44.1 Corey 44.7 Ingersoll 45.9 Pavia 46.5
Lesalles 48.0 Kristiandsund 48.2 Bithinia 48.8 Yunnah 50.0
Hamilton 50.2 Carbonis 52.1 Snailzar 52.2 Fuentes 52.5
Raballa 52.5 Belluevue 54.8 Propus 55.0 Augustine 57.0
Abadan 58.4 Second Try 58.8 Avellaneda 59.0 Matheran 59.1
Berenson 59.3 Ulan Bator 59.5 Chitwan 59.5 Bandora 59.6

References[edit]

  1. Handbook: House Marik, p. 16: "Free Worlds League Founding [2271]"
  2. Historical: Reunification War, p. 159: "Inner Sphere - 2596"
  3. Era Report: 2750, p. 37: "Inner Sphere - 2750"
  4. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - 2765"
  5. First Succession War, p. 25: "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 First Succession War, pp. 53–54: "A Path to Sarna: The League-Confederation Front"
  7. First Succession War, p. 113: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 Wolf's Dragoons, p. 20: "Vengeance"
  9. Historical: War of 3039, p. 133: "Inner Sphere - 3040"
  10. Wolf's Dragoons, p. 20: "Turn Of The Wheel"
  11. Field Report 2765: CCAF, p. 15: "Regimental Status"
  12. 12.0 12.1 First Succession War, p. 136: "First Succession War Deployment Table - CCAF"
  13. First Succession War, p. 138: "First Succession War Deployment Table - FWLM"
  14. 14.0 14.1 Historical: War of 3039, p. 140: "Free Worlds League Military"
  15. Field Manual: 3085, p. 187: "RAF Deployment Table - 3085"

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