Fourth Succession War
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Lasting from 3028 to 3030, the Fourth Succession War was the largest offensive since the Second Succession War, over a hundred years prior. The war gave the Lyran Commonwealth and Federated Suns a common border so that they could eventually have one contiguous nation, the Federated Commonwealth.
Contents
Pre-war
Planning for War
The planning for the Fourth War came after Federated Suns First Prince Hanse Davion signed the Federated Commonwealth Alliance document with the Lyran Commonwealth Archon, Katrina Steiner, in 3022. Secretly included in the document was a provision that called for the marriage of Hanse and Archon-Designate Melissa Steiner, which would (eventually) result in the union of those two realms in the person of Hanse and Melissa's eldest child. In order to join their realms together, they needed to create a common border. This could only be done through the conquest of intervening planets.
Hanse Davion also had a score to settle. In 3025, Chancellor Maximilian Liao had attempted to replace Prince Davion with a body-double. This double certainly would have delivered the Federated Suns into the Capellan Confederation's hands, but the plot was discovered and foiled by Hanse's best friend and closest adviser, Ardan Sortek.
Hanse began by staging military exercises close to the Capellan Confederation border on a yearly basis starting in 3026. The so-called "Galahad tournaments" not only gave his troops exercise, but it got the Capellans used to large troop movements near their border.
Hanse had also instituted an elaborate spy game. The son of Quintus Allard, the director of the Federated Suns civilian spy agency (the Ministry of Information, Intelligence, and Operations or MIIO for short), Justin Allard, was publicly ridiculed and exiled. After Justin Allard publicly embraced his Capellan heritage, started calling himself Justin Xiang (his mother's maiden name), and won the Solaris VII championship, Chancellor Liao welcomed him into his intelligence agency. Unbeknownst to all but Justin, Hanse, and Quintus, Justin Xiang Allard was actually a double agent working for his father. In addition, another deep cover agent, Alex Mallory, had also infiltrated the Maskirovka (the Capellan spy agency). By the time the war started, these two men were the #2 and #3 men in the Maskirovka.
Hanse was also aware of a traitor in his midst. His half-stepbrother, Duke Michael Hasek-Davion, nursed a bitter grudge against Hanse because he wanted to be Prince (for a more detailed analysis, see this article) and had been covertly passing information to Maximillian Liao. Hanse was able to use Duke Michael to feed false troop information to the Capellans, who were left woefully out of position for the assault.
Prince Davion had also signed an independent truce with Candace Liao, heir to the Chancellorship and Duchess of the St. Ives Commonality (roughly one-fifth of the Capellan Confederation).
On the Lyran side, Archon Katrina made contacts amongst the Rasalhaguian resistance. The conquered people of Rasalhague had maintained an organized resistance for centuries, even though the majority of it had been stopped by the mid-24th century. The Lyrans used this resistance in exchange for the promise of freedom.
In response to the F-C alliance, the leaders of the other three Successor States, the Capellan Confederation, Free Worlds League, and Draconis Combine came together under a loose alliance known as the Kapteyn Accords. This alliance, which was overseen by ComStar, lacked the uniting features of the FedCom alliance. Indeed, negotiations were almost derailed when Janos Marik and Maximilian Liao were informed that the other party would be involved. The Accords were signed, but did not overcome long years of distrust.
Forces Overview
DRACONIS COMBINE MUSTERED SOLDIERY 3025
Confederation Capella Armored Forces 3025
Lyran Commonwealth Armored Forces 3025
Free Worlds League Military 3025
Federated Suns Armored Forces 3025
Uniting Two Families
Perhaps the most important social event until that time occurred on Terra. On 20 August 3028, six months after her eighteenth birthday, Hanse Davion married Melissa Steiner. The leader of every Successor State was there, including their aides, heirs, and other VIPs. At the wedding reception, Hanse Davion uttered one of the most quoted lines in Inner Sphere history, "My dear... I give you the Capellan Confederation." To the leaders of the Inner Sphere, it seemed like this touched off the 4th War, but, in fact, troops had already invaded the day before.
Federated Suns
The Capellan Front => Operation Rat (Fedsun offensive)
The most damage during the war was done to the Capellan Confederation. Davion's stated goal was to ensure that the Capellan Confederation was no longer a threat by depriving it of its heavy industry. Under the cover of war games, the Armed Forces of the Federated Suns (AFFS) used sheer numbers to overwhelm the Capellan Confederation Armed Forces (CCAF).
The AFFS exploited a strategic weakness in CCAF structure. The Capellans lightly garrisoned border worlds and relied on a strategic reserve to intervene quickly to achieve local superiority. The Capellan Confederation Armed Forces were outnumbered by nearly four to one by the AFFS, however. Their strategy was well-suited to dealing with the constant raiding of the Third Succession War, but left the Capellans unable to respond when multiple planets were hit at the same time as Hanse Davion brought the entirety of his army to bear. Coupled with overwhelming force and an infiltrated command structure, the Capellans were overrun.
Chancellor Liao also had to deal with a high-ranking traitor. Pavel Ridzik, Maximilian's chief military adviser decided to seize power for himself. The Tikonov native returned to his homeworld and announced that he was forming his own nation, the Tikonov Free Republic. The Republic signed an independent alliance with House Davion and attacked the Free Worlds League. In retribution, Chancellor Liao had Ridzik assassinated. Ardan Sortek, who had been in the Republic as an adviser, took temporary control of the Republic. After the end of the war, the Tikonov Free Republic voted to join the Federated Suns in 3031.[1]
The truce that Hanse Davion had struck with Candace Liao paid off. Amid a romance with Candace, Justin Xiang Allard outed himself as a FedSuns agent to her and returned to FedSuns space with her. She brought the St. Ives Commonality with her and formed her own independent nation, the St. Ives Compact. This decision left her younger sister Romano as the heir-apparent to the Celestial Throne.
