FSRB Chpt 184

==The Federated Suns Reborn - Chapter 184==
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October 3070Ceasefire
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===Cause and Effects of a Ceasefire===
With the ceasefire in effect a certain calm descends upon the newly conquered and contested worlds that the AFFS has seized from the Draconis Combine. However, that calm doesn't mean that things are uneventful. Across the entire front the High Command takes advantage of the ceasefire to rush production forward, refill existing supply depots and begin building new ones on the newly conquered worlds. Additional infantry brigades, many fresh from training, are deployed forward to help with continuing pacification and integration efforts.
One of the most obvious and open examples of this is the formal formation of the Proserpina PDZ. While a few voices suggest that perhaps the open formation of the PDZ from seized worlds while negotiations are still ongoing might be precipitous, it is felt by most to be a show of strength. At this stage there is exactly zero chance that the Federated Sun's is likely to give back these worlds at the peace conference after all. Combined with the formation of the PDZ the Proserpina DMM is formally added to the rolls of the AFFS. Largely consisting of a handful of DMM officers drawn from other March Militia formations and some walking wounded from front line commands who are considered prime candidates for forming the core of this new unit it hovers at a little over 30% strength - although the infantry brigade has nearly double that strength. Few if any natives of the PDZ are currently serving within the unit but the hope is that this can be rectified as soon as reliable personnel can be identified and trained. At the same time Duke Sandoval begins the earliest steps in forming and organizing the future Dieron PDZ and Dieron DMM - consisting of the worlds of the former Dieron Prefecture that the AFFS have conquered. Dieron's still forming Planetary Guard is considered a prime source of personnel for the future DMM, which remains entirely a paper formation unlike the Proserpina DMM. 
Even as this is ongoing, a number of badly mauled units see a trickle of returning veteran soldiers and see their strength increasing as troopers who have been wounded return to the colors along with new troops from the various recruiting and training units. While this has been ongoing even at the worst of the fighting, for the first time there isn't a steady drain on these regiments and regimental combat teams from being in combat. Not all of the wounded troopers returning to active duty find themselves heading back to the same regiment they were serving with before they were med-evacuated out - instead the High Command priorities reinforcing several elite formations who's combat strength had dropped below what New Avalon considers acceptable in order to get the best out of these veteran troops. For instance the 1st FedSun's Dragoons RCT and 1st Lexington Combat Guards RCT both see their numbers swelled by roughly a company of returning troops in an effort to return both to combat capable commands. 
The first wave of reinforcements for Field Marshal Sortek on Hesperus II are dispatched from within the Federated Suns. The 1st Capellan Dragoons, 3rd Ceti Hussars RCT, and 26th Avalon Hussars RCT are all ordered under heavy escort to Hesperus. The 3rd FedSun's Dragoons RCT and at least one additional regiment drawn from the New Syrtis Fusiliers Brigade are also being considered for a rapid redeployment. Prince Victor has also discussed with Duke Sandoval that the 5th Robinson Rangers RCT might be moved from Dieron given it's proximity and elite status and being nearly at full strength. While Duke Sandoval is happy to consider the deployment he is understandably nervous about deploying a unit of "his" brigade away from his March while the war with the Combine remains unresolved. Still Dieron is heavily defended (even if still contested) and the First Prince points out that if the 5th is deployed he will give assurances that the Davion Assault Guards will remain in the siege. With that assurance the Duke with good grace agrees to give his support to the redeployment of the former Narhal's Raiders who now make up the 5th Rangers to Hesperus in November.
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===Nova Cat Migration===
The Clan Nova Cat forces and civilians for most of October prepare to move forward from Cussar to their new homes in the Periphery region of the Federated Suns. This changes however when word comes from Verde of the treacherous attack. Immediately the Khans begin reorganizing their forces. While a large force of warships and Clusters will continue to escort the Civilian Castes to their new homes the bulk of their forces begin to prepare to launch a campaign against the WOB. It is telling that they contact the First Prince on Robinson and enter into negotiations for joint campaigns - although they stop short at this time from placing themselves under his command...
