Resurgence - No Nest for the Raven

== No Nest for the Raven ==
The Raven Alliance was struck with absolute ferocity in June of 3152 by the Word of Blake.
 
Initially striking at Rudolpho, Jordan Wais, and Praxton, the defenders were quickly overrun and overwhelmed.  On Rudolpho, Director Ricky “Fireball” Lutz led a heroic charge from his Hellcat as his aerospace forces punched a hole through Blakist defenders to ensure the jumpship Athena could reach the Alpheratz system and warn them of the imminent attack. 
When the message arrived, units were recalled as fast as jumpships could carry the message.  On the ground stood the 2nd and 3rd Avellar Guard.  In the system were the Alliance Naval Star, 1st Alliance Air Wing (KIA), 3rd Alliance Air Wing (KIA), and 4th Alliance Air Wing (KIA).  In the end, only about 60% of the 1st Long Road Legion made it to the planet, under the guard of the one surviving Warship from the Alliance Naval Star, Director Vun’s William Adams.
While reports on the surface battle are limited, hopes are not high that the Alliance forces will hold out for long.  A singular message barely escaped the system warning Raven Alliance military units to stay away.  Khan McKenna received this message and began rallying Alpha Galaxy and other units to Zlatousi over the next few weeks.  Some of the units to arrive were the Alliance Borderers, 5th Alliance Air Wing, 4th Raven Wing Cluster, Alliance Grenadiers, and 5th Raven Wing Cluster.
Communication Rimward to other forces was non-existent. One example was when a courier arrived at Alegro, the unit had deployed to strike at Valentina in the DCMS. However, looking Coreward, her scouts found another invasion force was tearing into the Draconis Combine when they met a jumpship that had taken hull damage in the Pondicherry system. 
Khan McKenna found herself in command of what could be the last of the Raven Alliance forces and they were pincered between two invasion fleets.  Even with the Ice Storm Naval Star, they were simply outnumbered.  It was decided among the Command Staff and consulted Planetary Governors that rather than sacrifice their forces to be slaughtered, they would seek help.  Multiple individual units of Company to Battalion sizes deployed to the Coreward worlds of the Raven Alliance for intelligence gathering and potential guerilla warfare until the Khan could return.  If they did not wage a ground war, perhaps they could preserve planetary industries and economies for the time being. 
Once the volunteer units were deployed, the Raven Alliance Alpha Galaxy fleet moved Anti-Spinward to move through the Draconis Combine in October of 3152.  The goal was to reach the Rasalhague Dominion and seek aid.  With the combined national efforts, previously to construct a Leviathan III, and that the Dominion had not been involved in any major conflicts, perhaps they had forces to assist.  The Ghost Bears played a significant role in devastating the Word of Blake in the Jihad afterall….
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