War of 3039

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

Forces Deployed during *Operation Name*
World	Attacker	Defender
Alnasi	First Argyle Lancers + Twenty-sixth Lyran Guard	milita
Alrakis	Twenty-third Arcturan Guards + Fifth Donegal Guards	Eleventh Legion of Vega
Altais	Eighth Donegal + First Dragonslayers + Gray Death Legion	First Ghost + Second Ghost
Kessel	Second Donegal Guards + Fourth Skye Rangers	Twelfth Sun Zhang Cadre
Konstance	Fourth Crucis Lancers + Fourth Lyran Regulars + Mobile Fire	Twenty-second Dieron Regulars
Vega	Third Lyran Guard + Third Davion Guard + Snord’s Irregulars + First Grave Walkers + Seventeenth Recon	Fourteenth Legion of Vega + Fifth Amphigean Light Assault Group

Dieron Thrust

Forces Deployed during *Operation Name*
World	Attacker	Defender
Ancha	DeMaestri’s Sluggers (Fighting Urukha)	First Shin Legion
Athenry	1894th Light Horse + Twenty-first Rim Worlds (BSI)	militia
Biham	Eighth Crucis Lancers + Laurel’s Legion	militia
Dieron
Halstead Station	Fifth FedCom RCT + Roman’s Bar Hounds (Fighting Urukhai)	militia
Kervil	Seventh Donegal Guard + Seventeenth Skye Rangers	militia
Nashira	First FedCom RCT + Delta (Twelfth Vegan Rangers)
Pike IV	Thirtieth Lyran Guard RCT	militia
Sadachbia	Eighth Deneb Light Cavalry + Redfield’s Renegades	militia
Telos IV	Twenty-second Avalon Hussars + Gamma Regiment (Twelfth Vegan Rangers)	militia

Benjamin Thrust

Forces Deployed during *Operation Name*
World	Attacker	Defender
Fellanin II	Seventy-first Light Horse + Twenty-first Striker	Fourth Proserpina Hussars
Klathandu IV	Seventh Crucis Lancers + Second New Ivaarsen Chasseurs	militia
Marduk	First Robinson Rangers + Tenth Deneb Light Cavalry RCT	Sixth Benjamin Regulars
Matar	First Kestrel Grenadiers + First Kathil Uhlans	militia
New Mendham	Davion Light Guards + First Chisholm’s Raiders	militia
Sadalbari	Fifth Davion Guards + Third FedCom RCT	2nd Shin Legion

Mercenary-Supported Actions

Forces Deployed during *Operation Name*
World	Attacker	Defender
Bergman’s Planet	Lindon’s Battalion	militia
Galtor III	Clifton’s Rangers	militia
Harrow’s Sun	Miller’s Marauders	militia
Lima	Simonson’s Cutthroats	militia
McComb	Martian Cuirassiers	militia
New Aberdeen	Cunningham’s Commandos	militia
Royal	Fuchida’s Fusiliers + volunteer battalion	militia

Galedon Thrust

Forces Deployed during *Operation Name*
World	Attacker	Defender
An Ting	First Davion Guards + Seventeenth Avalon Hussars	militia
Capra	First Crucis Lancers + First Albion Training Cadre	militia
Delacruz	Third Lyran Regulars + 42nd Avalon Hussars RCT	Eighth Sword of Light
Elidere IV	First Ceti Hussars RCT + Screaming Eagles
Huan	First Dismal Disinherited + Second Dismal Disinherited	militia
Thestria	Dioscuri (2 regiments)	militia

Other Wave One Actions

Lyran Operations

Forces Deployed during *Operation Name*
Wave	World	Attacker	Defender	Outcome
Polcenigo	Killer Bees
Luzerne	Killer Bees
Marshdale	Killer Bees
Teniente	Killer Bees
Caripare	Killer Bees
Itabaiana	Killer Bees
Soverzene	Killer Bees
Courchevel	Killer Bees
Ardoz	First Knights of St. Cameron
Kiamba	First Knights of St. Cameron
Mellen	First Knights of St. Cameron
Baldur	First Knights of St. Cameron
Eguilles	Second Knights of St. Cameron
Caldrea	Second Knights of St. Cameron
Shirotori	Second Knights of St. Cameron
Trolloc Prime	Second Knights of St. Cameron
[[]]	Second Knights of St. Cameron

DCMS Operations

Forces Deployed during *Operation Name*
Wave	World	Attacker
Saffel	Ryuken-ni + Ryuken-san
Caph	Ryuken-ni + Ryuken-san	Third Crucis Lancers + Davion Assault Guards + Thirty-third Avalon Hussars + Wolf’s Dragoons
New Earth	Ryuken-ni	militia
Procyon	Ryuken-san	Fifth Lyran Regulars

