Invasion of Mesa

The Invasion of Mesa was the incursion into the Mesa System by the Tenth Fleet of the Grand Alliance following the surrender of the Mesan Space NavyThe invasion of Mesa was not a direct part of the Solarian-Manticoran War..
== Prelude ==
In response to the machinations of the Mesan Alignment, and its efforts to destabilize the Talbott Quadrant of the Star Empire of Manticore and instigate a war between the Star Empire and the Solarian League, Admiral Michelle Henke decided to move preemptively against the Mesa System to eliminate it as a continuing threat.
In the aftermath of the Second Battle of Manticore, President Eloise Pritchart and Secretary of War Thomas Theisman chose to dispatch the Second Fleet of the RHN, commanded by Admiral Lester Tourville and detached from service with the Grand Alliance's Grand Fleet, to reinforce Tenth Fleet.
Meanwhile on Mesa, General Thandi Palane of the Kingdom of Torch and Havenite Foreign Intelligence Service agent Victor Cachat, were in the midst of an open Seccy revolt following a series of nuclear terrorist attacks on the planet by purported Audubon Ballroom extremists in the Alignment's Operation Houdini. (, , )
== Aftermath ==
With the surrender of the Mesan Space Navy's Task Force OneAdmiral Josephine Siminetti commanding. Tenth Fleet moved into the orbit of the planet. Once their units settled into orbit, however Mesan Alignment leader Albrecht Detweiler activated the final blow of the Operation Houdini, detonating a series of nuclear charges around the planet and the system in the Mesan Atrocity and killing himself, his wife, and millions of other Mesan citizens. ()
== References ==
Category:Havenite Battles
Category:Manticoran Battles
Category:Mesan Battles