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Revision as of 16:20, 12 February 2010
Operation: Sovereign Justice - Military campaign executed in June, 3068 by solely by the Federated Suns' Capellan March region against Capellan Confederation. Ultimately the campaign was failure due to counter-attack assault by the Capellans, reversing gains of Sovereign Justice.
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Operation Brief
The operation was conducted as part of Duke George Hasek's campaign to eliminated threat of Capellan Confederation aggression into Sun's space. Legal reasoning behind attack was citing the old St. Ives Compact Accord which specifies that FedSuns would counter any invasion of the Confederation may undertake.[1] As part of his strategy, he has Bounty Hunter kidnap Mandrinn Kai Allard-Liao from St. Ives. Using him as part of a plan to make look he had defected, which would easy the people in St. Ives Commonality from repulse in coming invasion. Thinking that Mandrinn was involved in following invasion to retake the St. Ives.
The invasion included three prong attacks from three locations in the FedSuns: Ziliang Axis, Kittery Line, and Lee Corridor.
FedSun Units Military & Mercenary Involved the Operation
Following are known military units that was involved with Sovereign Justice.
- 20th Avalon Hussars
- 5th Crucis Lancers
- 1st FedSuns Armored Cavalry
- 1st Federated Suns Lancers
- 1st Kestrel Grenadiers
- 1st Kittery Borderers
- 5th Syrtis Fusiliers
- 6th Syrtis Fusiliers
- 8th Syrtis Fusiliers
Supported by following mercenary commands were:
- 1st Cunningham's Commandos
- 2nd Cunningham’s Commandos
- Khorsakhov’s Cossacks
- 4th Illician Lancers
- 9th Illician Rangers
- 21st Illician Rangers
- 59th Illician Strike Regiment
- 180th Dragoon Combat Group (Marie’s Golden Hammers)
- The Arcadians
- The Federated Freemen
- Olson’s Rangers
Capellan Resistence Groups included
Wave One
First wave begun in June 3068.
Kittery Line
The world of Gei-Fu became first target of Operation in this prong. The Third Capellan Defense Force bombarded by Davion forces at its bases. The Kittery Borderers and 1st FedSun Lancers ended up fighting longer campaign on world than expected. Thinking the destruction of the Force's bases would taken fightout them, the 3rd presissted in its resistence against the invaders for a time.
Lee Corridor
The 5th Syrtis Fusilers, 20th Avalon Hussars were dispatched to Ares, where they hit the 4th McCarron's Armored Cavalry regiment garrisoned there. The 4th MAC held out against the two Davion regiments for three weeks, leaving it less than optiminal fighting shape. While the First Kestral Grenadiers with merc unit Khorsakhov’s Cossacks attack againt the 2nd Confederation Reserve Cavalry on Necromo. This resulted in a bloody affair for the Cavalry, rending them non-operation in week of fighting.
Ziliang Axis
The forces of the Sovereign Justice/Ziliang Axis Task force faced stronger defensive of the three prong attacks. The Sixth Syrtis Fusiliers & its mercs support unit, Cunningham Commandos attacked Hustaing. Facing against the Renshield's Dragoons who drew out the fighting out for month, but in end withdrew with modest damage to the unit.
On Sendalor, 9th Illician Lancers fought a long strung out battle against former merc unit, St. Cyr's Armored Regiment. The St. Cyr's held out for month against the Ninth, but in end was barely pacified by end of the wave of attacks.
Wave Two
The operation's 2nd Wave begun in July.
Kittery Line
Kittery Prong forces, continued push through the Capellan worlds, capturing Relevow and Overton in the St. Ive Commonality. Additionial mercenary units (Cunningham Commandos and Illician Lancers) were called in to handle the guerilla fighting by the reminisce of the 3rd Capellan Defense Force.
Ziliang Axis
In the Axis, Davion forces meet milid resistence when they captured the undefended worlds of Purvo and Carmen.
Lee Corridor
The Minnacora fell to the 20th Avalon, with its myomer testing facilties. As did New Sagan and Capricorn III to Grenadiers and 5th Crucis Lancers respectively.