FWL Operations

Forces Deployed during *Operation Name*
Wave	World	Attacker
Menkalinen	Fifteenth Marik Militias + Thirtieth Marik Militias
Phact	Second Oriente Hussars	Fifteenth Arcturan Guard
Raballa
Chamdo
Old Kentucky
Capella	Ninth Marik Militia	Blandford’s Grenadiers

WAVE TWO AND COUNTERATTACK

Commonwealth Thrust (Operation WINTERSCHNEE)

Forces Deployed during *Operation Name*
World	Attacker	Defender
Alnasi	Twentysixth Lyran Guard	Sixth Alshain Regulars First Sun Zhang Cadre
Alrakis	Twenty-third Arcturan Guards	Eleventh Legion of Vega + Eighth Alshain Regulars
Altais	8th Donegal Guards RCT	Second Ghosts
Kessel	Second Donegal Guard + Eleventh Lyran Regulars + Fourth Skye Rangers	Second Sword of Light + Twelfth Sun Zhang Academy Cadre + Fifth Sun Zhang Academy Cadre
Konstance	Fourth Lyran Regulars	Twenty-second Dieron Regulars + Third Dieron Regulars
Vega	Snord’s Irregulars	Second Legion of Vega + Fourteenth Legion of Vega

Dieron Thrust

Forces Deployed during *Operation Name*
World	Attacker	Defender
Ancha	Fighting Urukhai	Shin Legion
Athenry	Blue Star Irregulars (1894th Light Horse)	Twelfth Dieron Regulars + Twenty-seventh Dieron Regulars
Biham	Eighth Crucis Lancers + Laurel’s Legion	Fifth Ghost + Sixth Ghost
Dieron
Halstead Station	Fifth FedCom RCT + Fighting Urukhai	Regiments
Kervil	Seventh Donegal Guards	First Sword of Light
Nashira	12th Vegan Rangers (Delta) + First FedCom RCT	First Genyosha
Pike IV	Seventeenth Skye Rangers + Hansen’s Roughriders	Twenty-fourth Dieron Regulars + Fifth Sword of Light
Sadachbia	Eighth Deneb Light Cavalry + Redfield’s Renegades	Ninth Dieron Regulars
Telos IV	12th Vegan Rangers (Gamma) + Twenty-second Avalon Hussars	Second Benjamin Regulars + Forty-first Dieron Regulars

Miscellaneous Actions

Forces Deployed during *Operation Name*
World	Attacker	Defender	Outcome
Altair	Second Davion Guards	Eighteenth Dieron Regulars

Benjamin Thrust

Forces Deployed during *Operation Name*
World	Attacker	Defender
Fellanin II	71st Light Horse Regiment + 21st Striker	2nd Arkab Legion + 4th Proserpina Hussars
Klathandu IV	7th Crucis Lancers + 2nd New Ivaarsen Chasseurs	3rd Benjamin Regulars + 2nd Galedon Regulars
Marduk	10th Deneb Light Cavalry	6th Benjamin Regulars + 8hth Galedon Regulars
Matar	Cunningham's Commandos	11th Ghost + 12th Ghost
New Mendham	Davion Light Guards	1st Amphigean Light Assault Groups + 2nd Amphigean Light Assault Groups
Sadalbari	Cunningham's Commandos	2nd Shin Legion + 7th Ghost + 8th Ghost

Other Actions

Forces Deployed during *Operation Name*
World	Attacker	Defender
Homam	21st Striker (ELH) + 151st Light Horse (ELH)	militia
Skat	12th DLC,	militia
Murchison	8th Crucis Lancers	militia
Cylene	4th Davion Guards	militia

Mercenary-Supported Actions

Forces Deployed during *Operation Name*
World	Attacker	Defender
Bergman’s Planet	Lindon’s Battalion	Twenty-First Galedon Regulars
Galtor III	Clifton’s Rangers	Third Benjamin Regulars + First Amphigean Light Assault Groups + Second Amphigean Light Assault Groups
Harrow’s Sun	Miller Marauders	Ryuken-yon
[Lima[]]	Simonson’s Cutthroats	militia
McComb	Martian Cuirassiers	militia
New Aberdeen	Cunningham’s Commandos	Twelfth Galedon Regulars
Royal	Fuchida’s Fusiliers

Galedon Thrust (Operation LAUNCELOT)