Wave 1
Goals
* addition to its territorial aims,
* crippling the Capetian
* command structure and destroying its most powerful units
- Planet:Aldebaran
- Attackers:4th Deneb Light Cavalry RCT + 4th Davion Guards RCT + Redfield Renegades
- Defender:Warrior House Ijori 'Mech + regiment and 16 regiments of armor and infantry
- Outcome:During the First Wave the unit invaded Liao in support of all 3 Blue Star Irregular regiment. Their opposing force consits of veteran CCAF units which includes Warrior House Lu Sann's , 1st Confederation Reserve Cavalry, Vincent's Commandos and the Protectorate Guard.
- The 1st Blue Star Irregular regiment defeated Vincent's Commandos after a short battle.
- The 33rd Avalon Hussars forced the 1st Confederation Reserve Cavalry to retreat in face of such a opponent.
- The 3rd Blue Star Irregular regiment was attacked after probing raids from the Reserve Cavalry. The merc unit followed them into a ambush through the Protectorate Guard.
- The 2nd Blue Star Irregular regiment destroyed the 1st Battalion of Warrior House Lu Sann after a fierce fight.
- The Avalon Hussars tried to close the gab around the CCAF forces but were hindered by the Reserve Cavalry. The special forces of the elite Warrior House used the Chaos to a raid behind the lines of the AFFS forces. Only the reinforcement through the Redfield Renegades changed the tide of battle to the FedSun side. The mercs entered the forbidden city. These event was the signal to all remaining Liao forces to retreat. Only one Battlion each from the Warrior House and the Reserve Cavalry together with the Protectorate Guard could left the planet.
- Source: NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1 , p.15 + 16
- Planet:Liao
- Attackers:33rd Avalon Hussars RCT + Blue Star Irregulars (3 regiments) + Redfield Renegades (later)
- Defender:Warrior House Lu Sann's (2 b) + 1st Confederation Reserve Cavalry+ Vincent's Commandos (2 b) + Protectorate Guard
- Outcome:
- Source: NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1 , p. 16
- Planet:Algol
- Attackers:3rd Davion Guards RCT + Eridani Light Horse (White Horse Regiment)
- Defender:1st Ariana Fusiliers
- Outcome:The aerospace fighter of the Guards make short work with the defending Liao machines. After rearmed for ground support 2 airports were destroyed with all equipment located their. The 2nd battlion of the Fusiliers was destroyed, because they tried to assault the ELH from the back on a spaceport. The 3rd Davion Guards catched the 1st battlion of the Fusiliers near a city and slauthered them with out mercy. The remaing battalion of the CCAF forces retreated of world.
- Source: NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1 , p. 18
- Planet:New Hessen
- Attackers:1st New Ivaarsen Chasseurs + 2nd New Ivaarsen Chasseurs
- Defender:1st New Hessen Irregulars + 2nd New Hessen Irregulars
- Outcome:The 1st Irregulars were pinned in place by the larger air force of the invaders until the mechs of the 1st Chasseurs came to destroy the unit. The 2nd Irregulars chosed to fight in the planetary capital against the 2nd Chasseurs. The Davion forces were skilled in urban combat and let the defenders no change. Only one battlion survived with some conventionel forces, which left the planet to the invaders.
- Source: NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1 , p. 19
- Planet:Pleione
- Attackers:two mercenary 'Mech regiments of the Screaming Eagles
- Defender:Third Battalion of McCrimmon's Light Cavalry
- Outcome: The fighters of the mercs suprised most of the battlion in the open, but it tooked a 3 long siege of a ancient SDLF base until the Eagles gained their victory. 1 Company were destroyed when the tried to leave the base unreckonigze, but were suprised. The remaing company surrender to the invaders.
- Source:NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1 , p.19
- Planet:Poznan
- Attackers:Gamma + Delta Regiments of Twelfth Vegan Rangers
- Defender:six regiments of lightly armed militia
- Outcome:This two regiments had no difficults to force the miltia to surrender. The spanish minority put their support behnd the invaders and installed a interims goverment.
- Source: NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1 , p.19
- Planet:St . Andre
- Attackers:Davion Light Guards RCT + Alpha + Beta Regiments Twelfth Vegan Rangers.
- Defender:Justina's Cuirassiers + Cochraine's Goliaths + 1st Battalion of the Blackwind Lancers
- Outcome:The landing were without a fight. The Beta Regiments of the Rangers need support from the Alpha Regiment in the fight against the Blackwind Lancers. This situation was idle for the elite Cuirassiers, which tooked the battles to the Rangers. The battered mercs were reinforced through the Guards and the Beta Regiment. The fight was short. After losing much of her equiment the CO surrender. The Lancers tried to use the chaos but find the base camp guarded by the Light Guards. The Lancers surrender, after facing suchs odds. The Guards secured the HQ of the CCAF forces and used false radio transmission to lure the remaining unit, Cochraine's Goliaths, into a trap. The fight was brutal. Both sides were equal, only the tough fight of the Delta Company saved the day. All CCAF forces were destroyed or had surrender.
- Source: NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1 , p. 20 - 21
- Planet:Shensi
- Attackers:1st Davion Guards RCT
- Defender:poorly armed planetary militia
- Outcome:The fight of the Milita was fierce, but the could not hope to gain victory against such odds.
- Source: NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1 , p.22
- Planet:Styk
- Attackers:20th Avalon Hussars RCT + Davion Heavy Guards RCT
- Defender:3rd Battalion of the 4th Confederation Reserve Cavalry + Warrior House Fujita
- Outcome:With the support of the MIIO the defenders lost most of their effectiv space defense. The remaining fighters had no change against the Davion forces. The Hussars set a trap for the Cavalry. After two attemps to nreak the circles of invaders the unit surrender. THe elite infantry of the Warrior House were slaughter through the Heavy Guards. The retreating capellan forces get on to a waiting Dropship which was sabotaged by the MIIO. The loses was horrendous among the CCAF. The Tao Mechwork (3rd largest Mech Manufacturer at this time) was secured without damage.
