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Part of The Dark Age era | |||||||||||
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Federated Suns | Draconis Combine | ||||||||||
Forces involved | |||||||||||
2nd Federated Suns Armored Cavalry 1st Federated Suns Lancers 1st Royal Cavaliers 22nd Avalon Hussars 27th Avalon Hussars 5th Ceti Hussars 2nd Crucis Lancers 4th Crucis Lancers 7th Crucis Lancers Davion Heavy Guards 2nd Davion Guards 3rd Davion Guards 3rd Robinson Strikers[1] |
Overview
Operation MANDRAGORA Was a planned operation by the Federated Suns against the Draconis Combine. The operation was cancelled however when a Combine taskforce ambushed the Federated Suns forces at their staging ground on the world of Palmyra.[1]
Prelude
The Federated Suns commands involved in the debacle where originally part of the taskforce assigned to Operation SUNSHOWER.[1]
Battle
By early July most of the planet had been captured with only isolated elements of the Federated Suns forces offering resistance.[2]
Aftermath
The ambush resulted in the loss of over twenty percent of the total armed forces of the AFFS.[1]