Operation Götterdämmerung

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  • to challenge as many mech regiments as possible
  • to cover the rear of the Fedsun => DCMS to busy for a two front wars
During the initial attack phase the LCAF invaded 23 star systems.

Wave 1

Harvest

Attackers: 4th Donegal Guards + 1st Lyran Regulars + 3rd Lyran Regulars + 40 infantry and tank regiments
Defenders:5th Amphigean Light Assault Group + [[Helmut's Hermits] + 20 regiments of infantry and armor.
Ouctome:During the landing the 3 lyran commands sought the disharmony between the two defending units. The defenders retreat of world after several successful attacks of the invaders offworld. [1]

Basiliano

Attackers:McGavin's Regiment Night Stalkers
Defenders:24th Arcturan Guards + 25th Arcturan Guards+ Black Hearts
Ouctome:The fighting for this planet was fierce. Outnumber 3 to 1 the veteran defenders run out of manuver space after repeated raids of the lyran forces. The lightning companies of the Guards pin the DCMS in place, but the Stalkers could retreat with the sacrifice of some heavier machines.[2]

Wheel

Attackers:1st Narhal Raiders + Hansen's Roughriders
Defenders:Tooth of Ymir + ten militia regiments
Ouctome:The defending mercs make a request on to the invaders to settle the battle on the old rules. Warrior against warrior without outside help. After 72 hours of continue fighting the dust layed down and the beated Tooth retreat offworld (they lost 36 machines).[3]

Marfik

Attackers:4th Skye Rangers + 25 infantry and tank regiments
Defenders:11th Legion of Vega + twelve other regiments
Ouctome:The Rangers thougth they had and easy target, but the overconvidence were a failure for the coming fights. The mechforce split from the main force and tried to capture/kill the future Coordinator. Theodore Kurita let them pay dearly for this actions. The conventional forces suffer moderate loses. The Legion captured on lyran Jumpship and jumped to the Vega system.[4]

Moritz

Attackers:8th Donegal Guards
Defenders:5th Sun Zhang Academy Cadre
Ouctome:The fighting was fierce and bitter. The cadre suffer horrendous loses through the invaders. Only 50 percent could retreat offworld after a final battle near the planetary capital Moritz.[5]

Weingarten

Attackers:15th Lyran Regulars
Defenders:1st Sun Zhang Training Cadre
Ouctome:The defenders were split in 3 equal forces. One by one the defenders suffer defeat after defeat. Only the sacrifice of an conventional unit saved some mech of the Cadre, which make it back to Combine space.[5]

Kandis

Attackers:26th Lyran Guards
Defenders:St. Cyr Heavy Assault Group
Ouctome:The mercs retreat offworld after a series of clashes with the invaders. The 2nd battalion of the assault group take the greatest damage.[5]

Karbala

Attackers:10th Lyran Guards
Defenders:Vandelay's Valkyries + 12 infantry and armor regiments
Ouctome:The CO of the Guards think that the mechforces alone could gain victory against normal mercs, but the fight for the planet was brutal. The defenders left the planet defeated. The Invaders took also heavy damage, because the conventional forces weren't in range for support.[5]

New Caledonia

Attackers:30th Lyran Guards + 10th Donegal Guards
Defenders:2nd An Ting Legion
Ouctome:The light machines of the Legion were trapped in near the planetary capital, because the invaders landed south and north of the defenders. The lyrans give their best and the Legion left 2 destroyed companies on the planet.[5]

Al Hillah[6]

Attackers:22nd Skye Rangers [7]
Defenders:local militia
Ouctome:Conquered by the LCAF

Heiligendreuz[6]

Attackers:Bad Dream[7]
Defenders:local militia
Ouctome:Conquered by the LCAF

Camlann[6]

Attackers:20th Arcturan Guards [7]
Defenders:local militia
Ouctome:Conquered by the LCAF

Diosd[6]

Attackers:14th Donegal Guards[7]
Defenders:local militia
Ouctome:Conquered by the LCAF

Hyperion[6]

Attackers:Waco Rangers[7]
Defenders:local militia
Outcome:The milita was easily crushed by the mercs.