- Source: NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1 , p.22
Wave 2
The second wave focused on Tikonov for four reasons :
1. it was the capital of the Tikonov Commonality
2. it was a vital economic center of the Confederation
3. it was a heavily fortified world that could harbor many 'Mech regiments for counterattacks
4. it was the base for Colonel Pavel Ridzik, commander and driving force of the
- Planet:Tikonov
- Attackers:All eight Crucis Lancers RCT
- Defender:large militia, about 80 regiments
Deep-Space Interdiction Forces (The Night Riders)
MacGregor's Armored Scouts (1 b)
4th Tau Ceti Rangers (1 b)
Hamilton's Highlanders (1b)
2nd Ariana Fusilier
Ariana Grenadiers (1b)
1st Chesterton Voltigeurs
2nd Chesterton Voltigeurs
3rd Chesterton Voltigeurs - Outcome:
- Before the task force could land, they faced the The Night Riders (consits of a Vengeance Carrier, 2 Union Dropships + 70 fighters). The defenders were defeated and all Dropship meet their Dropzones.
- The 7th Crucis Lancers fought against the MacGregor's Armored Scouts Battle Group (1 Mech battalion + 3 armor regiments + 3 infantry regiments [2 regular, 1 mechniced]). The battle was fierce. The defenders meet the invaders outside the citywall but were suprise by a flanking attack of conventional forces from the Davions. The First Battalion of the Scouts were destroyed after a failed attack against the HQ company of the Lancers. The remaining CCAF forces surrender.
- The 8th Crucis Lancers faced the 4th Tau Ceti Rangers Battle Group (1 Mech battalion + 11 conventionell regiments) defended Kazan. After several day of brutal fights the Rangers ignored the order to fight to the last men from Colonel Radzik. They retreat from the planet in their own dropships. All resitance collapsed without the mech support.
- Two Lancers units: the 6th Crucis Lancers + 8th Crucis Lancers were tasked to secure the planet capital. The defenders were the 1st Battalion of the Hamilton's Highlanders + the HQ Company of Stapelton's Iron Hand and supporting units. The siege began with an intense bombardment. The artillery created several breaches in the wall which the attackers used, but they were suprised by some minefields. After a short break the fighting continued. They AFFS forces tried to increase their breachhead but they feared they overall commander destroy all military industry. Both units put more forces into the city. Unknown to the Lancers their sister regiment, the 7th Crucis Lancers make a combat drop on the industrial sector, where they meet the Colonel himself with the Highlanders. The three units surrounded the capellans. The Highlanders were destroyed, but the Colonel and his company could get their waiting Dropship and meet a Scout class jumpship at a pirate point.
- The 1st Crucis Lancers fight against the 2nd Ariana Fusilier Battle Group by the city of Karaganda. The Fusiliers could not wait until the right moment and attack the Davions. Loses on both sides were high but the Davion reached the city, where they break the neck of the defending unit. After losing 1 battalion the remaining Fusiliers retreat from the planet.
- The 2nd Crucis Lancers secured the city of Gizhiga. The fight with the Ariana Grenadiers was fierce, but the Lancers saved they day. The remaining Grenadiers surrender after two weeks.
- The 3rd Crucis Lancers meet heavy resistance through the defending 1st Chesterton Voltigeurs Battle Group at New Moscow. The Voltigeurs were shattered in a fierce battle. Few could retreat offworld.
- The 4th Crucis Lancers fight against the 2nd Chesterton Voltigeurs Battle Group in dense jungle at Ulan. 2 Battalions were destroyed during the 3 week long fighting. Only the 1st Battlion of the 2nd Chesterton Voltigeurs could retreat.
- The 5th Crucis Lancers were tasked to secure Tselinagrad. In their way stand the 3rd Chesterton Voltigeurs Battle Group. The tanks of the Davion crushed the defenders with easy.
- To complete the invasion tooked additonal forces and time, but all major goal has reached.
- Source: NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 24 - 30
- Planet:Tsitsang
- Attackers:1st Davion Guards RCT
- Defender:militia
- Outcome:The Guars crushed the defending forces with easy.
- Source:NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 32
- Planet:Genoa
- Attackers:33rd Avalon Hussars
Blue Star Irregulars - Defender:militia
- Outcome:The operations was for all invaders like a vacation.
- Source:NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 32
- Planet:Gan Singh
- Attackers:Screaming Eagles mercenary regiments
assisted by Fourth Garrison Force (six regiments of Davion occupation troops) - Defender:militia
- Outcome:The mercs had no problems to secure the planet for the AFFS. The militia had no change.
- Source:NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 32
- Planet:Buchlau
- Attackers:Gamma and Delta Regiments of the Twelfth Vegan Rangers
+ First Garrison Forces - Defender:militia
- Outcome:The mercs defeated the milita after a fierce battle.
- Source:NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 32
- Planet:Hunan
- Attackers:Aragon Borderers
reinforced by Delta Company of the Davion Light Guards 'Mech regiment - Defender:Freemont's Cuirassiers (1b)
- Outcome:The Borderers have it difficults to fight the heavy machines of the defenders, only the support Delta Company changed the tide of the battle for the invaders.
- Source:NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 32
- Planet:Zurich
- Attackers: 4th Deneb Light Cavalry RCT
- Defender:First Battalion of Trimaldi's Secutors
- Outcome:Only 1 Company surived the fight with an entire RCT and could retreat offworld.
- Source:NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 32
- Planet:Ningpo
- Attackers:3rd Davion Guards RCT
- Defender:First Battalion of McCrimmon's Light Cavalry
Marion's Highlanders - Outcome:The Cavalry were no opponent for the elite Guards, only the Highlanders were equal in size and expierence. The fight came to a standstill and a truce were negotiated.
- Source:NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 32
- Planet:Alrescha
- Attackers:1st New Ivaarsen Chasseurs
- Defender:Second Battalion of the Hamilton Highlanders
Second Battalion of MacGregor's Armored Scouts - Outcome: The triumph of the crushing defeat of the 2 CCAF battlions were overshadowed, because a sqaud of the Death Commandos nearly killed the CO of the Chasseurs
- Source:NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 32
Wave 3
- Planet:Menker
- Attackers:7th Crucis Lancers RCT
- Defender:militia
- Outcome:The Lancers crushed the milita with easy.
