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Line 33: ==Plot Summary== ==Plot Summary== − Johann Steiner has created a new unit, the 101st Tharkad Lancers (a full [[BattleMech]] [[regiment]] augmented by two [[battalion]]s of [[tanks]] and [[infantry]] each plus two wings of [[aerospace fighter]]s) from the remnants of commands shattered over the course of the [[FedCom Civil War]] and from "stealing" personnel and equipment from other line units. A loyal underling of [[Archon]] [[Katherine Steiner-Davion]], he is a military bureaucrat lacking real combat experience. Still, he decides to lead the Lancers on an assault against [[Arc-Royal]] on his own authority, hoping to decapitate the Arc-Royal Defense Cordon and end their political opposition to the Archon. + Johann Steiner has created a new unit, the 101st Tharkad Lancers (a full [[BattleMech]] [[regiment]] augmented by two [[battalion]]s of [[tanks]] and [[infantry]] each plus two wings of [[aerospace fighter]]s) from the remnants of commands shattered over the course of the [[FedCom Civil War]] and from "stealing" personnel and equipment from other line units. A loyal underling of [[Archon]] [[Katherine Steiner-Davion]], Johann Steiner is a military bureaucrat lacking real combat experience. Still, he decides to lead the Lancers on an assault against [[Arc-Royal]] on his own authority, hoping to decapitate the Arc-Royal Defense Cordon and end their political opposition to the Archon. The 101st Tharkad Lancers' ''[[Star Lord (JumpShip class)|Star Lord]]''-class [[JumpShip]] ''Schwert des Archons'' jumps to a [[pirate jump point]] close to Arc-Royal. During the night of 28 April 3065 they simultaneously attack Clan Wolf-in-Exile in the city of Dernar, and the Kell Hounds HQ in the city of Haven. The 101st Tharkad Lancers' ''[[Star Lord (JumpShip class)|Star Lord]]''-class [[JumpShip]] ''Schwert des Archons'' jumps to a [[pirate jump point]] close to Arc-Royal. During the night of 28 April 3065 they simultaneously attack Clan Wolf-in-Exile in the city of Dernar, and the Kell Hounds HQ in the city of Haven. Line 43:
Line 43: During an intelligence gathering mission to Dernar two days later, Sunder, Kevlin and some infantrymen find the city occupied and largely secured. A rash action by Kevlin results in a shootout and their eventual capture. In captivity, the men are severely mistreated until they are rescued by a commando team after a few days. Back in Shadow Falls, Kevlin reluctantly agrees to join Sunder in a guerrilla war. However, an ambush by Sunder's forces on 7 May is repulsed with losses and tensions between the disparate defenders escalate. Sunder and Kevlin decide to settle the issue through a [[Circle of Equals]], to determine who is to have overall command. Sunder prevails. Next, he orders a Kell Hound commando strike against the [[HPG]] compound. The local [[ComStar]] [[Demi-Precentor]] is sympathetic with the defenders' position and after he is freed from captivity the defenders can send a message to their units abroad, calling for help. The HPG is soon recaptured by the attackers, who take no prisoners among the Kell Hounds. The sacrifice of sixty troops does earn the Kell Hounds the grudging respect of the Wolves-in-Exile though, and relations begin to improve. During an intelligence gathering mission to Dernar two days later, Sunder, Kevlin and some infantrymen find the city occupied and largely secured. A rash action by Kevlin results in a shootout and their eventual capture. In captivity, the men are severely mistreated until they are rescued by a commando team after a few days. Back in Shadow Falls, Kevlin reluctantly agrees to join Sunder in a guerrilla war. However, an ambush by Sunder's forces on 7 May is repulsed with losses and tensions between the disparate defenders escalate. Sunder and Kevlin decide to settle the issue through a [[Circle of Equals]], to determine who is to have overall command. Sunder prevails. Next, he orders a Kell Hound commando strike against the [[HPG]] compound. The local [[ComStar]] [[Demi-Precentor]] is sympathetic with the defenders' position and after he is freed from captivity the defenders can send a message to their units abroad, calling for help. The HPG is soon recaptured by the attackers, who take no prisoners among the Kell Hounds. The sacrifice of sixty troops does earn the Kell Hounds the grudging respect of the Wolves-in-Exile though, and relations begin to improve. − After a traitor among the defenders provides the Steiner forces with the location of the defenders' camp in Shadow Falls, forty [[Lyran Intelligence Corps|Loki]] agents are dropped on their position to sow chaos. Lyran 'Mechs move out to attack them while they are still in disorder. However, the terrain disrupts the attackers' formation and their attack is narrowly repulsed. + After a traitor among the