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Line 41: * [[3145]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name=ER:3145p39>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref> * [[3145]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name=ER:3145p39>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref> * [[3151]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name=SFp102>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 102: "Inner Sphere - 3151" (Map)</ref> * [[3151]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name=SFp102>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 102: "Inner Sphere - 3151" (Map)</ref> − * [[3152]] - [[Clan Hell's Horses]] (from March)<ref name=TRpm/><ref name=TRp72>''Tamar Rising'', p. 72: "The Hinterlands June 3152" (Map)</ref><ref name=TRp61>''Tamar Rising'', p. 61</ref> + * [[3152]] - [[Clan Hell's Horses]] (from March)<ref name=TRpm>''Tamar Rising'', poster map</ref><ref name=TRp72>''Tamar Rising'', p. 72: "The Hinterlands June 3152" (Map)</ref><ref name=TRp61>''Tamar Rising'', p. 61</ref> − {{div col end}}+ </div> − ------------------------------------- + -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ==Newtown Square== ==Newtown Square== − {{InfoBoxPlanet + {{InfoBoxPlanetStandard | image = | image = + | caption = | name = Newtown Square | name = Newtown Square − | othernames = | position = | position = | distance = | distance = | moons = | moons = + | day = | gravity = | gravity = | pressure = | pressure = Line 58:
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Line 72: By the end of the [[Age of War]] '''Newtown Square''' was a world within the [[Apollo Province]] of the Rim Worlds Republic.<ref name="HB:MPSp18"/> By the end of the [[Age of War]] '''Newtown Square''' was a world within the [[Apollo Province]] of the Rim Worlds Republic.<ref name="HB:MPSp18"/> − Civil war erupted in the Rim Worlds Republic in [[2575]], with the factions polarized around those loyal to [[First Consul]] [[Gregory Amaris]] and those loyal to the [[Rift Republican Army]] and the [[Rim Provisional Government]].<ref name="H:RWp130">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 130: "The Spark"</ref> The [[Star League]] eventually decided to intervene in the civil war in support of Gregory Amaris, and in [[2579]] assembled [[Task Force MAILED FIST]] to help secure Amaris' control over the Rim Worlds Republic. A multinational force headed by the [[Star League Defense Force]], Task Force MAILED FIST was responsible for executing [[Operation MAILED FIST]], the name given to the military intervention. the first wave of attacks focused on securing significant worlds near [[Apollo (system)|Apollo]],<ref name="H:RWp132">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 132: "Case Apollo"</ref> until a destructive raid on [[Alarion]] by forces from the [[4th Amaris Fusiliers|Fourth Amaris Fusiliers]] in retaliation prompted the SLDF to alter its initial strategy for the campaign, the focus shifted to reducing [[Rim Worlds Army]] concentrations throughout the Republic and the capture of key worlds.<ref name="H:RWp133">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 133: "Island Hopping (2582-2590)"</ref> + Civil war erupted in the Rim Worlds Republic in [[2575]], with the factions polarized around those loyal to [[First Consul]] [[Gregory Amaris]] and those loyal to the [[Rift Republican Army]] and the [[Rim Provisional Government]].<ref name="H:RWp130">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 130: "The Spark"</ref> The [[Star League]] eventually decided to intervene in the civil war in support of Gregory Amaris, and in [[2579]] assembled [[Task Force MAILED FIST]] to help secure Amaris' control over the Rim Worlds Republic. A multinational force headed by the [[Star League Defense Force]], Task Force MAILED FIST was responsible for executing [[Operation MAILED FIST]], the name given to the military intervention. the first wave of attacks focused on securing significant worlds near [[Apollo (planet)|Apollo]],<ref name="H:RWp132">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 132: "Case Apollo"</ref> until a destructive raid on [[Alarion]] by forces from the [[4th Amaris Fusiliers|Fourth Amaris Fusiliers]] in retaliation prompted the SLDF to alter its initial strategy for the campaign, the focus shifted to reducing [[Rim Worlds Army]] concentrations throughout the Republic and the capture of key worlds.<ref name="H:RWp133">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 133: "Island Hopping (2582-2590)"</ref> In late [[2584]] the SLDF changed tactics again; a number of major RWA units had been destroyed or captured, and the focus for the campaign shifted to capturing worlds of strategic importance, but the campaign was slowed by the greatly increased resistance offered by the RWA and local civilian populations, prompted by atrocities performed by the [[Draconis Auxiliary Corps]] when they captured [[Nightwish]] in mid-2584.<ref name="H:RWp134">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 134: "Helbrent to Nightwish (July 2582 - November 2584)"</ref> In late [[2584]] the SLDF changed tactics again; a number of major RWA units had been destroyed or captured, and the focus for the campaign shifted to capturing worlds of strategic importance, but the campaign was slowed by the greatly increased resistance offered by the RWA and local civilian populations, prompted by atrocities performed by the [[Draconis Auxiliary Corps]] when they captured [[Nightwish]] in mid-2584.<ref name="H:RWp134">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 134: "Helbrent to Nightwish (July 2582 - November 2584)"</ref> Line 82:
