Operation Götterdammerung

The Invasion had 3 parts

1st Attack

Al Hillah => 22nd Skye Rangers (Green)

Basiliano => 24th Arcturan Guards (Regular) + 25th Arcturan Guards (Regular) + Blackhearts (Regular)

Buckminster => 3rd Royal Guards (Elite)

Camlann => 20th Arcturan Guards (Veteran)

Diosd => 14th Donegal Guards (Regular)

Harvest => 4th Donegal Guards (Veteran) + 1st Lyran Regulars (Veteran) + 3rd Lyran Regulars (Regular)

Heiligendreuz => Bad Dream (Veteran)

Hyperion => Waco Rangers (Veteran)

Jabuka => 19th Arcturan Guards (Green)

Kandis => 26th Lyran Guards (Veteran)

Karbala => 10th Lyran Guards (Veteran)

Ko => 3rd Regiment 12 Star Guards (Veteran) + 7th Regiment 12 Star Guards (Green)

Marfik => 4th Skye Rangers (Elite)

Morrtz => 8th Donegal Guards (Veteran)

New Caledonia => 30th Lyran Guards (Regular) + 10th Donegal Guards (Regular)

Orestes => 3rd Donegal Guards (Elite) + 4th Lyran Regulars (Regular)

Ramsau => 23rd Arcturan Guards (Veteran)

Sabik => Barrett's Fusiliers (Veteran)

Shionoha => Gray Death Legion (Veteran)

Vega => 3rd Lyran Guards (Veteran)

Volders => 2nd Narhal's Raiders (Regular)

Weingarten => 15th Lyran Regulars (Regular)

Wheel => Hansen's Roughrlders (Veteran) + 1st Narhal's Raiders (Regular)

Meantime

Altenmarkt => 23rd Arcturan Guards (Veteran)

Aubisson => Gray Death Legion (Veteran)

Buckminster => 20th Arcturan Guards (Veteran)

Cebalrai => 2nd Regiment 12 Star Guards (Regular)

Csesztreg => 30th Lyran Guards (Regular)

Gumium => 3rd Donegal Guards (Elite) + 4th Lyran Regulars (Regular) + 22nd Skye Rangers (Green)

Gunzburg => Bad Dream (Veteran)

Hainfeld => Hansen's Roughrlders (Veteran)

Hohenems => 24th Arcturan Guards (Regular) + 25th Arcturan Guards (Regular)

Karbala => Richard's Panzer Brigade (Veteran)

Kimball II => 4th Skye Rangers (Elite)

Kornephoros => 4th Skye Rangers (Elite)

Kirchbach => 4th Donegal Guards (Veteran) + 3rd Lyran Regulars (Regular) + Winfield's Brigade

Kufstein => Blackhearts (Regular)

Lothan => 10th Lyran Guards (Veteran)

Memmingen => 15th Lyran Regulars (Regular)

Stanzach => 8th Donegal Guards (Veteran) + => 12th Donegal Guards (Green)

The Edge => 10th Donegal Guards (Regular)

Tukayyid => 19th Arcturan Guards (Green)

Utrecht => 14th Donegal Guards (Regular)

Verthandi => 1st Lyran Regulars (Veteran)

Last Step

Altenmarkt => 10th Lyran Guards (Veteran)

Atria => 3rd Regiment 12 Star Guards (Veteran)

Camlann => 4th Lyran Regulars (Regular)

Dehgolan => 19th Arcturan Guards (Green) + Richard's Panzer Brigade (Veteran)

Engadin => 26th Lyran Guards (Veteran)

Imbros III => 7th Regiment 12 Star Guards (Green)

Ligzen => Wlnfleld's Brigade

Mozirje => 3rd Lyran Regulars (Regular)

New Wessex => 3rd Lyran Guards (Veteran)

Radstadt => 8th Donegal Guards (Veteran)

Shirotori => 3rd Donegal Guards (Elite)

Unzmarkt => 24th Arcturan Guards (Regular) + 25th Arcturan Guards (Regular)

Vorarlberg => 12th Donegal Guards (Green)

During the initial attack phase the LCAF invaded 23 star systems.

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.

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.

===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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Al Hillah

Attackers:

Defenders:local militia

Ouctome:

Heiligendreuz

Attackers:Bad Dream

Defenders:local militia

Ouctome:

Camlann

Attackers:

Defenders:local militia

Ouctome:

Diosd

Attackers:14th Donegal Guards

Defenders:local militia

Ouctome:

Hyperion

Attackers:Waco Rangers

Defenders:local militia

Outcome:The milita was easily crushed by the mercs.

