Operation BLACK ICE
Operation BLACK ICE was a campaign carried out by the Lyran Intelligence Corps from 3150 onward. Its objective was to weaken Clan Jade Falcon's control over former Lyran Commonwealth worlds in the Falcon Occupation Zone, and ultimately recover those worlds for the Commonwealth.
Devised by General of the Armies Roderick Steiner and endorsed by Archon Trillian Steiner, Black Ice would take advantage of the Falcon touman's assault on Terra without triggering an all-out war between the two realms. Rather than openly attack the weakly defended Falcon worlds, the Lyrans would instead supply existing resistance fighters and stranded LCAF units already in place. It was hoped that the insurgents could reclaim valuable worlds for the Commonwealth in this fashion.[1]
Worlds near Hesperus II were priority targets in order to build a buffer zone around the vital factory world.[1] Alkaid was one such world, being used as a test case and ending in success with the Falcon garrison being reduced to a state of siege at the planet's spaceport.[2]
Former Lyran planets held by the Wolf Empire, in contrast, were left untouched by Black Ice, as Archon Steiner did not want to provoke a response from Alaric Ward given her nation's record of failure against him and his Clan.[1]
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- Hour of the Wolf (novel)
- Tamar Rising