Jabuka[6]

Attackers:19th Arcturan Guards[6]
Defenders:5th Rasalhague Regulars[6]
Ouctome:The CO of the defenders killed himself, after a minor defeat from the invading forces which was commanded by a women. His second in command was a bad tactitcan that the unit must leave the planet after a short series of battles.

Ko[6]

Attackers:3rd Regiment + 7th Regiment (12th Star Guards)[7]
Defenders:local militia
Ouctome:Conquered by the LCAF

Orestes[6]

Attackers:4th Lyran Regulars
Defenders:local militia
Ouctome:Conquered by the LCAF

Ramsau[6]

Attackers:23rd Arcturan Guards
Defenders:local militia
Ouctome:Conquered by the LCAF

Sabik[6]

Attackers:Barett's Fusiliers[7]
Defenders:local militia
Ouctome:Conquered by the LCAF

Shaula[6]

Attackers:conventionel LCAF forces[7]
Defenders:local militia
Ouctome:Conquered by the LCAF

Shionoha[6]

Attackers:Gray Death Legion
Defenders:local militia
Ouctome:Conquered by the LCAF

Volders[6]

Attackers:2nd Narhal's Raiders[7]
Defenders:local militia
Ouctome:Conquered by the LCAF

Buckminster

Attackers:3rd Royal Guards and the 39 regiments of the RCT + 20th Arcturan Guards (reinfor.)
Defenders:2nd Sword of Light regiment + 22 of the best infantry and tank regiments + 6th Arkab Legion (reinfor.)
Ouctome:This planet was important for both sides. The DCMS could lost a prefecture world to the enemy and the lyrans could get an opportunity to catch important people/documents with devastating effect for the dragon.
The defenders include some of the best forces available to the DCMS and the invaders were also carefully selected in form of the 3rd Royal Guards of the LCAF. The Guards used some unorthodox tactics (including the use of naval vessel) to surprise this elite regiment. The 2nd Sword was nearly annihilated when they were trapped in a mountain range. 6 Fortress - Class dropship in the back and the 3rd Guards in the front were to much for many soldiers. The defenders lost during the battle many good soldiers. The effective use of the Dropship-squadron were repeated several times. The DCMS learned to fade away with the incoming Drophsips. The 6th Arkab Legion which arrived as reinforcement suffer from the landing constant loses. The 20th Arcturan Guards were send to support the 3rd Guards.
The DMCS retreat back to a large urban center. In preparation of an assault the set traps at every possible place.[8]

Vega

Attackers:3rd Lyran Guards
Defenders:2nd Legion of Vega + 14th Legion of Vega + 40 tank and infantry regiments
Ouctome:The battle for Vega changed with the arrival of Theodore Kurita. He lead the 2 Legion of Vega units after a series of victories to that point, where the overall commander of the Lyran Guards make a decision to retreat before completely destroyed by the inspirit defenders.[9]

Follow Up Invasion

During the first phase of Operation Götterdämmerung the DCMS were surprised by the ferocity of the invading LCAF. From the initial 23 system 21 were conquered. The Archon decided to use the swing to push further into the Combine with the goal that the draconian High Command must use their reserve units to hold the line. The forces were exhausted from the continued fighting and old problems rose again. The DCMS had recovered from the initial shock and started also single counterattacks. [10]


Csesztreg[7]

Attackers:30th Lyran Guards[7]
Defenders:local militia
Ouctome:Conquered by the LCAF

Lothan[7]

Attackers:10th Lyran Guards[7]
Defenders:local militia
Ouctome:Conquered by the LCAF

Tukayyid[7]

Attackers:19th Arcturan Guards[7]
Defenders:local militia
Ouctome:Conquered by the LCAF

Buckminster[10]

Attackers:20th Arcturan Guards[7]
Defenders:
Ouctome:Conquered by the LCAF

Hohenems[10]

Attackers:24th Arcturan Guards[7] + 25th Arcturan Guards[7]
Defenders:local militia
Ouctome:Conquered by the LCAF

The Edge[10]

Attackers:10th Donegal Guards[7]
Defenders:local militia
Ouctome:Conquered by the LCAF

Aubisson[10]

Attackers:Gray Death Legion[7]
Defenders:local militia
Ouctome:Conquered by the LCAF

Hainfeld[10]

Attackers:Hansen's Roughriders[7]
Defenders:local militia
Ouctome:Conquered by the LCAF

