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| conflict = Battle of Markerson<ref name=FTp14>''The Fox's Teeth'', pp. 14-15, "The Swarm's Sting"</ref>
 
| partof = The [[Third Succession War]]
 
| partof = The [[Third Succession War]]
 
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| date = [[3019]]
 
| date = [[3019]]
| place = Markerson<ref name=FTp14>''The Fox's Teeth'', pp. 14-15, "The Swarm's Sting"</ref>
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| place = Markerson
 
| planet = [[Fallon II]]
 
| planet = [[Fallon II]]
 
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| faction2 = (Defender)<br/>[[Draconis Combine]]
 
| faction2 = (Defender)<br/>[[Draconis Combine]]
 
| commander1 = [[Lieutenant]] [[Kate Nomura]]
 
| commander1 = [[Lieutenant]] [[Kate Nomura]]
| commander2 = ''[[Tai-i]]'' [[Mercer Ravannion]]<ref name=FTp14/>
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| commander2 = ''[[Tai-i]]'' [[Mercer Ravannion]]
 
| forces1 = [[McKinnon's Raiders|Recon Lance, McKinnon's Company (Alpha), Vanur's Battalion (1st), 7th Crucis Lancers RCT]]
 
| forces1 = [[McKinnon's Raiders|Recon Lance, McKinnon's Company (Alpha), Vanur's Battalion (1st), 7th Crucis Lancers RCT]]
 
| forces2 = Unknown DCMS Unit<br>[[12th Star Guards|Provisional Lance, 12th Star Guards]]
 
| forces2 = Unknown DCMS Unit<br>[[12th Star Guards|Provisional Lance, 12th Star Guards]]
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==Units involved==
 
==Units involved==
 
===Draconis Combine===
 
===Draconis Combine===
 
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* Unknown DCMS Unit<ref name=FTp14/>
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* [[12th Star Guards|Provisional Lance, 12th Star Guards]]<ref name=FTp14/>
  
 
===Federated Suns===
 
===Federated Suns===
* [[Seventh Crucis Lancers]]<ref name=TROp12>''Technical Readout: 3025'', p. 12</ref>
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* [[McKinnon's Raiders|Recon Lance, McKinnon's Company (Alpha), Vanur's Battalion (1st), 7th Crucis Lancers RCT]]<ref name=TROp12>''Technical Readout: 3025'', p. 12</ref><ref name=FTp14/>
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==

Revision as of 19:07, 26 June 2022

Battle of Markerson[1]
Part of The Third Succession War
Start Date 3019
Location Markerson
Planet Fallon II
Result Decisive Federated Suns victory
Territorial
changes
None
Factions
(Attacker)
Federated Suns
(Defender)
Draconis Combine
Commanders and leaders
Lieutenant Kate Nomura Tai-i Mercer Ravannion
Forces involved
Recon Lance, McKinnon's Company (Alpha), Vanur's Battalion (1st), 7th Crucis Lancers RCT Unknown DCMS Unit
Provisional Lance, 12th Star Guards

Overview

In 3019 three regiments from the DCMS or mercenaries under their employee - including the Twelfth Star Guard - were attempting to rebuild and reorganize on Fallon II. The AFFS surprised the DCMS forces on Fallon II by launching a raid using McKinnon's Raiders, a subcommand of the Seventh Crucis Lancers, to strike at Fallon II, intent on destroying or disabling factories and mines on the metal-rich but air-poor world. It was during the raid by McKinnon's troops that Tai-i Mercer Ravannion attempted to prove his theory that hordes of light 'Mechs would prove more viable as combat forces than smaller numbers of heavier 'Mechs... an attempt that proved to be a failure in what was recorded as the Battle of Markerson.[1]

Units involved

Draconis Combine

Federated Suns

Notes

The scenario for this Battle actually balances out almost exactly even in the BV2 system. Taking Skills and preexisting damage into account for both sides McKinnon's Recon Lance has 3,219 and Ravannion 3,214.

Reference

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 The Fox's Teeth, pp. 14-15, "The Swarm's Sting"
  2. Technical Readout: 3025, p. 12

Bibliography