- Source:NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1 ,p. 33
- Planet:Achernar
- Attackers:1st Crucis Lancers RCT
- Defender:militia
- Outcome:The Lancers make short work with the defenders.
- Source:NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1 ,p. 33
- Planet:Kansu
- Attackers:Delta Regiment of the Twelfth Vegan Rangers
- Defender:militia
- Outcome:After several days mercs accept the surrender of the militia.
- Source:NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1 ,p. 33
- Planet:Yangtze
- Attackers:1st New Ivaarsen Chasseurs
- Defender:militia
- Outcome:This world was secured through the seasoned soldiers.
- Source:NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1 ,p. 33
- Planet:Ronel
- Attackers:two heavy battalions of Miller's Marauders,
plus the twelve regiments of the Addicks March Militia - Defender:First Battalion of Kerr's Intruders
- Outcome:After the rivalry of the two officers from the invading force were settled, the invasion became a succes. The defending Intruders surrender.
- Source:NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1 ,p. 33
- Planet:Tybalt
- Attackers:4th Crucis Lancers
- Defender:Third Battalion of Lothar's Fusiliers
- Outcome:Bad circumstances by the invaders delayed the invasion, but in the end only one company could retreat offworld.
- Source:NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1 ,p. 33
- Planet:Slocum
- Attackers:3rd Davion Guards RCT
- Defender:Second Battalion of McCrimmon's Light Cavalry
- Outcome:The landing were unpopossed. The defenders thought the invaders were afraid and begin with a assault. The Davions had other thought, beat the capellans and secured the planet. One company could survive and retreat offworld.
- Source:NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1p. 33
- Planet:New Canton
- Attackers:Screaming Eagles
+ ten garrison regiments - Defender:First Battalion of the 4th Confederation Reserve Cavalry
Third Battalion of Trimaldi's Secutors - Outcome:The task force were splitted in two equal Battle Groups. The 1st Regiment sought after the Battalion of the Cavarly. The capellans retreat in the forest, but were suprised because they were pinned at the river side. The CO of the eagles begin to slaughter the soldiers down, after they had surrender. The arriving AFFS forces forced the CO to put all weapons down for an investigation.
- The 2nd Regiment tried to catch the Battalion of the Secutors. 2 attached infantry regiments were airdropped in front of the retreating cappelans. The fight cost the invaders 4 battalions, but the arrival of the 2nd Regiment secured the victory for the Davion forces.
- Source:NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1p. 35
- Planet:Arboris
- Attackers:33rd Avalon Hussars RCT
two regiments of the Blue Star Irregulars - Defender:First Regiment of McCarron's Armored Cavalry
- Outcome:The invaders had a open bill to paid through the mercs. The Hussars were suprised by a rear attack from the Cavalry and make the life difficult for them. The supporting air wing were destroyed by the Davion fighters, which give them air superiority. The 1st Mac meet the Avalon in close fight and were shattered by the 2 BSI regiments. Only one battalion survided and could retreat back to capellan space.
- Source:NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1p. 36
- Planet:Saiph
- Attackers:4th Deneb Light Cavalry RCT
- Defender:Third Battalion of Justine's Grenadiers
- Outcome:The harch enviroment worked for the defenders. Blizzards and bad weather hindered the Cavalry to catch the Grenadiers. Only bad luck secured the victory for the 4th Deneb, because the techs filled the cooling system with the wrong lubricant, which slowed the machines.
- Source:NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1p. 37
- Planet:Tigress
- Attackers:2nd Crucis Lancers + 3rd Crucis Lancers
- Defender:Warrior House Hiritsu 'Mech regiment
Second Battalion of Kerr's Intruders
Laurel's Legion, a battalion - Outcome:The Intruders were suprised and crushed by the 2nd Crucis Lancers in a jungle fight. The 3rd Crucis Lancers was slowed down by the mobile defense of the Warrior Hose and the elite Infantry. Both RCT's tried a final assault with no reasult. The chaos were used by the combined CCAF forces of the Warrior house and Laurel's Legion. The fight were fierce. The overall commander of the CCAF ordered an entire retreat. The Legion was forced to leave a company behind and the remaining House battlion retreated offworld.
- Source:NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1p. 38-39
- Planet:Jonathan
- Attackers:5th Crucis Lancers and 6th Crucis Lancers
- Defender:2nd Kearny Highlanders
Second Battalion of Freemont's Cuirassiers - Outcome:6th Crucis Lancers captured the supplies of the Highlander and with them the family. The Highlander began with a counterattack to free their members but without success. Both sides seperated from each other to reorganize. Negotiation were underway. All Highlanders unit changed sides in exchange for the planet Northwind. The Cuirassiers tried a suprise assault but were uncovered and destroyed during their attemp to retreat.
- Source:NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1p. 40
Wave 4
Fourth Wave focus on isolated Capellan worlds near Terra and the eventual linking of the Federated Suns and the Lyran Commonwealth
- Planet:Menkalinan
- Attackers:Screaming Eagles
- Defender:Menkalinan Militia
1st Free Worlds Guards (2nd Bn) - Outcome:
- Source:
- Planet:Tall Trees
- Attackers:4th Deneb Light Cavalry RCT
- Defender:Thirty regiments, most of them infantry
- Outcome:
- Source:
- Planet:Shipka
- Attackers:Gamma and Delta Regiments of the Twelfth Vegan Rangers
- Defender:militia
- Outcome:
- Source:
- Planet:Foochow
- Attackers:7th Crucis Lancers RCT
- Defender:militia
- Outcome:
- Source:
- Planet:Foot Fall
- Attackers:5th Crucis Lancers and 6th Crucis Lancers RCTs
- Defender:militia
- Outcome:
- Source:
- Planet:Woodstock
- Attackers:33rd Avalon Hussars
- Defender:militia
- Outcome:
- Source:
- Planet:Bharat
- Attackers:1st Crucis Lancers
- Defender:militia
- Outcome:
- Source:
- Planet:[[Hamal
- Attackers:1st New Ivaarsen Chasseurs
- Defender:militia
- Outcome:
- Source:
- Planet:Highspire
- Attackers:Bell Capellan March Militia RCT
- Defender:1st Kearny Highlanders
militia regiments - Outcome:
- Source:
- Planet:Azha
- Attackers:3rd Davion Guards
- Defender:militia
- Outcome:
- Source:
- Planet:Second Try
- Attackers:20th Avalon Hussars
- Defender:militia
- Outcome:
- Source:
Operations Risposte and Ambush
Chancellor Liao had a spy in the command staff of Duke Hasek. He was known to the MIIO and they let him work. The informations that he received were false. On this bases the Chancellor believe that the supply bases (Kawich, Nopah, Basalt, New Aragon, Algot, and Halloran V + Axton for special reason) were lightly defended. He decided to attack the 6 planets. The defense lay in the hands of 17 'Mech regiments and 40 infantry and armor regiments on these worlds.
