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Line 24: ==Overview== ==Overview== − In early January, the [[Capellan Confederation|Capellan Confederation's]] invasion of the [[Capellan March]], [[Operation CELESTIAL REWARD]], reached the world of [[Taygeta]]. The [[Federated Suns]] defenders, consisting of elements of the [[Fifth Crucis Lancers]], an unknown [[Syrtis Fusiliers]] LCT, and the [[Mandaree Capellan March Militia]], had hoped to conduct a mobile defense but this strategy was swiftly countered by the [[Dynasty Guards]] when they employed [[Thunder (disambiguation)|Thunder munitions]] to separate the Lancer's [[’Mech]]s from their support assets. ''[Sao-wei]]'' [[Eric Chang|Eric "Uncle" Chang]] achieved multiple assists in his RVN-5L ''[[Raven]]'', allowing fellow Guards headhunters in ''[[Raven II]]s'' to disable the enemy commanders with their [[TSEMP]]s. ''[[Sang-wei]]'' [[Andrea Hamann]], also of the Guards, flew her [[Shun|Shun Transport VTOL]] "Drop Bear" into the teeth of the Fusiliers to deliver her [[battle armor]] units while directing [[Arrow IV]] fire on the defenders. At the end of her sorties she was responsible for three ’Mech kills while losing more than two-thirds of her armor. On the outskirts of the planetary capital, a [[company]] of CMM commanded by [[Captain]] [[Thomas Michael Haase]] had fortified a hilltop that hosted an artillery battery. His company of four INF-NO ''[[Inferno (OmniMech)|Infernos]]'', [[Glory (Combat Vehicle)|Glory Heavy Fire Support Vehicles]] and battle armor fought back a Guards advance only to have the Guards reform and change through artillery and missile fire to close into a vicious melee fight. Two ''Infernos'' and most of the battle armor were lost but the Guards were finally beat back, and the artillery saved. On the third push however Haase received orders to withdraw<ref name=FMp30>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 30: "Dynasty Guard"</ref><ref name=ER35/><ref name=RG6p13>''Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 6'', p. 13: "Raven"</ref><ref name=TROCCp12>''Technical Readout: 3145 Capellan Confederation'', p. 12: "Shun Transport VTOL"</ref><ref name=RG9p10>''Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 9'', p. 10: "INF-NO Inferno"</ref> + In early January, the [[Capellan Confederation|Capellan Confederation's]] invasion of the [[Capellan March]], [[Operation CELESTIAL REWARD]], reached the world of [[Taygeta]]. The [[Federated Suns]] defenders, consisting of elements of the [[Fifth Crucis Lancers]], an unknown [[Syrtis Fusiliers]] LCT, and the [[Mandaree Capellan March Militia]], had hoped to conduct a mobile defense but this strategy was swiftly countered by the [[Dynasty Guards]] when they employed [[Thunder (disambiguation)|Thunder munitions]] to separate the Lancer's [[’Mech]]s from their support assets. ''[Sao-wei]]'' [[Eric Chang|Eric "Uncle" Chang]] achieved multiple assists in his RVN-5L ''[[Raven]]'', allowing fellow Guards headhunters in ''[[Raven II]]s'' to disable the enemy commanders with their [[TSEMP]]s. ''[[Sang-wei]]'' [[Andrea Hamann]], also of the Guards, flew her [[Shun|Shun Transport VTOL]] "Drop Bear" into the teeth of the Fusiliers to deliver her [[battle armor]] units while directing [[Arrow IV]] fire on the defenders. At the end of her sorties she was responsible for three ’Mech kills while losing more than two-thirds of her armor. On the outskirts of the planetary capital, a [[company]] of CMM commanded by [[Captain]] [[Thomas Michael Haase]] had fortified a hilltop that hosted an artillery battery. His company of four INF-NO ''[[Inferno (OmniMech)|Infernos]]'', [[Glory|Glory Heavy Fire Support Vehicles]] and battle armor fought back a Guards advance only to have the Guards reform and change through artillery and missile fire to close into a vicious melee fight. Two ''Infernos'' and most of the battle armor were lost but the Guards were finally beat back, and the artillery saved. On the third push however Haase received orders to withdraw<ref name=FMp30>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 30: "Dynasty Guard"</ref><ref