Sarna News: Bad 'Mechs - Icestorm

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The Goliath Scorpion warriors who landed were shocked to discover that the enclave - which consisted of a city and a [[Sylph]] manufacturing factory - wasn't in fact being protected by Snow Raven warriors, but rather a large Society force, with those Snow Raven warriors who were present most likely either being ''[[solahma]]'' abandoned by the Snow Ravens during their withdrawal from the Homeworlds or warriors actively recruited by Society members within the Snow Ravens. The Society force demanded a proper ''batchall'', but their demands were ignored by [[Galaxy Commander]] [[Lincoln Dinour]] and the resulting intense firefight spilled over into a nearby large terraforming research zone. During the battle several of the sealed tanks within the terraforming research area were pierced by stray shots, resulting in a devastating explosion that wiped out half the defending Society forces and the majority of the Goliath Scorpion forces on the ground. An enraged Dinour perceived the explosion as a deliberate trap, and retaliated by ordering the ''[[Nightlord]]''-class battleship [[Atropos|CGS ''Atropos'']] to bombard the Snow Raven city from orbit, razing it from the surface of the planet along with the two million people living there.<ref name="WORp95"/>
 
The Goliath Scorpion warriors who landed were shocked to discover that the enclave - which consisted of a city and a [[Sylph]] manufacturing factory - wasn't in fact being protected by Snow Raven warriors, but rather a large Society force, with those Snow Raven warriors who were present most likely either being ''[[solahma]]'' abandoned by the Snow Ravens during their withdrawal from the Homeworlds or warriors actively recruited by Society members within the Snow Ravens. The Society force demanded a proper ''batchall'', but their demands were ignored by [[Galaxy Commander]] [[Lincoln Dinour]] and the resulting intense firefight spilled over into a nearby large terraforming research zone. During the battle several of the sealed tanks within the terraforming research area were pierced by stray shots, resulting in a devastating explosion that wiped out half the defending Society forces and the majority of the Goliath Scorpion forces on the ground. An enraged Dinour perceived the explosion as a deliberate trap, and retaliated by ordering the ''[[Nightlord]]''-class battleship [[Atropos|CGS ''Atropos'']] to bombard the Snow Raven city from orbit, razing it from the surface of the planet along with the two million people living there.<ref name="WORp95"/>
  
The devastation inflicted by the ''Atropos'' was witnessed by Star Adder forces at a nearby enclave with a mounting sense of horror; [[Star Colonel]] [[Erik Marghar]] of the Star Adders issued an immediate [[Trial of Reaving]] against Galaxy Commander Dinour for his actions, a call to Trial the Dinour accepted. Dinour landed the remainder of Delta Galaxy - the [[1st Eridani Lancers (Clan Goliath Scorpion)|First Eridani Lancers]] and the [[8th Scorpion Grenadiers (Clan Goliath Scorpion)|Eighth Scorpion Grenadiers]] - on the Basalt Plans close to the Adder enclave, ready to fight the Trial.<ref name="WORp95"/>
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The devastation inflicted by the ''Atropos'' was witnessed by Star Adder forces at a nearby enclave with a mounting sense of horror; [[Star Colonel]] [[Erik Marghar]] of the Star Adders issued an immediate [[Trial of Reaving]] against Galaxy Commander Dinour for his actions, a call to Trial the Dinour accepted. Dinour landed the remainder of Delta Galaxy - the [[1st Eridani Lancers (Clan Goliath Scorpion)|First Eridani Lancers]] and the [[8th Scorpion Grenadiers (Clan Goliath Scorpion)|Eighth Scorpion Grenadiers]] - on the Basalt Plans close to the Adder enclave, ready to figh tthe Trial.<ref name="WORp95"/>
  
 
The Goliath Scorpions and the Star Adders fought an intense conflict for an hour before the final victors emerged: the [[178th Adder Sentinels (Clan Star Adder)|178th Adder Sentinels]], who also managed to claim several Goliath Scorpion warriors as [[bondsman|bondsmen]]. Unbeknownst to both Clans, a Society force had gathered nearby, drawn from the forces at the other two Snow Raven enclaves; the Society forces waited for the Goliath Scorpions and Star Adders to exhaust themselves in the Trial and begin their battlefield cleanup, then attacked. The Society forces suffered heavy losses, but their advanced equipment and numbers overwhelmed the Star Adders.<ref name="WORp95"/> The Goliath Scorpion loss on Brim as well as losses elsewhere convinced Khan [[Ariel Suvorov]] to withdraw the Goliath Scorpion forces to their core holdings in the Homeworlds until mid-[[3073]].<ref name="WORp125">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 125: "Scorpion Gambit"</ref>
 
The Goliath Scorpions and the Star Adders fought an intense conflict for an hour before the final victors emerged: the [[178th Adder Sentinels (Clan Star Adder)|178th Adder Sentinels]], who also managed to claim several Goliath Scorpion warriors as [[bondsman|bondsmen]]. Unbeknownst to both Clans, a Society force had gathered nearby, drawn from the forces at the other two Snow Raven enclaves; the Society forces waited for the Goliath Scorpions and Star Adders to exhaust themselves in the Trial and begin their battlefield cleanup, then attacked. The Society forces suffered heavy losses, but their advanced equipment and numbers overwhelmed the Star Adders.<ref name="WORp95"/> The Goliath Scorpion loss on Brim as well as losses elsewhere convinced Khan [[Ariel Suvorov]] to withdraw the Goliath Scorpion forces to their core holdings in the Homeworlds until mid-[[3073]].<ref name="WORp125">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 125: "Scorpion Gambit"</ref>

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