Sven Johannsen

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Sven Johannsen
Personal
Died	3034
Affiliation	Draconis Combine
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Rank	Sho-sho
Profession	MechWarrior

Sven Johannsen was the aide of Warlord Ivan Sorenson in the Radstadt Prefecture by 3025.

History

Fourth Succession War

During the Fourth Succession War, Stanzach was attacked as part of the wave of attacks launched during Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG in October 3028 to exploit the successes of the first wave of attacks, with the Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces deploying the Twelfth Donegal Guards to capture the planet. The Twelfth were still battling for control of the planet when the DCMS counterattacked in December, dropping the Ninth Pesht Regulars and the Thirteenth Rasalhague Regulars on the planet and nearly forcing the Twelfth to retreat offworld; only the arrival of the Eighth Donegal Guards to reinforce the Twelfth allowed the battle for Stanzach to continue. The battle for control of Stanzach bogged down, and the planet was still contested when the lull between operations began in early 3029.

When the LCAF went on the offensive again in 3029 Stanzach became the site of the most spectacular events to be seen in either the Tamar or Trellshire sections of the front. With the deployment of the Ninth Pesht Regulars and Thirteenth Rasalhague Regulars the LCAF task force found itself fighting both BattleMech regiments and twenty regiments of conventional forces. The Lyran task force mustered thirty conventional regiments in total, plus the Eighth and Twelfth Donegal Guards augmented by the Tyr regiment, an assault regiment formed in secret using personnel recruited from the Tyr resistance movement or those with strong links to the ancient Principality of Rasalhague. The DCMS forces had used the lull in offensive operations to fortify positions along the Lule River with their forces located to the south and east of the river, but the DCMS front still stretched for some 200 km.

The Tyr regiment launched an offensive across the Lule on 1 June 3029, striking across the river at a point known as Cosognome Crossing, directly into a defending force consisting of two 'Mech companies from the Ninth, an infantry regiment and a battalion of armor. The Ninth fought bravely, but their poor equipment let them down, with the lead company of the Tyr pushing the Ninth's forces back while Lyran combat engineers frantically constructed a pontoon bridge behind them. Reinforcements for the DCMS forces were slow to move in response, with a battalion of the Pesht regulars leading a relief force to the bridgehead only to discover that the entire Tyr regiment had crossed along with a battalion of armor and two battalions of infantry, leaving the Ninth with little choice but to pull back.

With the Tyr establishing its position on the other side of the Lule the Eighth and Twelfth Donegal Guards went on the offensive, attempting to seize other crossings; the Eighth attempted to capture the Fosol Bridge, but were rebuffed by the Thirteenth Rasalhague Regulars. The Twelfth was more successful, storming through the DCMS armor and infantry forces defending the Cadeska Bridge, losing half a company of 'Mechs but seizing the crossing. The senior DCMS officers on Stanzach met on the 30th of July to evaluate their position and decided that they should continue fighting, as the loss of their defensive positions on the Lule represented the loss of their strongest position, but still left the Lyran forces a long way from being able to capture the capital city, Kirund, or the valuable diamond mines located around Mount Adamant. Their determination to resist was thwarted by the DCMS High Command; even as the DCMS forces were fortifying new positions on the 31st of July Sho-so Sven Johannsen, the second in command of the Rasalhague Military District, ordered both 'Mech regiments to withdraw. After requesting confirmation of the order the Ninth and Thirteenth abandoned Stanzach on the 9th of August; wary of a trap, the Lyran task force pressed forward cautiously, capturing Kirund on the 12th of August and the remainder of the planet on the 13th.

Ronin War

The Eighth Rasalhague Regulars and Twelfth Sun Zhang Academy Cadre refused to accept the establishment of the Free Rasalhague Republic in March 3034 and went rogue, traveling to the Predlitz system because it was very pro-Combine. The First Tyr and Second Sword of Light pursued them there, where after two months of fighting were able to force the ronin to surrender.

About the time the entirety of the First Tyr shipped out for other assignments, it was discovered that the Eighth Regulars' commander Sho-sho Sven Johannsen retreated to Predlitz's moon of Krakau using a hidden DropShip and met up with the remnants of the unit. The newly formed Second Drakøns had been brought in to relieve the First Tyr and were rerouted to the moon to confront them, suffering heavy casualties in the process. The battle came to a head in the tunnels of a mining colony, when Johannsen was stopped just short of blowing the mine's main fusion reactor by Löjtnant Kristof Martens of the Drakøns.

BattleMechs

On Predlitz's moon Krakau, Sven Johannsen piloted a BattleMaster.

Bibliography

• House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)
• NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1
• NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2