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In July, Khan Montose's Task Force invades and captures [[Derf]], [[Maxie's Planet]], [[Romulus]], and [[Trell I]]. Khan Rood dispatches Hellion forces attempting to retake back Golandrinas & Wotan.  However, Hellion's counterattacks end with mixed results. Golandrinas is successful retaken for the Hellion's, however Delta Galaxy fails to capture Wotan.  
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In July, Khan Montose's Task Force invades and captures [[Derf]], [[Maxie's Planet]], [[Romulus]], and [[Trell I]]. Khan Rood dispatches Hellion forces to retake Golandrinas and Wotan.  However, the Hellions' counterattacks end with mixed results. Golandrinas is successfully retaken for the Hellions, but Delta Galaxy fails to capture Wotan.  
Fighting over Derf, goes badly for both sides, with Hellion's Alpha Galaxy Naval Star ends up destroying orbital supply station.
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Fighting over Derf goes badly for both sides, with the Hellions' Alpha Galaxy Naval Star destroying an orbital supply station.
  
The Jade Falcons' Gamma Galaxy attacks Somerset in attempt retake the planet. A naval battle accrues, over the planet resulting in each side loosing a [[WarShip]]; ''[[Aegis]]'' Heavy Cruiser, CIH ''[[Aegis#Named_Vessels|Taney]]'' and Falcon's ''[[Vincent]]'' Class Corvette, CJF ''[[Vincent#Named_Vessels|Lightning Strike]]''.
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The Jade Falcons' Gamma Galaxy attacks Somerset in an attempt to retake the planet. A naval battle ensues over the planet resulting in each side losing a [[WarShip]]; ''[[Aegis]]'' Heavy Cruiser, CIH ''[[Aegis#Named_Vessels|Taney]]'' and Falcon's ''[[Vincent]]'' Class Corvette, CJF ''[[Vincent#Named_Vessels|Lightning Strike]]''.
  
 
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Revision as of 19:11, 9 May 2010

Operation: Ice Storm - This was the code name given to the Clan invasion of Clan Jade Falcon's space. The invasion was undertaken principally by Clan Ice Hellion during the early years of the Jihad. Also, involved in the conflict but not partnered with them was Clan Hell's Horses. They were were conducting its own invasion of Clan Wolf and the Falcons' Occupational Zones. The objective of the two Home Clans invasion the Invading Clans Occupational Zones was a bid to carve out a new occupational zone for each of these Clans.

Operation Brief

In the middle 3071, Clan Ice Hellion its invasion of Clan Jade Falcon's Occupation zone. The invasion, which was split between two Clan's two Khans which each had their of task force assigned to them. Intelligence reports of the invasion showed that the Hellion's efforts were uncoordinated between the two invasion forces.

Factions & Units Involved the Conflict

Clan Ice Hellion

Khan Raina Montose's Task Force


saKhan Conner Rood's Task Force


Clan Jade Falcon

Clan Hell's Horses

Operation History

June 3071

In the summer of 3071, Clan Jade Falcon worlds of Golandrinas, Persistence, Wotan, and Winfield are taken by Khan Raina Montose's Task Force. The invasion of Winfield causes the planet's industrial sectors to be destroyed in the fighting.

Meanwhile, saKhan Conner Rood's Task Force's Galaxies successfully take Anywhere, Bone-Norman, Dark Nebula, Erewhon, Lackhove, and Somerset.

The Clan Jade Falcon's Gamma Galaxy conducts a counter-attack in form of rapid strikes that reclaim Golandrinas and Wotan. The Falcon Guards, operating independently, invade and retake Bone Norman on their own. On Wotan, the planet's HPG is damaged in the fierce fighting.

However, Clan Hell's Horses invades the Falcon's worlds of Seiduts & Steelton. The Wolves lose Liezen, Harvest, and Planting to them as well. The Falcons' Epsilon Galaxy, which was garrison on both worlds, loses the Trial of Possession against Horse forces.

The Horses send an ambassador to the Ghost Bear Dominion to normalize the relations between the two past enemies.

July 3071

In July, Khan Montose's Task Force invades and captures Derf, Maxie's Planet, Romulus, and Trell I. Khan Rood dispatches Hellion forces to retake Golandrinas and Wotan. However, the Hellions' counterattacks end with mixed results. Golandrinas is successfully retaken for the Hellions, but Delta Galaxy fails to capture Wotan. Fighting over Derf goes badly for both sides, with the Hellions' Alpha Galaxy Naval Star destroying an orbital supply station.

The Jade Falcons' Gamma Galaxy attacks Somerset in an attempt to retake the planet. A naval battle ensues over the planet resulting in each side losing a WarShip; Aegis Heavy Cruiser, CIH Taney and Falcon's Vincent Class Corvette, CJF Lightning Strike.

August 3071

Khan Montose's leads Alpha and Zeta Prime Galaxies in conquest of Evciler. During the fighting, both Galaxies broke long honored tradition of Zellbrigen with the Falcons. Khan Montose also was badly injured in the fight for the planet.

