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Line 74: == Planetary History == == Planetary History == === Fourth Succession War === === Fourth Succession War === − Following the lull in major offensives in early [[3029]], a number of new offensives began as the [[Fourth Succession War]] entered its second year. The [[AFFS]] forces on the Capellan front did their best to rest and resupply during the lull, anticipating a return to combat operations; orders for the fifth wave of [[Operation RAT]] were received in late April, and large-scale invasions of the Capellan Confederation began again.<ref name="4SWv2p38A">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 38: "Capellan Front"</ref> Stripped of JumpShips to form a command chain for [[Operation INTRUDERS COMMUNION]], few of the front-line forces within the Sarna Commonality were able to respond to the fresh wave of attacks.<ref name="4SWv2p38">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 38: "Fifth Wave"</ref> Zaurak was one of the targets of Wave Five, and was expected to be a relatively easy conquest; given that Zaurak was a small world with just one major city and a few minor settlements, the Capellan Operations Command assigned an invasion force consisting of just six conventional AFFS [[regiment]]s - two of armor and four of infantry - led by a [[battalion]] from [[Gamma Regiment (12th Vegan Rangers)|Gamma Regiment]] of the [[Twelfth Vegan Rangers]] under the overall command of [[Major]] [[Joseph Finner]].<ref name="4SWv2p44">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 44: "Zaurak"</ref> + Following the lull in major offensives in early [[3029]], a number of new offensives began as the [[Fourth Succession War]] entered its second year. The [[AFFS]] forces on the Capellan front did their best to rest and resupply during the lull, anticipating a return to combat operations; orders for the fifth wave of [[Operation RAT]] were received in late April, and large-scale invasions of the Capellan Confederation began again.<ref name="4SWv2p38A">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 38: "Capellan Front"</ref> Stripped of JumpShips to form a command chain for [[Operation INTRUDERS COMMUNION]], few of the front-line forces within the Sarna Commonality were able to respond to the fresh wave of attacks.<ref name="4SWv2p38">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 38: "Fifth Wave"</ref> Zaurak was one of the targets of Wave Five, and was expected tobe a relatively easy conquest; given that Zaurak was a small world with just one major city and a few minor settlements, the Capellan Operations Command assigned an invasion force consisting of just six conventional AFFS [[regiment]]s - two of armor and four of infantry - led by a [[battalion]] from [[Gamma Regiment (12th Vegan Rangers)|Gamma Regiment]] of the [[Twelfth Vegan Rangers]] under the overall command of [[Major]] [[Joseph Finner]].<ref name="4SWv2p44">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 44: "Zaurak"</ref> The invasion immediately ran into complications because of sudden and dramatic weather changes that were a common occurrence on Zaurak, but which the AFFS High Command was largely unaware of. Anticipating a campaign fought under temperate summer conditions, the invasion began with disrupted landings caused by intense upper-level winds that scattered [[DropShip]]s as far as fifty kilometers from their assigned landing zones. In one case, a battalion of infantry and light vehicles landed in an area that should have been secured, but which hadn't been because of the disruption to the Ranger landings, and ended up fighting a well-trained regiment of militia forces for two days before reinforcements from the task force arrived. the first violent weather change occurred shortly after, just as the Rangers had regrouped their forces; with temperatures plummeting 50° in an hour, AFFS troops in summer uniforms were suddenly fighting through snowfalls and dealing with exposure and frostbite, followed by snow drifts several meters deep. The militia forces on Zaurak were accustomed to these weather changes and began harassing the invaders with infantry ambushes and darting [[hovercraft]] raids that were initially successful, but which became more limited in scope as the Rangers closed on the planetary capital city, Zaurak.<ref name="4SWv2p44"/> The invasion immediately ran into complications because of sudden and dramatic weather changes that were a common occurrence on Zaurak, but which the AFFS High Command was largely unaware of. Anticipating a campaign fought under temperate summer conditions, the invasion began with disrupted landings caused by intense upper-level winds that scattered [[DropShip]]s as far as fifty kilometers from their assigned landing zones. In one case, a battalion of infantry and light vehicles landed in an area that should have been secured, but which hadn't been because of the disruption to the Ranger landings, and ended up fighting a well-trained regiment of militia forces for two days before reinforcements from the task force arrived. the first violent weather change occurred shortly after, just as the Rangers had regrouped their forces; with temperatures plummeting 50° in an hour, AFFS troops in summer uniforms were suddenly fighting through snowfalls and dealing with exposure and frostbite, followed by snow drifts several meters deep. The militia forces on Zaurak were accustomed to these weather changes and began harassing the invaders with infantry ambushes and darting [[hovercraft]] raids that were initially successful, but which became more limited in scope as the Rangers closed on the planetary capital city, Zaurak.<ref name="4SWv2p44"/>
