Battle of Vega (3039)
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| Battle of Vega (3039) | |||||||
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| Part of War of 3039 | |||||||
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| Attacker Federated Commonwealth |
Defender Draconis Combine |
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| Forces involved | |||||||
| Third Davion Guards Third Lyran Guards Snord's Irregulars First Gravewalkers 17th Reconnaissance Regiment |
Fourteenth Legion of Vega Fifth Amphigean Light Assault Group Second Legion of Vega Second Dieron Regulars |
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Contents
Prelude
Vega was one of the few defeats for the nascent Federated Commonwealth in the Fourth Succession War, so pride in addition to military and political significance contributed to making its conquest a priority in the War of 3039. The Lyran Intelligence Corps located two defending units, the Fourteenth Legion of Vega and elements of the Fifth Amphigean Light Assault Group. Lyran high command assigned the Third Lyran Guards and the Third Davion Guard the task of defeating the Fourteenth Legion of Vega, a rematch for the former’s defeat by the Legion in the last year. Snord's Irregulars, First Grave Walkers, and Seventeenth Recon (Camacho’s Caballeros) were assigned the Amphigeans. The two groups were designated Task Force Snow and Task Force Blizzard respectively.[1][2]
Overview
The mercenary forces attacked the Amphigeans, holding them in place. The Fifth Amphigean LAG sent their third battalion to harass the mercenary units' flanks, and Snord's Irregulars responded by destroying the battalion. Combined with the losses the other two battalions had sustained, this was too much, and the Fifth evacuated the world.[1]
The Fourteenth Legion of Vega faced the Third Davion Guards and Third Lyran Guards. The two FedCom units held the Legion in place, and once the Fifth Amphigean LAG evacuated the mercenary units turned to face the Legion. The Legion of Vega was trapped between two fronts, and rather than be destroyed they also evacuated the world. The Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces established a forward command area on Vega, and sent the Third Lyran Guards to their next target.[1]While participating in planning sessions, many of the LCAF field commanders were killed by a DEST-planted bomb.[3] This threw the defenders into chaos, and the arrival of the 2nd Legion of Vega, 14th Legion of Vega, and 2nd Dieron Regulars made things worse. The LCAF forces were scattered across the planet, and when the Grave Walkers and Snord's Irregulars were sent off-world[4], the DCMS forces turned their full attention to the Third Davion Guards. Faced with almost certain defeat, the Third Guards evacuated the world.[4]
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