- Planet:Algot
- Defender:Davion Light Guards RCT
Alpha Regiment of Twelfth Vegan Rangers - Attackers:The Third battalion of the 2nd Ariana Fusiliers + two regiments of hovertanks and one of jump infantry
- Outcome:
- Source:
- Planet:Axton
- Defender:2nd NAIS Training Cadre and four regiments of infantry and tanks
- Attackers:First Battalion of the 4th Tau Ceti Rangers
- Outcome:
- Source:
- Planet:KAWICH
- Defender:Striker Regiment, Eridani Light Horse
three regiments of infantry and armor, reinforced by the Second Battalion of 'Mechs from the 1st Davion Guards RCT
3rd Crucis Lancers - Attackers:Three groups
Group 1:A battalion from Warrior House Hiritsu
Group 2:A battalion from the 3rd Confederation Reserve Cavalry, a company from Trimaldi's Secutors, and a company of Lothar's Fusiliers
Group 3: a battalion of Trimaldi's Secutors and two companies from Laurel's Legion - Outcome:
- Source:
- Planet:Basalt
- Defender:|4th Davion Guards RCT
4th Crucis Lancers - Attackers:several 'Mech battalions and companies totaling almost regiment =
A company from the Kerr's Intruders,
a company from McCrimmon's Light Cavalry
a company from MacGregor's Armored Scouts
five companies from the 1st New Hessen Irregulars
18 'Mechs from the veteran Warrior House Ijori
with three infantry regiments and four armor regiments - Outcome:
- Source:
- Planet:New Aragon
- Defender:Davion Heavy Guards RCT
New Avalon Crucis March Militia
Aragon Borderers and six infantry and tank regiments - Attackers:The three battered regiments of the Chesterton Voltigeurs (4 bat)
+ 4 regiments of infantry and two heavy tank regiment - Outcome:
- Source:
- Planet:Nopar
- Defender:Beta Regiment of the Twelfth Vegan Rangers
Crater Cobras (2 reg.)
1st Ceti Hussars RCT - Attackers:Third Battalion of the 1st Mccarrons Armored Cavalry
1 battalion a from the Confederation Reserve Cavalry
surviving Mech-Warriors from Warrior House Lu Sann (1b)
The Prefectorate Guard - Outcome:
- Source:
- Planet:Halloran V
- Defender:2nd New Ivaarsen Chasseurs RCT
The Second Regiment of the Screaming Eagles - Attackers:15 remaining members of the once-proud Freemont's Cuirassiers reinforced by two regiments of armor and infantry
- Outcome:
- Source:
Wave 5
The overall objective was the same as it had always been, to conquer the Confederation and destroy as many Liao regiments as possible
- Planet:Corey
- Attackers:20th Avalon Hussars
- Defender:Militia
- Outcome:
- Source:
- Planet:Zaurak
- Attackers:1 battalion from the Gamma Regiment of the Twelfth Vegan Rangers
+ two regiments of Davion armor and four of infantry - Defender:Militia
- Outcome:
- Source:
- Planet:Menkib
- Attackers:5th Crucis Lancers.
- Defender:Militia
- Outcome:
- Source:
- Planet:New Macao
- Attackers:6th Crucis Lancers
- Defender:Militia
- Outcome:
- Source:
- Planet:Mandate
- Attackers:6th Crucis Lancers
- Defender:Militia
- Outcome:
- Source:
- Planet:Wei
- Attackers:Vegan Rangers Delta Regiment and two battalions from Gamma
+ three regiments of armor and four of infantry - Defender:Sung's Cuirassiers and many militia regiments
- Outcome:
- Source:
- Planet:Remshield
- Attackers:Davion Light Guards] RCT
- Defender:First Battalion of Hurloc's Hussars
First Battalion of the 4th Tau Ceti Rangers - Outcome:
- Source:
- Planet:Tsingtao
- Attackers:Davion Heavy Guards RCT
- Defender:The Second Battalion of Hurloc's Hussars
- Planet:Sarna
- Attackers:5th Syrtis Fusiliers RCT
two regiments of the Crater-Cobras mercenary unit, the
Second Regiment of the Screaming Eagles, and 15 conventional regiments
+ as reinforcment
Davion Heavy Guards RCT
Davion Light Guards RCT - Defender:Sarna Militia
McCarron's Armored Cavalry:
2nd
3rd
4th
5th - Outcome:
- Source:
Wave 6
- Planet:Truth
- Attackers:Davion Heavy Guards
- Defender:militia
- Outcome:
- Source:
- Planet:Kaifeng
- Attackers:Davion Light Guards RCT
- Defender:militia
- Outcome:
- Source:
- Planet:Matsu
- Attackers:7th Crucis Lancers RCT
- Defender:militia
- Outcome:
- Source:
- Planet:Heligoland
- Attackers:6th Crucis Lancers RCT
- Defender:Kingston's Legionnaires
- Outcome:
- Source:
- Planet:Palos
- Attackers:Gamma and Delta Regiments of the Twelfth Vegan Rangers and twelve conventional regiments attacked
- Defender:2nd Confederation Reserve Cavalry and 20 veteran tank and infantry regiments
- Outcome:
- Source:
- Planet:Sakhalin
- Attackers:5th Crucis Lancers RCT
- Defender:First Battalion of Kamakura's Hussars
- Outcome:
- Source:
- Planet:Kathil (counterattack) + Sian (surprise attack)
- Attackers:1st Kathil Uhlans
- Defender:Death Commandos
Second Battalion of the 4th Tau Ceti Rangers
Warrior House Imarra (on Sian) - Outcome:
- Source:
Creation of St. Ives Pact (former St. Ives Commonality) =>puffer state between Capcon and Fedsun
Wave 7
Goal: to gain as much territory as possible before truce
- Planet:Bora
- Planet:Campertown
- Planet:Charndo
- Planet:Elnath
- Planet:Lesalles
- Planet:Old Kentucky
- Planet:Phact
- Planet:Quemoy
- Planet:Raballa
- Planet:Sarmaxa
- Planet:Ulan Bator
- Planet:Wazan
- Planet:Yunnah
- Planet:Sarna (continued)
- Planet:Tsinghai
- Attackers:20th Avalon Hussars RCT
Gamma and Delta Regiments of the Twelfth Vegan Rangers
