Helghast Third Army

* The Commander
* Armin Metrac
* **900,124** *(During Operation Vengeance)*

**The Helghast Third Army**, or the **Third Shock Army**, under the command of General Joseph Lente, was probably the most well-armed unit of all the Helghast forces during the Second Extrasolar War.

The Helghast Third Army was widely credited for the Helghast Victory on Vekta, along with ongoing victories as part of the Helghast's Alpha Centauri campaign, despite losing a couple of times during the Border Campaign.

The Third Army was able to succeed in crushing the First Rebellion on Vekta, that was led by Jan Templar, and was also credited for successfully holding Helghan during the ISA UCA joint Invasion.

The Third Army was destroyed by October 15th 2364, during the Battle of Sorola Sun, and was widely praised by Scolar Visari as the heroes of Helghan.

## ***History***

### **Second Extrasolar War**

#### **Invasion of Vekta**

The Helghast Third Army's first Operation was conducted against Vekta on August 11th, 2357, which in turn begun the Second Extra War, where a large Helghast Fleet carrying over 300,000 Eite trained Helghast Third Army forces Invaded the planet, catching the ISA forces in complete surprise.

Thanks to the Helghast collaborator General Stuart Adams, the Third Army bypassed the ISA's orbital defenses and made planetfall, quickly overwhelming unprepared ISA ground forces and capture several strategic locations, including ISA Central Command.

However one city during the day of the Invasion was able to resist the Helghast Third Army for the past 14 hours where it was said that ISA forces were so heavily entrenched that they were able to withstand and beat back about 4 Helghast attacks in the countryside.

The tide would soon turn against the ISA when an Unidentified Commander of the Third Army was able to successfully launch the fifth wave of the assault on the city, where the Third Army was able to enter the city after breaking through the outer perimeter overrunning about 98% of the city of Varagrosa, which was the city that was able to withstand the Helghast Third Army for the past 14 hours.

However the ISA would make a final stand within the heart of the city in order to try and evacuate out of the city of Varagrosa, through the use of ground transports that were on the way, but the actions of the Third Army, prevented the ISA from escaping the city, while at the same time destroyed the ISA convoy that was sent to retrieved the trapped ISA units within the ruins, where by August 12th, 2357, the city was placed on Helghast control, and was claimed as the official landing zone for the Third Army during the Invasion of Vekta. As the days progressed, the Third Army were able to make more gains on Vekta despite hardships conducted by heavy ISA Resistance.

On August 13th, 2357, the Third Army were able to assault and occupy a valuable shipyard within the Port of Modust, where afterwards they would then make their way into the Crasisus Ocean and Assault an ISA stronghold on the Island of Ithicus, which was said to hold the largest amount of ISA forces on Vekta. Despite heavy fighting, the Third Army was able to crush the Island and claim the fortress on August 14th, forcing the

During the course of the campaign by August 17th, 2357, the Third Army was also able to claim sanctuary on the SD platform, where General Lente decided to establish his headquarters at the time during the early days of the Invasion, where General Voughton of the ISA ground forces would soon be lured up into a trap by General Adams before getting executed on the Station, however General Adam's plot was soon discovered by Jan Templar thanks to the actions of Hakha, but at this point the discovery came too late, as Voughton was both killed, and the ISA fortress was destroyed by the SD Platform, where not long after more cities among Vekta were targeted by Adams in the SD Platform, where later that same day, the Third Army would blitz the city of Uricodia, that was known to have been the only city untouched by the War since the Helghast landed 6 days ago back on August 11th, 2357.

By the mid events of the Occupation on August 20th, Jan Templer was able to organize his squad mates Shadow Marshal Luger, Hakha, and Rico Vesquez, in order to use asymmetric warfare against the Third Army, causing chaos among Helghast territory, including the destruction of a Code-3.3 Firebase within the swamp, and even the loss of both a vital bridge, and even an entire battalion of the Third Army.

As a result of this though, on that same day on August 20th, 2357 the Third Army retaliated against the ISA by launching a genocidal campaign against the of Jophery, where the Third Army were able to crush a huge point in the ISA defenses to the South of Veikta City, before then continuing their offensive into the countryside where they would later destroy all signs of Farming areas around the region.

With the Earth Fleet getting closer towards Vekta, Templar and his squad had planned to make their way towards the Helghast Controlled Uplink in order to make their way up to the SD Platform, in order to stop Adams from destroying the Earth Fleet, but as a result of this, Templar and his squad would have to move towards the Missile Base in order to obtain transportation.