Jabuka

Attackers:19th Arcturan Guards,

Defenders:5th Rasalhague Regulars

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

Attackers:3rd Regiment + 7th Regiment (12th Star Guards)

Defenders:local militia

Ouctome:Conquered by the LCAF

Orestes

Attackers:4th Lyran Regulars

Defenders:local militia

Ouctome:Conquered by the LCAF

Ramsau

Attackers:23rd Arcturan Guards

Defenders:local militia

Ouctome:Conquered by the LCAF

Sabik

Attackers:

Defenders:local militia

Ouctome:Conquered by the LCAF

Shaula

Attackers:

Defenders:local militia

Ouctome:Conquered by the LCAF

Shionoha

Attackers:Gray Death Legion

Defenders:local militia

Ouctome:Conquered by the LCAF

Volders

Attackers:

Defenders:

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 devasting 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 unorthodx tactics (including the use of naval vessel) to suprise this elite regiment. The 2nd Sword was nearly anhillated 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 effectiv use of the Dropship-squadron were repeated several times. The DCMS learned to fade away with the incming Drophsips. The 6th Arkab Legion which arrived as reinforcment 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 preperation of an assault the set traps at every possible place. The 3rd Guards make a final assault but the Legion await them. After losing one third in bitter street fighting the 2nd Sword breakout overwhelmed the Lyran which run to the dropships. The DCMS had secured Buckminister once more.

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.

The Edge

Attackers:10th Donegal Guards

Defenders:25th Rasalhague Regulars

Ouctome:Conquered by the LCAF

Aubisson

Attackers:Gray Death Legion

Defenders:

Ouctome:Conquered by the LCAF

Hainfeld

Attackers:Hansen's Roughriders

Defenders:

Ouctome:Conquered by the LCAF

Gumium

Attackers:3rd Donegal Guards

Defenders:

Outcome:Conquered by the LCAF

Kimball II

Attackers:3rd Dierons

Defenders:4th Skye Rangers (2 Battalions)

Ouctome:Reconquered by the DCMS.

Kirchbach

Attackers:4th Donegal Guards + 3rd Lyran Guards + Winfield's Briade + Tyr Regiment

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 overwhleming 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.

Liezen

Attackers:Winfield's Brigade + 4th Donegal Guards

Defenders:Altenmarkt Militia

Ouctome:The Milita go in the underground when the Brigade captured all major cities on the planet. With the arrival of another veteran unit for the LCAF side the numbers changed to the invader. The Altenmarkt Milita headed offworld and the resistance movement collapsed.

Engadin

Attackers:26th Lyran Guards + Blackhearts (reinforc.)

Defenders:St. Cyr Heavy Assault Group + 5th Sun Zhang Academy Cadre

Ouctome:The Lyran Guards give it best to crush all resistance on this planet, but the ongoing campaign against the defenders took tis tale. With fresh troops and badly needed supplies the invaders force the 5th Cadre to surrender and the mercs offplanet.

Mozirje

Attackers:

Defenders:

Ouctome:Conquered by the LCAF

Atria

Attackers:

Defenders:

Ouctome:Conquered by the LCAF

Impros III

Attackers:

Defenders:

Ouctome:Conquered by the LCAF

Ueda

Attackers:

Defenders:

Ouctome:Conquered by the LCAF

Skolkie

Attackers:

Defenders:

Ouctome:Conquered by the LCAF

Unzmarkt

Attackers:

Defenders:

Ouctome:Conquered by the LCAF

Gunzburg

Attackers:Mobile Fire (LCAF) + Bad Dream (LCAF)

Defenders:22nd Rasalhauge Regulars

Ouctome:The invading forces make an hide and seek game with the defenders. The CO of Mobile Fire used false communication to set a trap for the Raslhague Regulars. With the surrounding of the Regulars the fight were over and the 22nd surrender.

Shirotori

Attackers:3rd Donegal Guards

Defenders:1st Proserpina Hussars

Ouctome:Only with the change in command could the Guards regain the offensive. The new commander fight the Hussars at every opportunity. The intelligence staff discover that the enemy commander held meetings at every morning. THis was the weak link that the 3rd used at its best. A Headhunter mission was successful during the CO were killed and the headless Hussars retreat after 7 days of fighting.

=> The DCMS began with an conter attack after the consolidate their deleted numbers.

