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| conflict = Battle of Timkovichi
| partof = The [[Dark Age]], Republic Era
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| caption = 
| date = 15 August [[3142]]
| place = 
| planet = [[Timkovichi]]
| territory = 
| faction1 = (Attacker)<br />[[Golden Ordun]]
| faction2 = (Defender)<br />[[Lyran Commonwealth]]
| commander1 = [[Malvina Hazen]]
| commander2 = [[Evan Kell]]
| forces1= 
| forces2= 
| result = Clan Jade Falcon victory
| environment = 
| conditions = Normal
}}


The '''Battle of Timkovichi''' was a late [[Dark Age Era]] military operation undertaken by the Clan Jade Falcon and Clan Hell's Horses against the Lyran Commonwealth space.<ref>''A Bonfire of Worlds'', ch. 13</ref>

==Operation Brief==
The battle took place in a tropical area of Timkovichi.

==Operation History== 
===Factions & Known Units Involved in the Conflict===
====Golden Ordun====
*[[Beta Galaxy (Clan Hell's Horses)]]
*[[CJF Red Talon]] (Clan Jade Falcon)

=====[[Lyran Commonwealth]]=====
*[[Kell Hounds]]

===Origin of Conflict===
Since Malvina Hazen created her own version of the [[Mongol Doctrine]], she opened a bloody way through the Lyran Commonwealth space. Her creation of the [[Golden Ordun]], when incorporated forcibly the [[Clan Hell's Horses]] into her service, made her even more ambitious, driving through the Commonwealth and towards [[Terra]] and to [[Tharkad]], the Lyran capital.
One of the main defenders of the lyran space was the [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]] forces, but they were too much weakened to fight everywhere, so other units had to help them. The most prestigious was the [[mercenary]] unit Kell Hounds, traditional defenders of the Commonwealth. And it was on the planet Timkovichi were the Ordun and Hounds forces crashed.<ref>''A Bonfire of Worlds'', ch. 13</ref>

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===The Battle===
On the 15th of August 3142, the Hounds were mounting a ferocious defense of Timkovichi against the forces of Malvina Hazen and her Ordun. The massed light forces of the Golden Ordun and the three-pronged attack into the Commonwealth had seen the defending Commonwealth forces pinned in place, with many units overwhelmed, but the Kell Hounds, which had support from the local population, were a tough, experienced mercenary unit skilled in combined-arms warfare that proved a match for Malvina's forces.<ref> "Field Manual: 3145'' p.148 </ref> 
But Malvina Hazen wasn't one to let any obstacle to stop her: she decided to resort to subjecting the Hounds to [[orbital bombardment]] from the ''[[Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Red Talon|CJF ''Red Talon'']]<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 157: "The Jade Falcon Fleet"</ref> to defeat them. It was a extreme measure, but one of a number of savage, extreme actions that she relied on - along with her forces' sheer numbers - to generate tales of terror sufficient to intimidate worlds into surrendering without the need for a military campaign.<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 148: "Tearing Down the House"</ref> 
She felt a small twinge of guilt to threaten the Horses Beta Galaxy, which was engaged in battle, but didn't bother to warn them to break off their attack. She saw a Hounds' [[Awesome]] in battle, which may have been one of their leaders, caught fully by the bombardment, and the assault 'Mech simply melted, along with all the command staff and virtually almost the totality of the Hounds, Evan Kell included... but also caught were the Horses' engaged with the Hounds. The battle ended soon, a crushing defeat for the Lyrans and a total victory for the Falcons.<ref>''A Bonfire of Worlds'', ch. 13</ref><ref>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 80</ref>

===Aftermath===
The bombardment also razed a small nearby city, Greywalk. Unfortunately for the Horses, the orbital bombardment that annihilated the Hounds also savaged Beta Galaxy, forcing the Horses to rotate the remains of the Galaxy back into their Occupation Zone to seed new Horde Clusters. Besides, the Horses didn't like Malvina's acts, and if she was very respected and admired between the Horses, later she was mostly feared and hated. Even two of the Doctrine's most ardent followers, [[Patricia DeLaurel]] and [[Fulk Lassenerra]] became horrified by the slaughter of his Galaxy on Timkovichi, abandoning the Doctrine. Fulk, later Horse's SaKhan, would later help to make his clan broke his alliance with Malvina.<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 154: "Clan Hell's Horses"</ref><ref>''Elements of Treason: Honor'', ch. 14</ref>

However, that act didn't affect all the Horses equally: Beta Galaxy's [[666th Mechanized Assault (Clan Hell's Horses)]] Cluster survived unscathed, because they were several kilometers outside ground zero, and viewed their survival as a sign that they were truly favored by the Chinggis Khan, remaining at her side.<ref>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 61</ref>

And the Hounds survived as unit, though barely: the next officer on line, Evan's niece, [[Callandre Kell]], managed to regroup the survivors, barely a battalion, and led them to the [[Battle of Tharkad (3143)|Battle of Tharkad on 3143]], later launching guerrilla raids into the Falcon's Occupation Zone.<ref>''A Bonfire of Worlds'', ch. 14</ref>

On 23 February [[3151]], Callandre led a raid into Timkovichi, landing into the area of the battle. Callandre disembarked first alone, paying her respects to the dead ones, including her uncle. The Hounds later left a small monument on place: a ferrosteel plinth engraved with the names of the Hounds which died there, and a promise into the base: ''Vengeance is Owed''. 
The Hounds soon made up their promise: using the chaos reining on the [[Hinterlands]], they liberated several worlds from the Falcons, including [[Arc-Royal]], founding the [[Arc-Royal Liberty Coalition]].<ref>''Tamar Rising'', p. 32-74</ref>

==Gallery==
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Timkovichi Orbital Bombardment FM3145.jpg|The Hounds and Horses under the fire of the ''Red Talon''.
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==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[A Bonfire of Worlds]]''
* ''[[Elements of Treason: Honor]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
* ''[[Tamar Rising]]''

[[Category:Late Dark Age Era Military Operations|Timkovichi]]