Knowing that he was getting embarrassed among the Helghast, after his ambush failed a day ago on August 19th, 2357 and Templar's team emerged unscathed, Adams loses his position to take down Templar's squad, as it was revealed that this show of failure prompted Lente to personally confront Templar and his team, and implied to Adams that Visari will lose favor for the ISA traitor.

Adams eventually lost his anger by repeatedly smashing his underling's head for bringing news of Templar's team's continued success of hindering the Helghast invasion, but once Templar and his squad reach the missile base, despite putting up a good resistance including almost escaping, he and the four of his squad mates are captured by General Lente due to the actions of the unidentified Commander, who lead the Third Army during this skirmish on the Missile Base, further allowing the Third Army to get a bit of a break from Templar's antics, along with strongly Impressing General Lente, and Adams losing his temper and destroying small sections of his office, knowing that now his reputation is forever tarnished thanks to Lente actually succeeding where he could not.

The Third Army resumed its operations by August 21st, 2357, following Templar's Squad being captured and placed in a tight lock facility on Cortex island, where they couldn't escape, where under the orders of a now calmed down General Adams, orders most Third Army forces to launch a massacre of the smaller settlements on Vekta, but the biggest and devastating assault would occur on the city of Osiris, when the Third Army wiped the whole city out clean of all ISA presence, this was eventually revealed to have been an attempt by General Adams to get out all of his anger, but at the same time would leave Third Army General Lente laughing on how desperate he is becoming to prove himself to the Helghast, and trying to regain his reputation as an ISA traitor to Visari.

When the Earth Fleet arrived that same day on August 21st, 2357, Adams engaged the fleet with the SD Platform, where a fresh Helghast fleet that was hidden behind one of Vekta's moons, and was also responsible for provided reinforcements for all the lives lost thanks to Templars antics, engaged in space, during this engagement, the UCA fleet was able to orbital drop forces onto Vekta in hopes of shifting the balance of power in favor of the now weakened and battered ISA units, but due to mis drops in 2 separate locations the THird ARmy were able to hunt down the reinforcements and pinned them down within both Rechora Field, and the Town of Otagus, further eliminating the UCA's only chance at providing a beachhead on the planet, and further ending the Ground engagement on Vekta, as 3 hours later the Third Army consumed the rest of Vekta.

In Space, the UCA Fleet was outnumbered and outgunned to the point that only one ship was able to escape the planet unscathed, where not long after victory for the Third Army had prevailed on Vekta, brining one of Scolar Visari's vision into reality.

#### **Post Vekta**

After crushing the final remnants of the ISA forces on the surface, the Third Army was granted to be the superior battalion of the Helghast Empire, and was allowed to claim Vekta as their own, by Visari as a reward for their victory, on reclaiming a planet that was lost during the First extrasolar War.

In the immediate aftermath of Vekta, General Adams the ISA Traitor along with his crew were sent to Helghan in front of Scolar Visari where they granted their thanks for their efforts only to be betrayed and executed by General Lente, while Vasari and the rest of Helghan watched.

After Execution Adams body along with all the other SD Platform workers, that were under his command were then thrown into the Helghan wasteland where there bodies would both wrot and become a meal for the giant insects on Helghan.

By September 1st, 2357 Operation Vengeance would then be initiated as part of Helghan's strategy in order to journey there way from the Alpha Centauri system, toward the Solar System where they plan to Invade Earth, as a form of retaliation towards the fall of Vekta in the First Extrasolar War.

#### **Operation Vengeance**

##### **Fall of Aliosho**

Just 20 hours following the initiation of Operation Vengeance, the planets surrounding Vekta immediately came under fire from a Helghast Blitz that was set to pave the way for the great Helghast march to the Solar System.

While the course of this surprise Invasion took the ISA off guard, the Third Army was called up to Invade Aliosho, a neutral planet that was credited of being the closest planet towards the Alpha Centauri border section, including the 5 border planets that separate the Alpha Centauri System from the Solar System.

The Third Army's main objective was to Invade the planet in order to establish a beachhead for the 45th Helghan Airborne Core, but due to delays caused by intensive ISA and UCN fleets in the area that had attempted to break the Helghast assault, forced the Third Army to occupy Aliosho on their own, while the bulk of their reinforcements prevented the ISA from reinforcing there defenders on the ground.

After about 10 days, the Third Army was able to conquer the planet of Aliosho, but as a result of the ground campaign the ISA fleet was able to breach the Helghast blockade at a weak spot, further forcing the Helghast to dig in on several sectors of the planet, where they would hold off waves of ISA ground counter attacks.

