Operation Sword Breaker

### Result

ACS Tactical Victory in luring and destroying majority of the ONI forces partaking in the operation.

## Belligerents

Orion Nero Initiative
ACS Ground Forces

## Commanders and leaders

LTG. Coburn
LTC. Townsend †
Cpt. Turner †
1SG. Maretti †

Moses Keeli †

## Strength

ONI Army
Sky Legion
JSOC
ONI Navy

ACS Ground Force
ACS Air Force

## Casualties

3,000+ OEC soldiers
25+ JSOC
20+ C-7E Stallion

5,000+ ACS troopers

### Chapters

· Ch35: *Siege of Atlas*
· Ch36: *Danger Close*
· Ch38: *Showdown at Aracuna*
· Ch39: *Critical Intelligence*
· Ch40: *Tip of the Spear*
· Ch41: *Kill Zone*
· Ch42: *Search and Rescue*
· Ch43: *Pandora's Box*
· Ch44: *Aftermath*

**Operation Sword Breaker**, informally known as the **battle of Marita**, is a joint military operation conducted by the Orion Expeditionary Corps to attack the Koven Province in order to create an opening for the Orion Nero Initiative to invade Alvitr.

## Background and Development

The brass of the ONI Army draw up plans to attack the province of Koven in hopes at opening a front to attack Alvitr while the Alvitr Central Security were distracted by their sudden disruption of Alkania supplies. Operation Sword Break is effectively broken down into three phases:

1. **Phase 1:** The neutralisation of all ACS-occupied Koven cities and towns on the Atlanta mainland
2. **Phase 2:** Infiltration of Aracuna by JSOC units to disrupt ACS radio towers and operating bases to make way for the invasion of Marita
3. **Phase 3:** The Battle of Marita and the attempted capture of Moses Keeli

## Execution of the operation

### Phase 1

Elements of the 2nd Naval Fleet, 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, and 1st Armoured Brigade Combat Team sweep through cities and towns of the Koven Province located on the mainland. Atlas is the last city that the ONI forces need to clear, but unlike the other cities and towns, the ACS forces try their best to hold the city, hiding within the shadows and using guerrilla tactics to better the ONI Force.

Just as the ONI forces are able to clear majority of the city, two ACS ICBMs are launched into the 2nd Naval fleet off the East coast of the city and destroying just under a quarter of the fleet's strength. After the devastating attack on the ONI Navy by the ICBMs, Phase 2 of the operation is launched effective immediately.

### Phase 2

Alpha Team, Stalker Six, and Demolitions Team 1 of the Joint Special Operations Command conduct a series of direct action raids on ACS positions on the Aracuna island as Phase 2 of the operation. Originally intended to raid the ACS radio station and operating base on the island to disable ACS communications in Marita, the ICBM attack on the ONI Navy and its location being tracked to Aracuna meant that one more objective was added to the team's list of objectives.

Stalker Six would HALO jump close to the island first, executing a direct action raid on the ACS Radio station first before Alpha team would insert into the island with Demo Team 1 and destroy the two ICBM silos. Upon completion of both objectives, all three JSOC teams would regroup at the ACS operation base. After seizing the base, the S-O-D units conduct a site exploitation which revealed that Moses Keeli was in Marita, most likely having the Yanko Mark II superweapon with him. The S-O-D try to conduct the invasion strike force of Marita but to no avail.

### Phase 3

Elements of the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team and 2nd Tank Battalion move into the city of Marita as the first wave of the invasion strike team. Being deployed throughout the city, the OEC soldiers are able to disrupt enemy defences and positionings, allowing for a quick and decisive win over most of the city.

By the second hour of the operation, Special Operations Detachment units and the 2nd Parachute Regiment of the Sky Legion fly in via MH-20 Samson and MH-16 Paladin as part of the second wave to extract a HVI holding out in the saferoom of the ONI Headquarters - Koven Branch. While the Samson and Paladin flight group is attacked by a flight of AE-57G Growlers, Bravo Team and Charlie Team jump out and make their way to the ONI building via glider wingsuits. After successfully locating the ONI Governor, the S-O-D teams help extract her and her staff out of the city.

Once the ONI Governor and her staff are successfully extracted out of the city, Bravo Team is called upon to the Aden Enterprise Building where OEC soldiers have spotted Keeli on the observation deck at the top of the tower. Not being able to contact any command unit outside of the city and having no WMD Counterproliferations teams in the area, Bravo Team decide to move in on the Aden Building with specific orders to kill Moses if capturing him was not possible. Reaching the observatory deck on the 86th floor of the building, the operators of Bravo Team realise what they had gotten themselves in, and that there was no way they could stop Moses not the detonating of the Yanko Mark II. As a result, Moses activates the superweapon, killing not only himself and the soldiers in Marita, but also wiping the entire island off the face of the planet.

## Assets

ONI Army

* 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team
* 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team
* 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team
* 1st Armoured Brigade Combat Team
* Combat Aviation Brigade
* Special Operations Detachment
* Special Combat Aviation Regiment

Sky Legion

* 1st Operations Fighter Group

ONI Navy

* 2nd Naval Fleet