Grumium[10]

Attackers:3rd Donegal Guards[7] + 22nd Skye Rangers[7]+4th Lyran Regulars[7]
Defenders:local militia
Outcome:Conquered by the LCAF

Kirchbach[11]

Attackers:4th Donegal Guards[7] + 3rd Lyran Guards[7] + Winfield's Briade[7] + Tyr Regiment[7]
Defenders:5th Amphigean Light Assault Group + 17th Rasalhague Regulars + Helmut Hermit's
Outcome:The presence of the Tyr create riots by the local population and the overwhelming numbers of the invader were the other factor that forced the DCMS to evacuated all military personal from the planet. All defending units suffer defeats.

Verthandi[7]

Attackers:1st Lyran Regular[7]
Defenders:local militia
Outcome:Conquered by the LCAF


Memmingen[7]

Attackers:15th Lyran Regular[7]
Defenders:local militia
Outcome:Conquered by the LCAF

Kimball II[11]

Attackers:4th Skye Rangers[7]
Defenders:
Ouctome:Conquered by the LCAF

Atria[11]

Attackers:
Defenders:
Ouctome:Conquered by the LCAF

Imbros III[11]

Attackers:
Defenders:
Ouctome:Conquered by the LCAF

Kufstein

Attackers:Blackhearts
Defenders:
Ouctome:Conquered by the LCAF

Karbala

Attackers:Richard's Panzer Brigade
Defenders:
Ouctome:Conquered by the LCAF

Cebalrai

Attackers:2nd Regiment - 12th Star Guards
Defenders:
Ouctome:Conquered by the LCAF

DCMS Conterattack

Nondi Steiner was the overall commander during the follow up invasion and pressed her troops further with the goal to destroy more DCMS command and to conquer more territory from the Dragon. In that situation the LCAF troops doesn't could prepare a possible conterattack. The DCMS started their campaign in the late 3028/early 3029. [12]

The Edge[12]

Attackers:25th Rasalhague Regulars
Defenders:10th Donegal Guards
Ouctome:Conquered by the LCAF

Stanzach[12]

Attackers:9th Pesht Regulars + 13th Rasalhague Regulars
Defenders:12th Donegal Guards
Ouctome:Conquered by the LCAF

Utrecht[12]

Attackers:7th Sword of light + 20 conventionel regiments
Defenders:14th Donegal Guards
Ouctome:Conquered by the LCAF

Komephoros[12]

Attackers:17th Benjamin Regulars
Defenders:4th Skye Rangers (2nd Battalion)
Ouctome:The 2nd Battalion hold their ground even against an superior enemy.

Kimball II

Attackers:3rd Dierons Regulars
Defenders:4th Skye Rangers (1st + 3rd Battalions)
Ouctome:The 3 Dieron Regulars lifted from Kessel with the goal to recapture Kimball from House Steiner. The inferior 4th Skye Rangers retreat after some brutal clashes with the DCMS unit.[10]

Sabik[12]

Attackers:Kingstons Caballeros (DCMS)
Defenders:Barett's Fusiliers (LCAF)
Ouctome:The Caballeros returned to Sabik after a short of time of rest and refit on Moore. The defending Fusiliers whre suprise about the fighting strength of the Caballeros. After losing two thirds of its initial strength the Fusilers retreat off world

La Blon[12]

Attackers:4th Proserpina Hussars + 18 conventionel regiments
Defenders:local militia (including 18 mechs + 20 conventionel regiments)
Ouctome: The DCMS discover a breach at the LCAF front an used it for the successful capture of LA Blon. The LCAF was not prepared for defeniv operation but could capture Unzmarkt, Ueda, Imbros III, Atria, Morzirje and Skokie. Because the DCMS captured Vega, Altenmarkt, La Blon, Cebalrai and Sabik. [12]

Continued Fightings

During the the short break at the war the LCAF correct some of the mistakes. The DCMS defended 7 worlds becaus the LCAF High Command tried to conquer 5 more worlds. [13]

