Meissa

is one of the five planets that reside within the Ymir Sector. This world is covered in plant life and receives heavy rainfall and fog. At nighttime, beautiful green moonlight can be seen peeking through the fog occasionally. On April 20th, Meissa become a frontline planet. Although Meissa is a world of nature and democracy, an Automaton offensive risks the planet being converted into a planet of machines and machinations. 
==Topography==
Meissa is a relatively flat world with some rocky features. The air is filled with plant debris and ash, and the planet is often very foggy. Rain is nearly constant. Large oceans and many lakes also are found here. Plant life like trees and tall grass is uniformly found everywhere. Other life forms like small flying bugs that glow red or blue are also present. Helldivers should be aware of the dangers of the rain and the volcanoes here. The volcanoes have the potential to create patches of fire in key areas.
==History==
=== Second Galactic War ===
==== Menkent Line ====
Fighting in this part of the Northwestern part of the galaxy began on April 9th, 2184, when the Automatons arrived from an unknown location via FTL jump to the Valdis sector. The surrounding area is heavily contested. Super Earth's victory in establishing the Menkent Line pushed strategic interests further Southwest, to the Andromeda sector. The nearby world of Martale became a strategically important planet.
On April 17th, after the recapture of Marfark, Martale became the main focus on the Northwestern Front. A heroic plan known as the "Martale Gambit" to cut off the Automaton invaders on Charon Prime was proposed on April 19th. If Martale could be fully liberated, then Charon Prime, which is facing an Automaton assault, would lose access to Automaton reinforcements. Super Earth could thus reclaim two planets with one campaign. The importance of Meissa was a strategic oversight in this plan. The Automatons were able to cut off Martale from reinforcements just as we planned to do to them on April 20th by assaulting Meissa, cowardly cutting off the flow of supplies and Helldivers to this planet, effectively securing it for their tyrannical socialist regime.
==== Failure of the Terminid Control System - Defense of Meissa (April 20th - April 21st) ====
Automaton forces began to assault Meissa on April 20th. This attack cut off the only remaining FTL line to Martale, causing it to fall into enemy hands. This attack was part of their wider joint-offensive with the Terminids. So far, Helldiver forces have been too overstretched to respond in force to the attack on Meissa. There was no substantial change to this part of the front on April 21st. The time to defend Meissa ran out, leaving the planet in Automaton hands. 
==== Declaration of the Galactic War on Tyranny - Liberation Campaign of Meissa (April 22nd - Middle of May 2184) ====
Meissa fell into Automaton hands after the failure to defend the planet. Because of how overstretched both sides are on this front, progress is extremely slow to retake the planet. The liberation percentage averaged at 1.05% per day. With the Automatons already having secured Charon Prime, their offensive continued to the south of the Meissa system on Charbal-VII and Choepessa IV, which are currently seeing counterattacks. Later, fighting would reach Wasat from here. By no later than May 13th, the Helldivers were defeated here. The liberation campaign for Meissa is slow and drawn out, only making the nectar of inevitable victory ever more sweet. However since May 13th, only a skeleton crew of Helldivers fought on the planet, with nearly all of it being occupied by the automatons. The liberation campaign would gradually come to an end after May 13th, leaving the planet fully in automaton hands.
==== Operation Valiant Resistance - Summer Liberation Campaign (June 10th. Ongoing) ====
Helldiver forces returned to the planet on June 10th. These soldiers were those brave enough to continue the offensive began all the way on Wezen, during Operation Valiant Resistance. The successful operation, which concluded with the capture of Wasat, opened the way to Meissa's jungly surface once again. By the next day however, most of this force of ~13,000 had dissipated due to a new offensive on Aesir Pass. That offensive was the opening volley in Operation Trolley Problem. The force on Meissa was miniscule until July 3rd. Liberation progress nearly reset by July 3rd. But on this day, a new defense order began to protect the X system. 
As Helldiver forces shifted to the Ymir Sector, Meissa became a target again. ~15,500 Helldivers assaulted the planet on July 3rd. By July 4th, the system was about halfway liberated. The size of the Helldiver force dropped to ~5,000 as combat began on the true objective of X-45. On July 5th, X-45 was liberated. Helldiver forces on Meissa swelled to ~10,000, bolstering reclamation efforts. 
Loss of momentum did not seem to occur following the assaults on Vega Bay and Wasat. The defense of these planets are critical to maintaining supply lines to Meissa and X-45. Around the same time of the defense of Vega Bay, The Helldivers successfully reasserted control of Meissa, cutting off the attack on Wasat and opening up FTL Lines to Matar Bay.
Shortly after the liberation of Meissa a hastily put together force of Automatons, originating from Matar Bay, made landfall on the planet, engulfing the beautiful jungle world in war once more. This attack was barely resisted, leading to a Helldiver victory on July 6th.
==FTL Lines==
*Matar Bay - Andromeda Sector (Established on April 18, 2184)
*Wasat
*X-45 (Established on June 13, 2184)
Category:Ymir Sector
Category:Operation Starslayer