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The War of 3039 was a relatively minor conflict that involved the Federated Suns and Lyran Commonwealth (as the Federated Commonwealth), versus the Draconis Combine.
Background
In the Fourth Succession War, the alliance between House Davion and House Steiner had allowed the Federated Suns to deliver a shattering blow to the Capellan Confederation. Prince Hanse Davion decided to attempt to duplicate this success almost a decade later against the Draconis Combine. Since Lyran Commonwealth Archon Katrina Steiner had pledged not to prosecute any more wars, she stepped down months before the beginning of the war in favor of her daughter, Archon-designate Melissa Steiner.
However, the Combine had realized such an attack to be a logical consequence of the Fourth Succession War, and had been preparing for it for the past years. The differences between the Combine in 3039 and the Capellans in 3028 were legion, and the strategic situation was decidedly different: This time, Davion did not have the advantage of having double agents in the highest ranks of the enemy military. The Combine military (DCMS) had also recuperated from the Fourth Succession War and the Ronin Wars much faster than anyone had anticipated, owing in part to a technological renaissance brought about by the Helm Memory Core. New 'Mech designs such as the Hatamoto-Chi, the Daboku and the CGR-1A9 Charger variant had been created in preparation for the expected attack.
Furthermore, Gunji-no-Kanrei Theodore Kurita had created a neutral buffer state along two thirds of his realm's border with the Steiner realm by granting rebellious border worlds their freedom and allowing the Free Rasalhague Republic (FRR) to form. On the sidelines, this had forced House Steiner to also commit numerous contested worlds on their side of the border to the new state, thus nullifying their gains in the previous war. ComStar had actively supported the formation of the FRR and provided the DCMS with BattleMechs from their own stocks as an incentive, including (by error or by design) lostech equipment that had not been seen in the Inner Sphere for decades, if not centuries.
The War
The attack was apparently quite unimaginative, carried out with a conservative strategy that mostly relied on strength of numbers to exploit the Combine's perceived lack of fighting equipment. Theodore Kurita answered with a bold bluff. The Combine fought a delaying action, committing mostly conventional units to bog down the attackers while strong forces were committed to Operation Orochi, a quick counter-attack that captured several worlds including Quentin, an important 'Mech factory site. Operation Orochi was a gamble because it stretched the Combine's defenses to the limit and completely stripped rearward areas of any combat equipment, effectively exposing the Combine's flank to the onslaught. However, the bluff worked and the swift counterattack created the illusion of a much stronger military than the DCMS actually was at the time, augmented by the appearance of vintage Star League era equipment and entirely new BattleMech designs. It succeeded not only in forcing the attackers on the defensive, drawing units scheduled for assaults to defense assignments and thereby upsetting the invasion timetables; made insecure by these unforseen developments, Hanse Davion aborted the offensive and called an end to the War in 3040. It would be eleven years before he would find out that he fell for Theodore's bluff.
Aftermath
The failure of the LCAF and AFFS to properly coordinate their offensive led to the decision to integrate the military forces of the two nations well before they officially became one nation. House Kurita also won a symbolic victory with their conquest of Quentin where Independence Weaponry produced the Davion-favorite Victor. Following the loss of that factory world, the AFFC had to import their Victors from the St. Ives Compact.
Notes
The War of 3039 is notable for being the first conflict in decades, if not in centuries, where vintage Star League-era technology provided by ComStar as well as new or rediscovered technologies were employed on any significant scale (discounting the use of HPG Fax "black boxes", and rare individual cases during the Fourth Succession War where double heat sinks, Triple Strength Myomer and the EW Equipment were employed in their experimental stages).
Listen-Kill Missiles saw their first widespread deployment in this conflict. However, the Draconis Combine not only reverse-engineered the new technology and used them against the attackers within a very short time; they were also quick to develop and distribute an ECM package to their frontline units that negated the effect of the L-K technology. When the technology was finally ready for mass-production in 3042, the ubiquity of the ECM technology had already rendered it largely useless.