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===Clan Sun Jaguars Reaction to Verde incident===
The same cannot be said for Clan Sun Jaguar. As soon as Khan Nevversan hears word of the attack and that some of her Clan have died on the ground having went to the world to help prepare supplies for Clan Nova Cat. She places the entirety of her Touman under the command of the First Prince. All she asks is that she be allowed to lead her warriors against the dezgra scum who have launched this cowardly attack. The First Prince gratefully accepts and requests she join him on Robinson to help him plan how best to use her Clan's elite warriors in his campaign. She arranges for the CSJ Rebirth - her Clan's Black Lion Class flagship which had been refitted at Arcadia with the help of her own Tech and Scientist Caste to a brand new and much deadlier standard to join her over Robinson. While officially this is the third Black Lion design, the Clan and FedSuns designers and officers have agreed that it be designated at the Black Lion II due to the fact that the original Black Lion cruiser has largely been forgotten and the Black Lions have never been known as IIs. 
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===Developments in Industry===
On Wei the first two Sparrowhawk Light Aerospace Fighter production lines enter production for Jalastar Aerospace. While the first line was supposed to enter production some months ago there had been serious delays due to quality control issues. However these have now mostly been resolves and both lines enter production almost within hours of each other. At the same plant the Centurion battlemech line which had suffered from the same issues as the initial Sparrowhawk line enters limited production. While it will be a month or two before the plant is capable of producing a full battlemech it is now producing large amounts of spare parts. 
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===Comstar Attack Preparations===
Interim-Primus Dow finds his will largely thwarted by Precentor Martial Focht during October, with the old warrior refusing to support a large scale attack from the ComGuards on their own without the support of their FedSuns allies - with the large scale support of much of the ComGuards higher ranking officers. However, the attack upon Verde swings some of the officers to agreeing to Dow's proposal. As a compromise Focht agrees to deploy several large scale formations in preparation for an attack - with the assurance that such attacks will not be launched without their allies knowledge and support. 
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===Troubles in the Lyran Alliance===
Within the Lyran Alliance, a shock wave of alarm reverberates through the civilian population when word is leaked that Crusader led Clan Wolf's warships have deployed into the outer system of the Arcturus system. There are no Lyran warships to oppose them and for now the Wolf ships prowl around the system attempting to prevent further reinforcements and supplies from reaching the defenders. 
The Lyran public is further shaken when word of the sheer damage to Hesperus begins to filter out. The industrial heart of their realm has clearly been wrecked, and while other production parts remain operating the long standing tradition of seeing Hesperus as not only inviolate but also as the key military-industrial facility backfires badly on morale within the Lyran Alliance. Assurances from the government and from other facilities that they can continue to supply the LAAF are only half believed at best and there is a marked drop in recruitment to the LAAF.
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===Troubles in the Free Worlds League space===
The WOB take advantage of this shaken LAAF to attack Oliver on the 24th of October. The defending 13th Donegal Guards immediately fall back from the Lyran's last occupied system within the former League without firing a shot. The commanding officer of the 13th explains his reasoning that he strongly suspected he might come under nuclear attack and that he thought it best to preserve his unit at the current time. Oliver however isn't returned to the League or any of it's successor states, but is instead directly occupied by the WOB Protectorate. 
Captain-General Corrine Marik, busy fighting the Regulans within her own Marik Commonwealth contacts Marshal Jeremy Brett and suggests a rapprochement. In return for the Marshal supporting her candidacy she will recognize his "Grand Duchy of Tamarind-Abbey" and name him Warden of the Lyran Front, second only to her within the FWLM. She also hints that were he to support her she might break with the WOB and also support the integration of Bolan, Dixie, and Cavanaugh into his Grand Duchy. Jeremy Brett doesn't turn her down, but he doesn't agree immediately. He sends his wife Therese Marik to meet with her niece to discuss "terms".
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===Taurians continue to adjust new Normal===
The Taurian Concordant see's trade between it's various worlds begin to pick up more and more with the introduction of domestically produced Merchant class jumpships. While many hawks within the government and military continue to push for more investment in rebuilding the shattered military the government instead priorities adding more domestic civilian dropship production. The increase funds from internal trade and remaining military-industrial facilities do allow them to add a 3rd Taurian Pride regiment to the III Corp while continuing to rebuild existing formations. They also continue to maintain funding for the excellent Ecole Militaire, so keeping the supply of troops and officers to the Taurian Defense Force of a uniformly high quality. While tensions between the Concordat and the Federated Suns continue to be high there is even talk of some cadet exchanges between the Ecole Militaire and NAIS or Albion.
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