Line 78: The Commanding Officer of Battle Group APOLLO, [[General]] [[Nathan Isaacson]], assigned the conquest of Newtown Square to the [[16th Mechanized Infantry Division|Sixteenth Mechanized Infantry Division]] in January [[2588]]. No major Rim Worlds Army units were known to be in place on Newtown Square, which meant that the planetary conquest was anticipated to involve only subjugating the local militias. The battle for Newtown Square actually became the most costly campaign of any of the "undefended" Rim Worlds Republic worlds targeted to date by Task Force APOLLO, and for reasons the SLDF hadn't anticipated.<ref name="H:RWp135">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 135: "Newtown Shoals: Sharks Among Minnows (January 2588)</ref> The Commanding Officer of Battle Group APOLLO, [[General]] [[Nathan Isaacson]], assigned the conquest of Newtown Square to the [[16th Mechanized Infantry Division|Sixteenth Mechanized Infantry Division]] in January [[2588]]. No major Rim Worlds Army units were known to be in place on Newtown Square, which meant that the planetary conquest was anticipated to involve only subjugating the local militias. The battle for Newtown Square actually became the most costly campaign of any of the "undefended" Rim Worlds Republic worlds targeted to date by Task Force APOLLO, and for reasons the SLDF hadn't anticipated.<ref name="H:RWp135">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 135: "Newtown Shoals: Sharks Among Minnows (January 2588)</ref> − The Sixteenth arrived in the Newtown Square system without anticipating any major surprises or setbacks, and within two weeks of making planetfall the Sixteenth was well on its way to neutering the local militias. As was standard operating doctrine for SLDF invasion forces during the campaign the Sixteenth had been escorted to Newtown Square by a [[WarShip]] contingent, in this case the cruiser-class [[Rapacious (Individual WarShip)|SLS ''Rapacious'']] and the frigate-class [[Alacrity (Individual WarShip)|SLS ''Alacrity'']]. While this doctrine was a security measure intended to protect the vulnerable transport ships from attacks by enemy naval forces, the RWA space-borne navy of the time consisted of just two destroyer-class and seven corvette-class WarShips, only one of which - a corvette crippled and boarded during the invasion of [[Finmark]] in [[2586]] - had been seen, and as a result the Republic navy had been largely dismissed as a threat. The primary roadblock to the successful conquest of Newtown Square was discovered to be a complex of reinforced bunkers within the Ard Ri Mountains, a complex which was well protected by anti-air defenses and which was proving very difficult to attack by ground. With a determined defense in place proving difficult for the forces from the Sixteenth on the ground to defeat, the decision was made to have the ''Alacrity'' and the ''Rapacious'' subject the bunker complex to orbital bombardment, with the two WarShips promptly leaving the transport fleet behind and assuming an assault orbit to be able to conduct their bombardment.<ref name="H:RWp135"/> + The Sixteenth arrived in the Newtown Square system without anticipating any major surprises or setbacks, and within two weeks of making planetfall the Sixteenth was well on its way to neutering the local militias. As was standard operating doctrine for SLDF invasion forces during the campaign the Sixteenth had been escorted to Newtown Square by a [[WarShip]] contingent, in this case the cruiser-class [[Rapacious (Vessel)|SLS ''Rapacious'']] and the frigate-class [[Alacrity (Vessel)|SLS ''Alacrity'']]. While this doctrine was a security measure intended to protect the vulnerable transport ships from attacks by enemy naval forces, the RWA black water navy of the time consisted of just two destroyer-class and seven corvette-class WarShips, only one of which - a corvette crippled and boarded during the invasion of [[Finmark]] in [[2586]] - had been seen, and as a result the Republic navy had been largely dismissed as a threat. The primary roadblock to the successful conquest of Newtown Square was discovered to be a complex of reinforced bunkers within the Ard Ri Mountains, a complex which was well protected by anti-air defenses and which was proving very difficult to attack by ground. With a determined defense in place proving difficult for the forces from the Sixteenth on the ground to defeat, the decision was made to have the ''Alacrity'' and the ''Rapacious'' subject the bunker complex to orbital bombardment, with the two WarShips promptly leaving the transport fleet behind and assuming an assault orbit to be able to conduct their bombardment.