WAVE ONE
Commonwealth Thrust
Alnasi
- Defending Forces: Militia (1 'Mech company, 1 Reinforced armor battalion, 8 infantry regiments)
- Invading Forces: 1st Argyle Lancers + 26th Lyran Guards
- Outcome: The invading FedCom troops planned to surprise the defenders with the use of a pirate jump point. The advancing units sent a small unit to secure the landing zone and also to conquer the air port. The onworld DCMS 'Mech force woke a guerilla campaign, raiding the rear of the invaders with some success. Once under siege, the capital could only surrender and did so after one week. The DCMS 'Mech force continued to fight for some weeks, but were eventually forced to give up as well. [1]
Alrakis
- Defending Forces: 11th Legion of Vega
- Invading Forces: 23rd Arcturan Guards + 5th Donegal Guards
- Outcome: The Fed-Com High Command chose to send the two units after another. The initial landing was executed by the 23rd Arcturan Guards. The Lyrans sent three companies via a combat drop at the head of the Legion. That action surprised the defenders and gave them no time for preparation. The remaining two battalions landed immediately and increased the pressure on the 11th. The commander noticed the weakness of the DCMS soldiers. His opponent commander were a veteran. He predict the next move of the lyrans and order his DropShips to evacuate his force to Dromini VI. [2]
Altais
- Defending Forces: 1st Ghost + 2nd Ghost
- Invading Forces: 8th Donegal Guards + 1st Dragonslayers + Gray Death Legion
- Outcome: The planet was in the beginning of the invasion an miracle because rumor suggest that the DCMS had two unknown units on the planet. THe High Command decided that the 8th Donegal Guards should be supported by two seasoned mercenary unit ([Dragonslayers|1st Dragonslayers]] + Gray Death Legion). The initial plan was that the Guards meet the 2nd Ghost near the planetary capital and the Gray Death should fight the 1st Ghost at a spaceport. The Dragonslayers were the strategical reserve in orbit.
The 8th Donegal locate the mobile Head Quarter and choose to make an low orbital combat drop. The assault destroyed the entire command structure, but the DCMS unit broke into smaller units an get into the underground after one week of battle.
The Gray Death Legion had difficulties to coordinate their assaults at two space ports, because the landing zone were missed by the second team. The mercenaries fight several counter assaults back and could reinforce their 2nd Team after an march over 150 km across the continent. The 1st Ghost retreat with one third of their former strength and under fire of the advancing Gray Death Legion. The Dragonslayer reinforced the 8th Guards during the final siege of the planetary capital. The 2nd Ghost retreat after several more weeks of gurilla warfare. [3]
Kessel
- Defending Forces: 12th Sun Zhang Academy Cadre
- Invading Forces: 2nd Donegal Guards + 4th Skye Rangers + 11th Lyran Regulars
- Outcome: 12th Sun Zhang Academy Cadre => 40% loses
4th Skye Rangers => 10 % loses => eliminate opposition
2nd Donegal Guards => 10 % loses => eliminate opposition
11th Lyran Regulars => 10 % loses => eliminate opposition
Konstance
- Invading Forces: 4th Crucis Lancers + 4th Lyran Regulars + Mobile Fire
- Defending Forces: 22nd Dieron Regulars
- Outcome: 4th Lyran Regulars => 10 % loses => eliminate opposition
4th Crucis Lancers => 10 % loses => eliminate opposition
Mobile Fire => 10 % loses => eliminate opposition
22nd Dieron Regulars => 25 % loses
Vega
- Invading Forces: 3rd Lyran Guards + 3rd Davion Guards + Snord's Irregulars + 1st Grave Walkers + 17th Recon
- Defending Forces: 14th Legion of Vega + 5th Amphigean Light Assault Group
- Outcome: 5th Amphigean Light Assault Group => 60 % loses => retreat
14th Legion of Vega => 40 % loses => retreat to Eltanin
3rd Lyran Guards => 10 % loses => eliminate opposition
3rd Davion Guards => 10 % loses => eliminate opposition
Snord's Irregulars => 25 % loses => eliminate opposition
1st Grave Walkers => 25 % loses => eliminate opposition
17th Recon => 25 % loses => eliminate opposition
Dieron Thrust
Ancha
- Invading Forces: DeMaestri’s Sluggers (Fighting Urukhai)