|a battalion of the 5th Confederation Reserve Cavalry
a battalion of Preston's Lancers
- Outcome:
- Source:
ComStar
ComStar also took an interest in the course of the war. The supposedly neutral power desired smaller, more fragmented nation that would be easier to manipulate, but the 4th War seemed to promise a mighty Federated Commonwealth. ComStar decided to slow the AFFS' progress by imposing a communications interdiction. They faked an AFFS attack on the HPG on Sarna and used the "incident" as the excuse they needed. Unbeknownst to ComStar, Hanse Davion had changed the units he used to assault Sarna at the last minute, alerting him to ComStar's duplicity. Despite that, Hanse could not afford to openly challenge ComStar, so he made no public statement about it. The interdiction effectively stopped all interplanetary communication within the Federated Suns, as well as any communication in or out. Hanse still had another trick up his sleeve. The New Avalon Institute of Science had recently duplicated the ability to send communications between worlds with their fax machines, but they were much slower than what ComStar could manage. These so-called "black boxes" were pressed into service, but Hanse found it increasingly difficult to coordinate his military.
ComStar showed their perfidy once more towards the end of the war. In order to set back the technological progress of the Successor States, ComStar executed a raid on the New Avalon Institute of Science. They disguised themselves as the Death Commandos, the elite commandos of the Capellan Confederation and personal bodyguards of Chancellor Liao. During the battle, Prince Hanse Davion took to the field himself in his BattleMaster. The attack did only superficial damage to the university, but did great damage to ComStar in Hanse Davion's eyes. His spies in the Capellan Confederation later reported to him that the Death Commandos were on the planet Kathil during the time of the raid, so there was no way they could have pulled it off. Coupled with the knowledge of the supposed HPG destruction on Sarna, Hanse came to the only logical conclusion.
The Combine Front
In order to find the forces for his massive assault on the Capellan Confederation, Hanse Davion had to strip away large quantities of troops from the border with the Draconis Combine. Far from leaving himself open to attack, Hanse contracted the mercenary unit Wolf's Dragoons to defend his border. Jaime Wolf, the commander of the Dragoons, and Coordinator Takashi Kurita held a deep personal dislike of each other, so Jaime was able to goad Coordinator Kurita into throwing everything he could spare at his Dragoons.
By the end of the war, Wolf's Dragoons had been reduced from over five regiments to one reinforced regiment. In gratitude, Hanse Davion granted Jaime Wolf and his Dragoons the conquered planet of Outreach in perpetuity.
Lyran Commonwealth
The Combine Front (OPERATION GOTTERDAMMERUNG)
Goals:
- to challenge as many mech regiments as possible
- to cover the rear of the Fedsun => DCMS to busy for a two front wars
- Planet::Harvest
- Attackers: 4th Donegal Guards + 1st Lyran Regulars + 3rd Lyran Regulars + 40 infantry and tank regiments
- Defenders:5th Amphigean Light Assault Group + [[Helmut's Hermits] + 20 regiments of infantry and armor.
- Ouctome:
- Planet::Basillano
- Attackers:McGavin's Regiment Night Stalkers
- Defenders:24th Arcturan Guards + 25th Arcturan Guards+ Blackhearts
- Ouctome:
- Planet::Wheel
- Attackers:1st Narhal Raiders + Hansen's Roughriders
- Defenders:Tooth of Ymir + ten militia regiments
- Ouctome:
- Planet::Marfik
- Attackers:4th Skye Rangers + 25 infantry and tank regiments
- Defenders:11th Legion of Vega + twelve other regiments
- Ouctome:
- Planet::Moritz
- Attackers:8th Donegal Guards
- Defenders:5th Sun Zhang Academy Cadre
- Ouctome:
- Planet::Weingarten
- Attackers:15th Lyran Regulars
- Defenders:1st Sun Zhang Training Cadre
- Ouctome:
Planet::Kandis
- Attackers:26th Lyran Guards
- Defenders:St. Cyr Heavy Assault Group
- Ouctome:
- Planet::Karbala
- Attackers:10th Lyran Guards
- Defenders:Vandelay's Valkyries +twelve infantry and armor regiments
- Ouctome:
- Planet::New Caledonia
- Attackers:30th Lyran Guards + 10th Donegal Guards
- Defenders:Second An Ting Legion
- Ouctome:
- Planet::Al Hillah
- Attackers:[[]]
- Defenders:[[]]
- Ouctome:
- Planet::Camlann
- Attackers:[[]]
- Defenders:[[]]
- Ouctome:
- Planet::Diosd
- Attackers:[[]]
- Defenders:[[]]
- Ouctome:
Planet::Hyperion
- Attackers:[[]]
- Defenders:[[]]
- Ouctome:
- Planet::Jabuka
- Attackers:Nineteenth Arcturan Guards,
- Defenders:Fifth Rasalhague Regulars
- Ouctome:
- Planet::Ko
- Attackers:[[]]
- Defenders:[[]]
- Ouctome:
- Planet::Orestes
- Attackers:[[]]
- Defenders:[[]]
- Ouctome:
- Planet::Ramsau
- Attackers:
- Defenders:
- Ouctome:
- Planet::Sabik
- Attackers:
- Defenders:
- Ouctome:
Planet::Shaula
- Attackers:
- Defenders:
- Ouctome:
- Planet::Shionoha
- Attackers:[[]]
- Defenders:
- Ouctome:
- Planet::Volders
- Attackers:[[]]
- Defenders:[[]]
- Ouctome:
- Planet::Buckminister
- Attackers:3rd Royal Guards and the 39 regiments of the RCT + 20th Arcturan Guards (reinfor.)