<ref name="H:RWp135"/> − What the SLDF hadn't realized was that the [[Admiral]] in charge of the Republic's space-borne navy, Admiral [[Hakim Wbika]], knew full well that his small naval fleet would be easy prey for the SLDF WarShip fleet active within the Republic and had deliberately gathered the bulk of his ships together and kept them operating in secret, waiting for an opportunity to strike back against Task Force MAILED FIST. When Wbika was made aware of the situation on Newtown Square by agents on the planet, he decided that Newtown Square represented that opportunity he'd been looking for; mustering the Republic fleet in secret, Wbika used the redeployment of the ''Alacrity'' and the ''Rapacious'' to launch a devastating attack on the SLDF transport [[JumpShip]]s and [[DropShip]]s gathered at the system's zenith [[jump point]]. The resulting battle lasted sixty minutes and saw nineteen JumpShips and twenty-two DropShips destroyed, along with two complete regiments of infantry from the Sixteenth who had been embarked on various DropShips. None of the Republican WarShips were destroyed, and Wbika broke off the engagement to give his ships a chance to recharge their jump engines and try and escape the system.<ref name="H:RWp135"/> + What the SLDF hadn't realized was that the [[Admiral]] in charge of the Republic's black water navy, Admiral [[Hakim Wbika]], knew full well that his small naval fleet would be easy prey for the SLDF WarShip fleet active within the Republic and had deliberately gathered the bulk of his ships together and kept them operating in secret, waiting for an opportunity to strike back against Task Force MAILED FIST. When Wbika was made aware of the situation on Newtown Square by agents on the planet, he decided that Newtown Square represented that opportunity he'd been looking for; mustering the Republic fleet in secret, Wbika used the redeployment of the ''Alacrity'' and the ''Rapacious'' to launch a devastating attack on the SLDF transport [[JumpShip]]s and [[DropShip]]s gathered at the system's zenith [[jump point]]. The resulting battle lasted sixty minutes and saw nineteen JumpShips and twenty-two DropShips destroyed, along with two complete regiments of infantry from the Sixteenth who had been embarked on various DropShips. None of the Republican WarShips were destroyed, and Wbika broke off the engagement to give his ships a chance to recharge their jump engines and try and escape the system.<ref name="H:RWp135"/> Alerted to what had happened, the ''Alacrity'' and the ''Rapacious'' conducted their orbital bombardment as quickly as possible and made for the zenith jump point as fast as they could, keeping up punishing levels of acceleration in a determined effort to exact vengeance on the Republican fleet. It soon became obvious that the heavier SLDF WarShips would catch up with the lighter RWA fleet before the Republican ships would've been able to jump, leading Wbika to take his ships into the Newtown Shoals, a cometary debris field located in the outer reaches of the Newtown Square system. Wbika couldn't plan for the greater skill of the SLDF WarShips or the determination of their crews to destroy the Republican ships, and as a result the majority of the Republican fleet was caught and engaged within the debris field; one corvette managed to escape, and two more corvettes were disabled and captured. The remaining two destroyers and three corvettes were destroyed in battle, with one of the survivors being Wbika himself. When Wbika was recovered in an escape pod by the ''Rapacious'' he only narrowly escaped being lynched by the vengeful crew, and elements within the SLDF subsequently petitioned for Wbika to be put on trial for war crimes; fortunately for Wbika, General Isaacson knew that to charge Wbika with war crimes would expose others within Task Force MAILED FIST to similar charges due to their actions on various Republic worlds.<ref name="H:RWp135"/> Alerted to what had happened, the ''Alacrity'' and the ''Rapacious'' conducted their orbital bombardment as quickly as possible and made for the zenith jump point as fast as they could, keeping up punishing levels of acceleration in a determined effort to exact vengeance on the Republican fleet. It soon became obvious that the heavier SLDF WarShips would catch up with the lighter RWA fleet before the Republican ships would've been able to jump, leading Wbika to take his ships into the Newtown Shoals, a cometary debris field located in the outer reaches of the Newtown Square system. Wbika couldn't plan for the greater skill of the SLDF WarShips or the determination of their crews to destroy the Republican ships, and as a result the majority of the Republican fleet was caught and engaged within the debris field; one corvette managed to escape, and two more corvettes were disabled and captured. The remaining two destroyers and three corvettes were destroyed in battle, with one of the survivors being Wbika himself. When Wbika was recovered in an escape pod by the ''Rapacious'' he only narrowly escaped being lynched by the vengeful crew, and elements within the SLDF subsequently petitioned for Wbika to be put on trial for war crimes; fortunately for Wbika, General Isaacson knew that to charge Wbika with war crimes would expose others within Task Force MAILED FIST to similar charges due to their actions on various Republic worlds.<ref name="H:RWp135"/> Line 118:
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The '''Newtown Square''' system was home to at least one habitable world and as of June [[3152]] was located in the [[Clan Hell's Horses]] Occupation Zone.<ref name=TRp72/> | The '''Newtown Square''' system was home to at least one habitable world and as of June [[3152]] was located in the [[Clan Hell's Horses]] Occupation Zone.<ref name=TRp72/> | ||
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* [[2341]] - No record<ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 13: "Lyran Commonwealth Founding - [2341] Map"</ref> | * [[2341]] - No record<ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 13: "Lyran Commonwealth Founding - [2341] Map"</ref> | ||
* [[2571]] - [[Rim Worlds Republic]]<ref name="HB:MPSp18">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 18: "Rim Worlds Republic after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25: "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref> | * [[2571]] - [[Rim Worlds Republic]]<ref name="HB:MPSp18">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 18: "Rim Worlds Republic after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25: "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref> | ||
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* [[3145]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name=ER:3145p39>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref> | * [[3145]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name=ER:3145p39>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref> | ||
* [[3151]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name=SFp102>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 102: "Inner Sphere - 3151" (Map)</ref> | * [[3151]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name=SFp102>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 102: "Inner Sphere - 3151" (Map)</ref> | ||
| − | * [[3152]] - [[Clan Hell's Horses]] (from March)<ref name=TRpm/><ref name=TRp72>''Tamar Rising'', p. 72: "The Hinterlands June 3152" (Map)</ref><ref name=TRp61>''Tamar Rising'', p. 61</ref> | + | * [[3152]] - [[Clan Hell's Horses]] (from March)<ref name=TRpm>''Tamar Rising'', poster map</ref><ref name=TRp72>''Tamar Rising'', p. 72: "The Hinterlands June 3152" (Map)</ref><ref name=TRp61>''Tamar Rising'', p. 61</ref> |
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By the end of the [[Age of War]] '''Newtown Square''' was a world within the [[Apollo Province]] of the Rim Worlds Republic.<ref name="HB:MPSp18"/> | By the end of the [[Age of War]] '''Newtown Square''' was a world within the [[Apollo Province]] of the Rim Worlds Republic.<ref name="HB:MPSp18"/> | ||
| − | Civil war erupted in the Rim Worlds Republic in [[2575]], with the factions polarized around those loyal to [[First Consul]] [[Gregory Amaris]] and those loyal to the [[Rift Republican Army]] and the [[Rim Provisional Government]].<ref name="H:RWp130">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 130: "The Spark"</ref> The [[Star League]] eventually decided to intervene in the civil war in support of Gregory Amaris, and in [[2579]] assembled [[Task Force MAILED FIST]] to help secure Amaris' control over the Rim Worlds Republic. A multinational force headed by the [[Star League Defense Force]], Task Force MAILED FIST was responsible for executing [[Operation MAILED FIST]], the name given to the military intervention. the first wave of attacks focused on securing significant worlds near [[Apollo ( | + | Civil war erupted in the Rim Worlds Republic in [[2575]], with the factions polarized around those loyal to [[First Consul]] [[Gregory Amaris]] and those loyal to the [[Rift Republican Army]] and the [[Rim Provisional Government]].<ref name="H:RWp130">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 130: "The Spark"</ref> The [[Star League]] eventually decided to intervene in the civil war in support of Gregory Amaris, and in [[2579]] assembled [[Task Force MAILED FIST]] to help secure Amaris' control over the Rim Worlds Republic. A multinational force headed by the [[Star League Defense Force]], Task Force MAILED FIST was responsible for executing [[Operation MAILED FIST]], the name given to the military intervention. the first wave of attacks focused on securing significant worlds near [[Apollo (planet)|Apollo]],<ref name="H:RWp132">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 132: "Case Apollo"</ref> until a destructive raid on [[Alarion]] by forces from the [[4th Amaris Fusiliers|Fourth Amaris Fusiliers]] in retaliation prompted the SLDF to alter its initial strategy for the campaign, the focus shifted to reducing [[Rim Worlds Army]] concentrations throughout the Republic and the capture of key worlds.<ref name="H:RWp133">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 133: "Island Hopping (2582-2590)"</ref> |
