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Line 97: In February [[2788]], [[First Prince of the Federated Suns|First Prince]] [[John Davion]] launched [[Operation SOLAR SHIELD]], a desperate plan to try and disrupt the invasion of the Federated Suns launched by the Draconis Combine in May [[2787]]. Prince John had been preparing to invade the Capellan Confederation when news of the Combine invasion reached him, and the forces he drew together for SOLAR SHIELD were based on those three [['Mech]] [[regiment]]s nearby earmarked for the abortive invasion of the Confederation plus some six assorted regiments of armor and infantry provided by regional militias within the Marlette Combat Region. Prince John divided his forces into three groups and launched strikes at three occupied worlds on the Terran flank of the invasion, hoping to disrupt the thrust being led personally by [[Coordinator]] [[Minoru Kurita (28th c.)|Minoru Kurita]].<ref name="FSWp40">''First Succession War'', p. 40: "Fighting the Tsunami"</ref><ref name="FSWp41">''First Succession War'', p. 41: "An Expensive Learning Curve"</ref> In February [[2788]], [[First Prince of the Federated Suns|First Prince]] [[John Davion]] launched [[Operation SOLAR SHIELD]], a desperate plan to try and disrupt the invasion of the Federated Suns launched by the Draconis Combine in May [[2787]]. Prince John had been preparing to invade the Capellan Confederation when news of the Combine invasion reached him, and the forces he drew together for SOLAR SHIELD were based on those three [['Mech]] [[regiment]]s nearby earmarked for the abortive invasion of the Confederation plus some six assorted regiments of armor and infantry provided by regional militias within the Marlette Combat Region. Prince John divided his forces into three groups and launched strikes at three occupied worlds on the Terran flank of the invasion, hoping to disrupt the thrust being led personally by [[Coordinator]] [[Minoru Kurita (28th c.)|Minoru Kurita]].<ref name="FSWp40">''First Succession War'', p. 40: "Fighting the Tsunami"</ref><ref name="FSWp41">''First Succession War'', p. 41: "An Expensive Learning Curve"</ref> − SOLAR SHIELD proved to be flawed from the outset; the units assembled lacked time to train together, Prince John's forces were limited in number, and he had only a handful of [[WarShip]]s available to use to escort his forces. Senior officers advised against the operation, but Prince John felt that speed was of the essence, and ordered that the operation go ahead. Schedar was one of the worlds targeted by SOLAR SHIELD, and in May 2788 the [[Twenty-eighth Avalon Hussars]] jumped into the system, accompanied by supporting conventional forces and escorted by the ''[[Vincent (WarShip class)|Vincent]]''-class corvette [[Robespierre (Individual Vincent-class WarShip)|FSS ''Robespierre'']] and the ''[[Carrack]]''-class transport [[Liverpool|FSS ''Liverpool'']]. With complete aerospace superiority in the system and ample warning of the Hussars' arrival, the DCMS forces in the system were well-prepared to resist the attack, and able to call on WarShip support to boost their defenses. While the ''Vincent''-class corvette [[Kaiten|DCS ''Kaiten'']] tied up the ''Robespierre'', the ''[[Lola I]]''-class destroyers [[Minekaze|DCS ''Minekaze'']] and [[Shiokaze|DCS ''Shiokaze'']] ignored the ''Liverpool'' and attacked the Hussars transports, destroying them one at a time; while a swarm of [[aerospace fighter]]s destroyed the ''Liverpool'', the two ''Lolas'' destroyed so many of the Hussars transports that just two [[companies]] of Hussars managed to reach the ground, where the DCMS troops were dug-in and waiting. Combined with heavy defeats on [[Cartago]] and [[Elbar]] as well, SOLAR SHIELD was an abject failure that cost the [[AFFS]] men and resources it couldn't afford to lose.<ref name="FSWp40"/><ref name="FSWp41"/> + SOLAR SHIELD proved to be flawed from the outset; the units assembled lacked time to train together, Prince John's forces were limited in number, and he had only a handful of [[WarShip]]s available to use to escort his forces. Senior officers advised against the operation, but Prince John felt that speed was of the essence, and ordered that the operation go ahead. Schedar was one of the worlds targeted by SOLAR SHIELD, and in May 2788 the [[Twenty-eighth Avalon Hussars]] jumped into the system, accompanied by supporting conventional forces and escorted by the ''[[Vincent (WarShip class)|Vincent]]''-class corvette [[Robespierre|FSS ''Robespierre'']] and the ''[[Carrack]]''-class transport [[Liverpool|FSS ''Liverpool'']]. With complete aerospace superiority in the system and ample warning of the Hussars' arrival, the DCMS forces in the system were well-prepared to resist the attack, and able to call on WarShip support to boost their defenses. While the ''Vincent''-class corvette [[Kaiten|DCS ''Kaiten'']] tied up the ''Robespierre'', the ''[[Lola I]]''-class destroyers [[Minekaze|DCS ''Minekaze'']] and [[Shiokaze|DCS ''Shiokaze'']] ignored the ''Liverpool'' and attacked the Hussars transports, destroying them one at a time; while a swarm of [[aerospace fighter]]s destroyed the ''Liverpool'', the two ''Lolas'' destroyed so many of the Hussars transports that just two [[companies]] of Hussars managed to reach the ground, where the DCMS troops were dug-in and waiting. Combined with heavy defeats on [[Cartago]] and [[Elbar]] as well, SOLAR SHIELD was an abject failure that cost the [[AFFS]] men and resources it couldn't afford to lose.<ref name="FSWp40"/><ref name="FSWp41"/> ====Jihad==== ====Jihad====
