Martale

Martale is one of the five planets that reside within the Andromeda Sector. 
==Topography==
Martale is a rocky planet with beautiful meadows and forests. Much of the land is composed of stony hills. Green auroras and large moons cover the night sky. Much of the surface is covered in short foliage, and there are many large bodies of water. Human settlement has brought many structures and small farms to be established. The biosphere makes Martale an ideal location for life.
== History ==
=== Special Military Operations ===
==== The Liberation Campaign on Martale (April 9th-20th 2184) ====
The soulless mechanical socialist plague, self-denominated as the Automatons, attacked the Northwestern Area of the galaxy on April 9th, 2184. Martale quickly became a frontline planet, having previously being out of harm's way. With the failure of Operation Courageous Defense, The planet was stolen from the warm, loving hold of Liberty, showing that the red pest of marxist space robots will go to any length to ruin humanity. 
The fate of the human settlers on Martale is not known currently. With the successful establishment of the Menkent-Lesath defensive line by SEAF engineers, Helldiver forces regained the initiative in the front. The effort to liberate Martale was slow at first, but with the rapid recapture of Marfark during Operation Cassiopeia, the planet began to see significant efforts towards liberation. On the 17th of April, 2184, The planet became the focal point of Helldiver attention with Marfark having been secured already. 
SEAF forces made swift progress to reclaim this world, despite the strong automaton presence. However on April 18th, A new major order was announced, shifting Helldiver attention to the Eastern Front at a time when the world was almost (85%) liberated. The planet fell out of strategic prominence and little progress was made in the early hours of April 18th. Some Helldiver forces began to shift their focus back towards the planet later in the day after the massive success on the Eastern Front against the terminids. 
==== The Martale Gambit (April 19th-20th, 2184) ====
In act of sinister synchronicity, both the Terminids and Automatons would launch large-scale offensives on April 19th, forcing the Helldivers to defend citizens on two fronts at once. The bots assaults on the western front would target Charon Prime and Marfark, with the FTL line of Martale enabling the latter offensive. However High Command realized that the Automaton Legions had made a critical error. In a stroke of strategic brilliance second to only the work of General Brasch himself, the idea to seize Martale to cut off supply lines to Charon Prime was proposed.
Charon Prime were reliant on FTL supply lines which went through the Martale system and that if the planet were liberated, then those supply lines would be cut, forcing the bots to abandon Charon Prime, effectively a reversal of the disaster that took place on Ubanea. This was also something of a gamble as although the planet was close to full liberation, the simultaneous attack across all fronts had stretched S.E.A.F. forces thin, the Helldivers included. By April 20th, Martale had reached 94.4% liberation before an Automaton assault on Meissa in the Ymir sector caused the Helldivers themselves to be cut off.
With supplies running low and the Helldivers unable to break the deadlock, S.E.A.F. forces on Martale were ordered to be evacuated. The Automatons would gain full control over the once free and beautiful world. 
=== Second Galactic War ===
==== Operation Andromeda ====
However, Martale's fate was not sealed. From April to July, Martale would be under Automaton Occupation as, in their unquencheable thirst for control, the Automatons over-extended their usurpation, spanning an odious fief that went from Vandalon IV to Merga IV, with Cyberstan as the tin man's maleficent heart.
This over-extension would prove to be the backdoor of the Automatons as the Helldivers successfully secured access to the Petafactory in Varylia 5, Database One in Wasat and the plans for the Intergalactic Battle Station in X-45. With the momentum behind them, and with the Terminids now contained once more after Operation Enduring Peace, Super Earth issued a major order that requested the liberation of Aesir Pass, Marfark, Matar Bay and Martale, all in hopes of splitting the overstretched robotic forces in half, turning the tide of war in Super Earth's favor.
The battle to retake Martale began on July 14th.
Our slain brethren awaits retribution, do not let them through.
==FTL Lines==
* Marfark
* Matar Bay (Established on April 9, 2184)
* Charon Prime
Category:Andromeda Sector
Category:Operation Andromeda