Though the Third Army were able to hold off the ISA for about 24 minutes on the outer perimeter, they were then forced to retreat towards the city of Lioshio, where they then hold the city with the use of heavy armor, that was provided by the Helghast fleet above, the city is claimed and the Third Army are soon forced to retreat a second time towards Ikirtio Fortress, that was deemed to be the final point of retreat on Aliosho, and that losing the fortress would result in the planet being taken back by the ISA.

Despite being hit from multiple directions from within the ruined landscape of No Mans Land, General Lente and the Third army were able to hold Aliosho Fortress until the morning of October 14th, 2357, which at this point Helghast reinforcements sent from Helghan were able to arrive and over run the ISA counter attack in orbit and reclaim the territory that the Third Army lost in the hours of the ISA Counter attack.

As a result of Aliosho's fall on November 23rd, 2357, the Helghan Empire immediately began its advance towards the border planets, while General Lente and the Third Helghan Army were ordered back to mob up the remaining resistance on Aliosho.

##### **Siege of Toga & Euripides**

The Third Army, would eventually be called again, during the Helghast Drive to Earth, where they would be responsible for launching the Invasions of the UCN colony worlds of both Toga, and Euripides in 2358, due to a large bulk of the Helghast Invasion being bogged down at Zeronus, the Third Army was left alone to assault and conquer both worlds.

Although the Third Army was able to claim Euripides, they failed to occupy Toga, due to fresh ISA reinforcements arriving, where it was eventually revealed that the entire Helghast garrison that Invaded Zeronus, was destroyed by the same counterattack, weeks prior.

##### **First Attempt at Forge**

While fighting was occurring at Euripides and Toga, Scolar Visari had his eyes set on the Icy world of Forge, a planet that was located about 24 light years from the border planets, and was also known to house one of the largest Earth dry docks in the Alpha Centuari section.

A victory on Forge would not only allow the Helghast Empire a chance to acquire one of the biggest dry docks in the Alpha Centuari system, but also allow them a quick blitz against the border worlds before the ISA *(whom at the time was defending Euripides and Toga)* could react.

Appointing General Armin Metrac, a General who was responsible for multiple victories during the early stages of the Helghast expansion beyond Vekta, the Third Army launched a planetary blitz of the snow world of Forge, where despite a couple of weeks of non stop victories, the tide soon turned when the newly established United Earth coalition got involved, and reinforced the planet.

The tide soon turned against the Third Army when newly created experimental Land battleships were introduced in 2359, further allowing the UEC a chance to wrestle back control of Forge and force the Third Army off the planet, while also killing General Armin Metrac in the process.

Despite a huge and disasters defeat after 25 days of fighting on Forge, Command of the Third Army's second half that was being led by General Armin Metrac was returned back to General Lente 6 days later on July 8th, 2359.

##### **Fall of Monastery**

Despite both failures occurring at both Toga and Forge, the Third Army was later called in order to Invade Monastary, a UCN colony world, and vital munitions planet, that provided the ISA and UCN forces with resources and naval vessels.

Upon arriving on the planet, after the first Invasion, that was led by Jorhan Stahl failed, General Lente was ordered to Invade the planet instead, with joint efforts alongside Stahl and Admiral Orlock. With the joint forces conducted by both Orlock's navy, and Stahl's ground forces, the Third Army led the spear head in the fall of Monastery, eventually overrunning the entire planet within 10 days. Upon this victory, ISA General Neville, was executed by the order of Lente, while the rest of the Third Army was ordered to commence mop ups of the entire planet, by this time in 2359, General Lente, was then ordered to commence a full scale Invasion of the Planet Runekara, that was considered to be the only colony in the ISA and UCN, blocking the Helghast from Invading the Solar System.

However the Third Army was ordered to turn around and return to Vekta, due to the planet being lost to a planet wide uprising that begun on March 1st, 2360, and was quickly overrunning the 82nd, Pyrrhus Corps, by March 18th, 2360, this event would force Lente to return to Vekta, while the Helghan 28th Battalion Invaded Runescape in their place as the fifth wave.

##### **Return to Vekta**

Upon returning to Vekta, the Third Army immediately had to clear a landing zone within the planet surface, as it was stated that the Helghast 48th Battalion had lost multiple sectors on the planet, where as a result would force the Third Army to land in direct contact with Vektan Resistance forces who had prepared captured Anti Air guns ready to fire upon Third Army Overlord Dropships, as soon as they would see them.