The Hell’s Horses capture Ferleiten and Zoetermeer, the Ghost Bear joint this assaults and started launches of posession for Balsta, Hermagor, and Dawn

September 3071

The SaKhan Rood's Task Force splits. Three divided forces take their separated objectives including saKhan's Beta Galaxy capture sway of Falcon worlds; Apollo, Botany Bay, and Von Strang's World. Delta Galaxy moves and attacks Steelton, but its Naval Star is involved in heavy action defending Falcon forces. The battle results in capture of Delta's Fredasa Class Corvette, the CIH Swift Bait by Falcon forces.

Erewhon is recaptured by Clan Jade Falcon's Alpha Galaxy. Meanwhile, Clan Jade Falcon forces outside the occupational zone capture a Ice Hellion supply task force in bound for Inner Sphere at their Deep Periphery world of Falcon’s Beacon. The Whirlwind Class Destroyer, the CJF Emerald Tornado is credited with the capture.

October 3071

Ice Hellion's saKhan Rood continues his Beta Galaxy advance into Falcon's territory. His galaxy splits and attacks Lackhove & Last Chance. However, Falcon forces are later bolstered by elements of the Falcon's Gamma Galaxy.

The Hellion's Zeta Galaxy successfully captures Here & Gotterdammerung. However, elements of Zeta still on Wotan end up razing the planetary capital. The razing of Borealtown was in order to destroy the Falcon's entrenched 78th Provisional Garrison Cluster. saKhan Samantha Clees declares Hellion dezgra after razing of Borealtown are reported. Falcon forces on Wotan receive reinforcements from the Alpha Galaxy. The Falcons looses Evciler but reconquer Anywhere and Lackhove.

The Ice Hellion's Delta Galaxy is forced to quit Steelton, after being pushed off by Falcon's Epsilon Galaxy.

The defending Wolf's units on Ridderkerk, Basiliano, Hohenems repulsed the conquest attemps of the Horses and the loosed ground on Basiliano Hohenems. The Wolfs on their own startet a counter invasion on Ridderkerk, Mozirje and Unzmarkt.

November 3071

Fighting on Apollo boils to the breaking point for Ice Hellion forces. Zeta Galaxy's elements are forced to withdraw under fire. During withdrawal the Galaxy's WarShip, Lola III Class Destroyer CIH Cold Hunter is heavily damaged by Jade Falcon WarShips, the Texas Class Battleship Falcon's Nest and Aegis Class Heavy Cruiser Blue Talon.

The Falcon's Gamma Galaxy forces saKhan Rood's Beta Galaxy to retreat from Lackhove. During the fighting, the Hellion's 200th Attack Cluster is destroyed in the fighting.

The Clan Hell's Horses move to assault number of worlds taken by the Ice Hellion, retreat from Basiliano and Hohenems,beacuse Clan wolf attacked. Mozirje, Feltre, Unzmarkt and Planting are loosed to the Wolfs to . They deploy its Iota & Theta Galaxies to assault; Apollo, Bensinger, Toland, and Von Strang’s World. During the attack on Bensinger, the Horses are destroy Hellion's 176 Attack Cluster. While, Ice Hellion's naval forces clash over Toland. The Ice Hellion's Essex Class Destroyer, CIH Moore's Honor is destroyed by Horse's Potemkin Class Troop Cruiser CHH Steel Shield & Lola III Class Destroyer CHH Black Knight.

December 3071

Ice Hellion Khan Montose splits her task force as she continues take Falcon worlds for the Clan. She leads her Alpha Galaxy to Vantaa, where they take planet. Her forces avoid being caught in a deadly trap by tech caste member of Jade Falcon. The trap, which resulted in the destruction of Vantaa's spaceport, failed to destroy Khan Montose's DropShips. Elements of the Alpha Galaxy are defeated on Derf by Jade Falcon's own Alpha Galaxy, which resulted in them taking back planet from them. Meanwhile, the Khan Montose's other Galaxy, Zeta Prime, attacks Seiduts where they force the defending Falcon's Delta Galaxy to retreat from the planet.

Elements of the Falcon's Alpha Galaxy successfully retake Winfield from their Ice Hellion occupiers. On Trell I, the Gamma Galaxy's Falcon Guards invokes Trial of Possession using Zellbrigen against defending 45th Striker Irregulars. The Guards are successful, in the trial and defeats the Irregulars in honorable combat.

Clan Hell's Horses' Theta Galaxy split to conqueror score of Ice Hellion held worlds. These included Botany Bay, Lackhove, [[Last Chance]] and Here. While taking Gotterdammerung, Theta forces destroyed all Hellion's Zeta Galaxy units on planet save, but the 3rd Hector Cavaliers who managed to escape off planet.

The Ice Hellions fought their former allies on Seiduts and Vantaa.

