Jade Falcon Incursion (3064)

Jade Falcon Incursion (3064)
Conflict details
Part of	FedCom Civil War
Start Date	3064
Result	As a result the Clan border changed significantly. Every faction had gains and losses.
Territorial Changes	No changes
Attacking Forces
Affiliation	Clan Jade Falcon
Defending Forces
Affiliation	Lyran Alliance
Other Forces

Overview

The Falcons began to significantly rebuild after the Coventry Campaign. They created several new Clusters, including Swoop Clusters, new PGC and Eyrie Clusters with new equipment and designs filling the holes in the roster. Khan Marthe Pryde controlled ten new Clusters, six in the Occupation Zone and four from the Homeworlds, preparing for the last ten months. The assault officially started mid-3064, with clear objectives of expanding their existing occupation zone and training the next generation of Falcon warriors against a worthy enemy.

In response, Clan Wolf took advantage of the lightly defended interclan border, as Khan Ward's own touman included several newly created Clusters as the result of the Harvest Trials. Their objectives were to show the rest of the Clans that the Wolves still had teeth while taking advantage of the weakened Jade Falcon border, all the while testing the new warriors of their touman.

The Wolves-in-Exile struck at their own in the Occupation Zone after several defenses of Lyran-controlled Worlds.

The LAAF had major issues at the time, with the FedCom Civil war raging on which weakened the entire realm. The Jade Falcons saw them as easy prey. In the first phase, the defense was disorganized but skilled leaders like Adam Steiner and Archer Christifori allowed for a reversal of the Lyran fortune. Their efforts went so well that they could start counterraids and assaults in the Falcon Occupation Zone with the LAAF starting Operation Bludgeon to reconquer Lyran worlds attacked by the Falcons, and Operation Audacity, attacking worlds in the Occupation Zone.

As a result, the borders of the various local powers changed significantly, with every faction having gains and losses.

Forces

• IS Forces

=> 1st Argyle Lancers

=> 3rd Alliance Guards RCT

=> 15th Arcturan Guards

=> 20th Arcturan Guards

=> Barber's Marauders (Mercenaries)

=> Blue Star Irregulars - 1894th Lt Horse (Mercenaries)

=> Blue Star Irregulars - 21st Rim World (Mercenaries)

=> Brion's Legion 1st Regiment

=> Chahar MTM

=> 8th DLH RCT

=> 2nd Crucis Lancers RCT

=> The Dioscuri (Mercenaries)

=> 39th Com Guard Division

=> 198th Com Guard Division

=> 388th Com Guard Division

=> 6th Donegal Guards

=> 11th Donegal Guards

=> 14th Donegal Guards

=> Roman's Bar Hounds (Fighting Urukhai)

=> Kelenfold PTM

=> Koniz PTM

=> 3rd Lyran Regulars RCT

=> 9th Lyran Regulars

=> 15th Lyran Regulars RCT

=> Neerabup MTM

=> Pandora College Training Battalion

=> Rasalgethi Local Militia

=> Storm's Metal Thunder

=> Thorin FTM (Archer's Avengers)

• Clan Wolf-in-Exile

=> 1st Wolf Legion

=> 1st Wolf Strike Grenadiers

=> 4th Wolf Guards

• Clan Jade Falcon

Jade Falcon Command

=> Turkina

=> 1st Falcon Swoop Cluster

=> 3rd Falcon Swoop Cluster

Delta Galaxy

=> 1st Falcon Strike Cluster

=> 7th Talon Cluster

=> 8th Talon Cluster

=> Gyrfalcon Solahma Cluster

Omega Galaxy

=> Sigma Galaxy Command Trinary

=> Turkina Eyrie Cluster

=> Pryde Eyrie Cluster

=> 7th PGC

=> Omega Solahma Cluster

Rho Galaxy

=> 124th Striker Cluster

=> 7th Falcon Regulars

=> 18th Falcon Regulars

=> Jade Falcon Eyrie Cluster

Lambda Galaxy

=> 22nd PGC

=> 74th Battle Cluster

=> 24th PGC

=> Lambda Solahma Cluster

=> 2nd Falcon Swoop Cluster

Gamma Galaxy

=> Jade Falcon Guards

=> 1st Falcon Hussars

=> 3rd Falcon Talon Cluster

=> 9th Falcon Talon Cluster

=> Jade Solahma Cluster

Kappa Galaxy

=> 1st Falcon Strike Cluster

=> 8th PGC

=> 10th PGC

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Phases

Phase One = Waves 1 to 5 (10th June - 30th September 3064) + Operation Bludgeon and Operation Audacity

Phase Two = Retreat from Melissia and beginning of a counterassault in the Occupation Zone. Clan Wolf-in-Exile takes part in the action. This phase ends on 10th December 3064)

Phase Three= In the end phase all factions stopped fighting slowly and then placed additional forces as garrisons on the conquered planets.