However the 48th Battalion was able to counter attack a small section of the region on the other side of the Morkus Sea, allowing the Third Army, to land a small strike force on the field, in order to send an attack against the Rebel Anti Air Guns across the sea, in order to clear the way for the rest of the Third Army to land on Vekta. As a result of clearing the first branch of Anti Air Guns on the field, the Third Army, was able to clear the skies allowing a large amount of Overlord Dropships to deploy Third Army forces onto the beaches of Vagasun, where despite heavy fire conducted by the Rebellion, the Third Army was able to breach passed the walls and destroy the final four captured Anti Air guns, further establishing a landing Zone on Vekta so that the rest of the Third Army could deploy on the planet.

As a result of the deployment of the entire Third Army at Vagasun, the Third Army was able to break through the outer defenses of the Codex Ridge, where they were able to overrun the suburbs and enter the city of Varagrosa, where as a result of the successful blitz strike, the Third Army was able reclaimed the city of Vargrossa, from the Vekta Resistance, once again establishing their former headquarters and staging area on Vekta.

After the reclamation of Varagrosa, the Third Army went as far as to defending allied Helghast forces near the formal ISA headquarters, before eventually advancing along the roads into the swamps, where with the use of their Hover APC's they conducted search and destroy missions for hidden Vektan Resistance fighters hidden in the swamps.

Unfortunately, this plan backfired, as Third Army soldiers who were responsible for escorting a convoy of Helghast Imperial forces from the 21 Armored Shock Battalion, were ambushed in the swamps by Vektan Insurgent rebels hidden within the woods, this in turn pinned down most of the Third Army forces in the region, promoting the Commander to send in reinforcements that was being covered by a single Hover APC.

Fighting their way through the murky waters of the Vektan swamps, the reinforcements were able to then break through a single Rebel barricade that had the pinned down Helghast forces trapped, but arrived too late to find them killed, and the 4 of the entire convoy devastated. Following the trail that the convoy was supposed to be, the Third Army was able to break through a Vektan Resistance outpost located within the deep swamps of Vekta, and successfully destroy an encampment, that was being used in order to both recruit and train Vektan citizens into resisting the Helghast Occupation.

Despite this major victory, the Vektan Resistance later responded by assault the Helghast Palance located within Vekta City, further forcing the Helghast Third Army to enter the fight and seize back control of Vekta City, where afterwards all Vektan Resistance survivors were executed in front of the people of Vekta, further causing panic within the Resistance, and causing some to break away, further weakening the Resistance's hold on certain areas on Vekta.

By March 22nd, 2360, the 20th day of the Uprising, Col Mael Redec's Elite Guards later landed on Vekta, in order to assist with the quelling of the Vekta rebellion, after the Third Army were able to retake the town of Novia, located in the Orchestra Mountain Range north of Vekta City, where not long after both elite groups would crush the Vektan Resistance controlled Helghast fortress at Marian Heights, further eradicating all Vektan Resistance forces within the North, further destroying the Vektans grip on their planet.

While Col Redec's Elite guard began to clean up the Resistance cells in the direct South, General Lente would focus the Third Army against the strongest entrenched Resistance fighters to the South, where after having to reclaim the Vektan farm settlement of Voihaller, were destroyed. However the Resistance would counter this by assaulting the Third Army's official field headquarters at Mercorus Ridge, forcing the forces of the Third Army to hold the base until Third Army Reinforcements could arrive from the East, after ejecting the Resistance from the Mage River. After being relieved by the THird Army Reinforcements, the Resistance that attacked the Third Army Field Headquarters would soon be forced back North, where they would be destroyed in the ruins of the old ISA fortress that was destroyed by the SD Platforms back during the Invasion of Vekta 3 years ago in August of 2357.

By March 29th, 2360, the Vektan Resistance now crumbling, and severely overwhelmed by the Helghast advancing against them on all fronts, by the Third Army, eventually made one last desperate attack against Vekta City, in hopes of boosting the moral of the now dying Vektan pride, the assault fails miserably as the Third Army was able to hold out, while Col Redec's Elite Guards were able to massacre the last Vektan Resistance base at Penrave Hill.

With their last headquarters gone, and the remaiments of their forces being trapped in Vekta City, the Resistance attempt to escape Vekta, including Juan Templar, Gregor Hakha, Rico Vasquez, and Luger, however the Third Army prevents these evacuations by taking control of the Vekta City space port, that had fallen earlier as part of the desperate last offensive against the Third Army, and preventing many of the Vektan Resistance forces from escaping offworld.