January 3072

3072 signaled the beginning of the Clan Jade Falcon's renewed efforts to eradicate the Ice Hellion from their space. The Falcon's Alpha & Delta Galaxies launch their successful invasion of Romulus. The Jade Falcons ravaged the Ice Hellions on the planet, destroying Hellion's 150th Hellion Lancers. Falcons retakes the planet, while successfully absorbing the 53rd Strike Irregulars into their ranks. They looses also Persistence and Winfield

The Horses looses Planting, Mozirje, Feltre, and Unzmarkt before offering a cease fire to the Wolfs


February 3072

Clan Ice Hellion forces are in tatters and try regroup at worlds they still retain. Khan Montose's Alpha Galaxy retreats to Vantaa, while its Task Force mate, Zeta Prime, retreats from Seiduts and makes it way to linked up with Alpha. saKhan Rood's Task Force survivors retreat to Dark Nebula orbital station with remains of Beta Galaxy Naval Star.

Clan Jade Falcon forms task for of three Galaxies consisting of Alpha, Delta, and Gamma. The task force assaults and retakes Evciler. Though they were successful, the initial planetary assault cost the task force's Aegis Class Heavy Cruiser, CJF Janis Hazen to remains of Hellion's Aerospace forces.

Maxie’s Planet and Seiduts captured by Clan Hell's Horses' elements of Theta Galaxy. During this time period, in gesture friendship, Horses transfer control of Botonay Bay & Last Chance back to the Jade Falcons.

March 3072

The final battles of conflict accure, as Jade Falcons and Hell's Horses unit to finish off Ice Hellions. Ending in two key battles; Dark Nebula and Vantaa.

Dark Nebula

Clan Hell's Horses dispatches its Theta Galaxy to Dark Nebula with Jade Falcon's Delta Galaxy. saKhan Rood's Beta Galaxy Naval Star engages the two clans fight for the station. While, Delta attacks the station itself, Naval forces of both the Clans clashed. The Hellion's naval forces consisted of Potemkin Class Troop Cruiser CIE Coterie, Fredasa Class Corvette CIE Whelp, Lola III Class Destroyer CIE Cold Hunter, The York Class Destroyer-Carrier CIE Pack Leader, and Aegis Class Heavy Cruiser, Chaos Sailor. Naval battle that ensure, resulted in the destruction of Whelp & Cold Hunter. When it became apparent that Ice Hellion had lost, Falcon's saKhan Samantha Clees offered them Hegira, which saKhan Rood accepted at later dismay of Hellion Khan. For their loses, Falcons claimed Chaos Sailor as isorta and while Horses claimed Pack Leader. SaKhan Rood and barely three Clusters of Beta Galaxy departed in Coterie for the Periphery.

Vantaa

Vantaa was the last vestige of Ice Hellion's hold of Inner Sphere. Hellion's Khan Raina Montosa leads Alpha & Zeta Prime Galaxies against Jade Falcon Alpha & Gamma & Hell's Horses' Iota Galaxy. Over the skies of the planet, Clan Jade Falcon Warships Sovetskii Soyuz Class Heavy Cruiser CJF Hawker & Black Lion Class Battlecruiser CJF Jade Aerie battled the Hellion's task force lone Warship, the McKenna Class Battleship CIH Cage's Pride. The Pride provides Orbital Fire Support for Hellions on ground, severely damages the Horses' Galaxy. The naval battle resulted in the Hellion's Battleship being destroyed.

Khan Montosa receives word of saKhan Rood accepting Hegria from Trial of Possesion for worlds of Falcon's Occupational Zone. She rebukes her saKhan accepting it, despite it. In the course of the ground battle for Vantaa, series of brutal battle ensued. Notable figures, suchs as ,Diane Anu, Galaxy Commander of Epsilon Galaxy pushing her forces to crush any Hellion forces in her forces way. In the end, both Ice Hellion galaxies are destoyed. Among casualties, reportively with Clan's Khan herself is killed. The Jade Falcon's Falcon Guards are destroyed in battle as a fighting unit.

Aftermath

By April of 3072, hostilities had ended and Ice Hellions defeated. Only known survivors of Clan invasion force freely departed were aboard Coterie. Which is suspected they were bound for outpost on the Periphery world of

Hell's Horses, while returning three worlds to Falcons, gained six star systems from the conflict.

The Jade Falcons, while succeeding well against Ice Hellion, suffered considerable damaged to its military forces in occupational zone without too much damage done to its industrial complex.

Result of Vantaa left the planet uninhabitable by 3073 and abandoned due to vital life-supporting equipment being critcally damaged by the final battle.[1]


Map of Area of Conflict

Also See

Notes

Due to nature intel & scattered media reports of source books used to provide the Operation's details, some information maybe considered to be complete.

The conflict was also named the Hellion Tantrum by Clan Jade Falcon's then Loremaster Kael Pershaw in a intelligence report made to Khan Martha Pryde in May of 3072.[2]

References

  1. Masters and Minions: The Starcrop Dossiers pp. 126 - Preening and Posturing - Vantaa is noted rendered uninhabitable due to damaged caused by the Ice Hellion invasion.
  2. Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents p. 28 - Prefect of original report to Khan Pryde by Pershaw given informal name of the Hellion conflict.

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