Operation DAMOCLES II
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Operation DAMOCLES II was a military operation planned by Clan Wolf Khan Vlad Ward, during the Jihad.
History
After the Scouring of Tamar, the nuclear bombing of Tamar by the Word of Blake the samples of the genetic repository were destroyed or contaminated, so the Clan needed fresh samples, legacies and assets in the Clan Homeworlds and taking it all to the Inner Sphere.[1] For this, he elaborated DAMOCLES, a plan with three different operations:
- Operation GLADIUS: His objective was to collect all Wolves genetic legacies (with the exception of the Kerensky and Winson), warriors and resources, taking them to the Inner Sphere. The operation was realized without problems, thanks to the fact their Wolves left behind the Kerensky's legacies.[2]
- Operation KOPIS: launched several months after Gladius, had to remove all Kerensky and Winson legacies, making appear they have been destroyed. On April 15, the Grand Council decided to Abjure Clan Wolf from the Clan Homeworlds. Khan Vlad Ward would mock ilKhan Andrews and his decrees in front of the other clan. Angered by the disrespect shown by Vlad, he decided to annihilate the Wolves, but the Council (with the help of the Invading Clans and the Coyotes) chose to abjure the Wolves instead.[3].During the bombardment of the blood chapels in 3071, Clan Wolf would seize the Kerensky Blood Chapel and challenge all clan warriors to "Snatch the Legacy of Kerensky from the Wolf's jaws to prove themselves worthy of it." It was a brutal battle between all of the Clans, and the Ebon Keshik. Little did the other Clan's know, the Wolves secret goal was to send a force (under a Kerensky) to collect the genetic material of the Kerensky bloodname. When the battle was over, the Wolves detonated the Kerensky Blood Chapel with their scientists committing suicide and one of their warriors stating, "Kerensky's legacy does not deserve to be spoiled, by his ungrateful children." before dying. That Wolf operation turned Katyusha City into a battlefield, with mobs of several Clans attacking each other and even orbital attacks, causing thousands of civilian deaths.[4] [5]
- Operation SPATHA: launched prior to Gladius, had to different objectives: after infiltrate a Clan Wolf Elemental unit in Katyusha City, posing as simple workers, to preparate Kopis. The second, which had to be launched at the same time as Kopis, was to board the Warship McKenna's Pride and stole the Great Father's body, Aleksandr Kerensky. Khan Ward official explanation was to remove the last Kerensky genetic legacy of the Homewords, but probably also to take it as symbol. The first part of the operation, the unit's infiltration and information gathering, went perfectly, but ironically, was thanks to the help of Dark Caste members assistance. But the second one began falling apart before its beginning: During Kopis, the fight along the city delay their progress to their dropship, and it was destroyed by a fighter attack much before they reach her. The survivors were forced to abort the operation, regroup and began planning a new operation: Spatha II.[6]
- Operation SPATHA II: Prepared by Spatha I survivors, along with massive help of their Dark Caste allies, the secret Wolve team gathered resources and information for years. The Great Council use of the McKenna's Pride as flasgship for annihilate the Clan Steel Viper delayed it even more, but in 3076, after the Pride returned to Strana Mechty, they launched it. After taking the McKenna's Honor, the supply DropShip of the Pride, they boarded the ship. Thanks to the surprise effect, managed to take the key of the WarShip, and force the remaining crew to abandon it. However, their original plan to steal Aleksandr's coffin and escape was compromised when they were discovered, and Garmen was forced to draw a new plan: to escape with the Pride. After a daring persecution and several attacks of aerospace fighters, DropShips and WarShips, they managed to escape of the system, with the Pride damaged, and the McKenna's Honor's lost.[7]
- Operation PILUM: added in the first stages of Spatha II, it consisted in the launching of a suicide attack of a OmniMech Trinary, the Retribution Wraiths, who attacked Katuysha City's SCC, HPG station and Katyusha Keshik and Ebon Keshik's headquarters. They have the support of Dark Caste scouts, who launched Operation Archer, a sabotage side operation, destroying or damaging the three biggests bridges over Andery River, delaying the defenders counterattack.
The Wraiths succeeded in their mission, destroying both targets and the Katyusha Keshik's defenders Trinary. Then they suffered a massive counterattack, downing about two more Trinarys of 'Mechs and Elementals before being all killed to the last man.[8]
Consequences
Despite the delay in almost five years, DAMOCLES was completed in a 100%, and more: the Pride was a icon of war, a powerful Warship in itself... but Vlad Ward knew than he must keep the ship and Aleksandr's body as a secret, as it must become a target for other Clans or the Word of Blake, so he send Garmen and the surviving members of his unit with Devlin Stone and personally hide the Pride in an unpopulated system in the Dark Nebula.[9] The Home Clans, now isolated, ignored who had launched Spatha and Pilum, as they take no alive prisioners: the theory of the Clan Wolf implication was without any proof, so they said the attack had been made by The Society, and lied, tellig Aleksandr Kerensky's body had been recovered in space... but in fact it was Stas's body, who was buried in a monumental tomb near the Hall of Khans posing as its ancestor.[10] The Pride stay in the Dark Nebula until 3147 when was recovered by a Clan Wolf unit, lead by Garner Kerensky.[11]
References
Bibliography
- Icons of War (novel)
- Wars of Reaving