- Defending Forces: 1st Shin Legion
- Outcome: DeMaestri’s Sluggers 25 % loses => eliminate opposition
1st Shin Legion 40% loses => retreat
Athenry
- Invading Forces: 1894th Light Horse + 21st Rim Worlds (BSI)
- Defending Forces: Militia
- Outcome: Both attacking units suffered no casualties and defeated the militia
Biham
- Invading Forces: 8th Crucis Lancers + Laurel's Legion
- Defending Forces: Militia
- Outcome: Both attacking units suffered no casualties and defeated the militia
Dieron
Halstead Station
- Invading Forces: 5th FedCom RCT + Roman's Bar Hounds (Fighting Urukhai)
- Defending Forces: Militia
- Outcome:both attacking units suffer no casaulties and defeatet the militia
Kervil
- Invading Forces: 7th Donegal Guards + 17th Skye Rangers
- Defending Forces: Militia
- Outcome: 17th Skye Rangers 10 % loses => eliminate opposition
7th Donegal Guards 10 % loses => eliminate opposition
Nashira
- Invading Forces: 1st FedCom RCT + Delta (12th Vegan Rangers)
- Defending Forces:
- Outcome: 1st FedCom RCT 10 % loses => eliminate opposition
Delta (12th Vegan Rangers) 10 % loses => eliminate opposition
Pike IV
- Invading Forces: 13th Lyran Guards RCT
- Defending Forces: Pike Militia
- Outcome:
Sadachbia
- Invading Forces: 8th Deneb Light Cavalry + Redfield Renegades
- Defending Forces: Militia
- Outcome: 8th Deneb Light Cavalry + Redfield's Renegades=> eliminate opposition
Telos IV
- Invading Forces: 22nd Avalon Hussars + Gamma Regiment (12 Vegan Rangers)
- Defending Forces: Militia
- Outcome:
Benjamin Thrust
Fellanin II
- Invading Forces: 71st Light Horse + 21st Striker Regiment
- Defending Forces: 4th Proserpina Hussars
- Outcome:
Klathandu IV
- Invading Forces: 7th Crucis Lancers + 2nd New Ivaarsen Chasseurs
- Defending Forces: Militia
- Outcome:
Marduk
- Invading Forces: 1st Robinson Rangers + 10th Deneb Light Cavalry RCT
- Defending Forces: 6th Benjamin Regulars
- Outcome:
Matar
- Invading Forces: 1st Kestrel Grenadiers + 1st Kathil Uhlans
- Defending Forces: Militia
- Outcome:
New Mendham
- Invading Forces: Davion Light Guards + 1st Chisholm's Raiders
- Defending Forces: Militia
- Outcome:
Sadalbari
- Invading Forces: 5th Davion Guards + 3rd FedCom RCT
- Defending Forces: 2nd Shin Legion
- Outcome: The world was a target of the first wave because the planet was a link to Proserpina and could act as a base for possible DCMS reinforcement. The taskforce included the inexperienced 3rd FedCom RCT and the battle-proven 5th Davion Guards. The commanding officer of the entire operation decided to land his troops simultaneously at two large DCMS bases. The first step included the crippling of important communication networks with strikes of his fighters. The next phase started with the landing of six battalions of jump infantry supported by three light 'Mech companies. Those troops get control about important strategic locations. The defenders were unprepared for such an move. The Fed Com troops captured many material and also thousands of POW. A few chose to die fighting and others go to the underground. With the arrival of the remaining heavy forces of the task group the military base was secure. The troops of the 5th Guards had a harder time. The commanding officer waited too long for the strike of the military base which gave the defending forces enough time to build a solid defense line. When the Guards strike the assault was repelled and a huge part of the DCMS forces could retreat. Several more attempts were made by the Fed-Com troops but without success. The Marshal of the operation arrived with some of his officers at the HQ of the 5th Guards to get an explanation of the delay. That was the time when the commanding officer of the 2nd Legion started his counter assault. He used his conventional forces to assault the rear of the enemy. During the fighting the entire command staff was captured, including the marshal. The 2nd in command chose to use the superior numbers to great effect. An overall assault at the DCMS line started during the night and two companies of 'Mechs were held in reserve as mobile forces to exploit any weak spot by the DCMS. When the gab opened the Fed-Com troops used every free vehicle to capture the command post of the 2nd Legion. The DCMS tried several times to recapture it put failed. A large portion of the defenders were able to retreat because the remainder were either captured or wiped out. [4]