- Defenders:2nd Sword of Light regiment + 22 of the best infantry and tank regiments + 6th Arkab Legion (reinfor.)
- Ouctome:
- Planet::Vega
- Attackers:3rd Lyran Guards
- Defenders:2nd Legions of Vega + 14th Legions of Vega + 40 tank and infantry regiments
- Ouctome:
DCMS conterattacks
Planet::The Edge
- Attackers:Tenth Donegal Guards
- Defenders:Twenty-fifth Rasalhague Regulars
- Ouctome:
Planet::Stanzach
- Attackers:Twelfth Donegal Guards
reinforced by the Eighth Donegal Guards - Defenders:Ninth PeshtRegulars
Thirteenth Rasalhague Regulars - Ouctome:
Planet::Utrecht |Fourteenth Donegal Guards
- Defenders:Seventh Sword of Light
20 infantry and armor regiments - Ouctome:
Planet::Kimball II
- Attackers:Fourth Skye Rangers - First and Third Battalions
- Defenders:Third Dieron Regulars
- Ouctome:
Planet::Kornephoros
- Attackers:Fourth Skye Rangers - Second Battalion and Lighting Company
- Defenders:Seventeenth Benjamin Regulars
- Ouctome:
Planet::Sabik
- Attackers:Barrett's Fusiliers
- Defenders:Kingston Caballeros
- Ouctome:
Planet::La Blon
- Attackers:a battalion of aging militia 'Mechs and 20 infantry and tank regiments
- Defenders:Fourth Proserpina Hussars
18 lesser units - Ouctome:
AFTER THE LULL AND FOLLOW-UP INVASIONS
- Planet:The Edge
- Attackers: 10th Donegal Guards
- Defenders:25th Rasalhague Regulars
- Ouctome:
- Planet:Aubisson
- Attackers:
- Defenders:
- Ouctome:
- Planet:Hainfeld
- Attackers:
- Defenders:
- Ouctome:
- Planet:Gumium
- Attackers:
- Defenders:
- Ouctome:
- Planet:Mozirje
- Attackers:
- Defenders:
- Ouctome:
- Planet:Atria
- Attackers:
- Defenders:
- Ouctome:
- Planet:Imbros III
- Attackers:
- Defenders:
- Ouctome:
- Planet:Unzmarkt
- Attackers:
- Defenders:
- Ouctome:
- Planet:Skokie
- Attackers:
- Defenders:
- Ouctome:
- Planet:Ueda
- Attackers:
- Defenders:
- Ouctome:
- Planet:Liezen
- Attackers:Winfield's Brigade
- Defenders:Altenmarkt Militia
- Ouctome:
- Planet::Engadin
- Attackers:26th Lyran Guards
- Defenders:St. Cyr Heavy Assault Group + Fifth Sun Zhang Academy Cadre remnants
- Ouctome:
- Planet:Stanzach
- Attackers:Tyr Regiment +8th Donegal Guards + 12th Donegal Guards
- Defenders:9th Pesht Regulars+ 13th Rasalhague Regulars
- Ouctome:
- Planet:Gunzburg
- Attackers:Mobile Fire + Bad Dream
- Defenders:22nd Rasalhague Regulars
- Ouctome:
- Planet::Utrecht
- Attackers:14th Donegal Guards
- Defenders:7th Sword of Light
- Ouctome:
- Planet:Shirotori
- Attackers:3rd Donegal Guards
- Defenders:1st Proserpina Hussars
- Ouctome:
[[]]
The LCAF gained
six worlds: Unzmarkt, Mozirje, Skokie, Ueda, Atria, Imbros III
lost: Vega, Altenmarkt, Cebalrai, Sabik, La Blon
- Planet:Lyons
- Attackers:Kell Hounds
- Defenders:3rd Dieron Regulars two battalions
- Ouctome:
Planet:Tamar
- Attackers:Grave Walkers (two regiments)
- Defenders:13th Rasalhague Regulars
- Ouctome:
- Planet:Csesztreg
- Attackers:[[]]
- Defenders:only militia
- Ouctome:
- Planet:Feltre
- Attackers:
- Defenders:only militia
- Ouctome:
- Planet:Galuzzo
- Attackers:
- Defenders:only militia
- Ouctome:
- Planet:Nox
- Attackers:
- Defenders:only militia
- Ouctome:
- Planet:Quarell
- Attackers:
- Defenders:only militia
- Ouctome:
- Planet:Satalic
- Attackers:Waco Rangers + Hansen's Roughriders
- Defenders:9th Rasalhague Regulars
- Ouctome:
- Planet:Altenmarkt
- Attackers:23rd Arcturan Guards
- Defenders:5th Rasalhague Regulars
- Ouctome:
OPERATION HOLDUR
- Planet:Dromini VI
- Attackers:Ten Commonwealth armored and infantry regiments + aided by three militia infantry
- Defenders:eleven Kurita militia regiments Dromini Vl
- Ouctome:
- Planet:Yorii
- Attackers:
- Defenders:16 infantry and conventional regiments
- Ouctome:
- Planet:Lambrecht
- Attackers:The Third Regiment - Twelfth Star Guards
- Defenders:
- Ouctome:
- Planet:Asia
- Attackers:The Seventh Regiment - Twelfth Star Guards
- Defenders:
- Ouctome:
- Planet:Altair
- Attackers:Always Faithful + 17th Skye Ranger + their RCTs
- Defenders:18th Dieron Regulars
- Ouctome:
- Planet:Dyev
- Attackers:17th Donegal Guards
- Defenders:22nd Dieron Regulars
- Ouctome:
- Planet:La Blon
- Attackers:1st Royal Guards+ two companies of Barrett's Fusiliers
- Defenders:4th Proserpina Hussars
- Ouctome:
- Planet:Sabik
- Attackers:24th Lyran Guards RCT
- Defenders:Kingston Caballeros
- Ouctome:
OPERATION CONTAGION
Organized through Theodore Kurita =>Genyosha, the Seventh Benjamin Regulars, the Third Dieron Regulars, the Second and Fourteenth Legions of Vega, and dozens of conventional regiments gatheresd on DROMINI VI
- Fourteenth Legion of Vega => Skondia,
- Genyosha => Nusakan
- a battalion of the Third Dieron with conventional support => Alphecca.