The Edge[13] continued

Attackers:10th Donegal Guards[12] + 1st Lyran Guards
Defenders:25th Rasalhague Regulars[12]
Ouctome:The invasion of the 10th Donegal Guards were stopped when the defending Regulars retreated to prepared positions near the planetary capital. The commanding officer of the 10th Donegal want not to waste his men in the fight for the city. The artillery of the 10th Guards fired from hills down at the city. The Regulars use the time to laying minefield. With the arrival of the 1st Lyran Guards the siege turned in favor of the 10th Guards. The 25th Regulars had enough time to send some troops against the 1st Lyrans. The Kuritan unit used a weak link between the conventional forces and the 10th Guards to slip through. Both lyran forces tried to close the trap but it was to late. The two commands fire on each other which killed some soldiers. The 25th Regulars retreat off world.[14]

Liezen[13]

Attackers:4th Donegal Guards (reinforcement) [12] + Winfield Brigade [15]
Defenders:Altenmarkt Militia[12]
Ouctome:The fight for the planet was undecided. The Winfield Brigade forced the Milita go in the underground when the Brigade captured all major cities on the planet. With the arrival of 4th Donegal Guards,another veteran unit for the LCAF side, the numbers changed to the invader. The Altenmarkt Milita headed offworld and the resistance movement collapsed. [15]

Engadin[13]

Attackers:26th Lyran Guards[12] + Blackhearts (reinforc.)[16]
Defenders:St. Cyr Heavy Assault Group[12] + 5th Sun Zhang Academy Cadre[12]
Ouctome:The Lyran Guards give it best to crush all resistance on this planet, but the ongoing campaign against the defenders took its tale. With fresh troops and badly needed supplies the invaders force the 5th Cadre to surrender and the mercs offplanet.[16]

Stanzach + Radstadt[13]

Attackers:12th Donegal Guards[7] + 8th Donegal Guards[12] + 12th Donegal Guards[12]+ 30 conventionell regiments
Defenders:9th Pesht Regulars [12]+ 13th Rasalhague Regulars[12] + 20 conventionell regiments
Outcome:The DCMS defenders fortified their positions but the frontline was over 170 km long. The combine troops had not enough men to defend all sectors equal good. That was a weak link which was used by the assault Tyr regiment. The rasalhagian unit crossed a river and defeated the outnumbered DCMS soldiers after a short fight. The LCAF mechforces started their assaults to, where they capture to one important bridge. The 13th Rasalhague Regulars repulsed the attack on their position. The 9th Pesh Regulars send some troops as reinforcement but it was to late, the Steiner troops had gained a foothold on the other riverside. Both kuritan mech forces retreat back to the capital to build another defense line. The CO's get the order from the District Commander to abandoned the world. The soldiers followed the order but weren't happy about it. The Tyr rebelled against the LCAF orders to secure their position. The command followed the DCMS troops to Radstadt.
The 9th Regulars tried to block the advancing Tyr regiment but were pushed by side. When the rasalhagian citizens get notices of the coming Tyr command they turned their aggression against the remaining 13th Regulars. Both units retreated deeper into combine territory.

[17]

Tamar

Attackers:13th Rasalhague Regulars
Defenders:1st Grave Walkers + 2nd Grave Walkers
Ouctome:The Rasalhague Regular make an sucide assault against this important lyran world. The CO of the merc command and the Duke of Tamar had a dispute about how the Regulars could routed out. The mercenary send the Duke to sleep with a knockout and destroyed the DCMS unit to the last machine. The Duke demand the execution of the officer but were forced to rethink his decision with the arrival of a higher ranking official. [18]

Gunzburg[13]

Attackers:Bad Dream (LCAF) [7] + Mobile Fire (LCAF) [12]
Defenders:22nd Rasalhague Regulars [15]
Outcome:The defending 22nd Regulars went underground when the 2 lyran mercanery commands arrived at the planet. For several weeks both sides played hide and seek. The commander of the Mobile Fire unit send a message to the Bad Dream command that some of his solders get sick from a local disease. The Regulars decode the message successful. Then the DCMS unit tried to use the situation to it advantage but it was a trap. The 22nd surrender and the CO killed himself by a cyanide capsule because of the dishonor. [15]

Utrecht[13]

Attackers:14th Donegal Guards[7]
Defenders:7th Sword of Light[12]
Outcome:The surface of the planet was an obstacle to both forces. The 7th Sword had reinforced the planetary militia on an plateau. The position were easy to defend. The 14th Donegal Guards tried to try them out when they captured all major cities. But the attempt was partly successful because the DCMS unit used their air superiority to best advantage. The Guards know they had to go after the Sworders. After 35 days the Guards arrived at plateau. The rocky environment made the approach for the Steiner command easy. The air unit of the Combine were surprised in the middle of rearming when the 14th Guard destroyed it. The 7th Sword retreat under fire back to the awaiting Dropships. The planet belonged to the Commonwealth.

