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Line 13: == History == == History == === First Succession War === === First Succession War === − [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Kenyon Marik]] launched a mass invasion of the [[Capellan Commonality|Capellan]] and [[Sarna Commonality|Sarna Commonalities]] of the Capellan Confederation in February [[2787]], using ten assorted regiments of the [[Marik Militia]], almost four times as many conventional and aerospace groups, and the bulk of the [[Free Worlds League Navy]] [[2nd Fleet (Free Worlds League)|Second Fleet]]. The '''Twentieth Marik Militia''' was one of the ten Militia regiments deployed in the invasion. The Nineteenth's first deployment was as a part of the task force assigned to the invasion of [[Second Chance]] during the first wave of attacks. The first battle for Second Chance took place in space; the [[FWLM]] task force arrived at the nadir [[jump point]], with the ground forces - led by the [[19th Marik Militia|Nineteenth]], Twentieth and [[Thirty-eighth Marik Militia]] regiments - being escorted by a substantial naval group that included the ''[[Atreus (WarShip class)|Atreus]]''-class [[battleship]] [[Sorunda (Individual Atreus-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Sorunda'']] and the ''[[League (WarShip class)|League]]''-class [[destroyer]]s [[Ospina|FWLS ''Ospina'']] and [[Otavalo|FWLS ''Otavalo'']], two [[squadron]]s of attack [[DropShip]]s and three [[Wing (Formation)|wings]] of [[aerospace fighter]]s. In contrast with the other three systems hit in the opening wave, there was a substantial [[CCAF]] naval presence in the Second Chance system, as part of an ongoing patrol of the border. The Capellan naval presence was smaller than that of the FWLM task force, consisting of the ''[[Du Shi Wang]]''-class battleship [[Mica Liao (Individual Du Shi Wang-class WarShip)|CCS ''Mica Liao'']] and the ''[[Soyal]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Solstice|CCS ''Solstice'']], but both ships were at the zenith jump point when the FWLM task force arrived, and immediately began plotting an intercept jump.<ref name="FSWp53">''First Succession War'', p. 53-54, "A Path to Sarna: The League-Confederation Front"</ref> + [[Captain-General]] [[Kenyon Marik]] launched a mass invasion of the [[Capellan Commonality|Capellan]] and [[Sarna Commonality|Sarna Commonalities]] of the Capellan Confederation in February [[2787]], using ten assorted regiments of the [[Marik Militia]], almost four times as many conventional and aerospace groups, and the bulk of the [[Free Worlds League Navy]] [[2nd Fleet (Free Worlds League)|Second Fleet]]. The '''Twentieth Marik Militia''' was one of the ten Militia regiments deployed in the invasion. The Nineteenth's first deployment was as a part of the task force assigned to the invasion of [[Second Chance]] during the first wave of attacks. The first battle for Second Chance took place in space; the [[FWLM]] task force arrived at the nadir [[jump point]], with the ground forces - led by the [[19th Marik Militia|Nineteenth]], Twentieth and [[Thirty-eighth Marik Militia]] regiments - being escorted by a substantial naval group that included the ''[[Atreus (WarShip class)|Atreus]]''-class [[battleship]] [[Sorunda (Individual Atreus-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Sorunda'']] and the ''[[League (WarShip class)|League]]''-class [[destroyer]]s [[Ospina|FWLS ''Ospina'']] and [[Otavalo|FWLS ''Otavalo'']], two [[squadron]]s of attack [[DropShip]]s and three [[Wing (Formation)|wings]] of [[aerospace fighter]]s. In contrast with the other three systems hit in the opening wave, there was a substantial [[CCAF]] naval presence in the Second Chance system, as part of an ongoing patrol of the border. The Capellan naval presence was smaller than that of the FWLM task force, consisting of the ''[[Du Shi Wang]]''-class battleship [[Mica Liao (Individual Du Shi Wang-class WarShip)|CCS ''Mica Liao'']] and the ''[[Soyal]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Solstice|CCS ''Solstice'']], but both ships were at the zenith jump point when the FWLM task force arrived, and immediately began plotting an intercept jump.<ref name="FSWp53">''First Succession War'', p. 53-54, "A Path to Sarna: The League-Confederation Front"</ref> The ''Solstice'' managed to destroy the ''Ospina'' and a pair of DropShips before being destroyed, but both the ''Mica Liao'' and the ''Solstice'' were destroyed in short order by the League [[WarShip]]s, which then advanced on Second Chance itself. The Twentieth was a new command with little combat experience; half of the Lancers were on exercises on Second Chance's northern continent when the FWLM task force appeared, and word of the swift destruction of the Capellan naval forces was a heavy blow to the morale of the [[Twentieth Liao Lancers]], the planetary garrison... and that of the planetary government, who had little faith in the Lancers.