Mercenary-Supported Actions
Bergman's Planet
- Invading Forces: Lindon's Battalion
- Defending Forces: Militia
- Outcome: The Fed-Com operation on the planet started before the initial invasion. The High Command sent special operation teams to the world to train the local anti-Combine movement. The operatives found a solid resistance organization with some hundred military trained members. The mercenary command Lindon's Battalion was sent as reinforcements to the movement. The local Combine government was overthrown and with the assistance of the special forces the militia was devastated. Any further resistance by the militia was crushed by the mercenary command. [5]
Galtor III
- Invading Forces: Clifton's Rangers
- Defending Forces: Militia
- Outcome: The planet was the symbol of a great loss of Combine honor against the Fox in the early 31st century. Prince Hanse Davion knew how important it was to support the local resistance movement with equal material and men. Dozens of intelligence operatives and Special Operation Teams prepared the world for the coming liberation. Several months before the War started the movement together with the SpecOps attacked important Combine locations and personalities. The DCMS reacted with an increase of the local military presence. The Fed-Com side reduced their level of activity to lure the Dragon into a sense of false security. With the arrival of the Clifton's Rangers command the guerillas had the strength to get control over the planet. The mercenaries were supported by six battalions of volunteers which had removed all evidence of their Fed-Com affiliation. The local Combine leader was killed together with most of the high-ranking DCM officers. The units of the defenders chose to inflict damage and to die or surrender to the Fed-Com units. [6]
Harrow's Sun
- Invading Forces: Miller's Marauders
- Defending Forces: Militia
- Outcome:
Lima
- Invading Forces: Simonson's Cutthroats
- Defending Forces: Militia
- Outcome:
McComb
- Invading Forces: Martian Cuirassiers
- Defending Forces: Militia
- Outcome:
New Aberdeen
- Invading Forces: Cunningham's Commandos
- Defending Forces: Militia
- Outcome:
Royal
- Invading Forces: Fuchida's Fusiliers + volunteer battalion
- Defending Forces: Militia
- Outcome:
Galedon Thrust
An Ting
- Invading Forces: 1st Davion Guards + 17th Avalon Hussars
- Defending Forces: Militia
- Outcome:
|Capra
- Invading Forces: 1st Crucis Lancers + 1st Albion Training Cadre
- Defending Forces: Militia
- Outcome:
Delacruz
- Invading Forces: 3rd Lyran Regulars + 42nd Avalon Hussars RCT
- Defending Forces: 8th Sword of Light
- Outcome:
Elidere IV
- Invading Forces: 1st Ceti Hussars RCT + Screaming Eagles
- Defending Forces:
- Outcome:
Huan
- Invading Forces: 1st Dismal Disinherited + 2nd Dismal Disinherited
- Defending Forces: Militia
- Outcome:
Thestria
- Invading Forces: Dioscuri (2 regiments)
- Defending Forces: Thestria Militia
- Outcome: The world was unremarkable place for both sides. The task to conquer Thestria fell to both regiments of the Dioscuri. The AFFS provided the commanding officers with all available information about the planet but the data were 15 years out of date. The initial landing was uncontested. Pollux annexed three important cities with large quanteties of food because their sister unit get control about an important transport hub. The Thestrian militia was well prepared and dealt the mercenaries several losses. The supporting AFFS infantry occupied the cities which freed the 'Mech formations to hunt the guerilla forces. In the end the DCMS forces could only delay the invaders. The mercenaries prepared their position for the coming counter attack of the DCMS.
Other Wave One Actions
Lyran Operations
Polcenigo
|Killer Bees | |
Luzerne
|Killer Bees |
Marshdale
|Killer Bees |
Teniente
|Killer Bees | |
Caripare
|Killer Bees |
Itabaiana
