Battle of Timkovichi (3142)
Battle of Timkovichi | |||||||
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Part of The Dark Age, Republic Era | |||||||
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(Attacker) Golden Ordun |
(Defender) Lyran Commonwealth |
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Malvina Hazen | Evan Kell | ||||||
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The Battle of Timkovichi was a late Dark Age Era military operation undertaken by the Clan Jade Falcon and Clan Hell's Horses against the Lyran Commonwealth space.[1]
Contents
Operation Brief
The battle took place in a tropical area of Timkovichi.
Operation History
Factions & Known Units Involved in the Conflict
Golden Ordun
Lyran Commonwealth
Origin of Conflict
Since Malvina Hazen created her own version of the Mongol Doctrine, she opened a bloody way trough the Lyran Commonwealth space. Her creation of the Golden Ordun, when incorporated forcibly the Clan Hell's Horses into her service, made her even more ambitious, driving through the Commonwealth and towards Terra and to Tharkad, the Lyran capital. One of the main defenders oif the lyran space was the Clan Wolf-in-Exile forces, but they were too much weakened to fight everywhere, so other units had to help them. The most prestigious was the mercenary unit Kell Hounds, traditional defenders of the Commonwealth. And it was on the planet Timkovichi were the Ordun and Hounds forces crashed.[2]
The Battle
On the 15th of August 3142, the Hounds were mounting a ferocious defense of Timkovichi against the forces of Malvina Hazen and her Ordun. The massed light forces of the Golden Ordun and the three-pronged attack into the Commonwealth had seen the defending Commonwealth forces pinned in place, with many units overwhelmed, but the Kell Hounds were one of the tough, experienced mercenary units skilled in combined-arms warfare that proved a match for Malvina's forces.[3] But Malvina Hazen wasn't one to let any obstacle to stop her: she decided to resort to subjecting the Hounds to orbital bombardment from the Aegis-class heavy cruiser CJF Red Talon[4] to defeat them. It was a extreme measure, but one of a number of savage, extreme actions that she relied on - along with her forces' sheer numbers - to generate tales of terror sufficient to intimidate worlds into surrendering without the need for a military campaign.[5] She felt a small twinge of guilt to threaten the Horses Beta Galaxy, which was engaged in battle, but didn't bother to war them to break off their attack. She saw an Awesome in battle, which may have been Evan Kell, the Hounds' leader, caught fully by the bombardment, and the assault 'Mech simply melted, along with virtually all the Hounds... and most of the Horses' Beta Galaxy. The battle ended soon, a crushing defeat for the lyrans and a total victory for the Falcons. [6]
Aftermath
Unfortunately for the Horses, the orbital bombardment that annihilated the Hounds also savaged Beta Galaxy, forcing the Horses to rotate the remains of the Galaxy back into their Occupation Zone to seed new Horde Clusters. Besides, the Horses didn't like Malvina's acts, and if she was very respected and admirated between the Horses, later she was mostly feared and hated. [7] And the Hounds survived as unit, though barely: the next officer on line, Evan's niece, Callandre Kell, managed to regroup the survivors, barely a battalion, and led them to the Battle of Tharkad (3143), later launching guerrilla raids into the Falcon's Occupattion Zone.[8]
Gallery
- Timkovichi01.jpg
The Hounds and Horses under the fire of the Red Talon.
References
- ↑ A Bonfire of Worlds, ch. 13
- ↑ A Bonfire of Worlds, ch. 13
- ↑ "Field Manual: 3145 p.148
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 157: "The Jade Falcon Fleet"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 148: "Tearing Down the House"
- ↑ A Bonfire of Worlds, ch. 13
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 154: "Clan Hell's Horses"
- ↑ A Bonfire of Worlds, ch. 14