name=ER35/><ref name=RG6p13>''Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 6'', p. 13: "Raven"</ref><ref name=TROCCp12>''Technical Readout: 3145 Capellan Confederation'', p. 12: "Shun Transport VTOL"</ref><ref name=RG9p10>''Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 9'', p. 10: "INF-NO Inferno"</ref> The [[Third McCarron's Armored Cavalry]], "Wild Ones" threw themselves at the planetary capital in a frontal assault that overwhelmed the defenders with overwhelming firepower. In the rolling hills outside the city ''Sang-wei'' [[Quon Yue]] commanded a [[lance]] of CPT-L7 ''[[Catapult II]]s'' that together with other fire support units bombarded a [[battalion]] of defenders for twelve minutes before their munitions were exhausted. Rather than withdrawing to reload Yue, who was at the center of the line, led a general advance despite only numbering two companies. By employing their TSEMPs in alternating pairs while their lancemates pummeled the immobilized ’Mechs with physical attacks they forced the defenders to retreat before. Though two ''Catapult IIs'' and five other Capellan Mechs were lost, the larger AFFS force lost nearly eighteen ’Mechs, most of those lost to Yue's lance.<ref name=FMp32>''Field Manual': 3145'', p. 32: "Third McCarron's Armored Cavalry"</ref><ref name=TROCCp40>''Technical Readout: 3145 Capellan Confederation". p. 40: "CPT-L7 Catapult II"</ref> The [[Third McCarron's Armored Cavalry]], "Wild Ones" threw themselves at the planetary capital in a frontal assault that overwhelmed the defenders with overwhelming firepower. In the rolling hills outside the city ''Sang-wei'' [[Quon Yue]] commanded a [[lance]] of CPT-L7 ''[[Catapult II]]s'' that together with other fire support units bombarded a [[battalion]] of defenders for twelve minutes before their munitions were exhausted. Rather than withdrawing to reload Yue, who was at the center of the line, led a general advance despite only numbering two companies. By employing their TSEMPs in alternating pairs while their lancemates pummeled the immobilized ’Mechs with physical attacks they forced the defenders to retreat before. Though two ''Catapult IIs'' and five other Capellan Mechs were lost, the larger AFFS force lost nearly eighteen ’Mechs, most of those lost to Yue's lance.<ref name=FMp32>''Field Manual': 3145'', p. 32: "Third McCarron's Armored Cavalry"</ref><ref name=TROCCp40>''Technical Readout: 3145 Capellan Confederation". p. 40: "CPT-L7 Catapult II"</ref>
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| − | In early January, the [[Capellan Confederation|Capellan Confederation's]] invasion of the [[Capellan March]], [[Operation CELESTIAL REWARD]], reached the world of [[Taygeta]]. The [[Federated Suns]] defenders, consisting of elements of the [[Fifth Crucis Lancers]], an unknown [[Syrtis Fusiliers]] LCT, and the [[Mandaree Capellan March Militia]], had hoped to conduct a mobile defense but this strategy was swiftly countered by the [[Dynasty Guards]] when they employed [[Thunder (disambiguation)|Thunder munitions]] to separate the Lancer's [[’Mech]]s from their support assets. ''[Sao-wei]]'' [[Eric Chang|Eric "Uncle" Chang]] achieved multiple assists in his RVN-5L ''[[Raven]]'', allowing fellow Guards headhunters in ''[[Raven II]]s'' to disable the enemy commanders with their [[TSEMP]]s. ''[[Sang-wei]]'' [[Andrea Hamann]], also of the Guards, flew her [[Shun|Shun Transport VTOL]] "Drop Bear" into the teeth of the Fusiliers to deliver her [[battle armor]] units while directing [[Arrow IV]] fire on the defenders. At the end of her sorties she was responsible for three ’Mech kills while losing more than two-thirds of her armor. On the outskirts of the planetary capital, a [[company]] of CMM commanded by [[Captain]] [[Thomas Michael Haase]] had fortified a hilltop that hosted an artillery battery. His company of four INF-NO ''[[Inferno (OmniMech)|Infernos]]'', [[Glory | + | In early January, the [[Capellan Confederation|Capellan Confederation's]] invasion of the [[Capellan March]], [[Operation CELESTIAL REWARD]], reached the world of [[Taygeta]]. The [[Federated Suns]] defenders, consisting