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	'''Orval Gossiage''' was the Marshal and commanding officer of the [[6th Crucis Lancers]] in [[3025]].<ref name=NAISV1>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 110</ref><ref name=HD137>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 137 (PDF version), "Federated Suns Deployment Table"</ref>		'''Orval Gossiage''' was the Marshal and commanding officer of the [[6th Crucis Lancers]] in [[3025]].<ref name=NAISV1>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 110</ref><ref name=HD137>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 137 (PDF version), "Federated Suns Deployment Table"</ref>
−	Gossiage led his unit during the [[Fourth Succession War]]. His unit found [[Heligoland]] defended by [[Kingston's Legionnaires]], a medium-weight [['Mech]] regiment. Rather than assaulting the Lancers' drop zones, the Legionnaires assumed defensive positions in the hills around the planetary capital city, Helio. This presented Marshal Orval Gossiage with a problem, as assaulting a strong enemy in a well-chosen defensive position was a recipe for casualties. When Gossiage's reconnaissance teams confirmed that Helio's only source of water was a reservoir located more than fifty kilometers away, Gossiage ordered the Lancers to capture the reservoir, cut off the water supply to Helio, and wait. Two weeks later, [[Colonel]] [[Martha Mathias]] of the Legionnaires had no choice but to attack, only for the Legionnaires to be mauled by the Lancers.<ref name="4SWv2p52">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 52, "Heligoland"</ref>	+	He lead his unit during the [[Fourth Succession War]]. His unit found [[Heligoland]] defended by [[Kingston's Legionnaires]], a medium-weight [['Mech]] regiment. Rather than assaulting the Lancers' drop zones, the Legionnaires assumed defensive positions in the hills around the planetary capital city, Helio. This presented Marshal Orval Gossiage with a problem, as assaulting a strong enemy in a well-chosen defensive position was a recipe for casualties. When Gossiage's reconnaissance teams confirmed that Helio's only source of water was a reservoir located more than fifty kilometers away, Gossiage ordered the Lancers to capture the reservoir, cut off the water supply to Helio, and wait. Two weeks later, [[Colonel]] [[Martha Mathias]] of the Legionnaires had no choice but to attack, only for the Legionnaires to be mauled by the Lancers.<ref name="4SWv2p52">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 52, "Heligoland"</ref>
−	Faced with a losing prospect Mathias contacted Gossiage with an offer to withdraw the Legionnaires and the planetary militia off-world, provided a number of set conditions were met. Those conditions revolved primarily around ensuring that the local population were treated fairly, but also included the demand that the Legionnaires and their families be transported to [[Minnacora]], a nearby system still in Capellan hands. Knowing that he was placing his transport ships at risk, Gossiage decided to agree to the terms, and dispatched four [[DropShip]]s and his two smallest [[JumpShip]]s to transport the Capellan forces away. Everything went well, and Gossiage's role in preventing further bloodshed on Heligoland was noted by the AFFS, but he was also warned for risking the ships and the lives of their crews.<ref name="4SWv2p52"/>	+	Faced with a losing prospect Mathais contacted Gossiage with an offer to withdraw the Legionnaires and the planetary militia off-world, provided a number of set conditions were met. Those conditions revolved primarily around ensuring that the local population were treated fairly, but also included the demand that the Legionnaires and their families be transported to [[Minnacora]], a nearby system still in Capellan hands. Knowing that he was placing his transport ships at risk, Gossiage decided to agree to the terms, and dispatched four [[DropShip]]s and his two smallest [[JumpShip]]s to transport the Capellan forces away. Everything went well, and Gossiage's role in preventing further bloodshed on Heligoland was noted by the AFFS, but he was also warned for risking the ships and the lives of their crews.<ref name="4SWv2p52"/>
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{{InfoBoxCharacter | image = | name = Orval Gossiage | birthdate = | died = | othernames = | affiliation = [[Federated Suns]] | rank = [[Marshal (rank)|Marshal]] | title = | position = | profession = | parents = | siblings = | spouse = | children = }} ==History== '''Orval Gossiage''' was the Marshal and commanding officer of the [[6th Crucis Lancers]] in [[3025]].<ref name=NAISV1>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 110</ref><ref name=HD137>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 137 (PDF version), "Federated Suns Deployment Table"</ref> He lead his unit during the [[Fourth Succession War]]. His unit found [[Heligoland]] defended by [[Kingston's Legionnaires]], a medium-weight [['Mech]] regiment. Rather than assaulting the Lancers' drop zones, the Legionnaires assumed defensive positions in the hills around the planetary capital city, Helio. This presented Marshal Orval Gossiage with a problem, as assaulting a strong enemy in a well-chosen defensive position was a recipe for casualties. When Gossiage's reconnaissance teams confirmed that Helio's only source of water was a reservoir located more than fifty kilometers away, Gossiage ordered the Lancers to capture the reservoir, cut off the water supply to Helio, and wait. Two weeks later, [[Colonel]] [[Martha Mathias]] of the Legionnaires had no choice but to attack, only for the Legionnaires to be mauled by the Lancers.<ref name="4SWv2p52">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 52, "Heligoland"</ref> Faced with a losing prospect Mathais contacted Gossiage with an offer to withdraw the Legionnaires and the planetary militia off-world, provided a number of set conditions were met. Those conditions revolved primarily around ensuring that the local population were treated fairly, but also included the demand that the Legionnaires and their families be transported to [[Minnacora]], a nearby system still in Capellan hands. Knowing that he was placing his transport ships at risk, Gossiage decided to agree to the terms, and dispatched four [[DropShip]]s and his two smallest [[JumpShip]]s to transport the Capellan forces away. Everything went well, and Gossiage's role in preventing further bloodshed on Heligoland was noted by the AFFS, but he was also warned for risking the ships and the lives of their crews.<ref name="4SWv2p52"/> ==References== <references /> ==Bibliography== * ''[[House Davion (The Federated Suns)]]'' * ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1]]'' * ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2]]'' [[Category:Federated Suns Characters|Gossiage, Orval]]

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