|Killer Bees | |
Soverzene
|Killer Bees | |
Courchevel
|Killer Bees | |
Ardoz
|1st Knights of St. Cameron | |
Kiamba
|1st Knights of St. Cameron | |
Mellen
|1st Knights of St. Cameron | |
Baldur
|1st Knights of St. Cameron | |
Eguilles
|2nd Knights of St. Cameron | |
Caldrea
|2nd Knights of St. Cameron | |
Shirotori
|2nd Knights of St. Cameron | |
Trolloc Prime
|2nd Knights of St. Cameron | |
[[]]
|2nd Knights of St. Cameron | | |}
DCMS Operations
Saffel
- Invading Forces: Ryuken-ni + Ryuken-san
- Defending Forces:
- Outcome:
Caph
- Invading Forces: Ryuken-ni + Ryuken-san
- Defending Forces: 3rd Crucis Lancers + Davion Assault Guards + 33rd Avalon Hussars + Wolf's Dragoons
- Outcome:
New Earth
- Invading Forces: Ryuken-ni
- Defending Forces: Militia
- Outcome:
Procyon
- Invading Forces: Ryuken-san
- Defending Forces: 5th Lyran Regulars
- Outcome:
FWL Operations
Menkalinan
- Invading Forces:15th Marik Militia + 30th Marik Militia
- Defending Forces:
- Outcome: 15th Marik Militia 25% loses => eliminate defenders
30th Marik Militia 25% loses => eliminate defenders
Phact
- Invading Forces: 2nd Oriente Hussars
- Defending Forces: 15th Arcturan Guards
- Outcome:
Raballa
- Invading Forces: 2nd Oriente Hussars
- Defending Forces: Militia
- Outcome:
Chamdo
- Invading Forces: 2nd Oriente Hussars
- Defending Forces: Militia
- Outcome:
Old Kentucky
- Invading Forces: 2nd Oriente Hussars
- Defending Forces: Militia
- Outcome:
Capella
- Invading Forces: 9th Marik Militia
- Defending Forces: Blandford's Grenadiers
- Outcome: Blandford's Grenadiers 40 % loses
9th Marik Militia 40 % loses retreat
WAVE TWO AND COUNTERATTACK
Commonwealth Thrust (Operation Winterschnee)
Alnasi
- Invading Forces: 26th Lyran Guards
- Defending Forces: 6th Alshain Regulars + 1st Sun Zhang Academy Cadre
- Outcome: The DCMS sent two units to recapture the planet from the LCAF. Before the invasion force arrived the remaining DCMS units on the ground supported by the ISF started a guerilla campaign. The relocation of the 1st Argyle Lancers weakened the position of the Guards further. Further developments such as supply shortages and a hostile population made the situation worse. During the landing of the DCMS troops their DropShips were lightly damaged by the defending fighter force but no losses were recorded. The DCMS commands landed over 100 km away from the Lyran troops. The Guards launched a battalion-sized assault but were surprised by the strong defense. The Alshain Regulars held the line with their main force and sent only scout elements after the retreating Guard units. The 26th Guards waited for the final assault in the planetary capital. The 1st Sun Zhang Academy Cadre tried to sneak into the defensive perimeter but were discovered by a patrol. The commanding officer sent a hastily-assembled force to counter the move when the 6th Regulars began their assault. The Lyrans retreat further. The Dragon tried 5 times to break the defense but were always beaten back. When the Commanding officer together with many of his staff was killed by an car bomb the decision had fallen to retreat back to Lyran space. [7]
Alrakis
- Invading Forces: 23rd Arcturan Guards
- Defending Forces: 11th Legion of Vega + 8th Alshain Regulars
- Outcome:
Altais
- Invading Forces: 8th Donegal Guards RCT
- Defending Forces: 2nd Ghost
- Outcome:
Kessel
- Invading Forces: 2nd Donegal Guards + 11th Lyran Regulars + 4th Skye Rangers
- Defending Forces: 2nd Sword of Light + 12th Sun Zhang Academy Cadre + 5th Sun Zhang Academy Cadre
- Outcome:
Konstance
- Invading Forces: 4th Lyran Regulars
- Defending Forces: 22nd Dieron Regulars + 3rd Dieron Regulars
- Outcome:
Vega
- Invading Forces: Snord's Irregulars
- Defending Forces: 2nd Legion of Vega + 14th Legion of Vega
- Outcome:
Dieron Thrust
Ancha
- Invading Forces: Fighting Urukhai - DeMaestri’s Sluggers
- Defending Forces: 1st Shin Legion
- Outcome: Fighting Urukhai => over 60 % loses => retreat to Addicks
1st Shin Legion => over 60 % loses => secured DCMS
Athenry
- Invading Forces: Blue Star Irregulars (1894th Light Horse) + 21st Rim Worlds
- Defending Forces: Twelfth Dieron Regulars + Twenty-seventh Dieron Regulars