of elements of the [[Fifth Crucis Lancers]], an unknown [[Syrtis Fusiliers]] LCT, and the [[Mandaree Capellan March Militia]], had hoped to conduct a mobile defense but this strategy was swiftly countered by the [[Dynasty Guards]] when they employed [[Thunder (disambiguation)|Thunder munitions]] to separate the Lancer's [[’Mech]]s from their support assets. ''[Sao-wei]]'' [[Eric Chang|Eric "Uncle" Chang]] achieved multiple assists in his RVN-5L ''[[Raven]]'', allowing fellow Guards headhunters in ''[[Raven II]]s'' to disable the enemy commanders with their [[TSEMP]]s. ''[[Sang-wei]]'' [[Andrea Hamann]], also of the Guards, flew her [[Shun|Shun Transport VTOL]] "Drop Bear" into the teeth of the Fusiliers to deliver her [[battle armor]] units while directing [[Arrow IV]] fire on the defenders. At the end of her sorties she was responsible for three ’Mech kills while losing more than two-thirds of her armor. On the outskirts of the planetary capital, a [[company]] of CMM commanded by [[Captain]] [[Thomas Michael Haase]] had fortified a hilltop that hosted an artillery battery. His company of four INF-NO ''[[Inferno (OmniMech)|Infernos]]'', [[Glory|Glory Heavy Fire Support Vehicles]] and battle armor fought back a Guards advance only to have the Guards reform and change through artillery and missile fire to close into a vicious melee fight. Two ''Infernos'' and most of the battle armor were lost but the Guards were finally beat back, and the artillery saved. On the third push however Haase received orders to withdraw<ref name=FMp30>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 30: "Dynasty Guard"</ref><ref name=ER35/><ref name=RG6p13>''Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 6'', p. 13: "Raven"</ref><ref name=TROCCp12>''Technical Readout: 3145 Capellan Confederation'', p. 12: "Shun Transport VTOL"</ref><ref name=RG9p10>''Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 9'', p. 10: "INF-NO Inferno"</ref> |
The [[Third McCarron's Armored Cavalry]], "Wild Ones" threw themselves at the planetary capital in a frontal assault that overwhelmed the defenders with overwhelming firepower. In the rolling hills outside the city ''Sang-wei'' [[Quon Yue]] commanded a [[lance]] of CPT-L7 ''[[Catapult II]]s'' that together with other fire support units bombarded a [[battalion]] of defenders for twelve minutes before their munitions were exhausted. Rather than withdrawing to reload Yue, who was at the center of the line, led a general advance despite only numbering two companies. By employing their TSEMPs in alternating pairs while their lancemates pummeled the immobilized ’Mechs with physical attacks they forced the defenders to retreat before. Though two ''Catapult IIs'' and five other Capellan Mechs were lost, the larger AFFS force lost nearly eighteen ’Mechs, most of those lost to Yue's lance.<ref name=FMp32>''Field Manual': 3145'', p. 32: "Third McCarron's Armored Cavalry"</ref><ref name=TROCCp40>''Technical Readout: 3145 Capellan Confederation". p. 40: "CPT-L7 Catapult II"</ref> | The [[Third McCarron's Armored Cavalry]], "Wild Ones" threw themselves at the planetary capital in a frontal assault that overwhelmed the defenders with overwhelming firepower. In the rolling hills outside the city ''Sang-wei'' [[Quon Yue]] commanded a [[lance]] of CPT-L7 ''[[Catapult II]]s'' that together with other fire support units bombarded a [[battalion]] of defenders for twelve minutes before their munitions were exhausted. Rather than withdrawing to reload Yue, who was at the center of the line, led a general advance despite only numbering two companies. By employing their TSEMPs in alternating pairs while their lancemates pummeled the immobilized ’Mechs with physical attacks they forced the defenders to retreat before. Though two ''Catapult IIs'' and five other Capellan Mechs were lost, the larger AFFS force lost nearly eighteen ’Mechs, most of those lost to Yue's lance.<ref name=FMp32>''Field Manual': 3145'', p. 32: "Third McCarron's Armored Cavalry"</ref><ref name=TROCCp40>''Technical Readout: 3145 Capellan Confederation". p. 40: "CPT-L7 Catapult II"</ref> | ||