Operation SCOUR

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Operation: SCOUR was the drive by Devlin Stone's allied coalition to destroy the Word of Blake and liberate Terra, thus ending the Jihad.

Overview

The coalition from Devlin Stone make a last meeting on Donegal in December 3072 before they started the final liberation of the Protectorate Worlds. The operation area was divided in 5 fronts. Each front included a multinational taskforce around 4 regiments strong with equivalent warship support. The forces includes units from Clan Ghost Bear,Clan Snow Raven, Clan Wolf in Exile, Clan Hell's Horses, Clan Nova Cat, along with the Lyran Alliance, Federated Suns, Draconis Combine and Comstar. Several prestigious mercenaries units also participated. (A detailed unit list follow later).

Single Planets

Planet:Dyev Word of Blake Forces:Twenty-eighth Division + Thirty-second Division + Third Bryant Protectorate Militia Divisions , First Lipton Protectorate Militia Divisions, Second New Earth Protectorate Militia Divisions, and the First Zosma Protectorate Militia Divisions (1 Whirlwind + 1 Aegis + 1 Congress) Allied Forces:Ghost Bears’ - Alpha Galaxy + Omega Galaxy + Kappa Galaxy + Pi Galaxies with Snow Raven Warship Support (1 Leviathan + 1 Aegis + 1 Nightlord) Outcome: The Ghost Bears fight with a fury to avenge their loses without mercy and the WoB had difficults to withstand their assault.

1st July 3077 => Rochelle, Al Na’ir, Van Diemen IV, and Rio

21st July 3077 :Dyev, Sabik, Moore, Lambrecht, Kervil, Ko, New Earth,

15th August 3077: New Hessen

Federated Front

Planet:Schedar Word of Blake Forces: Allied Forces:Wilson’s Hussars + Second FedSuns Armored Cavalry

Planet:Caselton Word of Blake Forces: Allied Forces:

Planet:Mirach Word of Blake Forces: Allied Forces:

Lyran Front

• Group I

CO:Gregory Kelswa-Steiner

XO:Wolf Clan saKhan

Skye Guards

Liberation of Terra

Task Force CRONUS

Coalition Forces:

Lyran Alliance - Fox-class LAS Robert Marsden

Draconis Combine - Tatsumaki-class DCS Lair of Mighty Wyrms

Ghost Bear Dominion - Leviathan II-class CGB Great Bear, Nightlord-class CGB Ursus Major

Clan Snow Raven - Conqueror-class CSR Ark Royal, Aegis-class CSR Blue Quest, York-class CSR Corvidae, Whirlwind-class CSR Drake

Clan Jade Falcon - Aegis-class CJF Blue Talon, Black Lion-class CJF Jade Aerie and CJF White Aerie, Congress-class CJF Green Lantern, Sovetskii Soyuz-class CJF Hawker

Clan Wolf - Black Lion-class CW Stealthy Kill

Consisting primarily of Clan WarShips, Task Force CRONUS was charged with the neutralization of the Blakist's Titan Yards. While viewed by many as a relatively easy precursor for the heavy fighting to come, the seat of the Word's WarShip and aerospace production and maintenance facility in the Terran system was equipped with a fully functional Caspar II Drone network and number of the deadly "Dragon's Breath" Multiple Capital Missile Launch Systems.

Jumping into a Pirate Point near the yards, with the Lyran and Combine vessels serving as reserve command ships and the Clan forces split into two naval "Stars", one consisting of the Ghost Bears and Ravens, the other the Jade Falcons and Wolves, the Coalition forces came under attack almost immediately. Initially facing waves of maned and drone AeroSpace Fighters and long rang missile attacks, the Coalition ships soon came under fire from a horde of maned and drone Pocket WarShips and as well as the Essex-class CSV Deathblow, Dante-class CSV Narbonne and Suffren-class CSV Manchester, three Com Guard WarShips salvaged from Case White.

While losing the Blue Quest and Green Lantern during the height of the inital Caspar drones assault, the Coalition forces were able to steadily advance on the shipyard's facilities with the Combine's Lair of Mighty Wyrms and Dominion's massive Great Bear able to get their fighters within striking distance of the main Aerospace docks. Unfortunately, what appeared to be the crippled remains of an ore processing facility was in fact the Blakist's attempt to their take their Q-Ship concept to the next level, with a "Dragon's Breath" multi-missile station unleashing multiple waves of nuclear tipped and ECM equipped Peacekeeper missiles at virtually point-blank range, with the mighty Leviathan overwhelmed and destroyed within moments. With the Coalition continuing its assault, the Hawker fell prey to another hidden station, while the Corvidae and Stealthy Kill went down in the face of continued Caspar drone attack groups.

While ultimately successful and providing value experience for the assault around Terra, Task Force CRONUS paid a heavy price. Lasting little over four hours, over half a dozen ships were destroyed and the survivors suffered heavy damage, with hopes totally dashed that ships of CRONUS would be able to assist those of Taskforce EARTHBOUND.

Operation SCYTHE

The actual ground invasion

Bibliography

• Jihad Hot Spots: Terra