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The War of 3039 was a relatively minor conflict that involved the Federated Suns and Lyran Commonwealth (as the Federated Commonwealth), versus the Draconis Combine.

Background

In the Fourth Succession War, the alliance between House Davion and House Steiner had allowed the Federated Suns to deliver a shattering blow to the Capellan Confederation. Prince Hanse Davion decided to attempt to duplicate this success almost a decade later against the Draconis Combine. Since Lyran Commonwealth Archon Katrina Steiner had pledged not to prosecute any more wars, she stepped down months before the beginning of the war in favor of her daughter, Archon-designate Melissa Steiner.

However, the Combine had realized such an attack to be a logical consequence of the Fourth Succession War, and had been preparing for it for the past years. The differences between the Combine in 3039 and the Capellans in 3028 were legion, and the strategic situation was decidedly different: This time, Davion did not have the advantage of having double agents in the highest ranks of the enemy military. The Combine military (DCMS) had also recuperated from the Fourth Succession War and the Ronin Wars much faster than anyone had anticipated, owing in part to a technological renaissance brought about by the Helm Memory Core. New 'Mech designs such as the Hatamoto-Chi, the Daboku and the CGR-1A9 Charger variant had been created in preparation for the expected attack.

Furthermore, Gunji-no-Kanrei Theodore Kurita had created a neutral buffer state along two thirds of his realm's border with the Steiner realm by granting rebellious border worlds their freedom and allowing the Free Rasalhague Republic (FRR) to form. On the sidelines, this had forced House Steiner to also commit numerous contested worlds on their side of the border to the new state, thus nullifying their gains in the previous war. ComStar had actively supported the formation of the FRR and provided the DCMS with BattleMechs from their own stocks as an incentive, including (by error or by design) lostech equipment that had not been seen in the Inner Sphere for decades, if not centuries.

The war

The attack was apparently quite unimaginative, carried out with a conservative strategy that mostly relied on strength of numbers to exploit the Combine's perceived lack of fighting equipment. Theodore Kurita answered with a bold bluff. The Combine fought a delaying action, committing mostly conventional units to bog down the attackers while strong forces were committed to Operation Orochi, a quick counter-attack that captured several worlds including Quentin, an important 'Mech factory site. Operation Orochi was a gamble because it stretched the Combine's defenses to the limit and completely stripped rearward areas of any combat equipment, effectively exposing the Combine's flank to the onslaught. However, the bluff worked and the swift counterattack created the illusion of a much stronger military than the DCMS actually was at the time, augmented by the appearance of vintage Star League era equipment and entirely new BattleMech designs. It succeeded not only in forcing the attackers on the defensive, drawing units scheduled for assaults to defense assignments and thereby upsetting the invasion timetables; made insecure by these unforseen developments, Hanse Davion aborted the offensive and called an end to the War in 3040. It would be eleven years before he would find out that he fell for Theodore's bluff.

WAVE ONE =

Commonwealth Thrust

Planet:Alnasi

Attackers:First Argyle Lancers + Twenty-sixth Lyran Guard

Defenders:milita

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Planet:Alrakis

Attackers:Twenty-third Arcturan Guards + Fifth Donegal Guards

Defenders:Eleventh Legion of Vega

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Planet:Altais

Attackers:Eighth Donegal + First Dragonslayers + Gray Death Legion

Defenders:First Ghost + Second Ghost

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Planet:Kessel

Attackers:Second Donegal Guards + Fourth Skye Rangers

Defenders:Twelfth Sun Zhang Cadre

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Planet:Konstance

Attackers:Fourth Crucis Lancers + Fourth Lyran Regulars + Mobile Fire

Defenders:Twenty-second Dieron Regulars

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Planet:Vega

Attackers:tThird Lyran Guard + Third Davion Guard + Snord’s Irregulars + First Grave Walkers + Seventeenth Recon

Defenders:Fourteenth Legion of Vega + Fifth Amphigean Light Assault Group

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Dieron Thrust

Planet:Ancha

Attackers:DeMaestri’s Sluggers (Fighting Urukha)