The Battles

Planet: Adelaide

Phase one (23rd November)

Attacker: 1st Falcon Swoop Cluster

Defender: planetary Militia

Outcome: The militia was defeated in short order. The Falcon Swoop Cluster was left as a garrison force.

Phase Two (30th March)

Attacker: 15th Lyran Regulars

'Defender:1st Falcon Swoop Cluster

Outcome: The attacking Lyrans left the Cluster no chance and the heavy 'Mechs forced them to retreat from the planet on 29th May.

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Planet: Babaeski

Attackers: 5th Talon Cluster and Gyrfalcon Eyrie Clusters

Defenders: Grave Walkers (took earlier damage during the invasion)

Outcome: Only one mercenary DropShip left the planet after 3 days of fighting.

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Planet: Ballynure

Attackers: complete Lambda Galaxy

Defenders: Roman's Bar Hounds (Fighting Urukhai)

Outcome: 2nd Falcon Swoop Cluster and 24th PGC searched for 16 weeks for the mercenaries and finally, after losing more than two battalions, left the planet in August.

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Planet: Barcelona

Attackers: Turkina Keshik + Pryde Eyrie Cluster + 7th PGC

Defenders: mixed demi-brigade of 14th Donegal Guards

Outcome: After bidding to conquer the planet, the 7th PGC defeated the Lyran forces in under two weeks.

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Planet: Blue Hole

Phase One

Attackers: 1st Falcon Swoop Cluster + Turkina Eyrie Cluster + Sigma Galaxy Command

Defenders: 8th Deneb Light Cavalry (Allies) + 3rd Alliance Guard (Royalist) + Storm's Metal Thunder (as support for the 3rd Alliance) + one battalion of the 6th Donegal Guards

Outcome: The 8th DLC do their best to fight against the Falcons, but the Lyran units did not learn from the Davion forces. Both commands suffered horrendous losses (only 48 'Mechs lifted off planet) and the mercenaries were crushed by the combined might of the Falcon forces. The 6th Donegal Guards were defeated as well. The 8th DLC became a shadow of their former self.

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Phase Two

Attacker: 1st Wolf Legion (WoE) with support from 8th DLC

Defenders: 7th Talon Cluster

Outcome: The initial assault and the ongoing battles were too much for the Falcons, who retreated off-world. As a result of the fighting, the 8th DLC was destroyed:

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Planet: Chahar

Attackers: 5 Clusters

Defenders: Chahar MTM

Outcome: The Militia stood no chance against such an overwhelming force.

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Planet: Chapultepec

Phase One:

Attackers: Omega Galaxy (Turkina Eyrie Cluster + Pridy Eyrie Cluster + 7th PGC)

Defenders: 2nd Crucis Lancers (2 combat commands) + Archer's Avengers + 7th Crucis Lancers (1 combat commands) + 15th Arcturan Guards + 20th Arcturan Guards + 14th Donegal Guards (H) + Cucrux FTM (M) + 9th Lyran Regulars (M) + Neerabup MTM (D)

Outcome: The Lyrans suffered heavy losses, but the Commanding Officers could left the planet before their commands were completely destroyed.

Phase Two:

Attackers: 7th Crucis Lancers

Defenders: Turkina Eyrie Cluster

Outcome: Only 3 trinaries reached the DropShip for liftoff and the rest were an easy prey for the Lancers.

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Planet: Clermont

Attackers: 1st Falcon Strike Cluster + 8th Talon Cluster

Defenders: planetary militia

Outcome: The defending units had no chance and the planet was later used for strategic movements.

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Planet: Crimond

Phase One:

Attackers: Lambda Solahma Cluster

Defenders: 1st Argyle Lancers

Outcome: After nearly 50 days the Lancers were wiped out.

Phase Two:

Attackers: WoE forces and 39th Com Guard Division

Defenders: 74th Battle Cluster

Outcome: The defending Cluster had no chance and were destroyed to the last man

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Planet: Dustball

Phase One

Attackers: 7th Falcon Regulars + Jade Falcon Eyrie Cluster

Defenders: a militia brigade (2 armor regiments + 1 wing)

Outcome: The fight took the normal way and the defenders were destroyed.