defenders provides the Steiner forces with the location of the defenders' camp in Shadow Falls, forty [[Lyran Intelligence Corps|Loki]] agents are dropped on their position to sow chaos while 'Mechs move out to attack them while they are in disorder. However, the terrain disrupts the attackers' formation and their attack is narrowly repulsed. − During the attack, photos found on a dead Loki attacker reveal the traitor's identity and he is captured. The defenders learn from him that a ''[[Leopard]]'' at the Dernar spaceport has had its reactor rigged in a way that essentially turns the DropShip into a large bomb that could wipe out any reinforcements arriving there. A portion of the defenders lures the attackers ever deeper into Shadow Falls while a strike force sneaks to Dernar to defuse the bomb ship. They accomplish the feat, but are cut off and prepare to make a last stand at the starport when Kell Hounds and Wolf-in-Exile reinforcements arrive at the pirate jump point and force the Steiner troops to stand down. + During the attack, photos found on a dead Loki attacker reveal the traitor's identity and he is captured. The defenders learn that a ''[[Leopard]]'' at the Dernar spaceport has had its reactor rigged in a way that essentially turns the DropShip into a large bomb that could wipe out any reinforcements arriving there. A portion of the defenders lures the attackers ever deeper into Shadow Falls while a strike force sneaks to Dernar, to defuse the bomb ship. They accomplish the feat, but are cut off and prepare to make a last stand at the starport when Kell Hounds and Wolf-in-Exile reinforcements arrive at the pirate jump point and force the Steiner troops to stand down. In the aftermath, all supplies and equipment of the 101st Tharkad Lancers is confiscated. Katherine Steiner-Davion, faced with open war with the Arc-Royal Defense Cordon, has to issue a public apology for the unsanctioned attack and pay substantial reparations. Johann Steiner finds himself under arrest after his crafty and ambitious second-in-command, Leutnant-Colonel (later Colonel) [[Hans Grüner]], framed him for the debacle, particularly for ordering the use of a weapon of mass destruction (the ''Leopard'') which in reality had been done on Grüner's orders against Steiner's explicit wishes. In the aftermath, all supplies and equipment of the 101st Tharkad Lancers is confiscated. Katherine Steiner-Davion, faced with open war with the Arc-Royal Defense Cordon, has to issue a public apology for the unsanctioned attack and pay substantial reparations. Johann Steiner finds himself under arrest after his crafty and ambitious second-in-command, Leutnant-Colonel (later Colonel) [[Hans Grüner]], framed him for the debacle, particularly for ordering the use of a weapon of mass destruction (the ''Leopard'') which in reality had been done on Grüner's orders against Steiner's explicit wishes.
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| − | Johann Steiner has created a new unit, the 101st Tharkad Lancers (a full [[BattleMech]] [[regiment]] augmented by two [[battalion]]s of [[tanks]] and [[infantry]] each plus two wings of [[aerospace fighter]]s) from the remnants of commands shattered over the course of the [[FedCom Civil War]] and from "stealing" personnel and equipment from other line units. A loyal underling of [[Archon]] [[Katherine Steiner-Davion]], | + | Johann Steiner has created a new unit, the 101st Tharkad Lancers (a full [[BattleMech]] [[regiment]] augmented by two [[battalion]]s of [[tanks]] and [[infantry]] each plus two wings of [[aerospace fighter]]s) from the remnants of commands shattered over the course of the [[FedCom Civil War]] and from "stealing" personnel and equipment from other line units. A loyal underling of [[Archon]] [[Katherine Steiner-Davion]], Johann Steiner is a military bureaucrat lacking real combat experience. Still, he decides to lead the Lancers on an assault against [[Arc-Royal]] on his own authority, hoping to decapitate the Arc-Royal Defense Cordon and end their political opposition to the Archon. |
The 101st Tharkad Lancers' ''[[Star Lord (JumpShip class)|Star Lord]]''-class [[JumpShip]] ''Schwert des Archons'' jumps to a [[pirate jump point]] close to Arc-Royal. During the night of 28 April 3065 they simultaneously attack Clan Wolf-in-Exile in the city of Dernar, and the Kell Hounds HQ in the city of Haven. | The 101st Tharkad Lancers' ''[[Star Lord (JumpShip class)|Star Lord]]''-class [[JumpShip]] ''Schwert des Archons'' jumps to a [[pirate jump point]] close to Arc-Royal. During the night of 28 April 3065 they simultaneously attack Clan Wolf-in-Exile in the city of Dernar, and the Kell Hounds HQ in the city of Haven. | ||