Forces Deployed during *Operation Name*
Wave	World	Attacker
An Ting		Ryuken-roku
Capra	First Crucis Lancers + First Albion Training Cadre	Third Proserpina Hussars
Delacruz		Eighth Sword of Light
Elidere IV	The First Screaming Eagles	Ninth Ghost + Tenth Ghost
Huan	Second Dismal Disinherited	Thirty-Second Galedon Regulars
Thestria	Dioscuri (2 regiments)	Sixteenth Galedon Regulars

Other Actions

Forces Deployed during *Operation Name*
Wave	World	Attacker
Misery	Second Screaming Eagles + First Ceti Hussars
Kaznejov	First Crucis Lancers + First Albion Cadre	Seventeenth Galedon Regulars
Beta Mensae	First Crucis Lancers + First Albion Cadre
Igualada	First Dismal Disinherited + Third Dismal Disinherited

DCMS Counter-Invasion

Forces Deployed during *Operation Name*
Wave	World	Attacker
Breed	Third Ghost + Fourth Ghost	First NAIS Cadre + Second Robinson
Cartago	Ninth Benjamin Regulars	Clovis Draconis March Militia
Clovis	Ryuken-go	Clovis Draconis March Militia
Dobson	Second Chisholm’s Raiders	combined mercenary/Ghost battalions
Doneval II	Ryukengo’s	Fifteenth Deneb Light Cavalry
Exeter	Ryuken-go	First NAIS Cadre
Le Blanc	Fourth Ghost Regiment + three battalions (mercs collection)	Robinson DMM + Second Ceti Hussars RCT
New Ivaarsen	Fourth Ghost Regiment + support	First New Ivaarsen Chasseurs
Rochester	Fourth Ghost Regiment	Third Ceti Hussars RCT
Xhosa VII	Ryuken-go	Seventh Crucis Lancers + Second New Ivaarsen Chasseurs

Wave Two Actions

Combine Operations (Operation OROCHI)

Forces Deployed during *Operation Name*
Wave	World	Attacker	Defender	Outcome
	Fomalhaut	Thirty-Sixth Dieron Regulars	Militia
Quentin	Fortieth Dieron Regulars	Militia

Free Worlds League Operations

Forces Deployed during *Operation Name*
Wave	World	Attacker
Hsien	Third Free Worlds Guards	Militia
Alioth	Gryphons	Militia
Cor Caroli	Gryphons	Militia
Callison	Thirty-first Marik Militia	Davion Assault Guards
Marcus	Twenty-fifth Marik Militia	Third Crucis Lancers
Hall	Eighteenth Marik Militia	Black Widow Battalion

Capellan Operations

Attack of the MAC

Forces Deployed during *Operation Name*
World	Attacker	Defender
Alcyone	Second Armored Cavalry	Alcyone Capellan March Militia
Addicks	Second MAC	Addicks DMM + Second Davion Guards
Andro	Fourth McCarron’s Armored Cavalry	Militia
Bethel	First MAC	Militia
Gallitzin	Third McCarron’s Armored Cavalry	Militia
Kathil	Second MAC + First MAC + Third MAC	Eighth Syrtis Fusiliers RCT + Alcyone CMM + First Kittery Borderers
Monhegan	Wild Ones	Militia
Monongahela	Fourth MAC	Militia
Orbisonia	Nightriders	Militia

AFFC Counterassault (CASE JULIET)

Victoria

Forces Deployed during *Operation Name*
World	Attacker	Defender
Grand Base	First FedSuns Armored Cavalry + Ninth Illician Rangers	Death Commandos
Menke	Sixth MAC, Baxter’s Brawlers	Fifty-Ninth Striker regiment + Sirdar CMM
Fourth Rangers	House LuSann’s + House Dai Da Chi
Ares	Second FedCom RCT	Fifteenth Dracon

WAVE ONE

Commonwealth Thrust

Planet:Alnasi

Attackers:First Argyle Lancers + Twenty-sixth Lyran Guard

Defenders:milita

Outcome:

Planet:Alrakis

Attackers:Twenty-third Arcturan Guards + Fifth Donegal Guards

Defenders:Eleventh Legion of Vega

Outcome:

Planet:Altais

Attackers:Eighth Donegal + First Dragonslayers + Gray Death Legion

Defenders:First Ghost + Second Ghost

Outcome:

Planet:Kessel

Attackers:Second Donegal Guards + Fourth Skye Rangers

Defenders:Twelfth Sun Zhang Cadre

Outcome:

Planet:Konstance

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

Defenders:Twenty-second Dieron Regulars

Outcome:

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

Outcome:

