Operation GREAT FLOOD
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Operation GREAT FLOOD was an operation against the Republic of the Sphere begun by the Capellan Confederation in March 3134. By its end two years later the CCAF had regained most of its worlds previously ceded to the Republic.
Background
Shortly after the Word of Blake's Jihad ended, the Capellan Confederation invaded the newly established Republic of the Sphere hoping to regain historically Capellan worlds now occupied by the Republic. In the ensuing conflict the Confederation was decisively beaten and forced to accede to Republic control over dozens of formerly Capellan systems. Chancellor Sun-Tzu Liao and his son and heir Daoshen always vowed to reverse this outcome, but their attempt in 3111 to do so ended in defeat with the 'ascension' of Sun-Tzu and no territorial gains for the Confederation.[1] [2]
Undeterred, Daoshen Liao never wavered in his desire to reclaim his realm's ancestral holdings, but in the first two decades after the Capellan Crusades he was unable to do more than secretly stockpile military material and await an opportunity. That would come with the HPG Blackout of August 3132. While the Republic was thrown into chaos, the Capellan military enacted the "Hidden Lion" initiative, creating many new regiments and expanding several existing ones throughout late 3132 and 3133. Along with the allied Magistracy of Canopus handling garrison duties to free up Capellan units for front line service, this ensured that a veritable horde was poised to overwhelm the Republic's stretched border defenses by early 3134.[3]
Operation GREAT FLOOD
Pro-Capellan underground activity throughout Prefecture V began in March, disrupting the Republic's defenses by the time the CCAF began its invasion two months later.
The Prefecture capital and House Liao's ancestral homeworld Liao was simultaneously hit by a student-led revolt at the military academy and a deep strike by elements of the Dynasty Guard and McCarron's Armored Cavalry; by mid-August Liao was under Capellan rule once more.[4] [5]
On Menkar, site of one of the Prefecture's three functional Hyperpulse Generators, Capellan loyalists took the planetary governor and his family hostage. A ham-fisted rescue attempt ended in the deaths of the terrorists and the hostages, and the chaos-plagued world became a drawn-out battleground between Republic and Capellan forces for several months until the Confederation finally secured the planet.[6] [7]
Aftermath
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