Battle of Misery (3028)
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Battle of Misery | |||
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Part of The Fourth Succession War | |||
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Factions | |||
Attacker Draconis Combine |
Defender Wolf's Dragoons |
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Commanders and leaders | |||
Tai-sho Minobu Tetsuhara | Colonel Jaime Wolf |
Contents
Overview of the Battle
Prelude to the Battle
Forming the Lines
The Draconis Combine responded in force. Warlord Grieg Samsonov (on direct, albeit unofficial orders from the Coordinator himself) cruelly sent none other than the unlucky Minobu Tetsuhara, who was promoted to General for just this purpose, to Misery with explicit orders to destroy Wolf's Dragoons. For this mission Tetsuhara received command of the Ryuken regiments, augmented by several other line regiments. Additional regiments under Samsonov's direct orders were stationed on DropShips hidden on the far side of the moon with orders to drop behind the enemy lines if and when Tetsuhara managed to draw the entire Dragoon force into battle. Samsonov disliked Tetsuhara with a vengeance and was fully aware that he pitted friend against friend and students against their former teachers.
Torn between friendship and duty, Tetsuhara did his best to carry out his orders. When he noticed that the Dragoons concentrated their BattleMechs in one location but did not deploy conventional or AeroSpace units, he assumed that Wolf wanted a ritual 'Mech battle and felt compelled to comply. In fact, Jaime Wolf knew how to use the Bushido code of honour against him so that the Dragoons could dictate the terms of the engagement.
A Month of Misery
Breakdown of the Fighting
Aftermath
Units Involved
Wolf's Dragoons
- Wolf's Dragoons Alpha Regiment[1]
- Wolf's Dragoons Beta Regiment
- Wolf's Dragoons Gamma Regiment
- Wolf's Dragoons Delta Regiment
- Wolf's Dragoons Epsilon Regiment
- Wolf's Dragoons Zeta Battalion
- Wolf's Dragoons Black Widow Company
Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery
- Ryuken-ni
- Ryuken-san
- Ryuken-go
- Ryuken-yon
- Eighth Sword of Light
- Seventeenth Galedon Regulars
- Twenty-First Galedon Regulars
References
- ↑ Historical Turning Points: Misery, p. 8-9
Bibliography
Dates
- Start Date - April 23, 3028
- End Date - May 25, 3028