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During an intelligence gathering mission to Dernar two days later, Sunder, Kevlin and some infantrymen find the city occupied and largely secured. A rash action by Kevlin results in a shootout and their eventual capture. In captivity, the men are severely mistreated until they are rescued by a commando team after a few days. Back in Shadow Falls, Kevlin reluctantly agrees to join Sunder in a guerrilla war. However, an ambush by Sunder's forces on 7 May is repulsed with losses and tensions between the disparate defenders escalate. Sunder and Kevlin decide to settle the issue through a [[Circle of Equals]], to determine who is to have overall command. Sunder prevails. Next, he orders a Kell Hound commando strike against the [[HPG]] compound. The local [[ComStar]] [[Demi-Precentor]] is sympathetic with the defenders' position and after he is freed from captivity the defenders can send a message to their units abroad, calling for help. The HPG is soon recaptured by the attackers, who take no prisoners among the Kell Hounds. The sacrifice of sixty troops does earn the Kell Hounds the grudging respect of the Wolves-in-Exile though, and relations begin to improve. | During an intelligence gathering mission to Dernar two days later, Sunder, Kevlin and some infantrymen find the city occupied and largely secured. A rash action by Kevlin results in a shootout and their eventual capture. In captivity, the men are severely mistreated until they are rescued by a commando team after a few days. Back in Shadow Falls, Kevlin reluctantly agrees to join Sunder in a guerrilla war. However, an ambush by Sunder's forces on 7 May is repulsed with losses and tensions between the disparate defenders escalate. Sunder and Kevlin decide to settle the issue through a [[Circle of Equals]], to determine who is to have overall command. Sunder prevails. Next, he orders a Kell Hound commando strike against the [[HPG]] compound. The local [[ComStar]] [[Demi-Precentor]] is sympathetic with the defenders' position and after he is freed from captivity the defenders can send a message to their units abroad, calling for help. The HPG is soon recaptured by the attackers, who take no prisoners among the Kell Hounds. The sacrifice of sixty troops does earn the Kell Hounds the grudging respect of the Wolves-in-Exile though, and relations begin to improve. | ||
| − | After a traitor among the defenders provides the Steiner forces with the location of the defenders' camp in Shadow Falls, forty [[Lyran Intelligence Corps|Loki]] agents are dropped on their position to sow chaos | + | After a traitor among the defenders provides the Steiner forces with the location of the defenders' camp in Shadow Falls, forty [[Lyran Intelligence Corps|Loki]] agents are dropped on their position to sow chaos while 'Mechs move out to attack them while they are in disorder. However, the terrain disrupts the attackers' formation and their attack is narrowly repulsed. |
| − | During the attack, photos found on a dead Loki attacker reveal the traitor's identity and he is captured. The defenders learn | + | During the attack, photos found on a dead Loki attacker reveal the traitor's identity and he is captured. The defenders learn that a ''[[Leopard]]'' at the Dernar spaceport has had its reactor rigged in a way that essentially turns the DropShip into a large bomb that could wipe out any reinforcements arriving there. A portion of the defenders lures the attackers ever deeper into Shadow Falls while a strike force sneaks to Dernar, to defuse the bomb ship. They accomplish the feat, but are cut off and prepare to make a last stand at the starport when Kell Hounds and Wolf-in-Exile reinforcements arrive at the pirate jump point and force the Steiner troops to stand down. |
In the aftermath, all supplies and equipment of the 101st Tharkad Lancers is confiscated. Katherine Steiner-Davion, faced with open war with the Arc-Royal Defense Cordon, has to issue a public apology for the unsanctioned attack and pay substantial reparations. Johann Steiner finds himself under arrest after his crafty and ambitious second-in-command, Leutnant-Colonel (later Colonel) [[Hans Grüner]], framed him for the debacle, particularly for ordering the use of a weapon of mass destruction (the ''Leopard'') which in reality had been done on Grüner's orders against Steiner's explicit wishes. | In the aftermath, all supplies and equipment of the 101st Tharkad Lancers is confiscated. Katherine Steiner-Davion, faced with open war with the Arc-Royal Defense Cordon, has to issue a public apology for the unsanctioned attack and pay substantial reparations. Johann Steiner finds himself under arrest after his crafty and ambitious second-in-command, Leutnant-Colonel (later Colonel) [[Hans Grüner]], framed him for the debacle, particularly for ordering the use of a weapon of mass destruction (the ''Leopard'') which in reality had been done on Grüner's orders against Steiner's explicit wishes. | ||