- Outcome: Blue Star Irregulars (1894th Light Horse) => suffer 40 % loses => retreat to Lambrecht
Blue Star Irregulars (21st Rim Worlds)=> suffer 40 % loses => retreat to Lambrecht
Twelfth Dieron Regulars => suffer 60 % loses => secured planet
Twenty-seventh Dieron Regulars => suffer 40 % loses => secured planet
Biham
- Invading Forces: 8th Crucis Lancers + ]]Laurel’s Legion]]
- Defending Forces: 5th Ghost + 6th Ghost
- Outcome: Eighth Crucis Lancers => suffer 25 % loses => retreat
Laurel’s Legion => suffer 40 % loses => retreat
Fifth Ghost => suffer 25 % loses => secured planet
Sixth Ghost => suffer 60 % loses => secured planet
Dieron
- Invading Forces:
- Defending Forces:
- Outcome:
Halstead Station
- Invading Forces: [[5th FedCom RCT + Fighting Urukhai - Roman’s Bar Hounds
- Outcome:
Kervil
- Invading Forces: Seventh Donegal Guards
- Defending Forces: First Sword of Light
- Outcome:
Nashira
- Invading Forces: 12th Vegan Rangers (Delta) + First FedCom RCT
- Defending Forces: First Genyosha
- Outcome: 12th Vegan Rangers (Delta) => 40 % loses => retreat to Errai
First FedCom RCT => 40 % loses => retreat to Errai
First Genyosha => 60 % loses => forced the AFFS to retreat
Pike IV
- Invading Forces: Seventeenth Skye Rangers + Hansen’s Roughriders
- Defending Forces: Twenty-fourth Dieron Regulars + Fifth Sword of Light
- Outcome:
Sadachbia
- Invading Forces: Eighth Deneb Light Cavalry + Redfield’s Renegades
- Defending Forces: Ninth Dieron Regulars
- Outcome:
Telos IV
- Invading Forces: 12th Vegan Rangers (Gamma) + Twenty-second Avalon Hussars
- Defending Forces: Second Benjamin Regulars + Forty-first Dieron Regulars
- Outcome:
Miscellaneous Actions
Altair
- Invading Forces:Second Davion Guards
- Defending Forces: Eighteenth Dieron Regulars
- Outcome:
Benjamin Thrust
Fellanin II
- Invading Forces: 71st Light Horse Regiment + 21st Striker
- Defending Forces: 2nd Arkab Legion + 4th Proserpina Hussars
- Outcome:
Klathandu IV
- Invading Forces: 7th Crucis Lancers + 2nd New Ivaarsen Chasseurs
- Defending Forces: 3rd Benjamin Regulars + 2nd Galedon Regulars
- Outcome:
Marduk
- Invading Forces: 10th Deneb Light Cavalry
- Defending Forces: 6th Benjamin Regulars + 8hth Galedon Regulars
- Outcome:
Matar
- Invading Forces: Cunningham's Commandos
- Defending Forces: 11th Ghost + 12th Ghost
- Outcome:
New Mendham
- Invading Forces: Davion Light Guards
- Defending Forces: 1st Amphigean Light Assault Groups + 2nd Amphigean Light Assault Groups
- Outcome:
Sadalbari
- Invading Forces: Cunningham's Commandos
- Defending Forces: 2nd Shin Legion + 7th Ghost + 8th Ghost
Other Actions
Homam
- Invading Forces: 21st Striker (ELH) + 151st Light Horse (ELH)
- Defending Forces: Militia
- Outcome:
Skat
- Invading Forces: 12th DLC,
- Defending Forces: Militia
- Outcome:
Murchison
- Invading Forces: 8th Crucis Lancers
- Defending Forces: Militia
- Outcome:
Cylene
- Invading Forces: 4th Davion Guards
- Defending Forces: Militia
- Outcome:
Mercenary-Supported Actions
Bergman’s Planet
- Invading Forces: Lindon’s Battalion
- Defending Forces: 21st Galedon Regulars
- Outcome:
Galtor III
- Invading Forces: Clifton’s Rangers
- Defending Forces: 3rd Benjamin Regulars + 1st Amphigean Light Assault Groups + 2nd Amphigean Light Assault Groups
- Outcome:
Harrow’s Sun
- Invading Forces: Miller Marauders
- Defending Forces: Ryuken-yon
- Outcome:
Lima
- Invading Forces: Simonson’s Cutthroats
- Defending Forces: Militia
- Outcome:
McComb
- Invading Forces: Martian Cuirassiers
- Defending Forces: Militia
- Outcome:
New Aberdeen
- Invading Forces: Cunningham’s Commandos
- Defending Forces: 12th Galedon Regulars
- Outcome:
Royal
- Invading Forces: Fuchida’s Fusiliers
- Outcome:
Galedon Thrust (Operation LAUNCELOT)
An Ting
- Invading Forces:
- Defending Forces: Ryuken-roku
- Outcome:
Capra
- Invading Forces: First Crucis Lancers + First Albion Training Cadre
- Defending Forces: Third Proserpina Hussars
- Outcome:
Delacruz
- Invading Forces:
- Defending Forces: Eighth Sword of Light
- Outcome:
Elidere IV
- Invading Forces: The First Screaming Eagles
- Defending Forces: Ninth Ghost + Tenth Ghost
- Outcome:
Huan