Dieron Thrust

Planet:Ancha

Attackers:DeMaestri’s Sluggers (Fighting Urukha)

Defenders:First Shin Legion

Outcome:

Planet:Athenry

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

Defenders:militia

Outcome:

Planet:Biham

Attackers:Eighth Crucis Lancers + Laurel’s Legion

Defenders:militia

Outcome:

Planet:Dieron

Attackers:

Defenders:

Outcome:

Planet:Halstead Station

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

Defenders:militia

Outcome:

Planet:Kervil

Attackers:Seventh Donegal Guard + Seventeenth Skye Rangers

Defenders:militia

Outcome:

Planet:Nashira

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

Defenders:

Outcome:

Planet:Pike IV

Attackers:Thirtieth Lyran Guard RCT

Defenders:militia

Outcome:

Planet:Sadachbia

Attackers:Eighth Deneb Light Cavalry + Redfield’s Renegades

Defenders:militia

Outcome:

Planet:Telos IV

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

Defenders:militia

Outcome:

Benjamin Thrust

Planet:Fellanin II

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

Defenders:Fourth Proserpina Hussars

Outcome:

Planet:Klathandu IV

Attackers:Seventh Crucis Lancers + Second New Ivaarsen Chasseurs

Defenders:militia

Outcome:

Planet:Marduk

Attackers:First Robinson Rangers + Tenth Deneb Light Cavalry RCT

Defenders:Sixth Benjamin Regulars

Outcome:

Planet:Matar

Attackers:First Kestrel Grenadiers + First Kathil Uhlans

Defenders:militia

Outcome:

Planet:New Mendham

Attackers:Davion Light Guards + First Chisholm’s Raiders

Defenders:militia

Outcome:

Planet:Sadalbari

Attackers:Fifth Davion Guards + Third FedCom RCT

Defenders:2nd Shin Legion

Outcome:

Mercenary-Supported Actions

Planet:Bergman’s Planet

Attackers:Lindon’s Battalion

Defenders:militia

Outcome:

Planet:Galtor III

Attackers:Clifton’s Rangers

Defenders:militia

Outcome:

Planet:Harrow’s Sun

Attackers:Miller’s Marauders

Defenders:militia

Outcome:

Planet:Lima

Attackers:Simonson’s Cutthroats

Defenders:militia

Outcome:

Planet:McComb

Attackers:Martian Cuirassiers

Defenders:militia

Outcome:

Planet:New Aberdeen

Attackers:Cunningham’s Commandos

Defenders:militia

Outcome:

Planet:Royal

Attackers:Fuchida’s Fusiliers + volunteer battalion

Defenders:militia

Outcome:

Galedon Thrust

Planet:An Ting

Attackers:First Davion Guards + Seventeenth Avalon Hussars

Defenders:militia

Outcome:

Planet:Capra

Attackers:First Crucis Lancers + First Albion Training Cadre

Defenders:militia

Outcome:

Planet:Delacruz

Attackers:Third Lyran Regulars + 42nd Avalon Hussars RCT

Defenders:Eighth Sword of Light

Outcome:

Planet:Elidere IV

Attackers:First Ceti Hussars RCT + Screaming Eagles

Defenders:

Outcome:

Planet:Huan

Attackers:First Dismal Disinherited + Second Dismal Disinherited

Defenders:militia

Outcome:

Planet:Thestria

Attackers:Dioscuri (2 regiments)

Defenders:militia

Outcome:

Other Wave One Actions

Lyran Operations

Planet:Polcenigo

Attackers:Killer Bees

Defenders:

Outcome:

Planet:Luzerne

Attackers:Killer Bees

Defenders:

Outcome:

Planet:Marshdale

Attackers:Killer Bees

Defenders:

Outcome:

Planet:Teniente

Attackers:Killer Bees

Defenders:

Outcome:

Planet:Caripare

Attackers:Killer Bees

Defenders:

Outcome:

Planet:Itabaiana

Attackers:Killer Bees

Defenders:

Outcome:

Planet:Soverzene

Attackers:Killer Bees

Defenders:

Outcome:

Planet:Courchevel

Attackers:Killer Bees

Defenders:

Outcome:

Planet:Ardoz

Attackers:First Knights of St. Cameron

Defenders:

Outcome:

Planet:Kiamba

Attackers:First Knights of St. Cameron

Defenders:

Outcome:

Planet:Mellen

Attackers:First Knights of St. Cameron

Defenders:

Outcome:

Planet:Baldur

Attackers:First Knights of St. Cameron

Defenders:

Outcome:

Planet:Eguilles