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Owner History

Planetary History

War between the Star League and the Magistracy of Canopus was inevitable after the Magistracy joined the other Periphery nations in rejecting the Pollux Proclamation; Cranston was an early target in the initial Star League Defense Force campaign against the Magistracy. Tasked with capturing Cranston was the 58th Brigade, one of three brigades that made up the Star League Defense Force 20th Division, supported by an auxiliary regiment from the Free Worlds League Military - either the 1st Marik Militia or the 2nd Orloff Grenadiers and under the command of General Michael Martinnson.[4][18]

The 58th Brigade was formed entirely from BattleMech regiments and all of the 58th's AeroSpace support bar a single mixed AeroSpace company had been reassigned to support the 57th Brigade attack on the nearby world of Restitution. The 58th expected a hard fight despite outnumbering the 1st Canopian Grenadiers three-to-one; the Grenadiers gave them that hard fight, using maneuverability and speed to conduct hit-and-run attacks on the SLDF forces, fading back into the terrain after each strike. The Grenadiers were better equipped and armed than SLDF intelligence expected, having sourced equipment from arms traders in neighbouring states, and that combined with the lack of aerospace assets for reconnaissance and scouting dragged out what had originally been planned to be a week long campaign.[4]

Task force WarShips orbitting Cranston reported the arrival of a vessel at a nearby pirate point on the 9th of November; appearing near Cranston's moon, the new arrival was inside the task force picket lines and was able to avoid the task force patrol vessels and successfully launch DropShips which landed on Cranston's northern continent. Satellite imagery revealed the identity of these new arrivals - the 3rd Canopian Light Horse, originally expected to be on Restitution. In what would become a typical tactic for the Magistracy Armed Forces, the 3rd Canopian Light Horse had been used as part of a shell game, tying the 57th Brigade up on Restitution while moving forces around for a heavy counterstrike on Cranston. While the SLDF still had the benefit of numbers, the Canopian forces now had a three-to-one advantage in the air, which they used aggressively.[4]

Martinnson redeployed his forces, tasking six regiments from the 58th to continue to grind down the Grenadiers while the other three regiments from the 58th and the auxiliary FWLM forces fought to prevent the Light Horse from linking up with the Grenadiers. While the SLDF campaign for Cranston was ultimately successful, the Grenadiers and the Light Horse didn't leave the planet until the 29th of November, by which time they had extensively bloodied the SLDF forces. The battle for control of the air was brutal enough that the surviving members of the 58th Brigade's AeroSpace forces were the recipients of the first Star League Medals of Honor to be issued for the Magistracy campaign, and earned the nickname "The Bloody Few".[4]

Although the Magistracy lost control of Cranston to the SLDF in 2577, the MAF would stage a company-level raid on Cranston at least once during 2581, one of a number of raids designed to sting the garrison forces, pulling resources away from the SLDF active combat operations to keep the garrison well-equipped.[19][20]

The Magistracy of Canopus had 13 worlds annexed by the Free Worlds League, either during the Reunification War[5] or by Star League decree in 2602,[21] and Cranston was one of these worlds. Cranston was one of a number of former Canopian worlds lost during the Succession Wars.[4][9][10]

Garrisoning Military Force

2577

References

  1. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 24, "Free Worlds League after Age of War [2571]"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 93, "Magistracy of Canopus after Age of War", p. 93, "Magistracy of Canopus after Age of War [2571] and fall of the Star League [2750]"
  3. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 94, "Reunification War: Magistracy of Canopus Front Deployments (2577)"
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Historical: Reunification War, p. 97-98, "Restitution and Cranston (October-November 2577)"
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 158, "Inner Sphere - 2596"
  6. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 36, "Inner Sphere - 2750"
  7. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - 2765"
  8. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 34, "Free Worlds League after First Succession War [2822]"
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Handbook: House Marik, p. 38, "Free Worlds League after Second Succession War [2864]" Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "HB:HMp38" defined multiple times with different content
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 96, "Magistracy of Canopus after Third Succession War [3025] and after FedCom Civil War [3067]"
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Handbook: House Marik, p. 51, "Free Worlds League after Fourth Succession War [3030]" Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "HB:HMp51" defined multiple times with different content
  12. ↑ The Periphery, 2nd Edition, p. 112, "Magistracy of Canopus & Tortuga Dominions"
  13. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 56, "Free Worlds League after FedCom Civil War [3067]"
  14. ↑ Field Report: FWLM, p. 17, "Free Worlds League Military Deployment Map - August 3079"
  15. ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  16. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 10, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"
  17. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 38, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"
  18. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 148, "Magistracy Of Canopus Front(Jump-Off - 2582)"
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 150, "Magistracy Of Canopus Front (Jump-Off-2582)"
  20. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 101, "Gallis, Aspropirgos, Fanardir and Borgan's Rift (January 2580-October 2581)"
  21. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 161, "Good Neighbours To The Magistracy"

Bibliography

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