In late [[2584]] the SLDF changed tactics again; a number of major RWA units had been destroyed or captured, and the focus for the campaign shifted to capturing worlds of strategic importance, but the campaign was slowed by the greatly increased resistance offered by the RWA and local civilian populations, prompted by atrocities performed by the [[Draconis Auxiliary Corps]] when they captured [[Nightwish]] in mid-2584.<ref name="H:RWp134">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 134: "Helbrent to Nightwish (July 2582 - November 2584)"</ref> | In late [[2584]] the SLDF changed tactics again; a number of major RWA units had been destroyed or captured, and the focus for the campaign shifted to capturing worlds of strategic importance, but the campaign was slowed by the greatly increased resistance offered by the RWA and local civilian populations, prompted by atrocities performed by the [[Draconis Auxiliary Corps]] when they captured [[Nightwish]] in mid-2584.<ref name="H:RWp134">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 134: "Helbrent to Nightwish (July 2582 - November 2584)"</ref> | ||
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The Commanding Officer of Battle Group APOLLO, [[General]] [[Nathan Isaacson]], assigned the conquest of Newtown Square to the [[16th Mechanized Infantry Division|Sixteenth Mechanized Infantry Division]] in January [[2588]]. No major Rim Worlds Army units were known to be in place on Newtown Square, which meant that the planetary conquest was anticipated to involve only subjugating the local militias. The battle for Newtown Square actually became the most costly campaign of any of the "undefended" Rim Worlds Republic worlds targeted to date by Task Force APOLLO, and for reasons the SLDF hadn't anticipated.<ref name="H:RWp135">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 135: "Newtown Shoals: Sharks Among Minnows (January 2588)</ref> | The Commanding Officer of Battle Group APOLLO, [[General]] [[Nathan Isaacson]], assigned the conquest of Newtown Square to the [[16th Mechanized Infantry Division|Sixteenth Mechanized Infantry Division]] in January [[2588]]. No major Rim Worlds Army units were known to be in place on Newtown Square, which meant that the planetary conquest was anticipated to involve only subjugating the local militias. The battle for Newtown Square actually became the most costly campaign of any of the "undefended" Rim Worlds Republic worlds targeted to date by Task Force APOLLO, and for reasons the SLDF hadn't anticipated.<ref name="H:RWp135">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 135: "Newtown Shoals: Sharks Among Minnows (January 2588)</ref> | ||
| − | The Sixteenth arrived in the Newtown Square system without anticipating any major surprises or setbacks, and within two weeks of making planetfall the Sixteenth was well on its way to neutering the local militias. As was standard operating doctrine for SLDF invasion forces during the campaign the Sixteenth had been escorted to Newtown Square by a [[WarShip]] contingent, in this case the cruiser-class [[Rapacious ( | + | The Sixteenth arrived in the Newtown Square system without anticipating any major surprises or setbacks, and within two weeks of making planetfall the Sixteenth was well on its way to neutering the local militias. As was standard operating doctrine for SLDF invasion forces during the campaign the Sixteenth had been escorted to Newtown Square by a [[WarShip]] contingent, in this case the cruiser-class [[Rapacious (Vessel)|SLS ''Rapacious'']] and the frigate-class [[Alacrity (Vessel)|SLS ''Alacrity'']]. While this doctrine was a security measure intended to protect the vulnerable transport ships from attacks by enemy naval forces, the RWA black water navy of the time consisted of just two destroyer-class and seven corvette-class WarShips, only one of which - a corvette crippled and boarded during the invasion of [[Finmark]] in [[2586]] - had been seen, and as a result the Republic navy had been largely dismissed as a threat. The primary roadblock to the successful conquest of Newtown Square was discovered to be a complex of reinforced bunkers within the Ard Ri Mountains, a complex which was well protected by anti-air defenses and which was proving very difficult to attack by ground. With a determined defense in place proving difficult for the forces from the Sixteenth on the ground to defeat, the decision was made to have the ''Alacrity'' and the ''Rapacious'' subject the bunker complex to orbital bombardment, with the two WarShips promptly leaving the transport fleet behind and assuming an assault orbit to be able to conduct their bombardment.<ref name="H:RWp135"/> |