Phase Two:

Attackers: 4th Wolf Guards (WoE) + 388th Com Guard Division

Defenders: 7th Falcon Regulars

Outcome: The Falcons fought hard and give the attackers a hard day but the number counts for the Lyran/Wolf...

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Planet: Graceland

Attackers: 74th Battle Cluster + 22nd PGC

Defenders: 11th Donegal Guards and 388th Com Guard Division => later Archer's Avengers + elements of 20th Arcturan Guards

Outcome: The Falcons concentrated their forces first on the 11th DG who folded after two weeks and the Com Guards were saved by the arrival of the Archer's Avengers. The Falcons retreated after losing a Trial of Position.

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Planet: Kikuyu

Attackers: entire Delta Galaxy

Defenders: 6th Donegal Guards + The Dioscuri (Mercenaries)

Outcome: After fierce battles and a won trial the 6th left the planet. The mercs hold the lines not much longer. They take of with only a regiment of mixed forces.

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Planet: Koniz

Attackers: entire Rho Galaxy

Defenders: Barber's Marauder II's + Konitz PTM

Outcome: As a surprise the elite merc command get in to a trap laid by the Falcons. The unit was destroyed within three days. The militia hold the Falcons 3 months longer in charge but had no change.

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Planet: Kooken's Pleasure Pit

Attackers: Turkina Keshik + 3rd Falcon Swoop Cluster

Defenders: Grave Walkers

Outcome: The Clan warriors change the fighting to a hunting party. The mercs were the prey how has to be hunted down. The hunting last two weeks.

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Planet: Machida

Phase One:

Attackers: Turkina Keshik + 3 additional Clusters

Defenders: equal Lyran Forces

Outcome: The units retreat of world and left only token garrison forces.

Phase Two:

Attackers: 14th Donegal Guards

Defenders: 7th PGC

Outcome: The Lyrans fought with fury against the falcons and only two Binaries reached their DropShips.

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Planet:*Medellin

Phase One

Attackers: 1st Falcon Striker + 8th Talon Cluster

Defenders: Chahar MTM

Outcome: The command suffered heavy losses early in the invasion and were no equal force against the Falcons:

Phase Two

Attackers: 15th Lyran Regulars

Defenders: Pryde Eyrie Cluster

Outcome: The training Cluster had no chance against the experienced Lyran command.

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Planet: Melissia

Phase One

Attackers: 7 Clusters

Defenders: Third Alliance Guards (D) + 6th Donegal Guards (D) + 14th Donegal Guards+ 15th Arcturan Guards (2 CC) + elements of Neerabup MTM/Gacrux MTM

Outcome: The Falcons delivered a full assault and gave the defenders no chance for rest and refit.

Phase Two

Attackers: First Wolf Legion + First Wolf Strike Grenadiers (both WoE)

Defenders: Turkina Eyrie Cluster + Pryde Eyrie Cluster

Outcome: The Wolf-in-Exile forces fought the Falcons to a standstill and the Lyrans gained control of the planet again.

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Planet: Newtown Square

Attackers: Pryde Eyrie Cluster + Omega Solahma Cluster + 7th PGC

Defenders: 14th Donegal Guards

Outcome: After fierce fighting Adam Steiner retreat his troops and left the planet to the Falcons.

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Planet: Pandora

Attackers: 124th Striker Cluster + Jade Falcon Eyrie Cluster

Defenders: Pandora College Training Battalion + planetary militia

Outcome: The defenders were destroyed in a three-week fight.

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Planet: Rasalgethi

Phase One

Attackers: Rho Galaxy (4 veteran Clusters)

Defenders: Brion's Legion 1st Regiment (Merc) + Kelenfold PTM

Outcome: The PTM were destroyed in the initial month of fighting and the mercenaries undertook a guerrilla campaign.

Phase Two:

Attackers: Snord's Irregulars (Mercenaries) supported by Brion's Legions

Defenders: Rho Galaxy (3 Clusters) reinforced by 2nd Falcon Swoop Clusters

Outcome: Snord's Irregulars retreated in the face of the superior numbers of the Clan forces.

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Planet: Zhongshan

Attackers: Turkina Keshik + 1st Falcon Swoop Cluster

Defenders: Chahar MTM

Outcome: After a series of short, brutal battles the MTM left the planet in the hand of the Falcons.