Shirotori[13]

Attackers:3rd Donegal Guards[12]
Defenders:1st Proserpina Hussars[12]
Ouctome:The fight for the planet was fierce. During the lull the High Command recall the CO and send the unit a new commander. The Hussars hold the urban center on the surface because the Guards had control over the landscape. Every time the Guards tried to secure one of the cities the Hussars arrived with superior numbers and defeat the lyrans. The new CO chose to strike at the head of the Husars. The lyrans capture an enemy convoy. The Guards send 8 mechs together with the vehicles near the estimated position of the enemy HQ. At night the 2 lances strike at the base. All mechs were destroyed but the Tai-sa and many high-ranking officers were killed to. The Hussars retreat after 7 day off world. [19]

Buckminster continued[13]

Attackers:3rd Royal Guards[12] + 20th Arcturan Guards [12]
Defenders:2nd Sword of Light[12] + 6th Arkab Legion [12]
Outcome:The 3rd Guards make a final assault at Buckminster City. The DCMS defenders had over 16 weeks to prepare their defenses properly. The 20th Arcturan blocked at this time an possible link between the two Kurtian troops. From the first battles within the city the 3rd Guards had problems to get the upper hand. The infantry and the conventional forces of the 2nd Sword attack on every opportunity. The 20th Guards get order to reinforce the Royal Guards with additional troops. Only a small force were left behind to block every break through attempt of the 6th Legion. The Legion used the situation to destroy the small forces and assaulted the main force of the 20ht Guards. The Commanding Officer from the LCAF decided to pull troops back from the assault to reinforce the 20th Guards. The seasoned 2nd Sword get from the defense to the offense. The fight continued for 72 hours. The LCAF retreat off world.

Csesztreg[20]

Attackers:30th Lyran Guards[7]
Defenders:only militia
Ouctome:

Feltre[20]

Attackers:conventional forces[7]
Defenders:only militia
Ouctome: captured by the LCAF

Galuzzo[20]

Attackers:conventional forces[7]
Defenders:only militia
Ouctome: captured by the LCAF

Nox[20]

Attackers:conventional forces[7]
Defenders:only militia
Ouctome: captured by the LCAF

Quarell[20]

Attackers:conventional forces[7]
Defenders:only militia
Ouctome: captured by the LCAF

Satalice[20]

Attackers:Waco Rangers + Hansen's Roughriders
Defenders:9th Rasalhague Regulars
Ouctome:The fight for the planet continued for several months. The DMCS unit retreat every time when the LCAF mercenaries built a local superiority. The 9th Regulars were trapped in a small valley. The Commanding Officer decided to abandon the planet.[20]

Altenmarkt[20]

Attackers:23rd Arcturan Guards
Defenders:5th Rasalhague Regulars
Ouctome:The 5th Rasalhague Regular had their difficulties on the planet. The anti combine movement Tyr started an terrorist campaign in May. With the arrival of the 23rd Arcturans the attacks getting stronger. After several months of maneuvering the Coordinator give order to retreat from the world.

Kimball II[20]

Attackers:3rd Dierons Regulars
Defenders:4th Skye Rangers (1st + 3rd Battalions)
'Ouctome:The 4th Skye Rangers defended the planet even against an superior enemy successful. After the lull the Rangers were resupplied and repaired. In that condition it was easy for the LCAF command to harass the 13th Dieron Regulars which had lost their commanding officer and 36 mech during the failed assault on Lyons. The DCMS retreat from the world under such circumstances.

Komephoros[20]

Attackers:17th Benjamin Regulars
Defenders:4th Skye Rangers (2nd Battalion)
Ouctome:The other half of the Skye Rangers used also the time for rest and refit. With the start of the hostilities again the Ranger chased the defending 17th Rasalhague Regular. The DCMS unit lifted off world back to Combine space.