| − | What the SLDF hadn't realized was that the [[Admiral]] in charge of the Republic's | + | What the SLDF hadn't realized was that the [[Admiral]] in charge of the Republic's black water navy, Admiral [[Hakim Wbika]], knew full well that his small naval fleet would be easy prey for the SLDF WarShip fleet active within the Republic and had deliberately gathered the bulk of his ships together and kept them operating in secret, waiting for an opportunity to strike back against Task Force MAILED FIST. When Wbika was made aware of the situation on Newtown Square by agents on the planet, he decided that Newtown Square represented that opportunity he'd been looking for; mustering the Republic fleet in secret, Wbika used the redeployment of the ''Alacrity'' and the ''Rapacious'' to launch a devastating attack on the SLDF transport [[JumpShip]]s and [[DropShip]]s gathered at the system's zenith [[jump point]]. The resulting battle lasted sixty minutes and saw nineteen JumpShips and twenty-two DropShips destroyed, along with two complete regiments of infantry from the Sixteenth who had been embarked on various DropShips. None of the Republican WarShips were destroyed, and Wbika broke off the engagement to give his ships a chance to recharge their jump engines and try and escape the system.<ref name="H:RWp135"/> |
Alerted to what had happened, the ''Alacrity'' and the ''Rapacious'' conducted their orbital bombardment as quickly as possible and made for the zenith jump point as fast as they could, keeping up punishing levels of acceleration in a determined effort to exact vengeance on the Republican fleet. It soon became obvious that the heavier SLDF WarShips would catch up with the lighter RWA fleet before the Republican ships would've been able to jump, leading Wbika to take his ships into the Newtown Shoals, a cometary debris field located in the outer reaches of the Newtown Square system. Wbika couldn't plan for the greater skill of the SLDF WarShips or the determination of their crews to destroy the Republican ships, and as a result the majority of the Republican fleet was caught and engaged within the debris field; one corvette managed to escape, and two more corvettes were disabled and captured. The remaining two destroyers and three corvettes were destroyed in battle, with one of the survivors being Wbika himself. When Wbika was recovered in an escape pod by the ''Rapacious'' he only narrowly escaped being lynched by the vengeful crew, and elements within the SLDF subsequently petitioned for Wbika to be put on trial for war crimes; fortunately for Wbika, General Isaacson knew that to charge Wbika with war crimes would expose others within Task Force MAILED FIST to similar charges due to their actions on various Republic worlds.<ref name="H:RWp135"/> | Alerted to what had happened, the ''Alacrity'' and the ''Rapacious'' conducted their orbital bombardment as quickly as possible and made for the zenith jump point as fast as they could, keeping up punishing levels of acceleration in a determined effort to exact vengeance on the Republican fleet. It soon became obvious that the heavier SLDF WarShips would catch up with the lighter RWA fleet before the Republican ships would've been able to jump, leading Wbika to take his ships into the Newtown Shoals, a cometary debris field located in the outer reaches of the Newtown Square system. Wbika couldn't plan for the greater skill of the SLDF WarShips or the determination of their crews to destroy the Republican ships, and as a result the majority of the Republican fleet was caught and engaged within the debris field; one corvette managed to escape, and two more corvettes were disabled and captured. The remaining two destroyers and three corvettes were destroyed in battle, with one of the survivors being Wbika himself. When Wbika was recovered in an escape pod by the ''Rapacious'' he only narrowly escaped being lynched by the vengeful crew, and elements within the SLDF subsequently petitioned for Wbika to be put on trial for war crimes; fortunately for Wbika, General Isaacson knew that to charge Wbika with war crimes would expose others within Task Force MAILED FIST to similar charges due to their actions on various Republic worlds.<ref name="H:RWp135"/> | ||
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| − | * [[22nd Provisional Garrison (Clan Jade Falcon)|Twenty-second Provisional Garrison Cluster]]<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 126: "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref> | + | * [[22nd Provisional Garrison Cluster (Clan Jade Falcon)|Twenty-second Provisional Garrison Cluster]]<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 126: "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref> |
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* Market - Planetary Capital of Newtown Square. | * Market - Planetary Capital of Newtown Square. | ||
* Plains of Culd - Battle site during the [[FedCom Civil War]]. | * Plains of Culd - Battle site during the [[FedCom Civil War]]. | ||