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Line 69: ===Planetary History=== ===Planetary History=== ====Reunification War==== ====Reunification War==== − In late [[2587]], the remaining elements of the [[Taurian Defense Force]] navy fought their final battle of the [[Reunification War]] in the '''Montour''' system. The [[Star League Defense Force]] was rolling over the best elements of the [[TDF]] on various worlds, while millions of Taurian citizens were being killed wantonly and indiscriminately by the SLDF. In desperate need of some kind of victory, [[Protector of the Realm|Protector]] [[Mitchell Calderon]] tasked [[Marshal (rank)|Marshal]] [[David Santos (26th c.)|David Santos]], the senior naval officer in the TDF and the architect of several successful major fleet actions, to try and bring about the impossible. Santos had reports that the four [[corps]] of SLDF troops were all engaged in systems around the [[Hyades Cluster]], and gathered his remaining naval forces and sortied out to the Montour system, taking the [[VIII Corps (Taurian Concordat)|Eighth Provisional Corps]] with him. The Eighth was a newly-formed formation, based around two [[BattleMech]] [[regiment]]s, three armored regiments and a half-dozen infantry regiments.<ref name="H:RWp88">''Historical: Reunification War'', pp. 88–89: "The Final Hurrah"</ref> The two [['Mech]] regiments, the [[94th Concordat Chasseurs|Ninety-fourth]] and [[99th Concordat Chasseurs|Ninety-ninth Concordat Chasseurs]], had only mustered in [[2584]] – [[2585]].<ref name="H:RWp146">''Historical: Reunification War'', pp. 146–147: "Taurian Concordat Front"</ref> + In late [[2587]], the remaining elements of the [[Taurian Defense Force]] navy fought their final battle of the [[Reunification War]] in the '''Montour''' system. The [[Star League Defense Force]] was rolling over the best elements of the [[TDF]] on various worlds, while millions of Taurian citizens were being killed wantonly and indiscriminately by the SLDF. In desperate need of some kind of victory, [[Protector]] [[Mitchell Calderon]] tasked [[Marshal (rank)|Marshal]] [[David Santos (26th c.)|David Santos]], the senior naval officer in the TDF and the architect of several successful major fleet actions, to try and bring about the impossible. Santos had reports that the four [[corps]] of SLDF troops were all engaged in systems around the [[Hyades Cluster]], and gathered his remaining naval forces and sortied out to the Montour system, taking the [[VIII Corps (Taurian Concordat)|Eighth Provisional Corps]] with him. The Eighth was a newly-formed formation, based around two [[BattleMech]] [[regiment]]s, three armored regiments and a half-dozen infantry regiments.<ref name="H:RWp88">''Historical: Reunification War'', pp. 88–89: "The Final Hurrah"</ref> The two [['Mech]] regiments, the [[94th Concordat Chasseurs|Ninety-fourth]] and [[99th Concordat Chasseurs|Ninety-ninth Concordat Chasseurs]], had only mustered in [[2584]] – [[2585]].<ref name="H:RWp146">''Historical: Reunification War'', pp. 146–147: "Taurian Concordat Front"</ref> Montour was only intended to be a first stop on the way to a number of worlds occupied by the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]], which Santos hoped to inflict heavy casualties on and spark insurgencies and uprisings among the Taurian loyalists on each world. Unfortunately for the TDF, Santos hadn't taken into account the many intelligence-gathering ships that were in place around the Hyades Cluster, monitoring Taurian movements. When reports of Santos' expedition reached [[Admiral]] [[Yukiko Pequeno]], the commander of the SLDF [[4th Fleet (Star League)|Fourth Fleet]], she was supporting SLDF operations in the [[New Ganymede]] system. She set off in pursuit with two-thirds of the Fourth Fleet, sending messages via the political offices established on occupied worlds to [[General]] [[Amos Forlough]] to update him on her plans. As the Taurian intelligence services weren't monitoring the SLDF political offices, her messages went undetected by the Taurians, and she gathered up additional SLDF patrol [[squadron]]s as she pursued Santos' forces.<ref name="H:RWp88"/> Montour was only intended to be a first stop on the way to a number of worlds occupied by the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]], which Santos hoped to inflict heavy casualties on and spark insurgencies and uprisings among the Taurian loyalists on each world. Unfortunately for the TDF, Santos hadn't taken into account the many intelligence-gathering ships that were in place around the Hyades Cluster, monitoring Taurian movements. When reports of Santos' expedition reached [[Admiral]] [[Yukiko Pequeno]], the commander of the SLDF [[4th Fleet (Star League)|Fourth Fleet]], she was supporting SLDF operations in the [[New Ganymede]] system. She set off in pursuit with two-thirds of the Fourth Fleet, sending messages via the political offices established on occupied worlds to [[General]] [[Amos Forlough]] to update him on her plans. As the Taurian intelligence services weren't monitoring the SLDF political offices, her messages went undetected by the Taurians, and she gathered up additional SLDF patrol [[squadron]]s as she pursued Santos' forces.<ref name="H:RWp88"/>
