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Line 100: By [[2799]], The CCAF had seized every world within jump distance of Chesterton, isolating the system, in what had been a remarkably cleanly fought campaign for the era. Despite isolating the system, Chesterton remained free; although the CCAF had captured or destroyed all of the local jump-capable ships, it lacked the [[WarShip]] resources to blockade the system, and Chesterton was a self-sustaining world. Intelligence gathered by the [[Maskirovka]] indicated that the AFFS forces on Chesterton were well-fortified and remarkably well-stocked, having been heavily reinforced by the survivors of other units engaged in the area that had fallen back to Chesterton. Quinn decided to attempt to secure control of the system via diplomacy, sending emissaries to stress how isolated the system was, and the focus the AFFS retained on driving back the [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]] throughout the Federated Suns, making rescue unlikely, and finally the likely level of slaughter that would be involved if the CCAF was forced to invade the world and breach the planetary defenses.<ref name="FSWp81"/> By [[2799]], The CCAF had seized every world within jump distance of Chesterton, isolating the system, in what had been a remarkably cleanly fought campaign for the era. Despite isolating the system, Chesterton remained free; although the CCAF had captured or destroyed all of the local jump-capable ships, it lacked the [[WarShip]] resources to blockade the system, and Chesterton was a self-sustaining world. Intelligence gathered by the [[Maskirovka]] indicated that the AFFS forces on Chesterton were well-fortified and remarkably well-stocked, having been heavily reinforced by the survivors of other units engaged in the area that had fallen back to Chesterton. Quinn decided to attempt to secure control of the system via diplomacy, sending emissaries to stress how isolated the system was, and the focus the AFFS retained on driving back the [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]] throughout the Federated Suns, making rescue unlikely, and finally the likely level of slaughter that would be involved if the CCAF was forced to invade the world and breach the planetary defenses.<ref name="FSWp81"/> − The AFFS response to Quinn's proposals was emphatic, and blunt. The local senior Commanding Officer, [[Leftenant General]] [[Thomas King (29th c.)|Thomas J. King]], informed the emissaries sent by Quinn that he had at his disposal a stockpile of cobalt-jacketed nuclear weapons, and that he was entirely intent on unleashing them as soon as any Capellan units began landing on Chesterton. When the emissaries reacted by questioning King's sanity, his reply was succinct: "I know how much your Chancellor loves surprises." Maskirovka investigations were unable to confirm if King actually had the nuclear weapons at his disposal, but those investigations did confirm that the AFFS forces on Chesterton were fanatical in their intention to hold the world, particularly following the news they had received of the massacre on [[Kentares IV]] unleashed by [[Jinjiro Kurita]]. In isolating Chesterton and destroying or capturing those vessels that the defenders could have used to escape, Quinn hadn't weakened the AFFS' resolve—he had instead convinced them that they had nothing left to lose, and the defenders were both well-disciplined and heavily dug-in. Faced with the certain knowledge that any campaign to capture the world by force would force his own troops to resort to weapons of mass destruction in turn, Quinn ordered his forces around Chesterton to instead maintain a defensive posture while he attempted to come up with an alternative plan of action.<ref name="FSWp81"/> + The AFFS response to Quinn's proposals was emphatic, and blunt. The local senior Commanding Officer, [[Leftenant General]] [[Thomas J. King]], informed the emissaries sent by Quinn that he had at his disposal a stockpile of cobalt-jacketed nuclear weapons, and that he was entirely intent on unleashing them as soon as any Capellan units began landing on Chesterton. When the emissaries reacted by questioning King's sanity, his reply was succinct: "I know how much your Chancellor loves surprises." Maskirovka investigations were unable to confirm if King actually had the nuclear weapons at his disposal, but those investigations did confirm that the AFFS forces on Chesterton were fanatical in their intention to hold the world, particularly following the news they had received of the massacre on [[Kentares IV]] unleashed by [[Jinjiro Kurita]]. In isolating Chesterton and destroying or capturing those vessels that the defenders could have used to escape, Quinn hadn't weakened the AFFS' resolve—he had instead convinced them that they had nothing left to lose, and the defenders were both well-disciplined and heavily dug-in. Faced with the certain knowledge that any campaign to capture the world by force would force his own troops to resort to weapons of mass destruction in turn, Quinn ordered his forces around Chesterton to instead maintain a defensive posture while he attempted to come up with an alternative plan of action.