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Line 23: By first quarter of [[2775]], the Third Army bypassed the [[Space Defense System]]-defended [[Lockdale]] as it pushed inexorably towards the embattled and heavily anti-Amaris world of [[Northwind]]. As soon as the Third Army arrived in-system, the [[Northwind Covenanters]] resistance movement struck hard at the Amaris government, allowing the LXIX Corps to land April 12th with minimal losses. Third Army's superior numbers and the heavy sacrifice of the Covenanters pushed the Amaris forces on-world to the planet's Castle Brian by June, but thanks to the arrival of additional Amaris reinforcements, the Amaris-held Castle Brian would not fall until January [[2776]].<ref name=HLoT2-37>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 37–39: "Task Force Sun - Northwind"</ref> By first quarter of [[2775]], the Third Army bypassed the [[Space Defense System]]-defended [[Lockdale]] as it pushed inexorably towards the embattled and heavily anti-Amaris world of [[Northwind]]. As soon as the Third Army arrived in-system, the [[Northwind Covenanters]] resistance movement struck hard at the Amaris government, allowing the LXIX Corps to land April 12th with minimal losses. Third Army's superior numbers and the heavy sacrifice of the Covenanters pushed the Amaris forces on-world to the planet's Castle Brian by June, but thanks to the arrival of additional Amaris reinforcements, the Amaris-held Castle Brian would not fall until January [[2776]].<ref name=HLoT2-37>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 37–39: "Task Force Sun - Northwind"</ref> − With Northwind for the most part bottled up, the rest of the Third Army were finally assigned to ground battle for Lockdale once the [[SDS Jammer|NIKE-equipped]] [[4th Fleet (Star League)|Fourth Fleet]] defeated the system's [[Caspar]] and ground-to-orbit defenses, with General Lucas and the XXXIII and LXVI Corps landing on 25 September 2775. By this time Amaris-forces had withdrawn into the planet's cities and attempted to use the civilian population as a shield. When this did not slow the Third Army, they made heavy use of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons that inflicted more civilian than military losses. Pushing the Amaris troops out of the cities by February 2776, the fighting on the now dying world would drag on for another year until the bulk of the Third Army on-world pulled out in June [[2777]] to take part in the invasion of Terra, the handful of troops left behind eventually completing the eradication of the last Amaris defenders in the months after.<ref name=HLoT2-44>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 44–45: "Lockdale"</ref> + With Northwind for the most part bottled up, the rest of the Third Army were finally assigned to ground battle for Lockdale once the [[SDS Jammer|NIKE-equipped]] [[4th Fleet (SLDF)|Fourth Fleet]] defeated the system's [[Caspar]] and ground-to-orbit defenses, with General Lucas and the XXXIII and LXVI Corps landing on 25 September 2775. By this time Amaris-forces had withdrawn into the planet's cities and attempted to use the civilian population as a shield. When this did not slow the Third Army, they made heavy use of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons that inflicted more civilian than military losses. Pushing the Amaris troops out of the cities by February 2776, the fighting on the now dying world would drag on for another year until the bulk of the Third Army on-world pulled out in June [[2777]] to take part in the invasion of Terra, the handful of troops left behind eventually completing the eradication of the last Amaris defenders in the months after.<ref name=HLoT2-44>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 44–45: "Lockdale"</ref> − The Third Army's last major action during Operation CHIEFTAIN would be the recapture of the extremely important and heavily defended world of [[Caph]], arguably the second most valuable world in the Hegemony after Terra itself. After the Fourth and [[5th Fleet (Star League)|Fifth]] Fleets secured the system and softened up the four Castles Brian and SDS bases on-world, the newly reinforced Third Army landed in late July 2776 right into the teeth of numerous WMD strikes by the Amaris defenders. Rather than rooting out the dug-in Amaris forces willing to fight to the death, in many cases the Third Army simply levelled and rolled over them, but had much harder time dealing with the massive volume of [[HSF]] and [[OPD]] operatives hidden among the civilian population engaging in terrorist style strikes and halting the [[Amaris Empire Armed Forces]]'s incessant WMD attacks. With Caph's resistance forces providing tremendous aid in uncovering Amaris' hidden agents, the Third Army eventually succeeded trapping and isolating the Castles Brian after months of brutal fighting that left both its troops and Caph itself battered beyond belief.