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Jade Falcon OZ

Khan Marthe Pryde left wisely 4 galaxies as guardians of the Falcon OZ. The Lyrans attacked ten planets.

Planet: Beta VII

Attackers: 2nd Crucis Lancers

Defenders: Jade Solahma Cluster

Outcome: The defenders had no chance and were wiped out.

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Planet: Black Earth

Attackers: 14th Donegal Guards + 15th Arcturan Guards + 9th Lyran Regulars + later First Wolf Strike Cluster (WoE)

Defenders: 3rd Talon Cluster

Outcome: The 3rd Talon delivered fierce resistance to the attackers and only the combined might of four commands broke the Falcon force.

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Planet: Blackjack

Attackers: Archer's Avengers (with Black Paw - WarShip) + later reinforced by Adam Steiner task force

Defenders: 8th PGC + 10th PGC (with White Talon - WarShip) + arrival of two additional Clusters

Outcome: Both sides delivered strikes with no significant sign of progress. Later saKhan Samantha Clees arrived with more forces as support. As a surprise she invited the Lyrans to follow her to Blair Atholl.

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Planet: Blair Atholl

Phase One

Attacker: 388th Com Guard Division

Defender: 9th PGC

Outcome: The PGC started a fierce defense and beat the Com Guards whenever possible.

Phase Two

Outcome: Both sides received reinforcements, but a general ceasefire was announced. It was created the Blair Atholl agreement. The world is in joint control of Lyrans and Falcons. The planet is a chance to prove untested warriors against Lyran troops. The Lyrans were safe for the next years.

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Planet: Butler

Phase One

Attackers: Archer's Arvengers

Defenders: 9th Talon CLuster

Outcome: A Black Lion-class cruiser was captured early in the operation, which was transferred to the WoE. The defenders on planet were no match for the invaders.

Phase Two

Attackers: elements of 5th Battle Cluster + 18th Falcon Regulars Cluster

Defenders: conventional forces and elements of Blue Star Irregulars

Outcome: In response to the capture of Twycross through Clan Diamond Shark, the Falcons reconquer the planet again to have an unbroken line of defense.

Planet: Graus

Attackers: 3rd Lyran Guards

Defenders: 10th PGC

Outcome: The PGC had no chance to regroup after the initial assault and were doomed after two days of battle.

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Planet: Hot Springs

Attackers: 14th Lyran Guards

Defenders: 5th Battle Cluster

Outcome: The Steiner troops retreat off world frustrated after a two-week battle without any sign of success.

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Clan Wolf Attacks

• Khan Ward attacked during wave 9

Planet: Colmar (fight continued)

Attackers: 21st Wolf Regulars (Wolf)

Defenders: 51st Garrison Cluster + 1st Falcon Strike Cluster + 8th Talon Cluster + Pryde Eyrie Cluster (Jade Falcons)

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Planet:La Grave (fight continued)

Attackers: 20th Wolf Regulars (Wolf)

Defenders: 1st Falcon Velites + 5th PGC + 74th Battle Cluster + 22nd PGC (Jade Falcons)

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Planet:Quarell (conquered)

Attackers: Beta Galaxy Command + 18th Battle Cluster (Wolf)

Defenders: 5th Falcon Regulars (Jade Falcons)

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• expand its operation in wave 10:

Planet:Steelton

Attackers: 13th Wolf Regulars (Wolf)

Defenders: 1st Falcon Jaegers + 1st Falcon Strike Cluster + 8th Talon Cluster (Jade Falcons)

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Planet:Zoetenmeer

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Planet:Seiduts

Attackers:

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Outcome:

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• Clan Jade Falcon won the following planets from Clan Wolf

Planet:La Grave

Attackers:

Defenders: 20th Wolf Regulars

Outcome:

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Planet:Domain

Attackers:

Defenders:

Outcome:

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• The Jade Falcon counterassault includes

Planet:Bessarabia

Attackers:

Defenders: 1st Wolf Garrison Cluster

Outcome:

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Planet:Biota

Attackers:

Defenders: 1st Wolf Garrison Cluster + 20th Wolf Regulars

Outcome:

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Planet:Cusset

Attackers:

Defenders: 20th Wolf Regulars

Outcome:

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Planet:Colmar (recaptured)

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Maps

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Bibliography

• FedCom Civil War (sourcebook)