<ref name="FSWp81"/> As the [[First Succession War]] had dragged on for two decades with the Confederation's military neared exhaustion, [[Chancellor of the Capellan Confederation|Chancellor]] [[Ilsa Liao]] extended a public peace proposal to [[First Prince]] [[Paul Davion (29th c.)|Paul Davion]], making the startling offer to renounce her claim to [[First Lord]]ship of the [[Star League]] and back him for the position in return for the Federated Suns ceding all claim to Chesterton and the other Chesterton Commonality worlds to the Confederation. With the title of First Lord all but meaningless by this point and embittered by Confederation having profited from the Federated Suns weakness at the start of the war, the First Prince instead immediately and angrily responded by sending the [[Third Crucis Lancers|Third]] and [[Fifth Crucis Lancers]], among the most rabidly anti-Capellan units in the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]], to strike the Confederation, retaking those Chesterton worlds the Capellans had won in the past decade.<ref name=HHL-28>''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 28: "Sandol Quinn - Ilsa the Peacemaker - Debacle at Chesterton"</ref><ref name=HL-47>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 47: "History - The Succession Wars - Sandol Quinn Recoups - A Proffered Hand - Second Succession War"</ref> As the [[First Succession War]] had dragged on for two decades with the Confederation's military neared exhaustion, [[Chancellor of the Capellan Confederation|Chancellor]] [[Ilsa Liao]] extended a public peace proposal to [[First Prince]] [[Paul Davion (29th c.)|Paul Davion]], making the startling offer to renounce her claim to [[First Lord]]ship of the [[Star League]] and back him for the position in return for the Federated Suns ceding all claim to Chesterton and the other Chesterton Commonality worlds to the Confederation. With the title of First Lord all but meaningless by this point and embittered by Confederation having profited from the Federated Suns weakness at the start of the war, the First Prince instead immediately and angrily responded by sending the [[Third Crucis Lancers|Third]] and [[Fifth Crucis Lancers]], among the most rabidly anti-Capellan units in the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]], to strike the Confederation, retaking those Chesterton worlds the Capellans had won in the past decade.<ref name=HHL-28>''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 28: "Sandol Quinn - Ilsa the Peacemaker - Debacle at Chesterton"</ref><ref name=HL-47>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 47: "History - The Succession Wars - Sandol Quinn Recoups - A Proffered Hand - Second Succession War"</ref>
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By [[2799]], The CCAF had seized every world within jump distance of Chesterton, isolating the system, in what had been a remarkably cleanly fought campaign for the era. Despite isolating the system, Chesterton remained free; although the CCAF had captured or destroyed all of the local jump-capable ships, it lacked the [[WarShip]] resources to blockade the system, and Chesterton was a self-sustaining world. Intelligence gathered by the [[Maskirovka]] indicated that the AFFS forces on Chesterton were well-fortified and remarkably well-stocked, having been heavily reinforced by the survivors of other units engaged in the area that had fallen back to Chesterton. Quinn decided to attempt to secure control of the system via diplomacy, sending emissaries to stress how isolated the system was, and the focus the AFFS retained on driving back the [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]] throughout the Federated Suns, making rescue unlikely, and finally the likely level of slaughter that would be involved if the CCAF was forced to invade the world and breach the planetary defenses.<ref name="FSWp81"/> | By [[2799]], The CCAF had seized every world within jump distance of Chesterton, isolating the system, in what had been a remarkably cleanly fought campaign for the era. Despite isolating the system, Chesterton remained free; although the CCAF had captured or destroyed all of the local jump-capable ships, it lacked the [[WarShip]] resources to blockade the system, and Chesterton was a self-sustaining world. Intelligence gathered by the [[Maskirovka]] indicated that the AFFS forces on Chesterton were well-fortified and remarkably well-stocked, having been heavily reinforced by the survivors of other units engaged in the area that had fallen back to Chesterton. Quinn decided to attempt to secure control of the system via diplomacy, sending emissaries to stress how isolated the system was, and the focus the AFFS retained on driving back the [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]] throughout the Federated Suns, making rescue unlikely, and finally the likely level of slaughter that would be involved if the CCAF was forced to invade the world and breach the planetary defenses.<ref name="FSWp81"/> | ||