- Planet:Skondia
- Attackers:The Fourteenth Legion of Vega
- Defenders:five regiments of militia infantry
two militia 'Mech battalions - Ouctome:
- Planet:Nusakan
- Attackers:Kell Hounds
- Defenders:5th Sword of Light
- Ouctome:
- Planet:Dromini Vl
- Attackers:Tenth Lyran Guards
several conventional regiments - Defenders:Kuritan forces
- Ouctome:
The Lyrans had many things going for them. They had the Rasalhague rebels fomenting insurrection and providing them with intelligence. They had Takashi Kurita's distraction with Wolf's Dragoons. They used these advantages to push the Draconis Combine back along a very broad front. They took a number of traditionally Rasalhagian worlds from the Combine, though their successes did not match what the Federated Suns managed to achieve against the Capellans.
Lyran military doctrine was significantly different than that of the Armed Forces of the Federated Suns. Whereas the AFFS executed several different "waves," effectively leapfrogging each other, the Lyrans used their wall of assault 'Mechs and pushed into the Draconis Combine on a very broad front. This was not a tactic that had served the Lyrans well in the past, but circumstances conspired to make it a feasible strategy for the 4th War.
The Lyran offensive was stalled when the Combine struck back and scored a couple of worlds that put them within one jump of Skye, a regional capital. Unwilling to continue pressing forward, but unable to reclaim their lost worlds, the Lyran assault ground to a halt.
The League Front
While content to watch the other four Successor States "knock each other dizzy," Captain-General Janos Marik was convinced by his allies to launch some attack to ease pressure on them. Thus Operation Dagger was born. Not a broad offensive, the operation called for a series of raids and heavy probes. The 5th Regulan Hussars and 25th Marik Militia hit Wyatt, defended by the 11th Lyran Guards and 17th Arcturan Guards. Both Lyran regiments withdrew after the attack began. Smithson's Chinese Bandits hit Milton, and the 30th Marik Militia hit Phecda. On Poulsbo the 6th Orloff Grenadiers forced the 1st Knights of St. Cameron off planet. Timbiqui and Launam were also taken. Operation Dagger bogged down upon Janos Marik recieving word that Andurien forces, claiming terrorists attacks by Capellans, began assaults on Capellan worlds.
Free Worlds League
Hitherto relatively unscathed in the conflict, the Free Worlds League was surprised to find itself the target of an invasion by the newly created Tikonov Free Republic. Five Republican mech regiments supported by 44 conventional regiments invaded the worlds of Talitha, Van Diemen IV, Procyon, and Wasat. On Procyon the 2nd Sirian Lancers, outnumbered two-to-one, held on until their commander was killed and then was forced to quit the planet. On Wasat the 15th Marik Militia fought until their commander was captured, and the unit was allowed to ransom their officers and withdraw. On Talitha and Van Diemen IV only militia remained, and these were taken by the Free Tikonov forces quickly.
The Tikonov offense stunned the League leadership, who had been in trade negotiations with Pavel Ridzik's government right up until the attack. The Lyran leadership took advantage of the lull, launched an assault on Callison with Lyran officers commanding the mercenary Hsien Hotheads. Catching the Marik Guard half in transports, the Hotheads dealt the unit a number of startling defeats and reversals. Eventually the Lyran commander offered to let the Marik Guard retreat in exchange for Callison and spare parts, which the Guard, unable to resist, accepted.
At the same time, the LCAF had begun massive communications traffic and JumpShip movement to lead the FWLM into believing a new offensive had begun. Janos Marik, with trouble on all fronts, ordered a strategic withdrawl from eight worlds: Marcus, Zosma, Denebola, Castor, Devil's Rock, Oliver, Alula Australis, and Graham IV. At the same time the captured Lyran worlds of Milton, Phecda, Wyatt, Poulsbo, Timbiqui, and Launam were withdrawn from. What Janos Marik did not know was that the Lyran movements at the time were a bluff, and Pavel Ridzik's recent death had meant an end to the Tikonov invasion.
Aftermath
The Federated Suns conquered roughly a third of the Capellan Confederation, while two commonalities seceded from the realm. While the Tikonov Free Republic joined the Federated Suns, the St. Ives Compact continued to remain politically independent, though dependent on AFFS military aid to avoid being conquered by the Capellan Confederation. The conquered worlds were incorporated into the Federated Commonwealth as the Sarna March.
Maximilian Liao went stark-raving mad. His younger daughter, Romano Liao, ran the nation until his suicide. With her military shattered, and much of her nation's industry under foreign control, Romano struggled to ensure the Capellan Confederation's survival. It would be decades before the Capellan Confederation would be a threat once more.
ComStar and the Federated Suns negotiated a settlement to restore communications to the Suns that included stationing ComGuard troops within FedSuns space to protect their HPGs from further attack. Secretly, ComStar's intelligence agency, ROM, and MIIO fought a shadow war for years.
When the Lyrans failed to retake every Rasalhague world, they declared that they could not give the Rasalhagians their independence. Not content with that, the Rasalhagians grumbled until ComStar negotiated a settlement with the Draconis Combine that allowed for Rasalhagian independence. Shamed by the Draconis Combine's willingness to grant the Rasalhagians independence, the Lyran Commonwealth had no choice but to cede their conquered worlds to the new Free Rasalhague Republic.