The Edge

Attackers:25th Rasalhague Regulars

Defenders:10th Donegal Guards + 1st Lyrans Regulars

Outcome:The Rasalhague Regulars do their best to give the lyrans no chance to deliver the final blow. The DCMS sacrifice some of their conventional troops to give the mechforces the time to postion them in the right place. With the arrival of the 1st Lyran the DCMS defenders could only retreat under moderate loses off planet.

Stanzach

Attackers:9th Pesht Regulars + 13th Rasalhague Regulars

Defenders:12th Donegal Guards + 8th Donegal Guards (reinforc.) + Tyr Regiment

Ouctome:The fighting between the two factions were without a decision. The Tyr make a successful attack against a large portion of the defenders. The District Commander ordered both regiments offworld to consolidate his frontline.

Utrecht

Attackers:7th Sword of Light

Defenders:14th Donegal Guards (were first invaders)

Outcome:The Sword of Light secured a easily defending mountain range, because the lyrans controlled some population centers. The CO of the Guards decided to make a long march to the Swords unit. Under heavy loses the commanding officer of the 2nd ordered an overall retreat offworld.

Karnephoros

Attackers:17th Benjamin Regulars

Defenders:4th Skye Rangers (1 Battalion)

Sabik

Attackers:Kingstons's Caballeros (DCMS)

Defenders:Barett's Fusiliers (LCAF)

Outcome:Reconquered by the DCMS

La Blon

Attackers:4th Proserpina Hussars + 18 supporting regiments

Defenders:local miilita

Ouctome:Conquered by the DCMS

=> LCAF gained: Ueda, Skolkie, Atria, Imbos III, Unzmarkt, Mozirje

=> LCAF lost: Cebalrai, Sabik, La Blon, Altenmarkt, Vega

Tamar

Attackers:13th Rasalhague Regulars

Defenders:1st Grave Walkers + 2nd Grave Walkers

Ouctome:The Rasaulhague Regular make an sucide assault against this important lyran world. The CO of the merc command and the Duke of Tamar had a disput about how the Regulars could routed out. The mercanery 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 abone this with the arrival of a higher ranking official.

renewed invasion

The LCAF conquer Feltre, Nox, Galuzzo, Quarrel, Csesztreg

Satalice

Attackers:Waco Rangers + Hansen's Roughriders

Defenders:9th Rasalhague Regulars

Ouctome:After several months of hide and seek the invaders pin the defender in place. The DCMS unit hat 2 choices:to fight and die or to leave the planet. They abonned the planet in favor of the LCAF.

Planet:Altenmarkt===

Attackers:23rd Arcturan Guards

Defenders:5th Rasalhague Regulars

Outcome:The DCMS unit retreat with the invading of the 23rd and the hostile population on planet.

Operation Holdur

Dromini VI

Attackers:10 conventinal regiments

Defenders:11 milita regiments

Ouctome:The LCAF conquerd the planet

Yorii

Attackers:conventional forces

Defenders:16 milita regiments

Outcome:The LCAF conquerd the planet

Lambrecht

Attackers:3rd Regiment (12th Star Guards)

Defenders:milita units

Outcome:The LCAF conquerd the planet

Lambrecht

Attackers:7th Regiment (12th Star Guards)

Defenders:milita units

Outcome:The LCAF conquerd the planet

Altair

Attackers:17th Skye Rangers + Always Faithful

Defenders:18th Dieron Regulars

Outcome:The defending unit were prepared for the harsh invorement on this planet. The invading forces suffer under the constant raides from the Regulars and the heat of this desert planet. The LCAF decided when the fighting continued both units will suffer unnessary loses and withdrew its forces offworld.

Dyev

Attackers:17th Donegal Guards + Gray Death Legion

Defenders:22nd Dieron Regulars

Outcome:The first phase was eual between the two forces. With the arrival of the Legion the tide changed to the LCAF favor. The 22nd Diron breakout and could overrun the suprised Guards. The DCMS unit abonned the planet with its retreat offworld.

La Blon

Attackers:1st Royal Guards + Barret's Fusiliers (6 lances)

Defenders:4th Proserpina Hussars

Outcome:The Hussars held the countryside because the lyran controlled two important forts. The Hussars believed they could trap the 1st Royal in a fort but this was an ambush by it self. The fierce fight took its tale from the DCMS. The supporting mercs finished the survivors of.

Sabik

Attackers:24th Lyran Guards

Defenders:Kingstons's Caballeros

Outcome:The superior numbers were to much for defending merc unit. The Caballeros deliver some damage before they were forced to retreat offworld.