Operation Holdur

The LCAF decided to use reserve unit to expande the invasion in to the combine further. Even planetary mitlitia was used on some occasion to capture thoses world. The goal was to capture 8 more worlds from the Dragon.[21]


Dromini VI[21]

Attackers:Ten Commonwealth armored and infantry regiments + aided by three militia infantry
Defenders:eleven Kurita militia regiments Dromini Vl
Outcome:The planetary defender were unprepared for any invasion. The conventional LCAF forces secured the world for Commonwealth.

Yorii[21]

Attackers:conventional LCAF forces
Defenders:16 infantry and conventional regiments
Ouctome:The conventional defenders were better prepared to meet the lyran invaders but the lost DCMS the world to House Steiner.

Lambrecht[21]

Attackers:3rd Regiment - Twelfth Star Guards
Defenders:planetary militia
Ouctome:The lyran mercenaries destroyed the entranched defenders and conquered the world

Asta[21]

Attackers:7th Regiment - Twelfth Star Guards
Defenders:planetary militia
Ouctome:Like its sister regiment the 7th destroyed all kuritan mech forces on the planet with easy.

Altair[22]

Attackers:Always Faithful + 17th Skye Rangers + their RCTs
Defenders:18th Dieron Regulars
Ouctome:The planet was important to the Dragon because of the minerals on the surface. The world was defended by the elite 18th Dieron Regulars. The initial landing was uncontested. The Lyrans could encircle the Regular after several minor skirmishes. The 2nd Battalion of the Regulars tried to use an valley to get behind the defense perimeter of the LCAF forces. A patrol discover the enemy and called for reinforcement. In the following fight the Battalion was destroyed but allowed the remaining to get into the desert. The LCAF tried to catch them over the next several weeks but without success. The lyran High Command give order to retreat back to Commonwealth Space.

Dyev[23]

Attackers:17th Donegal Guards + Gray Death Legions (reinforcement)
Defenders:22nd Dieron Regulars
Ouctome:The battle for the planet was undecided. The Dieron Regular had control over an strategic point and the 17th Donegal Guards find no way to break through. Both Commanders request for additional forces but only the LCAF send some. With the arrival of the Legion the Regulars were outnumbered. The CO of the 22nd give order to break out. The Guards were unprepared for such a move and the 22nd Dieron Regular Guards could escape from the world.

La Blon[24]

Attackers:1st Royal Guards+ two companies of Barrett's Fusiliers
Defenders:4th Proserpina Hussars
Ouctome:The LCAF had on mind to recover the world again from the Dragon. The 1st Royal Guards together with 6 lances of Barett's Fusiliers landed on the planet. Within the 24th hours the DCMS lost over 36 mechs in fighting. The Fort Minotaur, the main base of the defenders, were capture after fierce fighting. The main body of the Hussars retreat to countryside. For several days the Lyrans tried to find the Proserpina Hussars, but nothing happen. The commanding officer of the Royal Guards set a trap. The Hussars believed a false transmission that the Fort Minotaur were under defended. In an bold attack the Hussars charged to the Fort and the Guards awaited them. The DCMS survivors retreat after 3 hours but in the meantime the Fusiliers had set a trap in the back of the Hussars to. Only a few Lances were in the conditions to get to the Dropship for the withdraw.

Sabik[25]

Attackers:24th Lyran Guards RCT
Defenders:Kingston Caballeros
Ouctome:The local weather conditions was in favor of the defenders. The 24th Lyran Guards landed far away from its initial drop zone. Then the planetary militia start to harass the flanks of the invaders. The Caballeros chose to fight the enemy in open terrain and lost. After suffering serious loses the mercenaries retreat off world.

Operation: Contagion

The DMCS unit were disorganized and no effort was started to stop the invasion of the LCAF. Theodore Kurita called the CO's from all units in the Dieron District for a meeting. He argued that the rear of the Steiner front was under defended. His plan was to get behind the front line, use the planets for offensive actions and bring the Commonwealth advance to an hold. The officers agreed with him. Theodore get support from an unexpected direction. Duke Aldo Lestrade had send diplomats to discuss the possible independence of the Federation of Skye with the support of the Draconis Combine. The Tai-sa chose Dromini VI as the first target of the Operation.[25]

Dromini Vl: step one[25]

Attackers:17th Benjamin Regulars + 14th Legion of Vega + 11th Legion of Vega
Defenders:LCAF garrison
Outcome:The DCMS send some ISF operatives to the world where they supported the anti commonwealth movement. The hostility on the planet increased sereiously. The local garrison was overpowered by the rebells. In the next few day the DCMS units arrived at the system.