<ref name=HLoT2-49>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 49–50: "Ring of Steel - On Fire"</ref> + The Third Army's last major action during Operation CHIEFTAIN would be the recapture of the extremely important and heavily defended world of [[Caph]], arguably the second most valuable world in the Hegemony after Terra itself. After the Fourth and [[5th Fleet (SLDF)|Fifth]] Fleets secured the system and softened up the four Castles Brian and SDS bases on-world, the newly reinforced Third Army landed in late July 2776 right into the teeth of numerous WMD strikes by the Amaris defenders. Rather than rooting out the dug-in Amaris forces willing to fight to the death, in many cases the Third Army simply levelled and rolled over them, but had much harder time dealing with the massive volume of [[HSF]] and [[OPD]] operatives hidden among the civilian population engaging in terrorist style strikes and halting the [[Amaris Empire Armed Forces]]'s incessant WMD attacks. With Caph's resistance forces providing tremendous aid in uncovering Amaris' hidden agents, the Third Army eventually succeeded trapping and isolating the Castles Brian after months of brutal fighting that left both its troops and Caph itself battered beyond belief.<ref name=HLoT2-49>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 49–50: "Ring of Steel - On Fire"</ref> ===Operation LIBERATION=== ===Operation LIBERATION===
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By first quarter of [[2775]], the Third Army bypassed the [[Space Defense System]]-defended [[Lockdale]] as it pushed inexorably towards the embattled and heavily anti-Amaris world of [[Northwind]]. As soon as the Third Army arrived in-system, the [[Northwind Covenanters]] resistance movement struck hard at the Amaris government, allowing the LXIX Corps to land April 12th with minimal losses. Third Army's superior numbers and the heavy sacrifice of the Covenanters pushed the Amaris forces on-world to the planet's Castle Brian by June, but thanks to the arrival of additional Amaris reinforcements, the Amaris-held Castle Brian would not fall until January [[2776]].<ref name=HLoT2-37>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 37–39: "Task Force Sun - Northwind"</ref> | By first quarter of [[2775]], the Third Army bypassed the [[Space Defense System]]-defended [[Lockdale]] as it pushed inexorably towards the embattled and heavily anti-Amaris world of [[Northwind]]. As soon as the Third Army arrived in-system, the [[Northwind Covenanters]] resistance movement struck hard at the Amaris government, allowing the LXIX Corps to land April 12th with minimal losses. Third Army's superior numbers and the heavy sacrifice of the Covenanters pushed the Amaris forces on-world to the planet's Castle Brian by June, but thanks to the arrival of additional Amaris reinforcements, the Amaris-held Castle Brian would not fall until January [[2776]].<ref name=HLoT2-37>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 37–39: "Task Force Sun - Northwind"</ref> | ||
| − | With Northwind for the most part bottled up, the rest of the Third Army were finally assigned to ground battle for Lockdale once the [[SDS Jammer|NIKE-equipped]] [[4th Fleet ( | + | With Northwind for the most part bottled up, the rest of the Third Army were finally assigned to ground battle for Lockdale once the [[SDS Jammer|NIKE-equipped]] [[4th Fleet (SLDF)|Fourth Fleet]] defeated the system's [[Caspar]] and ground-to-orbit defenses, with General Lucas and the XXXIII and LXVI Corps landing on 25 September 2775. By this time Amaris-forces had withdrawn into the planet's cities and attempted to use the civilian population as a shield. When this did not slow the Third Army, they made heavy use of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons that inflicted more civilian than military losses. Pushing the Amaris troops out of the cities by February 2776, the fighting on the now dying world would drag on for another year until the bulk of the Third Army on-world pulled out in June [[2777]] to take part in the invasion of Terra, the handful of troops left behind eventually completing the eradication of the last Amaris defenders in the months after.<ref name=HLoT2-44>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 44–45: "Lockdale"</ref> |
| − | The Third Army's last major action during Operation CHIEFTAIN would be the recapture of the extremely important and heavily defended world of [[Caph]], arguably the second most valuable world in the Hegemony after Terra itself. After the Fourth and [[5th Fleet ( | + | The Third Army's last major action during Operation CHIEFTAIN would be the recapture of the extremely important and heavily defended world of [[Caph]], arguably the second most valuable world in the Hegemony after Terra itself. After the Fourth and [[5th Fleet (SLDF)|Fifth]] Fleets secured the system and softened up the four Castles Brian and SDS bases on-world, the newly reinforced Third Army landed in late July 2776 right into the teeth of numerous WMD strikes by the Amaris defenders. Rather than rooting out the dug-in Amaris forces willing to fight to the death, in many cases the Third Army simply levelled and rolled over them, but had much harder time dealing with the massive volume of [[HSF]] and [[OPD]] operatives hidden among the civilian population engaging in terrorist style strikes and halting the [[Amaris Empire Armed Forces]]'s incessant WMD attacks. With Caph's resistance forces providing tremendous aid in uncovering Amaris' hidden agents, the Third Army eventually succeeded trapping and isolating the Castles Brian after months of brutal fighting that left both its troops and Caph itself battered beyond belief.<ref name=HLoT2-49>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 49–50: "Ring of Steel - On Fire"</ref> |
===Operation LIBERATION=== | ===Operation LIBERATION=== | ||