Defenders:First Shin Legion

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Planet:Athenry

Attackers:1894th Light Horse + Twenty-first Rim Worlds (BSI)

Defenders:militia

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Planet:Biham

Attackers:Eighth Crucis Lancers + Laurel’s Legion

Defenders:militia

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Planet:Dieron

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Planet:Halstead Station

Attackers:Fifth FedCom RCT + Roman’s Bar Hounds (Fighting Urukhai)

Defenders:militia

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Planet:Kervil

Attackers:Seventh Donegal Guard + Seventeenth Skye Rangers

Defenders:militia

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Planet:Nashira

Attackers:First FedCom RCT + Delta (Twelfth Vegan Rangers)

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Planet:Pike IV

Attackers:Thirtieth Lyran Guard RCT

Defenders:militia

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Planet:Sadachbia

Attackers:Eighth Deneb Light Cavalry + Redfield’s Renegades

Defenders:militia

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Planet:Telos IV

Attackers:Twenty-second Avalon Hussars Gamma Regiment (Twelfth Vegan Rangers)

Defenders:militia

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Benjamin Thrust

Planet:Fellanin II

Attackers:Seventy-first Light Horse + Twenty-first Striker

Defenders:Fourth Proserpina Hussars

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Planet:Klathandu IV

Attackers:Seventh Crucis Lancers + Second New Ivaarsen Chasseurs

Defenders:militia

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Planet:Marduk

Attackers:First Robinson Rangers + Tenth Deneb Light Cavalry RCT

Defenders:Sixth Benjamin Regulars

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Planet:Matar

Attackers:First Kestrel Grenadiers + First Kathil Uhlans

Defenders:militia

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Planet:New Mendham

Attackers:Davion Light Guards + First Chisholm’s Raiders

Defenders:militia

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Planet:Sadalbari

Attackers:Fifth Davion Guards + Third FedCom RCT

Defenders:2nd Shin Legion

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Mercenary-Supported Actions

Planet:Bergman’s Planet

Attackers:Lindon’s Battalion

Defenders:militia

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Planet:Galtor III

Attackers:Clifton’s Rangers

Defenders:militia

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Planet:Harrow’s Sun

Attackers:Miller’s Marauders

Defenders:militia

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Planet:Lima

Attackers:Simonson’s Cutthroats

Defenders:militia

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Planet:McComb

Attackers:Martian Cuirassiers

Defenders:militia

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Planet:New Aberdeen

Attackers:Cunningham’s Commandos

Defenders:militia

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Planet:Royal

Attackers:Fuchida’s Fusiliers + volunteer battalion

Defenders:militia

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Galedon Thrust

Planet:An Ting

Attackers:First Davion Guards + Seventeenth Avalon Hussars

Defenders:militia

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Planet:Capra

Attackers:First Crucis Lancers + First Albion Training Cadre

Defenders:militia

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Planet:Delacruz

Attackers:Third Lyran Regulars + 42nd Avalon Hussars RCT

Defenders:Eighth Sword of Light

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Planet:Elidere IV

Attackers:First Ceti Hussars RCT + Screaming Eagles

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Planet:Huan

Attackers:First Dismal Disinherited + Second Dismal Disinherited

Defenders:militia

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Planet:Thestria

Attackers:Dioscuri (2 regiments)

Defenders:militia

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Other Wave One Actions

Lyran Operations

Planet:Polcenigo

Attackers:Killer Bees

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Planet:Luzerne

Attackers:Killer Bees

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Planet:Marshdale

Attackers:Killer Bees

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Planet:Teniente

Attackers:Killer Bees

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Planet:Caripare

Attackers:Killer Bees

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Planet:Itabaiana

Attackers:Killer Bees

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Planet:Soverzene

Attackers:Killer Bees

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Planet:Courcheval

Attackers:Killer Bees

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Planet:Ardoz

Attackers:First Knights of St. Cameron

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Planet:Kiamba

Attackers:First Knights of St. Cameron

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Planet:Mellen

Attackers:First Knights of St. Cameron

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Planet:Baldur

Attackers:First Knights of St. Cameron

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Planet:Eguilles