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| date = May [[3029]]<ref name=WCc13>''Warrior: Coupé'', Ch. 13</ref>
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| date = May [[3029]]<ref name=WCc13>''Warrior: Coupé'', ch. 13</ref>
| place = St. John<ref name=WCc15>''Warrior: Coupé'', Ch. 15</ref><br/>New Freedom<ref name=WCc13/>
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| place = St. John<ref name=WCc15>''Warrior: Coupé'', ch. 15</ref><br/>New Freedom<ref name=WCc13/>
 
| planet = [[Lyons]]
 
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| faction1 = (Attacker)<br/>[[Draconis Combine]]
 
| faction1 = (Attacker)<br/>[[Draconis Combine]]
 
| faction2 = (Defender)<br/>[[Federated Commonwealth]]
 
| faction2 = (Defender)<br/>[[Federated Commonwealth]]
| commander1 = ''[[Tai-sho]]'' [[Sen Ti Ch'uan]]<ref name=WCc15>''Warrior: Coupé'', Ch. 15</ref>
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| commander1 = ''[[General#Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery|Tai-sho]]'' [[Sen Ti Ch'uan]]<ref name=WCc15>''Warrior: Coupé'', ch. 15</ref>
 
| commander2 = [[Colonel]] [[Morgan Kell]]
 
| commander2 = [[Colonel]] [[Morgan Kell]]
 
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During the [[Fourth Succession War]], the Third Dieron raided the world of [[Lyons]] with orders to wipe out the settlement of New Freedom. <ref>''Warrior: Coupé'' page 104 - [[Morgan Kell]] tells his people that [[ISF]] reports that the people of New Freedom's goal was to assassinate the [[Coordinator]]s. The Third Dieron was sent in to annihilate them.</ref> On May, 5th, [[3029]] the regiment attacked the city, and over the course of two days slaughtered the population. On the 17th, the [[Kell Hounds]] mercenary unit arrived and conducted a sneak attack against the Regulars. The Kell Hounds' 1st Battalion overran the Third's Command HQ, killing the regiment's commander. After realizing that the unit was cut off from its [[DropShip|DropShips]], the 3rd in command ''[[Tai-sa]]'' Hiro Akuto surrendered. <ref>''Warrior: Coupé'', p. 103 - "Debriefing of the Kell Hounds after the battle of New Freedom".</ref>
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During the [[Fourth Succession War]], the Third Dieron raided the world of [[Lyons]] with orders to wipe out the settlement of New Freedom.<ref>''Warrior: Coupé'' p. 104: Morgan Kell tells his people that ISF reports that the people of New Freedom's goal was to assassinate the Coordinators. The Third Dieron was sent in to annihilate them.</ref> On 5 May [[3029]], the regiment attacked the city, and over the course of two days slaughtered the population. On the 17th, the [[Kell Hounds]] mercenary unit arrived and conducted a sneak attack against the Regulars. The Kell Hounds' First Battalion overran the Third's Command HQ, killing the regiment's commander. After realizing that the unit was cut off from its [[DropShip|DropShips]], the third in command ''[[Tai-sa]]'' Hiro Akuto surrendered.<ref>''Warrior: Coupé'', p. 103: "Debriefing of the Kell Hounds after the battle of New Freedom"</ref>
  
  
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[[Category:Fourth Succession War Era Military Operations|New Freedom (3029)]]

Latest revision as of 20:15, 30 November 2023


Battle of New Freedom
Part of The Fourth Succession War
Start Date May 3029[1]
Location St. John[2]
New Freedom[1]
Planet Lyons
Factions
(Attacker)
Draconis Combine
(Defender)
Federated Commonwealth
Commanders and leaders
Tai-sho Sen Ti Ch'uan[2] Colonel Morgan Kell
Forces involved
Third Dieron Regulars[1] Kell Hounds[1]

During the Fourth Succession War, the Third Dieron raided the world of Lyons with orders to wipe out the settlement of New Freedom.[3] On 5 May 3029, the regiment attacked the city, and over the course of two days slaughtered the population. On the 17th, the Kell Hounds mercenary unit arrived and conducted a sneak attack against the Regulars. The Kell Hounds' First Battalion overran the Third's Command HQ, killing the regiment's commander. After realizing that the unit was cut off from its DropShips, the third in command Tai-sa Hiro Akuto surrendered.[4]


References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Warrior: Coupé, ch. 13
  2. 2.0 2.1 Warrior: Coupé, ch. 15
  3. Warrior: Coupé p. 104: Morgan Kell tells his people that ISF reports that the people of New Freedom's goal was to assassinate the Coordinators. The Third Dieron was sent in to annihilate them.
  4. Warrior: Coupé, p. 103: "Debriefing of the Kell Hounds after the battle of New Freedom"

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