Tsingtao suffered significant collateral damage due to heavy fighting from the full invasion on the planet by 59th Illician Strike Regiment.
Wave Two Related Events
Mercenary units in hire to Duke Hasek conducted raids on number of Capellan worlds. The quick-strike raids themselves developed into assaults against Liao, Hunan, Jonathan and Ningpo. On Ningpo, mercenary unit, the Arcadians meet with tough resistence, causing them significate damage, forcing off the planet.
Wave Three
The third wave of the operation begun in August.
Kittery Line
In third wave, worlds of Imalda, Glasgow, and New Westin fell to the Kittery Line of Davion forces. On Hexare, the Fourth Illician Lancers had just landed to begin their efforts to secure the planet, when the Renshield's Dragoons from Hustaing land world and contest Lancers bid to take the planet. The both forces suffer from heavy damage and end up dividing the planet between them, calling martial law hold the piece while both units attempt to recover.
Ziliang Axis
In the Axis region of attacks, renegade Capellan resistence unit, the Jie Fang Legion, attacks Denbar, cause number of war crimes against its people. Killing civilians in its urban riot control attempts.
Lee Corridor
The Fifth Crucis Lancer took world of Aldertaine, but suffered from civilian sabotage and supply problems.
On Tsingtao, the mercenary unit, the 59th Illician Strike fight's local resistence on the planet, but are attacks worsen by newly arrived Vong's Grenadiers. The Grenadiers inflict sigificate damage against FedSun mercenary unit.
Wave Three Related Events
The Capellan March divides much of its commerical JumpShip fleet to serve as pipline for the three prong attacks. Since the civilian JumpShip fleets were part of flow of commerical trade, the March begun see spike in prices. Corporation failed to convince Duke Hasek to release the ships from the military oriented mission fear they'd would fall prey to Capellan reprisals.
Fourth Wave
The fourth wave and its last, begun in October.
Ziliang Axis
Only world fall to the Axis prong was Housekarle, which single jump from capital of the Confederation, Sian. Other forces suffered major losses due to counterattacks. 21st Illician Rangers landed Imalda where they counterattack by Death Commandos and the 5th Confederation Reserve Cavalry. The Rangers, were badly mauled, forcing them fight guerilla campaign against the Capellans until they could withdraw from the planet.
Kittery Line
The Kittery prong forces did not advance, however received addititional reinforcements. On October 10, the Federated Freemen on Glasgow is attacked by the 4th Tau Ceti Rangers causing massive damage and their retreat by December, 3068.
Lee Corridor
The 20th Avalon Hussars and Kestrel Grenadiers push their prong forces to take No Return and Randar. While on Randar, its capital city business district suffered significate damage due to poor riot control efforts.
Wave Fourth Related Events
On the borders of the two Succession States, raids continue between the two sides. These raids caused significate casualties and damage to equipment on Lee and Alebaren. The raids caused the 1st FedSun Armored Cavalry to fall back to Halloran V after loosing half of its force to damage from the raids.
Sian Attack, beginning of Capellan Counter-Attack
The unknown WarShip (originally suspected to being a Davion vessel) penetrates Sian's orbital defenses and bombards the Forbidden City. This resulted in death of Duchess Candace Allard-Liao and reportively the Chancellor.
This triggers Capellan counter assault and gavelizes the Capellan people against the invading Capellan March troops. Sang-jiang-jun Talon Zahn becomes regent to the Confederation and launches the counter invasion known as Operation: Thunderstrike.
This causes the toops of AFFS loose ground in the Confederation and some regrouped on New Syris. The CCAF pentrate the March, hit New Sysris itself in gruelling battle for control of world. After the Chancellor is found, he order cease operations after the brutal assault against New Syris and recalls them. He then calls Duke Hasek for cease fire, stating he believes true enemy was Word of Blake.
Offically, Operation Sovereign Justice did not offically end until April 3070, but all offensive actions ceased in october 3068. The late date marked by the assasination of George Hasek, his successor Angela Hasek ordering the cease-fire.
Also See
References
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: 3070 page 16 - 2nd paragraph, George Hasek uses the old accords to be able to invade the Confederation.