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Line 17: Task Force Devlin consisted of thirty WarShips, fifty attack [[DropShip]]s, fifty-six transport DropShips, numerous transport [[JumpShip]]s, and seven regiments of 'Mech forces. The 'Mech forces included the [[Red Lancers]], the [[Ares Titans]], the [[1st Sian Dragoons|First]] and [[Second Sian Dragoons]], the [[Fourth Capellan Chargers]], the [[Third Confederation Reserve Cavalry]] and the [[Fifth Liao Lancers]]. The overall command of the Task Force fell to Colonel [[Jacen Devlin]] aboard his flagship, the ''[[Du Shi Wang]]''-class [[battleship]] [[Sundermann Liao (Individual Du Shi Wang-class WarShip)|CCS ''Sundermann Liao'']]. Also present within the Task Force were [[Chancellor]] [[Barbara Liao]], intent on leading the Red Lancers in action personally, as well as both of Barbara's sons, [[Baltazar Liao|Baltazar]] and [[Barnabus Liao]].<ref name="FSWp58"/> Task Force Devlin consisted of thirty WarShips, fifty attack [[DropShip]]s, fifty-six transport DropShips, numerous transport [[JumpShip]]s, and seven regiments of 'Mech forces. The 'Mech forces included the [[Red Lancers]], the [[Ares Titans]], the [[1st Sian Dragoons|First]] and [[Second Sian Dragoons]], the [[Fourth Capellan Chargers]], the [[Third Confederation Reserve Cavalry]] and the [[Fifth Liao Lancers]]. The overall command of the Task Force fell to Colonel [[Jacen Devlin]] aboard his flagship, the ''[[Du Shi Wang]]''-class [[battleship]] [[Sundermann Liao (Individual Du Shi Wang-class WarShip)|CCS ''Sundermann Liao'']]. Also present within the Task Force were [[Chancellor]] [[Barbara Liao]], intent on leading the Red Lancers in action personally, as well as both of Barbara's sons, [[Baltazar Liao|Baltazar]] and [[Barnabus Liao]].<ref name="FSWp58"/> − Unfortunately for the Capellans, the battle for Calloway was a disaster. Unlike the earlier action at New Delos, the [[Maskirovka]] hadn't cracked Free Worlds League codes to supply to the CCAF, so the Task Force was going in blind; the Task Force had also been betrayed by a traitor within the naval fleet, who had been sickened by the massacre on New Delos and who passed word of the impending attack to League agents at Propus while the task force was being assembled. Also working against the fleet was the presence of Barbara Liao - who was able to order the Task Force to continue the attack against the advice of her subcommanders when things began going wrong, and whose very presence sapped resources away from the main Task Force because of the need to keep her safe... something that began almost immediately.<ref name="FSWp58"/> + Unfortunately for the Capellans, the battle for Calloway was a disaster. Unlike the earlier action at New Delos, the [[Maskirovka]] didn't have cracked Free Worlds League codes to supply to the CCAF, so the Task Force was going in blind; the Task Force had also been betrayed by a traitor within the naval fleet, who had been sickened by the massacre on New Delos and who passed word of the impending attack to League agents at Propus while the task force was being assembled. Also working against the fleet was the presence of Barbara Liao - who was able to order the Task Force to continue the attack against the advice of her subcommanders when things began going wrong, and whose very presence sapped resources away from the main Task Force because of the need to keep her safe... something that began almost immediately.<ref name="FSWp58"/> The FWLN Third Fleet jumped to Calloway a week into Task Force Devlin's two-week approach to Calloway VI from the [[jump point]]. Arriving close enough to the Capellan transport JumpShips to engage immediately, the Third Fleet destroyed all bar two of the JumpShips, along with their small WarShip escort, and began burning towards Calloway VI, determined to avenge New Delos. As the Capellan forces began retreating from Calloway VI after ten days of grueling, attrition-based warfare, Colonel Devlin became aware of the destruction of the transport ships and the approaching Third Fleet ships. Devlin assigned six WarShips to evacuate Barbara Liao, while his remaining forces acted as a rearguard against