However despite reclaiming the space port, the 4 main leaders were able to conduct an assault against the port, and secure an experimental Helghast Hell Dropship, capable of flying into space. However the Third Army was able to counter the four leaders, damaging the one of the major dor systems forcing the dropship's doors to close rapidly, Rico, Templar and Hakha were able to make it aboard the Dropship, but were unable to save Luger, as the Shadow Marshal was able to allow her friends to escape, by holding off the Third Army, until eventually being gunned down to her death.

Despite the escape of 3 of the main leaders, Order was restored back on Vekta, with the Helghast now bringing in more stricter and deadlier laws against the Vektan people in hopes of no longer having to deal with the embarrassment of a second Uprising. Following the Uprising's end, General Lente, the Commander and the entire Third Army were granted as heros for the people of Helghan, but was ordered once again to leave Vekta and back into battle due to the events of the fifth Helghast Invasion of Runekara failing.

##### **The Runekara Campaign**

The Third Army arrived on Runekara on April 12th. 2360 where it was eventually stated by Col Redec, that over 15 helghast assaults conducted by the 5th army, the 23rd army, the 4th Echo Cores, and even the Pyhrrus battalion had been completely decimated due to the superior entrenchments of the ISA which was also warned a future prototype experimental that was also in development during the course of the last 5 months since the Helghast Invaded Runekara on May 11th, 2358.

It was also rumored by many Helghast soldiers participating in the Invasion that the ISA was creating multiple new machines of war through the Runekarian Factories located around the planets Canyon and Rocky Surface, where it was stated that the use of these newly created experimental tanks, that were witnessed in Battle during the first Assault conducted by the Phyrruss Heavy Battalion, where it had been proven to dominate any helghast armor that it comes into contact with, and that even the most heaviest of Armored tanks could not graze em.

The Third Army arrived Willian fields on April 13th, 2360, which was also considered the site of the graphic failed engagements conducted by multiple other Helghast battalions in the months prior to the Helghast Third Army arrival.

The Third Army was able to launch an assault alongside members of both the 51st helghast space corps and the Helghan Elite Guard forces commanded under Col Redec, during the course of the engagement which was said to have been the only entryway within the next rim of the canyon that leads to another large opening in the canyon, where it was eventually also stated that the ISA dominates teh skies through the use of powerful Air defenses, making it pointless and suicidal to launch airborne assaults in other sectors of Runekara, leaving only Willian Field the only area on the planet surface where the Helghast can entered the deep canyons.

Despite receiving heavy casualties during the initial airborne landing, prior to the ground engagement occurring on Willian Fields, the Helghast Third army was actually able to breach one section of the ISA defenses, that was shown to be a weak spot, finally tipping the tide of the battle after months of failure into the favor of the Helghast, and allowing the Third Army to overrun most of the ISA outer perimeter, while both the 51st Space Corps, and Elite Guard decimated the rest of the line, while using the Third Army's flanking assault to their advantage.

By April 14th, 2360, after conducting another full scale offensive against the final line within the Willian sector the Helghast forces were finally able to breach the outer perimeter and finally make their way into the inner canyons breaking out of Willian Fields.

While heavy fighting continued through the inner canyons and elsewhere on the planet, which had occured deeper within and farther away from the Willian Field area, the Third Army was then sent over to attack and decimate a vital ISA fortress, that was located within the Corolliou Hills that was known to also be a perfect idea spot for artillery emplacements to be planted for long range bombardments around the canyons.

While the ISA held the fortress, they were constantly pounding the Helghast ground forces within the Laurel Canyon section of Runekara, which was proving to cause the Helghast forces in the area to lose strength in assaulting ISA defenses in the area while also taking heavy casualties, promoting the Third Army to be sent in to clear it.

However if cleared and granted under the control of the Helghast, it could be used to pull off artillery strikes including airborne strikes against ISA forces within other sections of a canyon, that the Helghast ground forces could not get to.

Being heavily fortified, and heavily dug in on the hill, the Helghast Third Army had to fight their way through the rocks using anything available for cover, while making their way up the hill in order enter the walls, where most of the ISA were heavily entrenched with MG's and experimental wall cannons, including dual heavy cannons, that provided extreme heavy damage to the Third Army towards the point that even their Helghast Hover APC's had a problem maneuvering out of their range.

