Editing Battle of Dieron (3132)

{{InfoBoxBattle
| conflict = {{PAGENAME}}
| partof = [[Dark Age era]]
| image = 
| startdate = 23 September [[3132]]<ref name=EDDAp10>''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 10: "Dark Age Timeline"</ref><ref name=FM3145p23>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 23: "Timeline 3132-3145"</ref>
| enddate = ca. October [[3132]]<ref name=EDDAp6/>
| planet = [[Dieron]]
| place = Tahlwynn
| result = [[Republic of the Sphere]] victory
| territory = No change
| faction1 = [[Dragon's Fury]]
| commander1 = [[Katana Tormark]]
| command1 = [[Dragon's Fury]] 
| faction2 = [[Republic of the Sphere]]<br>[[Clan Sea Fox]]
| commander2 = [[Exarch]] [[Damien Redburn]]<ref name=TROIp6/><br>[[Anastasia Kerensky]] (as Tassa Kay)<ref name=EDDAp6/><br>[[saKhan]] [[Ya'el Labov]]
| command2 = [[Dieron Standing Guard]]<ref name=TROIp6/><br>[[Fox Khanate]]
| faction3 = Insurgents
| commander3 = 
| command3 = [[Stahlfäuste]]<br>[[Dieron Soberano]]
}}


==Overview==


==Prelude==
After the events of [[Gray Monday]] shut down the [[Hyperpulse Generator|HPG network]], [[Katana Tormark]] started to gather forces to her [[Dragon's Fury]] with the intent of reclaiming the former District capital. In this effort she received unofficial support from [[Luthien Armor Works]] in the form of four new ''[[Cricket]]'' [[BattleMech]]s. Unaware of this intention, [[Exarch]] [[Damien Redburn]] was engaged in trade talks with [[saKhan]] of [[Clan Sea Fox]] [[Ya'el Labov]] on the planet.<ref name=EDDAp6/><ref name=RG4p10>''Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 4'', p. 10: "Warhammer IIC"</ref><ref name=RG6p4>''Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 6'', p. 4: "RWN-01 Cricket"</ref>

==Battle==
The initial assault occurred on 23 September [[3132]]<ref name=EDDAp10>''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 10: "Dark Age Timeline"</ref><ref name=FM3145p23>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 23: "Timeline 3132-3145"</ref> when the [[Amaterasu]] attacked the Tahlwynn spaceport. The Sea Fox [[DropShip]] ''[[Sunlight Caller]]'' was destroyed in short order, and debris from an exploding crane struck saKhan Labov's ''[[Atlas]]'', seriously injuring her. [[Star Colonel]] [[Irina Kalasa]] assumed command of the surviving Sea Fox forces and rallied them to her ''[[Warhammer IIC]]'' to carry out Exarch Redburn's order to perform a strategic retreat from the spaceport into the mountains. Labrov was able to pilot her ''Atlas'' to the mountains, but her injuries forced her to relinquish command to Star Colonel Kalasa.<ref name=RG4p10>''Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 4'', p. 10: "Warhammer IIC"</ref><ref name=RG24p11>''Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 24'', p. 11: "Atlas"</ref>

Not all forces abandoned Tahlwynn, however.  [[Kevboy]] of the [[Dieron Standing Guard]] continued to roam the streets in his [[Wheeled Scout]] "Choopie", gathering vital information on the disposition of Fury forces.<ref name=TROIp6>''Technical Readout: Irregulars'', p. 6: "Prime Mover/Wheeled Scout"</ref> An insurgency ripped through the city as well, with a [[Lyran Commonwealth|Steniner-loyalist]] secessionist group known as [[Stahlfäuste]] advocating for independence and an anarchist group called [[Dieron Soberano]] occupying the city's financial district.  The Dieron Soberano had managed to steal a ''[[Guard]]'' [[SecurityMech]] from the Tahlwynn police armory which greatly assisted in retaining control of their area. It would appear on the periphery of three clashes between the main belligerents, barely surviving the first two and exploding in the third.<ref name=RG4p10/><ref name=TROIp18>''Technical Readout: Irregulars'', p. 18: "Guard SecurityMech"</ref>

Star Colonel Kalasa worked closely with Exarch Redburn to coordinate battles across the planet. In one clash the Fury ''Crickets'' proved themselves adept as a spoiling force, and a durable one at that. One ''Cricket'' misjudged its jump and landed directly in a Republic [[Legionnaire|''Legionnaire''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s]] sights, promptly receiving a full salvo from its [[Rotary AC/5]]. The ''Cricket''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Durallex Ballistic-Reinforced]] armor allowed the pilot to literally laugh off the attack on an open channel, and jump away.<ref name=RG4p10/> After some time, saKhan Labov returned to command, though she often acted more as an observer from her ''Atlas''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s cockpit, allowing Star Colonel Kalasa to retain tactical control.<ref name=RG4p10/><ref name=RG24p11/>

Sometime, likely in early October, [[Anastasia Kerensky]] – under her alias Tassa Kay – arrived in system with a patched-together mercenary company and was immediately attacked by [[aerospace fighter]]s of two belligerents upon approach.  Disabled, the DropShip was forced to land in the middle of a swamp. For a week they fought to survive before she encountered Exarch Redburn, who recruited her to retake the spaceport. Before that attack could commence, however, Star Colonel Kalasa took part in an unconventional [[Trial of Position]] for Tassa Kay.<ref name=ACtAc8>''A Call to Arms'', ch. 8</ref><ref name=DARoSp29>''Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere'', p. 29: "Anastasia Kerensky"</ref><ref name=RG4p10/>

The final push back into the capital city occurred almost a month after the battle began. Exarch Redburn piloted his ''[[Black Knight]]'' alongside saKhan Labov's ''Atlas'', Star Colonel Kalasa's ''Warhammer IIC'', and Tassa Kay's ''[[Ryoken II]]''.  They encountered Tormark's ''Atlas'', which downed Exarch Redburn's ''Black Knight'' and nearly finished him off before Labov stepped between the two combatants.  Between the combined fire of the three Clan women, Tomark was forced to retreat from both the capital and the world.<ref name=EDDAp5>''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 5: "3132: First Strikes"</ref><ref name=EDDAp6>''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 6: "Important Military Actions of 3132"</ref><ref name=RG4p10/><ref name=RG24p11/>

==Aftermath==
In reward for her service, Exarch Redburn provided Tassa Kay with a verigraphed letter:
{{quote|Please extend to the bearer, Tassa Kay, all possible courtesy. She has earned the gratitude of this Republic.|Damien Redburn<ref>''A Call to Arms'', ch. 1</ref>}}  


==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[A Call to Arms]]'' (novel)
* ''[[Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere]]''
* ''[[Era Digest: Dark Age]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
* ''[[Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 4]]''
* ''[[Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 6]]''
* ''[[Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 24]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: Irregulars]]''


[[Category:Late Dark Age Era Military Operations|Dieron (3132)]]