Battle of Timkovichi (3142)

Battle of Timkovichi
Part of The Dark Age, Republic Era
Start Date 15 August 3142 Planet Timkovichi Result Clan Jade Falcon victory
Factions
(Attacker) Golden Ordun	(Defender) Lyran Commonwealth
Commanders and leaders
Malvina Hazen	Evan Kell
Conditions
Normal

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.

Operation Brief

The battle took place in a tropical area of Timkovichi.

Operation History

Factions & Known Units Involved in the Conflict

Golden Ordun

• Beta Galaxy (Clan Hell's Horses)

Lyran Commonwealth

• Kell Hounds

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.

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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, which had support from the local population, were one of the tough, experienced mercenary units skilled in combined-arms warfare that proved a match for Malvina's forces. 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 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. She felt a small twinge of guilt to threaten the Horses Beta Galaxy, which was engaged in battle, but didn't bother to warn them to break off their attack. She saw a Hounds' Awesome in battle, which may have been one of their leaders, 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.

Aftermath

The bombardment also razed a small nearby city, Greywalk. 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 admired between the Horses, later she was mostly feared and hated. Even two of the Doctrine's most ardent followers, Patricia DeLaurel and Fulk Lassenerra became horrified by the slaughter of his Galaxy, abandoning the Doctrine. Fulk, later Horse's SaKhan, would later help to make his clan broke his alliance with Malvina.

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 on 3143, later launching guerrilla raids into the Falcon's Occupation Zone.

On 23 February 3151, Callandre led a raid into Timkovichi, landing into the area of the battle. Callandre disembarked first alone, paying her respects to the dead ones, including her uncle. The Hounds later left a small monument on place: a ferrosteel plinth engraved with the names of the Hounds which died there, and a promise into the base: Vengeance is Owed. The Hounds soon made up their promise: using the chaos reining on the Hinterlands, they liberated several worlds from the Falcons, including Arc-Royal, founding the Arc-Royal Liberty Coalition.

Gallery

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  The Hounds and Horses under the fire of the Red Talon.

Bibliography

• A Bonfire of Worlds
• Elements of Treason: Honor
• Field Manual: 3145
• Tamar Rising