- Invading Forces: Second Dismal Disinherited
- Defending Forces: Thirty-Second Galedon Regulars
- Outcome:
Thestria
- Invading Forces: Dioscuri (2 regiments)
- Defending Forces: Sixteenth Galedon Regulars
- Outcome:
Other Actions
Misery
- Invading Forces: Second Screaming Eagles + First Ceti Hussars
- Defending Forces:
- Outcome:
Kaznejov
- Invading Forces: First Crucis Lancers + First Albion Cadre
- Defending Forces: Seventeenth Galedon Regulars
- Outcome:
Beta Mensae
- Invading Forces: First Crucis Lancers + First Albion Cadre
- Defending Forces:
- Outcome:
Igualada
- Invading Forces: First Dismal Disinherited + Third Dismal Disinherited
- Defending Forces:
- Outcome:
DCMS Counter-Invasion
Breed
- Invading Forces: 3rd Ghost + 4th Ghost
- Defending Forces: 1st NAIS Cadet Cadre + 2nd Robinson Rangers
- Outcome:
Cartago
- Invading Forces: 9th Benjamin Regulars
- Defending Forces: Clovis Draconis March Mlitia
Clovis
- Invading Forces: Ryuken-go
- Defending Forces: Clovis Draconis March Militia
- Outcome:
Dobson
- Invading Forces: 2nd Chisholm's Raiders
- Defending Forces: combined mercenary/Ghost battalions
- Outcome:
Doneval II
- Invading Forces: Ryuken-go
- Defending Forces: 15th Deneb Light Cavalry
- Outcome:
Exeter
- Invading Forces: Ryuken-go
- Defending Forces: 1st NAIS Cadet Cadre
- Outcome:
Le Blanc
- Invading Forces: 4th Ghost + three battalions (mercs collection)
- Defending Forces: Robinson DMM + 2nd Ceti Hussars RCT
- Outcome:
New Ivaarsen
- Invading Forces: 4th Ghost + support
- Defending Forces: 1st New Ivaarsen Chasseurs
- Outcome:
Rochester
- Invading Forces: 4th Ghost Regiment
- Defending Forces: Third Ceti Hussars RCT
- Outcome:
Xhosa VII
- Invading Forces: Ryuken-go
- Defending Forces: 7th Crucis Lancers + 2nd New Ivaarsen Chasseurs
- Outcome:
Wave Two Actions - Combine Operations (Operation OROCHI)
Fomalhaut
- Invading Forces: 36th Dieron Regulars
- Defending Forces: Militia
- Outcome:
Quentin
- Invading Forces: 40th Dieron Regulars
- Defending Forces: Militia
- Outcome:
Free Worlds League Operations
Hsien
- Invading Forces: Third Free Worlds Guards
- Defending Forces: Militia:
- Outcome:
Alioth
- Invading Forces: Gryphons
- Defending Forces: Militia
- Outcome:
|Cor Caroli
- Invading Forces: Gryphons
- Defending Forces: Militia
- Outcome:
Callison
- Invading Forces: 31st Marik Militia
- Defending Forces: Davion Assault Guards
- Outcome:
Marcus
- Invading Forces: 25th Marik Militia
- Defending Forces: 3rd Crucis Lancers
- Outcome:
Hall
- Invading Forces: Eighteenth Marik Militia
- Defending Forces: Black Widow Battalion
- Outcome:
Capellan Operations
Attack of the MAC
Alcyone
- Invading Forces: Second Armored Cavalry
- Defending Forces: Alcyone Capellan March Militia
- Outcome:
Addicks
- Invading Forces: Second MAC
- Defending Forces: Addicks DMM + Second Davion Guards
- Outcome:
Andro=
- Invading Forces: Fourth McCarron’s Armored Cavalry
- Defending Forces: Militia
- Outcome:
Bethel
- Invading Forces: First MAC
- Defending Forces: Militia
- Outcome:
Gallitzin
- Invading Forces: Third McCarron’s Armored Cavalry
- Defending Forces: Militia
- Outcome:
Kathil
- Invading Forces: Second MAC + First MAC + Third MAC
- Defending Forces: Eighth Syrtis Fusiliers RCT + Alcyone CMM + First Kittery Borderers
- Outcome:
Monhegan
- Invading Forces: Wild Ones
- Defending Forces: Militia
- Outcome:
Monongahela
- Invading Forces:Fourth MAC
- Defending Forces:Militia
- Outcome:
Orbisonia
- Invading Forces: Nightriders
- Defending Forces: Militia
- Outcome:
AFFC Counterassault (CASE JULIET)
While the McCarron Armored Cavalry raids reaching as deep as Kathil came as a surprise, Capellan March commander Duke Morgan Hasek-Davion had been making preparations for CASE JULIET since 3038 in case the Capellans chose to test if the AFFC had weakened itself to strike House Kurita. Originally a retaliatory strike against vital manufacturers on Grand Base, Victoria and Menke, Sarna March commander General Roman Steiner also prepared to target Ares after consulting wih Hasek-Davion and the AFFS high command as well.[8]