<ref name="FSWp53"/> The ''Solstice'' managed to destroy the ''Ospina'' and a pair of DropShips before being destroyed, but both the ''Mica Liao'' and the ''Solstice'' were destroyed in short order by the League [[WarShip]]s, which then advanced on Second Chance itself. The Twentieth was a new command with little combat experience; half of the Lancers were on exercises on Second Chance's northern continent when the FWLM task force appeared, and word of the swift destruction of the Capellan naval forces was a heavy blow to the morale of the [[Twentieth Liao Lancers]], the planetary garrison... and that of the planetary government, who had little faith in the Lancers.<ref name="FSWp53"/>
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== History == | == History == | ||
=== First Succession War === | === First Succession War === | ||
| − | [[ | + | [[Captain-General]] [[Kenyon Marik]] launched a mass invasion of the [[Capellan Commonality|Capellan]] and [[Sarna Commonality|Sarna Commonalities]] of the Capellan Confederation in February [[2787]], using ten assorted regiments of the [[Marik Militia]], almost four times as many conventional and aerospace groups, and the bulk of the [[Free Worlds League Navy]] [[2nd Fleet (Free Worlds League)|Second Fleet]]. The '''Twentieth Marik Militia''' was one of the ten Militia regiments deployed in the invasion. The Nineteenth's first deployment was as a part of the task force assigned to the invasion of [[Second Chance]] during the first wave of attacks. The first battle for Second Chance took place in space; the [[FWLM]] task force arrived at the nadir [[jump point]], with the ground forces - led by the [[19th Marik Militia|Nineteenth]], Twentieth and [[Thirty-eighth Marik Militia]] regiments - being escorted by a substantial naval group that included the ''[[Atreus (WarShip class)|Atreus]]''-class [[battleship]] [[Sorunda (Individual Atreus-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Sorunda'']] and the ''[[League (WarShip class)|League]]''-class [[destroyer]]s [[Ospina|FWLS ''Ospina'']] and [[Otavalo|FWLS ''Otavalo'']], two [[squadron]]s of attack [[DropShip]]s and three [[Wing (Formation)|wings]] of [[aerospace fighter]]s. In contrast with the other three systems hit in the opening wave, there was a substantial [[CCAF]] naval presence in the Second Chance system, as part of an ongoing patrol of the border. The Capellan naval presence was smaller than that of the FWLM task force, consisting of the ''[[Du Shi Wang]]''-class battleship [[Mica Liao (Individual Du Shi Wang-class WarShip)|CCS ''Mica Liao'']] and the ''[[Soyal]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Solstice|CCS ''Solstice'']], but both ships were at the zenith jump point when the FWLM task force arrived, and immediately began plotting an intercept jump.<ref name="FSWp53">''First Succession War'', p. 53-54, "A Path to Sarna: The League-Confederation Front"</ref> |
The ''Solstice'' managed to destroy the ''Ospina'' and a pair of DropShips before being destroyed, but both the ''Mica Liao'' and the ''Solstice'' were destroyed in short order by the League [[WarShip]]s, which then advanced on Second Chance itself. The Twentieth was a new command with little combat experience; half of the Lancers were on exercises on Second Chance's northern continent when the FWLM task force appeared, and word of the swift destruction of the Capellan naval forces was a heavy blow to the morale of the [[Twentieth Liao Lancers]], the planetary garrison... and that of the planetary government, who had little faith in the Lancers.<ref name="FSWp53"/> | The ''Solstice'' managed to destroy the ''Ospina'' and a pair of DropShips before being destroyed, but both the ''Mica Liao'' and the ''Solstice'' were destroyed in short order by the League [[WarShip]]s, which then advanced on Second Chance itself. The Twentieth was a new command with little combat experience; half of the Lancers were on exercises on Second Chance's northern continent when the FWLM task force appeared, and word of the swift destruction of the Capellan naval forces was a heavy blow to the morale of the [[Twentieth Liao Lancers]], the planetary garrison... and that of the planetary government, who had little faith in the Lancers.<ref name="FSWp53"/> | ||