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| − | In late [[2587]], the remaining elements of the [[Taurian Defense Force]] navy fought their final battle of the [[Reunification War]] in the '''Montour''' system. The [[Star League Defense Force]] was rolling over the best elements of the [[TDF]] on various worlds, while millions of Taurian citizens were being killed wantonly and indiscriminately by the SLDF. In desperate need of some kind of victory, [[ | + | In late [[2587]], the remaining elements of the [[Taurian Defense Force]] navy fought their final battle of the [[Reunification War]] in the '''Montour''' system. The [[Star League Defense Force]] was rolling over the best elements of the [[TDF]] on various worlds, while millions of Taurian citizens were being killed wantonly and indiscriminately by the SLDF. In desperate need of some kind of victory, [[Protector]] [[Mitchell Calderon]] tasked [[Marshal (rank)|Marshal]] [[David Santos (26th c.)|David Santos]], the senior naval officer in the TDF and the architect of several successful major fleet actions, to try and bring about the impossible. Santos had reports that the four [[corps]] of SLDF troops were all engaged in systems around the [[Hyades Cluster]], and gathered his remaining naval forces and sortied out to the Montour system, taking the [[VIII Corps (Taurian Concordat)|Eighth Provisional Corps]] with him. The Eighth was a newly-formed formation, based around two [[BattleMech]] [[regiment]]s, three armored regiments and a half-dozen infantry regiments.<ref name="H:RWp88">''Historical: Reunification War'', pp. 88–89: "The Final Hurrah"</ref> The two [['Mech]] regiments, the [[94th Concordat Chasseurs|Ninety-fourth]] and [[99th Concordat Chasseurs|Ninety-ninth Concordat Chasseurs]], had only mustered in [[2584]] – [[2585]].<ref name="H:RWp146">''Historical: Reunification War'', pp. 146–147: "Taurian Concordat Front"</ref> |
Montour was only intended to be a first stop on the way to a number of worlds occupied by the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]], which Santos hoped to inflict heavy casualties on and spark insurgencies and uprisings among the Taurian loyalists on each world. Unfortunately for the TDF, Santos hadn't taken into account the many intelligence-gathering ships that were in place around the Hyades Cluster, monitoring Taurian movements. When reports of Santos' expedition reached [[Admiral]] [[Yukiko Pequeno]], the commander of the SLDF [[4th Fleet (Star League)|Fourth Fleet]], she was supporting SLDF operations in the [[New Ganymede]] system. She set off in pursuit with two-thirds of the Fourth Fleet, sending messages via the political offices established on occupied worlds to [[General]] [[Amos Forlough]] to update him on her plans. As the Taurian intelligence services weren't monitoring the SLDF political offices, her messages went undetected by the Taurians, and she gathered up additional SLDF patrol [[squadron]]s as she pursued Santos' forces.<ref name="H:RWp88"/> | Montour was only intended to be a first stop on the way to a number of worlds occupied by the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]], which Santos hoped to inflict heavy casualties on and spark insurgencies and uprisings among the Taurian loyalists on each world. Unfortunately for the TDF, Santos hadn't taken into account the many intelligence-gathering ships that were in place around the Hyades Cluster, monitoring Taurian movements. When reports of Santos' expedition reached [[Admiral]] [[Yukiko Pequeno]], the commander of the SLDF [[4th Fleet (Star League)|Fourth Fleet]], she was supporting SLDF operations in the [[New Ganymede]] system. She set off in pursuit with two-thirds of the Fourth Fleet, sending messages via the political offices established on occupied worlds to [[General]] [[Amos Forlough]] to update him on her plans. As the Taurian intelligence services weren't monitoring the SLDF political offices, her messages went undetected by the Taurians, and she gathered up additional SLDF patrol [[squadron]]s as she pursued Santos' forces.<ref name="H:RWp88"/> | ||