Though highly risky as JULIET involved almost all the available Capellan March defenders, Duke Hasek-Davion and General Steiner knew a simultaneous strike of this magnitude would send a clear message to the Chancellor and rebuke McCarron for his raids. Demonstrating to the CCAF the weakness of its defenses, a lesson some considered possibly better saved for a renewed war against the Confederation, Hasek-Davion considered it a price well paid to prevent a larger Capellan strike during the War of 3039.[8]
The Confederation however found the price bitter indeed, suffering much greater physical losses compared to those inflicted by the Big MAC on the Federated Suns. The Capellan leadership would spin MAC's victories for a morale boost, "proving" that the Davion military was not invincible, publicly hiding the fact that military production on all four worlds had been crippled for months if not years.[8]
Grand Base
- Invading Forces: 1st Federated Suns Armored Cavalry, 9th Illician Rangers and one MI-6 special forces team
- Defending Forces: Death Commandos and Warrior House Fujita
- Outcome: The riskiest and most heavily defended world, the FedSun attackers found the ferocious defense of the Death Commandos of their homeworld and the Earthwerks plant too strong, focusing instead on the lack of coordination between both Capellan units to inflict as heavy losses as possible, destroying nearly half the Capellan defenders before withdrawing.[9]
Menke
- Invading Forces: 59th Strike Regiment and Sirdar CMM
- Defending Forces: 6th McCarron's Armored Cavalry
- Outcome: Already a prime target, the Menke strike became the most important after the Big MAC was found to be the one raiding the FedSuns. Defended by the newly formed Sixth McCarron's Armored Cavalry, the Davion forces ran roughshod of the utterly green battalion, crippling the factories on world and ensuring the Sixth MAC would ultimately be disbanded rather than rebuilt.[10]
Victoria
- Invading Forces: 4th and 21st Illician Rangers
- Defending Forces: Warrior House LuSann and Warrior House Dai Da Chi
- Outcome: Landing totally unopposed, the Davion forces virtually had the run of the planet for nearly two weeks before Capellan forces finally arrived to oppose them. By the fourth week the Illician Lancers had inflicted as much damage on the factories as possible short of obliterating them completely and chose to withdraw in good order.[11]
Ares
- Invading Forces: 2nd FedCom RCT
- Defending Forces: 15th Dracon and Kingston's Legionnaires
- Outcome: Heavily outnumbering the battalion of mercenary Dracons on-world, the 2nd FedCom captured all three factories on-world with relative ease, after the arrival of the rest of the Dracons and the Legionnaires three weeks later the FedCom RCT opted to withdraw, having crippled the factories and taking three captured Capellan DropShips filled with dozens of 'Mechs and tanks with them.[12]
References
- ↑ War of 3039 p.28
- ↑ War of 3039 p.29
- ↑ War of 3039 p.29-30
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039 p.46-47
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039 p.48
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039 p.48
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039 p.70
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Historical: War of 3039, p. 127 "Wave Two and Counterattack - Capellan Operations - Countering the Big MAC"
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 128 "Wave Two and Counterattack - Capellan Operations - Countering the Big MAC - Grand Base(August-September)"
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, pp. 128-129 "Wave Two and Counterattack - Capellan Operations - Countering the Big MAC - Menke (August-September)"
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 129 "Wave Two and Counterattack - Capellan Operations - Countering the Big MAC - Victoria (August-September)"
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, pp. 127-128 "Wave Two and Counterattack - Capellan Operations - Countering the Big MAC - Ares(August-September)"
Bibliography
- 20-Year Update
- Historical: War of 3039
- Blood Legacy (Novel)
- Heir to the Dragon (Novel)
Dates
- Start Date - 3039
- End Date - 3040