However the Helghast Third Army was able to destroy the major gate that was located within the rim of the fortress, before eventually entering it and securing the fortress while under heavy fire, but became subjected to a counteroffensive once the Third Army were able to place Artillery units, within the position and had to hold the fortress for at least up to 20 minutes before the fortress was forced to be evacuated and abandoned.

Noticing that the fort campaign had failed, due to heavy resistance conducted ISA forces within the region in mountainous areas of Golliaum, where Scolar visari, who was witnessing the battle from the Cortacus in space, advised General Lente, to inform the commander to send forces in order to attack and destroy vital bridge, that was located within the Mogosha Gorge area, that was set to be supplying the ISA with reinforcements, ammunition and supplies towards the frontlines.

The Helghast Third Army is able to succeed in this engagement by conducting a surprise offensive, at night on May 13th 2360, however, the attack backfires, when the helghast First Army then come face-to-face, with one of the prototype super tanks being unleashed by ISA forces who were desperate to keep the bridge intact.

While taking heavy damage, the Third Army was eventually able to lure the Super tank into a trap where it was eventually destroyed through the use of an Orbital bombardment, by Helghast Frigate that was able to make its way into ISA airspace, thanks to the AA defenses being temporarily put down, due to the 234th Hell Core Division.

With the Super tank destroyed, the Third Army would then return to assault the bridge, one final time, where they eventually succeeded in destroying it, serving reinforcement ties with the ISA within the canyon sectors.

However by May 25th, 2360 ISA attacks became more aggressive and more dangerous to the point that the Helghast had absolutely zero chance of holding the inner canyons, as over the past several weeks, since they broke out of the Willian Fields and entered the canyons they were unable to break through into the next corridor, even with the heavy bomber support, artillery support, and orbital bombardment, as the planets pour terrain made it nearly impossible for the barrages to actually hit their targets precisely and cause serious damage to ISA forces that were entrenched in them.

As the ground war was starting to fall apart, General Lente, then orders the Third Army to conduct a cover operation in order to defend the Helghast forces as they retreated, from the inner canyon back to Willian fields, which by then it was completely dug up and fortified.

As the third army is able to hold out for a grand total for about 25 minutes before eventually being forced to retreat do the overwhelming odds, while at the same time the ISA constantly hammered the area with non stop artillery barrages and even air strikes.

On June 1st 2360 the Third Army was ordered by General Lente to work alongside the Elite Guards into launching a full-scale counteroffensive against the ISA at Cronus Gorge that would finally bring pressure off of the Helghast forces within the other portions of the canyon, that were so far unable to evacuate and also allowed the Helghasts a chance to counter-attack and force themselves back into the canyon up towards next gorge.

Despite receiving heavy casualties by the ISA due to them, having the high ground, the Third Army was actually able to succeed in this mission by capturing the gorge, further allowing a Helghast heavy armor units from the 51st Space Corps to flank around the ISA forces, in the canyon where the armored columns surprised the ISA forces to the eastern section from behind, while at the same time preventing ISA reinforcements from supporting them in other areas of the canyon.

After spending about 2 months on Runekara, while achieving slight victories for the Helghast forces Invading the planet, Scolar Visari would eventually contact General Lente and order him to return back to Helghan in order to give his forces a chance to rest and replenish after having to be battered and heavily damaged due to the effects of the Runekara Campaign.

General Lente agreed, and the Third Helghast army, was eventually pulled from Runekara where they eventually returned to Helghan by June 15th, 2360, along with the Col Redic and the Elite Guard, who were also ordered back to Helghan by Visari for similar reasons.

#### **Helghan Campaign**

About 2 years following the bloody engagement on Runekara, the Third Army remained on Helghan, where they were able to recover over the course of the 2 year period, along with Col Redec's Elite Guard forces, however while stationed on Helghan, an insurgency was then conducted by the Terracide Militia, that was determined to reach an Uplink and conduct their own offensive Campaign towards Earth with the use of Petrusite Weapon, by dropping it onto Igrus, in the Universal System, and promoting this Helghast force to make their way towards Earth, despite Jorhan Stahl, the mastermind of this rebellion being ordered by the Helghast senate including Scolar Visari himself, to eliminate this weapon back in 2358.

General Lente had learned about this Rebellion after the group massacred Helghast forces of the 40th Battalion, at a nearby settlement located within the wastelands known as Helicon. The Third Army at the time of this insurgency was escorting resources from the Helghast mines, before eventually being ordered by General Lente in order to assault Helicon and destroy the rebellion before the HBM could spread into other settlements on Helghan.

