FSRB Chpt 143

==The Federated Suns Reborn - Chapter 143==
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February 3070Operation Agamemnon II
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===Agamemnon - Progress Report===
Operation Agamemnon received a massive boost in March when the First Prince's own vassals/allies arrived to join the fight. No less than 3 front line Clan Sun Jaguar Galaxies appeared with almost no notice and struck hard at the defending DCMS troops...
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===Galedon District Invasion Continue===
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====Harrow's Sun====
Tai-sa Masayoshi Kitakyusho's decision to conduct a mobile campaign rather than retreat into a prepared position or urban environment has the advantage of reducing civilian casualties. However, with the Federated Suns Navy holding the orbitals and under almost constant air attack and 24 hour observation. There was little real chance of he or his regiment managing to break contract or evade battle for long. Worse, the constant air attacks and sweeping of Davion forces slowly force him to coalesce his unit back into a single formation or risk defeat in detail. On the 18th of March the Tai-sa finally makes a wrong move and the AFFS is able to drop a full combat command of the Davion Heavy Guard's across his path cutting him off. At which point the remainder of the Davion Heavy Guards and the 1st Ceti Hussars RCT move up around him. In the meanwhile, the 9th Avalon Hussars RCT and the 4th Robinson Rangers RCT move in on the flanks. The 6th Crucis Lancers RCT remains tasked with maintaining garrisons across the world.
Surrounded and outnumbered he leaves sacrificial blocking formations to delay his pursuers and with the bulk of his unit attempts to smash through the green 9th Avalon Hussars on his western flank. Unfortunately the cavalry weighted 9th's command staff opt to fall back and delay rather than fight him headlong. Every brief skirmish, every firefight causes him precious minutes that he simply cannot spare as the massed formations of Davion troops crush his rear guards and barrel after him. As night falls on the 18th elements of the 4th Robinson Rangers and 1st Ceti Hussars catch up with his formation and the 9th turns to finally give him the fight that he has been pursuing - but on their own terms and with him trapped between themselves and at least 2 other RCT's. By the time the Davion Heavy Guards arrive the battle is all but over. Marshal Jon Davion in his report to New Avalon highlights the excellent tactics and combat skills of the 9th Avalon Hussars and credits them with the victory. 
Over the coming weeks however it soon becomes apparent that at least some members of the Ryuken-ni survived. In particular elements of their infantry regiment. Either in the pursuit or the chaos of the night time engagement at least some of the infantry regiment managed to break away and hide long enough to go to ground until the battle was over. These elements are now conducting a guerrilla war against the Davion invaders. With the 9th Avalon Hussars RCT the most damaged unit of his command Marshal Jon Davion allocates them the job of rooting out these survivors and garrisoning the planet while the other units of his command prepare for their next objectives.
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====Weisau====
The 1st Amphigean Light Assault Group begins March demoralized and on the run, having just lost over two thirds of it's strength in a matter of days. Not only that but the almost undamaged 2nd Ceti Hussars is only a few hours behind them and closing fast. Tai-sa Trueffeau is forced to decide whether to stand and fight with his damaged command or abandon any Battlemechs that are suffering from battle damage that might impede their speed. While he is still wrestling with this decision Combat Command Bravo of the 2nd managed to burst ahead of their slower comrades and engage his rear guard while the combined fighters of the 2nd & 4th Ceti Hussars launch a mass bombing and strafing run at the front of his column. With his forces in disarray from the air attack and the damaged Battlemechs who make up the rear of his formation swiftly being overrun he chooses to turn around and fight rather than attempt a further almost certainly doomed retreat that will leave more of his command to die alone.
Combat Command Bravo's lead elements find themselves in a tough fight for nearly half an hour but as more and more of the 2nd Ceti Hussars forces catch up the tide swiftly turns and by the end of the 2nd of March the 1st Amphigean has been destroyed. Marshal Oscar Carlson is forced to grit his teeth at Major General Marquis de Lafayette's insubordination in leading his Combat Command ahead without orders. He does however swear to himself that he will get rid of the "renegade" at the earliest possible opportunity. Much as it galls him to do so he recommends the Major General for promotion to command his own RCT - preferably another Ceti Hussars command. 
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====Huan====
The 5th Sword of Light knew that it's sister unit, the 1st, is under heavy attack at Proserpina and is itching to either rush to their aid or launch a counter attack into the Federated Suns - indeed they are only holding where they are while Tai-sa Hohiro Tatsuma confirms whether or not they should launch their planned attack on Cassias given the changing military situation. Given the communication problems he is being forced to send repeated messages via his black box to try and get a response which has so far not been forthcoming. 
This issue however disappears when Alpha, Beta, and Delta Galaxies of Clan Sun Jaguar appear in system alongside the 4th Federated Suns Armoured Cavalry and the 3rd NAIS Cadre. The First Prince had requested that the Sun Jaguars fight alongside his own troops to help build up bonds between the AFFS and Clan Sun Jaguar. In fact for the purposes of this invasion the 3rd NAIS is divided into 3 constituent parts each consisting of a battalion of battlemechs, armor and armored infantry and directly assigned to support each [[Galaxy\\. The Sun Jaguars are informed the Cadre is the equivalent of a training sibko or one of the Jade Falcons "Eyrie Clusters". 
Alpha Galaxy and 2 battalions of the 4th FSAC drop near the Sparkling Spirits Incorporated facility on Huan and are soon heavily engaged against the 5th Sword of Light's 1st and 4th battalions. Delta Galaxy and a battalion of the 1st FSAC likewise drop near to the planetary capital and find themselves fighting the 2nd battalion of the 5th Sword, while Delta lands nearby with the remaining battalion of the FSAC at the spaceport and attempts to overrun the 5th's 3rd battalion which is guarding the units dropships. 
Tai-sa Tastuma takes personal command of the fighting at the Sparkling Spirits factory complex but is soon forced to admit that the situation is hopeless. He orders the 2nd battalion to break out from the capital and join up with the 3rd battalion and attempt to flee the planet while there is still time. In the meantime he and the 1st and 4th battalion will sell their lives to keep as many AFFS troops and their barbarian allies committed to their destruction as possible. He has worked too hard to rebuild the 5th to see the unit die on a backwater like Huan. 
Barely a company of the 2nd battalion manages to breakout and link up with the 3rd battalion which is itself taking heavy losses. Combined the 2 battalions rush onto the various dropships along with most of the technical staff which had been pre-ordered there when the invaders were first sighted approach and blast off. While a number of dropships are shot down by the various fighters of the Clan and the AFFS roughly a fifth of the regiment manages to break orbit. 
Even as the survivors are fleeing the Tai-sa is leading the last stand of the troops trapped on the planet. This is made more "honorable" when the various Clan Sun Jaguar forces agree to fight the remainder of the battle in a series of individual duels against individual samurai. While the AFFS officers find this a waste of time and lives given that they could easily swamp the surviving Sword of Light troops they have been counseled as to showing respect for the Clan ways of their allies. Indeed a handful of 4th FSAC officers and Battlemech pilots take part in these impromptu duels and trials. Tai-sa Tastuma falls to a Star Captain of the 1st Sun Jaguar Grenadiers. A handful of surviving Sword of Light Mechwarriors who survive these trials are even taken as "bondsmen" by the Clan. Although it is stressed to the Clan Warriors that these bondsmen are prisoners and not slaves by AFFS liaison officers as slavery is outlawed in the Federated Suns. A few years ago this might have caused problems, but with the growing liberal attitude of Clan Sun Jaguar towards it's civilian castes back home and the death of most of the hardliners who opposed this in trials it causes little in the way of problems. 
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