Operation SOVEREIGN JUSTICE
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Operation: Sovereign Justice - Military campaign executed in June, 3068 by solely by the Federated Suns' Capellan March region against Capellan Confederation.
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Operation Brief
The operation was conducted as part of Duke George Hasek's campaign to eliminated threat of Capellan Confederation arggession actions. As part of his strategy, he has Bounty Hunter kidnap Mandrinn Kai Allard-Liao from St. Ives. Using him as part of a plan to make look he had defected, which would easy the people in St. Ives Commonality from repulse in coming invasion. Thinking that Mandrinn was involved in following invasion to retake the St. Ives.
The invasion included three prong attacks from three locations in the FedSuns: Zilang Axis, Kittery Line, and Lee Corridor.
FedSun Units Military & Mercenary Involved the Operation
Following are known military units that was involved with Sovereign Justice.
- 20th Avalon Hussars
- 5th Crucis Lancers
- 1st FedSuns Armored Cavalry
- 1st Federated Sun Lancers
- 1st Kestral Grendiers
- 1st Kittery Borderers
- 5th Syrtis Fusiliers
- 6th Syrtis Fusiliers
- 8th Syrtis Fusiliers
Supported by following mercenary commands were:
Wave One
First wave begun in June 3068.
Kittery Line
The world of Gei-Fu became first target of Operation in this prong. The Third Capellan Defense Force bombarded by Davion forces at its bases. The Kittery Borderers and 1st FedSun Lancers ended up fighting longer campaign on world than expected. Thinking the destruction of the Force's bases would taken fightout them, the 3rd presissted in its resistence against the invaders for a time.
Lee Corridor
The 5th Syrtis Fusilers, 20th Avalon Hussars were dispatched to Ares, where they hit the 4th McCarron's Armored Cavalry regiment garrisoned there. The 4th MAC held out against the two Davion regiments for three weeks, leaving it less than optiminal fighting shape. While the First Kestral Grenadiers with merc unit Khorsakhov’s Cossacks attack againt the 2nd Confederation Reserve Cavalry on Necromo. This resulted in a bloody affair for the Cavalry, rending them non-operation in week of fighting.
Zilang Axis
The forces of the Sovereign Justice/Zilang Axis Task force faced stronger defensive of the three prong attacks. The Sixth Syrtis Fusiliers & its mercs support unit, Cunningham Commandos attacked Hustaing. Facing against the Renshield's Dragoons who drew out the fighting out for month, but in end withdrew with modest damage to the unit.
On Sendalor, 9th Illician Lancers fought a long strung out battle against former merc unit, St. Cyr's Armored Regiment. The St. Cyr's held out for month against the Ninth, but in end was barely pacified by end of the wave of attacks.
Wave Two
The operation's 2nd Wave begun in July.
Kittery Line
Kittery Prong forces, continued push through the Capellan worlds, capturing Relevow and Overton in the St. Ive Commonality. Additionial mercenary units (Cunningham Commandos and Illician Lancers) were called in to handle the guerilla fighting by the reminisce of the 3rd Capellan Defense Force.
Zilang Axis
In the Axis, Davion forces meet milid resistence when they captured the undefended worlds of Purvo and Carmen.
Lee Corridor
The Minnacora fell to the 20th Avalon, with its myomer testing facilties. As did New Sagan and Capricorn III to Grenadiers and 5th Crucis Lancers respectively.
Tsingtao suffered suginificate collateral damage due to heavy fighting from the full invasion on the planet.
Outside Actions
Mercenary units in hire to Duke Hasek conducted raids on number of Capellan worlds. The quick-strike raids themselves developed into assaults against Liao, Hunan, Jonathan and Ningpo.