The Third Army was able to conduct their attack on Helico, where despite fierce resistance, from captured Helghast guns and tanks, the Elite Helghan division was able to quell this insurgency, where the leaders of the Helghast Blitz Movement were then executed under the orders of General Lente.

However, immediately after the rebellion was quelled and the leaders of the Helghast Blitz Movement was executed, the planet came under attack by a stunning ISA invasion which spread throughout the planet surface, catching the Helghast by complete surprise.

While Helghast First Army were the first to engage the ISA Invaders who landed on the ground, along with the 44th Space Fleet engaging the ISA Fleet descending on Helghan, the ISA was able to gain ground rapidly around Helghan's terrain spreading into the wasteland where the Third Army was located.

The Third Army was able to make it over towards the Ryuok settlement, where they was then instructed b General Lente in order to hold the settlement until reinforcements from the Helghast Cocakius Branch. The ISA would later assault the Ryuok settlement with its latest ground forces where the third Army was able to hold back the ground assault for about 14 minutes, until Helghast reinforcements arrived and forced the ISA to retreat, back towards the ridgeline that was located in the outer wastelands.

As the ISA forces were retreating, the Third Army was able to rush towards the gorge first, where they were quick to trap the ISA forces within the Ridgeline, where not long after a group of surviving ISA forces attempted to counter attack both the Third Army and Cocakius Branch, despite the Third Army being able to hold their ground on the hills, of the ridgeline, the ISA was able to break through the Cocakius Branch forces and escape the ridgeline, much to the annoyance of General Lente.

Despite the ISA escaping the trap, the retreat of the ISA allowed the Third Army to reorganize in order to provide a more accurate defense in the region, as not long after the ISA forces captured and occupied the Troyartica Settlement, which was responsible for supplying the Third Army with hover APC's and Hover tanks, this in turn forced the Third army to assault and reclaim the foundry settlement, sparing the Third Army from losing its production on hover APC's and tanks in the future.

However, at the time of these engagements in the Wasteland, the ISA was also able to dispatch forces towards Pyrrhus City where it was Invaded by ISA forces from the areas around Helghan that they claimed, and began to converge on the city from all directions in hopes of capturing and securing Scolar Visari which unknown to them was that he was not on planetside at the time and was among the Helghast inside a command ship amongst the fleet while witnessing the Battle of Runekara at the time.

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upon combat the large predators in well-entrenched is a forces the third army was able to make their way past the forest and into the city of Limerick that was previously occupied by the ISA in the early days of the invasion and was able to reclaim the city while at the same time protecting it from a heavy is a counteroffensive that was now join by UCA forces that had just arrived as aid to the ISA.

with the war on helghan sparking cleats shock amongst the helghast military that was divided around the alpha centauri section the war soon reach scholar rosati's ears in which he assured the people through a speech from his command set the helghast people will be safe and that his best militaries are there to defend them and let the ISA and you see a no matter how much they outnumbered no matter how much they destroyed and no matter how much they killed at the helghast people that they will not be broken.

with Iris City in their sights Colonel Reddick was the first to reach the city but the third army was instead diverted in order to attack and destroy a valuable is a aucn supply drop that was located within the forest Ridgeline we're at destruction of this platform you prevent supplies from Ricci is a forces within the capital city of hel God.

what's the supplies section was destroy the third army then made its way to attack the major landing area of the ISA in order to finally cut off and establish anti-air defensive in order to prevent the ISA from landing more reinforcements on to helghan this thing turn let someone out the most bloodiest engagements on helghast Sawyer but in turn led to the destruction of the is a Beach area 4 as a result of retaliation the ISA launched a missile barrage from their fleet above Pyrrhus City however this garage ended in failure as a third army was warned by judge by Colonel Reddick to vacate the area be the only minor casualties from the garage.

With anti-air defenses set up and is a beachhead now secured the helghast third army was then ordered by Colonel red X including viceroy himself in the command ship conduct a full-scale counteroffensive against the used to be in in a Tomo exception of how God in an attempt to prevent them from linking up with the ISA in the capital city.

are you the orders general lente ordered the commander to send all available forces on to the fiio which as a result live to a large full of pensive in the history of helghast in which the entire hell God third army mixed with first army and even some of radix elite guard forces were able to assault UCA physicians located in and around the mountain peak area of the region we're just spite receiving heavy casualties there were able to break through the outer perimeters and enter a large fortification Outpost that was just recently constructed by the UCA last week.

upon securing the 4th and demolishing ucas only chance of escaping back to their fleet in orbit the third army could now begin their March back towards Pyrrhus city which at the point with now stable thanks to the efforts of the third army outside city limits.

