The conduits of lustre (Scleratic Invasion)

The conduits of lustre are a series of battles that took place during the Scleratic Invasion of Welt.
The conduits of lustre was the front line where the advance of the Extra-Weltians known as the Sclera were halted by the scrambling of UKM/MTH regular armies on the border of Khazzzan and Thamdoril.
==The failed capture of Morfaldir==
Following the Immolation of Khazzan, a line of defense was implanted by the Thamdoril elected kingdom along with the Khazzanan government in exile. The Thamdoril regular army quickly started its invasion efforts, by sending advance Fireteams to facilitate the main forces advance.
Fireteam Drakeshield was launched via deployment catapult, its mission was to plant a radio beacon to signal a drop zone and assist the inserted troops, behind the Extra-Weltian aggressors. Once the beacon was placed and the reinforcements arrived, the next objective was to capture Morfaldir.
Capturing Morfaldir meant destroying the three Attack dogs (the name given to the smaller Extra-weltian walker variants, who use whips to grab and attack, and are very good at drawing out infantry from hiding spots) that patrolled the city, Anoplura units (Small slug like robots that cleaned the battlefields of bodies, shells and other refuse) and any other resistance while doing so. 
Eventually Drakeshield and the troops take momentary control of the town, but must then defend Morfaldir against the counterattack of Attack dogs and previously never seen Extra-Weltian infantry troops trying to take back the town. This battle is the first sighting of the Extra-Weltians infantry troops, the sight of which would give them their future unofficial name, after their pale white eyes, the Sclera.
The inserted troops ultimately fail in their objective and must retreat back to the conduits, they are chased back to the headquarters near the small village of Bhornfuruhm where they eventually lose their pursuers.
==Insertion into castle Greathand==
A second insertion is attempted but the troop carriers of Fireteam Metalflayer are shot down, the survivors regroup to destroy the Extra-weltian particle flag guns (PFG).
The troops learn of the capture of castle Greathand by a survivor, she tells them that Captain Ludrout Deepjaw, and Science Major Siteal Coinchin are held prisoner there, and lead an assault. The inside of the castle’s prison is protected by strange spitting and biting plants (Maggotbane and Brain Maggots plants). The extraction of the prisoners is succesful, however the captain and others of the rescue team are infected with Brain Maggots that go undetected, courtesy of the Dalmer’s limited medical research.
==Oak and Stone Canal==
The freeing of the captain and the major gives the team the vital information that they should liberate Alebraid Bridge over the Oak and Stone Canal, as it is a crucial supply line for the distribution of Anoplura units to the Sclera front, as they are suspected to be the Scleras means of getting food.
Naturally, the Sclera return to recapture the bridge, the Dalmer Fireteam Chainpike wait until most of the Sclera units are massed onto the bridge, then blow up the bridge. The Sclera are then seemingly drowned in the river.
However, a terrifying bellow is heard and a mysterious gas chokes the warriors forcing the Dalmer to flee as the ground trembles from massive footsteps heard from the other side of the river.
==Sabotage on Elder’s dam==
Intelligence from scouts teach that attack dogs have massed near the Elder’s dam upriver. Local maps teach that the underground Malefhun airfield is close by to the local Elders dam where the Sclera have installed PFG’s. The main objective for Fireteam Granitejaw is to use the PFG’s to destroy the attack dogs below the dam’s position, and then secure the airfield.
Once there they find the dam heavily defended and the stealth aspect of the mission is tossed out the window, the soldiers bait the Scleratic infantry so as to destroy anti-aircraft guns and electrical generators, causing the dam to open and flood the attack dogs below. The Dalmer use the airships at the airfield as a means to escape, piloted by airship conductor Botolin Oakenmail.
==Battle for Bottlehide Square==
The major city of Horns Helm comes under attack by the Sclera, the soldiers from the conduits of lustre are sent in to distract the Sclera while the civilians flee. The deployment of Sniper team Shatterhead and Fireteam Warmbrew is a debacle due to errors in the drop zones and communication issues between fireteams. As such the soldiers were told to aid the fleeing civilians in the city limits until the allies arrive so the UKM forces can push deeper into Horns Helm.