the vengeful League forces; in the ensuing battle, the FWL destroyed many of Devlin's ships - including the ''Sundermann Liao'', killing Devlin himself. The ''Pleiades'' was responsible for the destruction of the [[CCS Calseraigne|CCS ''Calseraigne'']], an ''[[Essex]]''-class [[destroyer]]; lost along with the ''Calseraigne'' was Baltazar Liao, whose brother Barnabus had been killed along with the other members of the Ares Titans during the withdrawal on Calloway VI itself. Of the original Task Force Devlin ships and forces, the survivors who managed to escape mustered just twelve WarShips, six attack DropShips, five 'Mech transports and three fighter carriers, transporting away the remnants of the ground forces - of which only the Red Lancers, Third Confederation Reserve Cavalry and Fifth Liao Lancers had managed to survive in any numbers.<ref name="FSWp58"/> The FWLN Third Fleet jumped to Calloway a week into Task Force Devlin's two-week approach to Calloway VI from the [[jump point]]. Arriving close enough to the Capellan transport JumpShips to engage immediately, the Third Fleet destroyed all bar two of the JumpShips, along with their small WarShip escort, and began burning towards Calloway VI, determined to avenge New Delos. As the Capellan forces began retreating from Calloway VI after ten days of grueling, attrition-based warfare, Colonel Devlin became aware of the destruction of the transport ships and the approaching Third Fleet ships. Devlin assigned six WarShips to evacuate Barbara Liao, while his remaining forces acted as a rearguard against the vengeful League forces; in the ensuing battle, the FWL destroyed many of Devlin's ships - including the ''Sundermann Liao'', killing Devlin himself. The ''Pleiades'' was responsible for the destruction of the [[CCS Calseraigne|CCS ''Calseraigne'']], an ''[[Essex]]''-class [[destroyer]]; lost along with the ''Calseraigne'' was Baltazar Liao, whose brother Barnabus had been killed along with the other members of the Ares Titans during the withdrawal on Calloway VI itself. Of the original Task Force Devlin ships and forces, the survivors who managed to escape mustered just twelve WarShips, six attack DropShips, five 'Mech transports and three fighter carriers, transporting away the remnants of the ground forces - of which only the Red Lancers, Third Confederation Reserve Cavalry and Fifth Liao Lancers had managed to survive in any numbers.<ref name="FSWp58"/>
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Task Force Devlin consisted of thirty WarShips, fifty attack [[DropShip]]s, fifty-six transport DropShips, numerous transport [[JumpShip]]s, and seven regiments of 'Mech forces. The 'Mech forces included the [[Red Lancers]], the [[Ares Titans]], the [[1st Sian Dragoons|First]] and [[Second Sian Dragoons]], the [[Fourth Capellan Chargers]], the [[Third Confederation Reserve Cavalry]] and the [[Fifth Liao Lancers]]. The overall command of the Task Force fell to Colonel [[Jacen Devlin]] aboard his flagship, the ''[[Du Shi Wang]]''-class [[battleship]] [[Sundermann Liao (Individual Du Shi Wang-class WarShip)|CCS ''Sundermann Liao'']]. Also present within the Task Force were [[Chancellor]] [[Barbara Liao]], intent on leading the Red Lancers in action personally, as well as both of Barbara's sons, [[Baltazar Liao|Baltazar]] and [[Barnabus Liao]].<ref name="FSWp58"/> | Task Force Devlin consisted of thirty WarShips, fifty attack [[DropShip]]s, fifty-six transport DropShips, numerous transport [[JumpShip]]s, and seven regiments of 'Mech forces. The 'Mech forces included the [[Red Lancers]], the [[Ares Titans]], the [[1st Sian Dragoons|First]] and [[Second Sian Dragoons]], the [[Fourth Capellan Chargers]], the [[Third Confederation Reserve Cavalry]] and the [[Fifth Liao Lancers]]. The overall command of the Task Force fell to Colonel [[Jacen Devlin]] aboard his flagship, the ''[[Du Shi Wang]]''-class [[battleship]] [[Sundermann Liao (Individual Du Shi Wang-class WarShip)|CCS ''Sundermann Liao'']]. Also present within the Task Force were [[Chancellor]] [[Barbara Liao]], intent on leading the Red Lancers in action personally, as well as both of Barbara's sons, [[Baltazar Liao|Baltazar]] and [[Barnabus Liao]].<ref name="FSWp58"/> | ||