Dromini Vl step 2

Attackers:10th Lyran Guards
Defenders:17th Benjamin Regulars + 14th Legion of Vega + 2nd legion of Vega + 3rd Dieron Regulars + Genyosha
Outcome:The Guards began a frontal assault but were surrounded and beaten. The CO Frederick Steiner offer him self as hostage, when his unit could retreat off planet. Theodore Kurita agreed. The LCAF sent the 1st Royal Guards and Barrett's Fusiliers to catch the heir of the Dragon but without success. Loki agents destroyed sufficient Jumpship capacities (6 Ships). With such loses the operation were stopped. The DCMS retreat back to combine space.[26]

Skondia

Attackers:14th Legion of Vega
Defenders:five regiments of militia infantry + two militia 'Mech battalions
Outcome:After a series of hopeless defenses the Legion overwhelmed the defenders and secured the planet for the DCMS.[26]

Nusakan

Attackers:5th Sword of Light + Genyosha
Defenders:Kell Hounds
Outcome:The fight for this planet was short and brutal. Even the superior numbers could not turn the tide for the Dragon and the defending mercs battered the Sword of Light to a shadow of its former self. Then the Genyosha arrived to. The fight was battle out between the two COs. The Hounds gained another victory and the beaten CO (Yorinaga Kurita) killed himself because he would not leave with the shame of defeat from normal mercaneries.[27]

Alphecca[26]

Attackers:3rd Dieron Regulars
Defenders:militia infantry
Outcome:The defending militia tried to beat themech battalion in open battle but suffer horrendous loses and surrender to the invaders.

Conclusion

The Lyrans had many things going for them. They had the Rasalhague rebels fomenting insurrection and providing them with intelligence. They had Takashi Kurita's distraction with Wolf's Dragoons. They used these advantages to push the Draconis Combine back along a very broad front. They took a number of traditionally Rasalhagian worlds from the Combine, though their successes did not match what the Federated Suns managed to achieve against the Capellans.

Lyran military doctrine was significantly different than that of the Armed Forces of the Federated Suns. Whereas the AFFS executed several different "waves," effectively leapfrogging each other, the Lyrans used their wall of assault 'Mechs and pushed into the Draconis Combine on a very broad front. This was not a tactic that had served the Lyrans well in the past, but circumstances conspired to make it a feasible strategy for the 4th War.

The Lyran offensive was stalled when the Combine struck back and scored a couple of worlds that put them within one jump of Skye, a regional capital. Unwilling to continue pressing forward, but unable to reclaim their lost worlds, the Lyran assault ground to a halt.

References

  1. ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1p.46
  2. ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1p.47
  3. ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1p.48
  4. ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1p.48-49
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1p.50
  6. ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1p.51
  7. ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 7.15 7.16 7.17 7.18 7.19 7.20 7.21 7.22 7.23 7.24 7.25 7.26 7.27 7.28 7.29 7.30 7.31 7.32 7.33 7.34 7.35 7.36 7.37 7.38 7.39 7.40 NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1p.44-45
  8. ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1p. 52
  9. ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1 p.53
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1 p. 59 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "NAISVol1p59" defined multiple times with different content
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1 p. 60
  12. ↑ 12.00 12.01 12.02 12.03 12.04 12.05 12.06 12.07 12.08 12.09 12.10 12.11 12.12 12.13 12.14 12.15 12.16 12.17 12.18 12.19 12.20 12.21 12.22 12.23 12.24 12.25 12.26 NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1 p. 61
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 13.7 13.8 NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2 p.61
  14. ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2 p.68
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2 p.63
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2 p.62
  17. ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2 p.65-66
  18. ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2 p.67
  19. ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2 p.64
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 20.5 20.6 20.7 20.8 20.9 NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2 p.71 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "NAISVol2p71" defined multiple times with different content
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2 p.73
  22. ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2 p. 74
  23. ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2 p.75
  24. ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2 p.76
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2 p.77
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2 p.78
  27. ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2 p.79

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