Operation GALAHAD

Overview

..An elaborate shell game in which i secretly massed troops on the Capellan border by parading them up and down in front of hundreds of holocams Prince Hanse Davion

The Alliance Games

Until Operation Galahad, the Peace Proposal between Hanse Davion and Katrina Steiner had done little except exchange military intelligence about the Draconis Combine. In 3024 on the Commonwealth world of New Earth, military forces from both sides engaged in maneuvers known as the Alliance Games. Three battalions of Commonwealth troops, one from each branch of infantry, armor and 'Mechs from the Tenth Lyran Guards, faced off against three similar battalions from the Federated Suns. The Federated Suns' forces won consistently, leading many LCAF officers to change their fighting styles. Though some were sufficiently embarrassed by their poor performance to reject "Davion Changes" out of hand, strong backing from the Archon and from General of the Armies Edward Regis convinced most of the LCAF of the merits of Davion military Doctrine.