| − | Unfortunately for the Capellans, the battle for Calloway was a disaster. Unlike the earlier action at New Delos, the [[Maskirovka]] | + | Unfortunately for the Capellans, the battle for Calloway was a disaster. Unlike the earlier action at New Delos, the [[Maskirovka]] didn't have cracked Free Worlds League codes to supply to the CCAF, so the Task Force was going in blind; the Task Force had also been betrayed by a traitor within the naval fleet, who had been sickened by the massacre on New Delos and who passed word of the impending attack to League agents at Propus while the task force was being assembled. Also working against the fleet was the presence of Barbara Liao - who was able to order the Task Force to continue the attack against the advice of her subcommanders when things began going wrong, and whose very presence sapped resources away from the main Task Force because of the need to keep her safe... something that began almost immediately.<ref name="FSWp58"/> |
The FWLN Third Fleet jumped to Calloway a week into Task Force Devlin's two-week approach to Calloway VI from the [[jump point]]. Arriving close enough to the Capellan transport JumpShips to engage immediately, the Third Fleet destroyed all bar two of the JumpShips, along with their small WarShip escort, and began burning towards Calloway VI, determined to avenge New Delos. As the Capellan forces began retreating from Calloway VI after ten days of grueling, attrition-based warfare, Colonel Devlin became aware of the destruction of the transport ships and the approaching Third Fleet ships. Devlin assigned six WarShips to evacuate Barbara Liao, while his remaining forces acted as a rearguard against the vengeful League forces; in the ensuing battle, the FWL destroyed many of Devlin's ships - including the ''Sundermann Liao'', killing Devlin himself. The ''Pleiades'' was responsible for the destruction of the [[CCS Calseraigne|CCS ''Calseraigne'']], an ''[[Essex]]''-class [[destroyer]]; lost along with the ''Calseraigne'' was Baltazar Liao, whose brother Barnabus had been killed along with the other members of the Ares Titans during the withdrawal on Calloway VI itself. Of the original Task Force Devlin ships and forces, the survivors who managed to escape mustered just twelve WarShips, six attack DropShips, five 'Mech transports and three fighter carriers, transporting away the remnants of the ground forces - of which only the Red Lancers, Third Confederation Reserve Cavalry and Fifth Liao Lancers had managed to survive in any numbers.<ref name="FSWp58"/> | The FWLN Third Fleet jumped to Calloway a week into Task Force Devlin's two-week approach to Calloway VI from the [[jump point]]. Arriving close enough to the Capellan transport JumpShips to engage immediately, the Third Fleet destroyed all bar two of the JumpShips, along with their small WarShip escort, and began burning towards Calloway VI, determined to avenge New Delos. As the Capellan forces began retreating from Calloway VI after ten days of grueling, attrition-based warfare, Colonel Devlin became aware of the destruction of the transport ships and the approaching Third Fleet ships. Devlin assigned six WarShips to evacuate Barbara Liao, while his remaining forces acted as a rearguard against the vengeful League forces; in the ensuing battle, the FWL destroyed many of Devlin's ships - including the ''Sundermann Liao'', killing Devlin himself. The ''Pleiades'' was responsible for the destruction of the [[CCS Calseraigne|CCS ''Calseraigne'']], an ''[[Essex]]''-class [[destroyer]]; lost along with the ''Calseraigne'' was Baltazar Liao, whose brother Barnabus had been killed along with the other members of the Ares Titans during the withdrawal on Calloway VI itself. Of the original Task Force Devlin ships and forces, the survivors who managed to escape mustered just twelve WarShips, six attack DropShips, five 'Mech transports and three fighter carriers, transporting away the remnants of the ground forces - of which only the Red Lancers, Third Confederation Reserve Cavalry and Fifth Liao Lancers had managed to survive in any numbers.<ref name="FSWp58"/> | ||