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== Planetary History == | == Planetary History == | ||
=== Fourth Succession War === | === Fourth Succession War === | ||
| − | Following the lull in major offensives in early [[3029]], a number of new offensives began as the [[Fourth Succession War]] entered its second year. The [[AFFS]] forces on the Capellan front did their best to rest and resupply during the lull, anticipating a return to combat operations; orders for the fifth wave of [[Operation RAT]] were received in late April, and large-scale invasions of the Capellan Confederation began again.<ref name="4SWv2p38A">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 38: "Capellan Front"</ref> Stripped of JumpShips to form a command chain for [[Operation INTRUDERS COMMUNION]], few of the front-line forces within the Sarna Commonality were able to respond to the fresh wave of attacks.<ref name="4SWv2p38">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 38: "Fifth Wave"</ref> Zaurak was one of the targets of Wave Five, and was expected | + | Following the lull in major offensives in early [[3029]], a number of new offensives began as the [[Fourth Succession War]] entered its second year. The [[AFFS]] forces on the Capellan front did their best to rest and resupply during the lull, anticipating a return to combat operations; orders for the fifth wave of [[Operation RAT]] were received in late April, and large-scale invasions of the Capellan Confederation began again.<ref name="4SWv2p38A">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 38: "Capellan Front"</ref> Stripped of JumpShips to form a command chain for [[Operation INTRUDERS COMMUNION]], few of the front-line forces within the Sarna Commonality were able to respond to the fresh wave of attacks.<ref name="4SWv2p38">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 38: "Fifth Wave"</ref> Zaurak was one of the targets of Wave Five, and was expected tobe a relatively easy conquest; given that Zaurak was a small world with just one major city and a few minor settlements, the Capellan Operations Command assigned an invasion force consisting of just six conventional AFFS [[regiment]]s - two of armor and four of infantry - led by a [[battalion]] from [[Gamma Regiment (12th Vegan Rangers)|Gamma Regiment]] of the [[Twelfth Vegan Rangers]] under the overall command of [[Major]] [[Joseph Finner]].<ref name="4SWv2p44">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 44: "Zaurak"</ref> |
The invasion immediately ran into complications because of sudden and dramatic weather changes that were a common occurrence on Zaurak, but which the AFFS High Command was largely unaware of. Anticipating a campaign fought under temperate summer conditions, the invasion began with disrupted landings caused by intense upper-level winds that scattered [[DropShip]]s as far as fifty kilometers from their assigned landing zones. In one case, a battalion of infantry and light vehicles landed in an area that should have been secured, but which hadn't been because of the disruption to the Ranger landings, and ended up fighting a well-trained regiment of militia forces for two days before reinforcements from the task force arrived. the first violent weather change occurred shortly after, just as the Rangers had regrouped their forces; with temperatures plummeting 50° in an hour, AFFS troops in summer uniforms were suddenly fighting through snowfalls and dealing with exposure and frostbite, followed by snow drifts several meters deep. The militia forces on Zaurak were accustomed to these weather changes and began harassing the invaders with infantry ambushes and darting [[hovercraft]] raids that were initially successful, but which became more limited in scope as the Rangers closed on the planetary capital city, Zaurak.<ref name="4SWv2p44"/> | The invasion immediately ran into complications because of sudden and dramatic weather changes that were a common occurrence on Zaurak, but which the AFFS High Command was largely unaware of. Anticipating a campaign fought under temperate summer conditions, the invasion began with disrupted landings caused by intense upper-level winds that scattered [[DropShip]]s as far as fifty kilometers from their assigned landing zones. In one case, a battalion of infantry and light vehicles landed in an area that should have been secured, but which hadn't been because of the disruption to the Ranger landings, and ended up fighting a well-trained regiment of militia forces for two days before reinforcements from the task force arrived. the first violent weather change occurred shortly after, just as the Rangers had regrouped their forces; with temperatures plummeting 50° in an hour, AFFS troops in summer uniforms were suddenly fighting through snowfalls and dealing with exposure and frostbite, followed by snow drifts several meters deep. The militia forces on Zaurak were accustomed to these weather changes and began harassing the invaders with infantry ambushes and darting [[hovercraft]] raids that were initially successful, but which became more limited in scope as the Rangers closed on the planetary capital city, Zaurak.<ref name="4SWv2p44"/> | ||