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In February [[2788]], [[First Prince of the Federated Suns|First Prince]] [[John Davion]] launched [[Operation SOLAR SHIELD]], a desperate plan to try and disrupt the invasion of the Federated Suns launched by the Draconis Combine in May [[2787]]. Prince John had been preparing to invade the Capellan Confederation when news of the Combine invasion reached him, and the forces he drew together for SOLAR SHIELD were based on those three [['Mech]] [[regiment]]s nearby earmarked for the abortive invasion of the Confederation plus some six assorted regiments of armor and infantry provided by regional militias within the Marlette Combat Region. Prince John divided his forces into three groups and launched strikes at three occupied worlds on the Terran flank of the invasion, hoping to disrupt the thrust being led personally by [[Coordinator]] [[Minoru Kurita (28th c.)|Minoru Kurita]].<ref name="FSWp40">''First Succession War'', p. 40: "Fighting the Tsunami"</ref><ref name="FSWp41">''First Succession War'', p. 41: "An Expensive Learning Curve"</ref> | In February [[2788]], [[First Prince of the Federated Suns|First Prince]] [[John Davion]] launched [[Operation SOLAR SHIELD]], a desperate plan to try and disrupt the invasion of the Federated Suns launched by the Draconis Combine in May [[2787]]. Prince John had been preparing to invade the Capellan Confederation when news of the Combine invasion reached him, and the forces he drew together for SOLAR SHIELD were based on those three [['Mech]] [[regiment]]s nearby earmarked for the abortive invasion of the Confederation plus some six assorted regiments of armor and infantry provided by regional militias within the Marlette Combat Region. Prince John divided his forces into three groups and launched strikes at three occupied worlds on the Terran flank of the invasion, hoping to disrupt the thrust being led personally by [[Coordinator]] [[Minoru Kurita (28th c.)|Minoru Kurita]].<ref name="FSWp40">''First Succession War'', p. 40: "Fighting the Tsunami"</ref><ref name="FSWp41">''First Succession War'', p. 41: "An Expensive Learning Curve"</ref> | ||
| − | SOLAR SHIELD proved to be flawed from the outset; the units assembled lacked time to train together, Prince John's forces were limited in number, and he had only a handful of [[WarShip]]s available to use to escort his forces. Senior officers advised against the operation, but Prince John felt that speed was of the essence, and ordered that the operation go ahead. Schedar was one of the worlds targeted by SOLAR SHIELD, and in May 2788 the [[Twenty-eighth Avalon Hussars]] jumped into the system, accompanied by supporting conventional forces and escorted by the ''[[Vincent (WarShip class)|Vincent]]''-class corvette [[Robespierre | + | SOLAR SHIELD proved to be flawed from the outset; the units assembled lacked time to train together, Prince John's forces were limited in number, and he had only a handful of [[WarShip]]s available to use to escort his forces. Senior officers advised against the operation, but Prince John felt that speed was of the essence, and ordered that the operation go ahead. Schedar was one of the worlds targeted by SOLAR SHIELD, and in May 2788 the [[Twenty-eighth Avalon Hussars]] jumped into the system, accompanied by supporting conventional forces and escorted by the ''[[Vincent (WarShip class)|Vincent]]''-class corvette [[Robespierre|FSS ''Robespierre'']] and the ''[[Carrack]]''-class transport [[Liverpool|FSS ''Liverpool'']]. With complete aerospace superiority in the system and ample warning of the Hussars' arrival, the DCMS forces in the system were well-prepared to resist the attack, and able to call on WarShip support to boost their defenses. While the ''Vincent''-class corvette [[Kaiten|DCS ''Kaiten'']] tied up the ''Robespierre'', the ''[[Lola I]]''-class destroyers [[Minekaze|DCS ''Minekaze'']] and [[Shiokaze|DCS ''Shiokaze'']] ignored the ''Liverpool'' and attacked the Hussars transports, destroying them one at a time; while a swarm of [[aerospace fighter]]s destroyed the ''Liverpool'', the two ''Lolas'' destroyed so many of the Hussars transports that just two [[companies]] of Hussars managed to reach the ground, where the DCMS troops were dug-in and waiting. Combined with heavy defeats on [[Cartago]] and [[Elbar]] as well, SOLAR SHIELD was an abject failure that cost the [[AFFS]] men and resources it couldn't afford to lose.<ref name="FSWp40"/><ref name="FSWp41"/> |
====Jihad==== | ====Jihad==== | ||