The famous Bottlehide square is occupied by many Sclera units who use it as a stockpile for Anoplura wares, a well placed ordnance strike and sniper fire from the UKM reinforcements manage to clear the square of Sclera, marking the first real victory of the Dalmer over the Sclera since the beginning of the invasion. The news of this shocks the Dalmer as the Sclera clearly have no desire to retake the square, and allow the Dalmer to take the corpses of Sclera and Anoplura carcasses to study. A fireteam is detached to escort the science cargo safely to Science Major Coinchin. To do this, the fireteam reactivates the city’s train system and delivers the cargo to the Science Major in Bhornfurum.
==Operation attack dog trumpet==
Following the discovery that the Sclera are apparently afraid of Dalmer ordnance, they decide to test the theory by setting up an artillery spotter position deep inside the city (while Ordnance Operator Fognirika Bluntgrip provides the fire) where attack dogs have been seen.
To avoid the streets, they go through the sewers, only to find that they are infested with Anoplura units and their Scleratic masters. Fireteam Warmbrew manage to pull through via stealth tactics but realize that the spotters will be unable to be resupplied via the sewers. The spotters mark as many of the attack dogs as they can but must leave as they have been discovered and must flee to avoid being killed by the splash damage of the incoming ordnance. The fireteam suffers from morale issues as they do not even know if the ordnance was ultimately effective against the Attack dogs, and knowing that they can no longer use the sewers as they will be crawling with Sclera by the same time tomorrow. Corporal Godmeac Heartbone would ponder the significance of the invasion as a manifestation of Dalmer hubris in later memoirs.
==Horns helm tank assembly==
Reports from the ditch of renown (the second front of the war) say that armored units, which the conduits of lustre severely lack, are resistant to the Scleratic PFG’s, and resistant to a degree to the whips of the Attack dog. The leadership denies the conduits request for land ships citing that there is a usable land ship factory in Horns Helm.
The objective for Fireteam Aleforge was not to storm the city with the landships, but to smuggle as many of them as possible with the help of the land ship pilots to the conduit for later use, using the railway system.
Upon arriving the Dalmer are happy to see that the machines did not fail at any point and the storage facility is full of ready to use land ships, however, refugees are nearby the factory, and the soldiers decide to distract the attack dogs long enough for the land ship pilots to take the refugees to safety using the land ships. The fireteam manages to return to the conduit without too many casualties.
==Assault on Fort Loduhr==
As the landship squad Thunderarmor arrive at the conduits, the armored units are coated with a solution made from the metal used by the Sclera war machines, called Victiferrous, using a stolen PFG shows that the land ship’s new coat, when coupled with Dalmer energy shields are effective at deflecting the weapon.
Leadership then orders the taking of Horns Helm, Fireteam Chainpike and the land ship pilots easily destroy the attack dogs and infantry, clearing it of Scleratic infantry and artillery emplacements. The pilots arrive before the towns fort, fort Loduhr, and raid it, eliminating enemy troops and anti-land ship defenses with vicious efficiency, at this point the same gas that was seen at Alebraid bridge is observed, and the bellow is heard once again, an enormous Scleratic variant appears, radio comms inform that it's an Ardeidae (Heavy variant of the smaller attack dog units.).
Land ship squad Thunderarmour attack the walker and despite 80% losses they defeat the Ardeidae. Horn’s Helm is freed from the Sclera who flee to the countryside to their entrenchments in a nearby installation.
==Siege of rocket installation Odestro==
Intelligence recon drones find where the Sclera are retreating, and find, shortly before being shot down by PFG’s, an installation where the Sclera are building strange rocket like machines protected by bunkers, closer inspection show that these rockets are not meant for transport and fireteams are sent to destroy the three rockets before they can launch.
Leadership recognizes the seriousness of the situation, and sends three full platoons (the aptly named 1st 2nd and 3rd platoon) and the 1st and 2nd victiferrous land ship squads to destroy the facility, the push works, and the fire team gets up to the roof of the newly named Odestro facility so the victory banner can be raised.
The true nature of the Odestro rockets was never discovered and is one of the many mysteries of the invasion. 
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