at the ISA invasion began to fall into chaos even with the UCA reinforcements now dying in the thousands in the Streets of Pyrrhus s UCA and is a Navy's resulted into one final counteroffensive into the entire city for the use of missile fire by moving the ship over the city center this action however was countered by Colonel Reddick who sent his old fleet to stop the missile barrage has which as a result also boarded the new sun. After aborting the news sun commander of the is a ground invasions Jaun Templar was executed by colonel radek in the new sun plunged back into the crowd cow gone but at the same time disable the ark towers leaving the city vulnerable from an aerial invasion however thanks to the events conducted by heretics fleet the ISA couldn't confess enough ships in order to fully established air dominance as the helghast fleet immediately took defensive positions around and over pirus City.

With air superiority restored back into helghan the third first in elite start of how God has now given the Honor by scholar beside himself was on his way with his battle group back to hell God and was just closing in the atmosphere to launch a counteroffensive if you drive the ISA and UCA out of their city for good the third army would hammer from the north radek and his forces hammered from the East in the first army wood Hammer from the West.

By September 15th, 2362 the hellcats was finally able to overrun the last of the ISA strongholds within the city don't work too late to prevent some of that is a forces from evacuating.

Due to the effects about Isa invasion the helghast third army including general Entei in the commander will forced to remain on helghan in order to oversee the rebuilding of Pyrrhus City and the other cities and settlements that were damaged by the ISA surprised invasion but it was virtually mentioned that the third army including the commander for granted promotions for remaining on held on with the situation with me field invasion would also bring it into the bad economic crisis that held on received after the failed zeronus campaign.

#### **Balance of Power Shifts**

As the War reached a stalemate on the new official space border zone, between the ISA, UCN and Helghast Empire, the Third Army was ordered to launch raids against ISA outpost worlds located on Argus, Plymouth, and Dar, In order to scavenge for documents to break through the ISA lines that was guarding the Space Border, however after the initial arrival of the Coralition Republic on February 1st, 2363, the War eventually turned into a race of time, (Declared by Scolar Visari) on who would reach Earth first.

#### **Battle of Sorola Sun**

Because of the sudden arrival of the Coralition Republic, General Lente was urged by Col Radec, to launch an all out assault on the Coralition front in hopes of delaying the Republic's advance towards Earth, though General Lente succeeded in engaging the fleet, the superior weaponry and training conducted by the Coralition eventually overran Lente's fleet, eventually destroying the Third Shock Army, while killing General Lente in the process.

Despite this tragic turn of events, Scolar Visari honored the Third Army as the main heroes of the Helghast Empire who made it possible for the citizens of Helghan to make extreme progress against the Earth Governments and successfully obtain their formal world Vekta back.

### **Legacy**

After the destruction of the Third Army, command of Vekta was given over to the 445th Helghan Battalion, where they assumed the role of the occupation, but stayed out of the conflict.

The 445th would continue to hold Vekta in place of the Third Helghan Army up until 2368, when the Plant was liberated by joint ISA and UCA forces.

## ***Military & Equipment***

They used vehicles such as light and heavy hover tanks, along with APCs.

Also their standard issue weapon, the StA-52 Assault Rifle had an underbarrel shotgun attachment, which has never been used by any of the other armies. They were also the unit responsible for the executions of the Helghast whom questioned Scolar Visari.

However, even with their vast numbers, inside information on ISA forces, and equipment, Jan Templar and his squad with the use of asymmetric warfare and counter intelligence were more than a match for the men of the Third Army. Despite these turns of encounters, conducted by the ISA, along with Templar and his team, General Lente's Invasion was backed up by fresh reinforcements that was sent by Col Radec from Helghan, that quickly turned the tide of the Invasion of Vekta.

The once size of the Third Army that previously was 300,000 in the beginning of the invasion on Vekta, since grew to over 900,000, eventually overrunning most ISA resistance on the surface, but at the same time still receiving defeats on certain aspects.

During the course of Vekta's final moments, Juan Templar and his squad of four, would soon be blocked from reaching the uplink in order to reach General Adams and General Lente on the Helghast controlled SD Platform in Orbit, leaving the Helghast to destroy the Earth Fleet, in space, leaving only one to escape Vekta.

## ***Trivia***

* *The Third Helghan Army is set to be the main playable faction for the KillZone Project Visari's Wrath for the RTS Game Men of War, as part of the Kill Zone/Helghast at War Mod pack...*