| − | The AFFS response to Quinn's proposals was emphatic, and blunt. The local senior Commanding Officer, [[Leftenant General]] [[ | + | The AFFS response to Quinn's proposals was emphatic, and blunt. The local senior Commanding Officer, [[Leftenant General]] [[Thomas J. King]], informed the emissaries sent by Quinn that he had at his disposal a stockpile of cobalt-jacketed nuclear weapons, and that he was entirely intent on unleashing them as soon as any Capellan units began landing on Chesterton. When the emissaries reacted by questioning King's sanity, his reply was succinct: "I know how much your Chancellor loves surprises." Maskirovka investigations were unable to confirm if King actually had the nuclear weapons at his disposal, but those investigations did confirm that the AFFS forces on Chesterton were fanatical in their intention to hold the world, particularly following the news they had received of the massacre on [[Kentares IV]] unleashed by [[Jinjiro Kurita]]. In isolating Chesterton and destroying or capturing those vessels that the defenders could have used to escape, Quinn hadn't weakened the AFFS' resolve—he had instead convinced them that they had nothing left to lose, and the defenders were both well-disciplined and heavily dug-in. Faced with the certain knowledge that any campaign to capture the world by force would force his own troops to resort to weapons of mass destruction in turn, Quinn ordered his forces around Chesterton to instead maintain a defensive posture while he attempted to come up with an alternative plan of action.<ref name="FSWp81"/> |
As the [[First Succession War]] had dragged on for two decades with the Confederation's military neared exhaustion, [[Chancellor of the Capellan Confederation|Chancellor]] [[Ilsa Liao]] extended a public peace proposal to [[First Prince]] [[Paul Davion (29th c.)|Paul Davion]], making the startling offer to renounce her claim to [[First Lord]]ship of the [[Star League]] and back him for the position in return for the Federated Suns ceding all claim to Chesterton and the other Chesterton Commonality worlds to the Confederation. With the title of First Lord all but meaningless by this point and embittered by Confederation having profited from the Federated Suns weakness at the start of the war, the First Prince instead immediately and angrily responded by sending the [[Third Crucis Lancers|Third]] and [[Fifth Crucis Lancers]], among the most rabidly anti-Capellan units in the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]], to strike the Confederation, retaking those Chesterton worlds the Capellans had won in the past decade.<ref name=HHL-28>''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 28: "Sandol Quinn - Ilsa the Peacemaker - Debacle at Chesterton"</ref><ref name=HL-47>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 47: "History - The Succession Wars - Sandol Quinn Recoups - A Proffered Hand - Second Succession War"</ref> | As the [[First Succession War]] had dragged on for two decades with the Confederation's military neared exhaustion, [[Chancellor of the Capellan Confederation|Chancellor]] [[Ilsa Liao]] extended a public peace proposal to [[First Prince]] [[Paul Davion (29th c.)|Paul Davion]], making the startling offer to renounce her claim to [[First Lord]]ship of the [[Star League]] and back him for the position in return for the Federated Suns ceding all claim to Chesterton and the other Chesterton Commonality worlds to the Confederation. With the title of First Lord all but meaningless by this point and embittered by Confederation having profited from the Federated Suns weakness at the start of the war, the First Prince instead immediately and angrily responded by sending the [[Third Crucis Lancers|Third]] and [[Fifth Crucis Lancers]], among the most rabidly anti-Capellan units in the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]], to strike the Confederation, retaking those Chesterton worlds the Capellans had won in the past decade.<ref name=HHL-28>''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 28: "Sandol Quinn - Ilsa the Peacemaker - Debacle at Chesterton"</ref><ref name=HL-47>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 47: "History - The Succession Wars - Sandol Quinn Recoups - A Proffered Hand - Second Succession War"</ref> | ||