Battle of Talon (3063)

Battle of Talon
Part of FedCom Civil War
Start Date November 3063 Planet Talon
Factions
(Attacker)	(Defender) Loyalists
Commanders and leaders
Major General Torri Hughes	Marshal Donna Iona
Forces involved
Seventh FedCom RCT	Twenty-second Avalon Hussars
Environment
Mountains

Overview

The Battle of Talon was a conflict that took place during the FedCom Civil War on the moon of Talon, in the Wernke system. Once the initial flashpoints of the Civil War had cooled, leaders began to see that they were in for a longer struggle and sought to consolidate their holds over critical objectives, such as refineries, resource extraction sites, and, as on Talon, factory complexes. The Kallon Industries factories on the moon were considered of great value both to the Loyalists and to Duke George Hasek, who had sought to remain neutral. The resulting battle, as with many clashes in the Civil War, was drawn out, bloody, and resulted in severe losses.

Prelude

During what was later dubbed Wave Two of the FedCom Civil War, Marshal of the Armies Jackson Davion decided that the real winner of the war would be the faction who managed to wrest control of the most factory worlds. He noted the bloodbaths of Kathil, Tikonov, and Coventry, all worlds famed for their industry and concluded that the Loyalists should seize as many factories as they could before the fighting for them got out of hand. The way he saw it, casualties would be minimized and he could continue to resupply his units on the frontlines with fresh arms and materiel. He thus ordered Marshal Donna Iona, the commanding officer of the Twenty-second Avalon Hussars, to take her unit and secure the Kallon Industries factory on Talon for their faction. Unfortunately, that factory was also where Duke George Hasek's Templar BattleMech was produced.

Naturally proud of fostering the Federated Suns' first OmniMech line, and interested in maintaining a dedicated factory world for his Capellan March, Duke Hasek dispatched the Seventh FedCom RCT to Talon, completely unaware that Marshal Davion had sent the Twenty-second. The Hussars arrived on Talon first and were able to garrison the Kallon Industries manufactory complexes and the Kulmen, Restbech, and Horgrave Mountains where their mining facilities were located, locking down any way into or out of the facilities.

Units Involved

Loyalist (pro-Katherine) Forces

• Twenty-second Avalon Hussars

Bibliography

• FedCom Civil War (sourcebook)

FedCom Civil War (sourcebook), p. 82, "Talon"