Operation STAMPEDE

Operation STAMPEDE
Start Date 3151 End Date 3152 Result Clan Hell's Horses expands its borders but fails to conquer Terra or Sudeten.
Factions
(Attacker) Clan Hell's Horses	(Defender) Clan Jade Falcon
Commanders and leaders
Khan Gottfried Amirault	Khan Jiyi Chistu
Forces involved
Clan Hell's Horses touman	Clan Jade Falcon touman

Operation STAMPEDE was a campaign conducted by Clan Hell's Horses to take over various worlds in the Jade Falcon Clan Occupation Zone and later to attempt to claim the IlClan title. This was done to both take advantage of the Jade Falcon's distraction during their fight with the Wolves on Terra and out of retribution for Malvina forcing them to become allies while tainting their Mongol Doctrine.

History

Origins

Initially, Stampede was a plan from the Horses' SaKhan Fulk Lassenerra, with some support of Khan Gottfried Amirault. Intended to be a continuation of Operation NOYAN, it was modest at best, intending to take some Falcon's planets, testing new units and tactics. For Gottfried it was also a mean to keep Fulk distracted, as both were fighting for their Clan's leadership position.

Race to Terra

After taking easily the Falcon's world of Shaula, the February 3151, and confirming all the Falcons had gone to Terra, Fulk wanted to expand STAMPEDE to conquer all Falcon's worlds, but Gottfried decided instead to cease the offensive and made the Hell's Horses push rimwards towards Terra, taking all their WarShip complements and only Alpha and Fire Horse Galaxies, despite the protests of some of his subordinates. They did not reach humanity's birthworld before Clan Wolf triumphed and claimed the position of ilClan of a reborn Star League. Refusing to acknowledge Alaric Ward as their ilKhan.

Hinterlands Campaign

After returning to their Occupation Zone, the Horses Khans redirected STAMPEDE against the now-vacant Falcon Occupation Zone, now a chaotic zone known as the Hinterlands. Although the Horses meet some success, destroying the Turkina Ascendancy and annexing twenty more worlds, their defeats at Butler and the Battle of Sudeten saw Falcon Khan Jiyi Chistu defeated Khan Amirault, thus preventing the Horses from claiming the vital production center. With STAMPEDE thus ending in a humiliating fizzle, the Hell's Horses underwent a leadership change as the more aggressive saKhan Fulk Lassenerra took control of the Clan, slaying Gottfried Amirault in a Trial of Position.

Bibliography

• Elements of Treason: Honor
• Hour of the Wolf (novel)
• IlClan
• Tamar Rising