Turkina Ascendancy
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| Turkina Ascendancy | |
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| State Profile | |
| Founding Year | 13 June 3151[1] |
| Dissolution year: | March 3152[2] |
| Capital world: | Barcelona[2] |
| Controlled system(s): | 3[2] |
| Government | |
| Military | |
| Army | Turkina Ascendant Cluster[2] |
The Turkina Ascendancy was a short-lived proto-state in the Hinterlands.
History[edit]
In the aftermath of Clan Jade Falcon's defeat on Terra and the resulting power vacuum in their Occupation Zone. The lack of forces allowed rebel factions to appear and overthrow the Falcon's garrisons. The chaos turned the zone into the area known as the Hinterlands. But in some cases, Falcon warriors reunited and attempted to preserve their Clan's possessions. One such case was Star Colonel M'oko, the former Falconer Commander of the Military Academy of Somerset, who decided to establish his own state by June 3151. Calling it the Turkina Ascendancy, M'oko commanded Free Guilds vessels and recalled the understrength garrisons and sibko trainees from nearby systems to Barcelona. On Black Earth retreating Turkina Ascendancy forces set fire to the world's oil wells, resulting in an environmental catastrophe that threatened to render the world uninhabitable.[3] The Ascendancy assembled a Cluster's worth of troops.[2]
Aside from the neighboring planets Newtown Square and Somerset, M'oko had no chance to expand his proto-state further. During Operation STAMPEDE, Clan Hell's Horses forces invaded the region and took several nearby systems without opposition before they reached Barcelona. Due to heavy storms, the half-strength Fifth and Seventh Rangers Clusters were forced to land at the Atropos spaceport, on the southern continent of Moira. From there they slowly advanced to the Norn continent, location of the planetary capital Skuld. Having tracked the Horses, the Falcon Cluster, now calling itself the Turkina Ascendant Cluster, ambushed the Rangers' lead elements while they passed through a rain-drenched forest. They hammered the Horses' vehicles, which were unable to maneuver in the forest, forcing them to retreat. They found the way to their DropShips cut off by additional Ascendancy troops, the Military Academy of Somerset sibkos. Omega's leader, Galaxy Commander Julian Vewas was one of the previous casualties, but the next officer on line, Star Colonel Loretta Fletcher took the command of the Horses and ordered a breakthrough attempt at the land bridge held by the cadets. Though they showed admirably bravery, the cadets were unable to hold against seasoned troops, and their line broke, leaving the Horses escape. Though nearly matched, Horses and Ascendancy forces skirmished through Norn for several weeks, with the Falcons fading back to the forest when the tide of the battle turned against them. The change of weather in late February allowed Omega to bring its DropShips and aerospace assets into the fray. The Horses quickly established air superiority and harried the Ascendancy forces from above, coordinating with the ground forces, which began surrounding and destroying isolated Ascendancy elements. The final battle at Skuld, in early March, resulted in the destruction of the remaining Turkina Ascendancy forces and its capitulation.[2][1]
References[edit]
Bibliography[edit]
- Tamar Rising
- Shrapnel Issue 18 (magazine)