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Line 25: When the Second arrived in the Freedom system, they discovered that the rebel forces had placed armed merchant ships at the main jump points in the system. None of those involved in planning the campaign had anticipated that the rebels would contest control of the jump points, and while the merchant ships were more lightly armed than the alliance's armed cruisers, they were also more maneuverable. The rebel ships avoided a slugging match with the more powerful Alliance ships, but many of rebel ships launched ramming attacks against the various Alliance transports and supply ships, hoping that their suicide tactics would take as many of the Terran marines with them as possible. More than ten percent of [[Major General]] [[Gunther Stein]]'s ground forces had been lost before his troops managed to make groundfall on Freedom.<ref name=TP1ep13A>''The Periphery, First Edition'', pp. 13–14: "Outer Reaches Rebellion"</ref> When the Second arrived in the Freedom system, they discovered that the rebel forces had placed armed merchant ships at the main jump points in the system. None of those involved in planning the campaign had anticipated that the rebels would contest control of the jump points, and while the merchant ships were more lightly armed than the alliance's armed cruisers, they were also more maneuverable. The rebel ships avoided a slugging match with the more powerful Alliance ships, but many of rebel ships launched ramming attacks against the various Alliance transports and supply ships, hoping that their suicide tactics would take as many of the Terran marines with them as possible. More than ten percent of [[Major General]] [[Gunther Stein]]'s ground forces had been lost before his troops managed to make groundfall on Freedom.<ref name=TP1ep13A>''The Periphery, First Edition'', pp. 13–14: "Outer Reaches Rebellion"</ref> − The rebels on Freedom, the city fathers, anticipating the worst, had spent months preparing a vast array of fortifications around Jefferson City before the first Alliance landings in June [[2236]]. Having constructed fortifications capable of withstanding anything short of orbital bombardment, President [[Tudella Dupont]] was determined to resist the [[Terran Alliance]], despite having just fifteen hundred men available to defend the entire planet. Vowing to burn the city down before letting it be captured, Dupont responded to the first attack from Stein's forces - an assault against the weak southern gate of the fortifications conducted by the six-thousand-strong [[Fourth Para-Cavalry Division]], led by General Desmond - by leading a sortie out against the attackers. Dupont had predicted the attack against the southern gate and planned accordingly, and his sortie captured several mobile artillery batteries that he quickly pressed into service against the Alliance, forcing Desmond to put a siege in place and call for reinforcements.<ref name=TP1ep13A/> + The rebels on Freedom, the city fathers, anticipating the worst, had spent months preparing a vast array of fortifications around Jefferson City before the first Alliance landings in June [[2236]]. Having constructed fortifications capable of withstanding anything short of orbital bombardment, President [[Tudella Dupont]] was determined to resist the [[Terran Alliance]], despite having just fifteen hundred men available to defend the entire planet. Vowing to burn the city down before letting it be captured, Dupont responded to the first attack from Stein's forces - an assault against the weak southern gate of the fortifications conducted by the six-thousand strong [[Fourth Para-Cavalry Division]], led by General Desmond - by leading a sortie out against the attackers. Dupont had predicted the attack against the southern gate and planned accordingly, and his sortie captured several mobile artillery batteries that he quickly pressed into service against the Alliance, forcing Desmond to put a siege in place and call for reinforcements.<ref name=TP1ep13A/> According to accounts from individuals on Freedom after the end of the conflict, during the siege the Alliance forces killed anyone found outside the city walls after dark, regardless of age or gender, and Desmond ordered the bodies of the dead - many of which had been horribly mutilated - dropped over the city. In retaliation, insurgents frequently slipped into the Alliance camps after dark to kill Terran soldiers and steal weapons.<ref name="TP1ep14">''The Periphery, First Edition'', p. 14: "Siege to the Death"</ref> Alliance reinforcements finally arrived on the 25th of August, in the form of General [[Seth Van Dome]] and the [[Twenty-third Alliance Striker Regiment]]. Van Dome and the Twenty-third had spent four months engaged in a battle to recapture [[Summit]] that was described as a holocaust that killed more than ten thousand civilians, and his freshly blooded forces - equipped with heavy laser cannon - were enough to turn the battle for Freedom in favor of the Alliance.<ref name=TP1ep13A/> According to accounts from individuals on Freedom after the end of the conflict, during the siege the Alliance forces killed anyone found outside the city walls after dark, regardless of age or gender, and Desmond ordered the bodies of the dead - many of which had been horribly mutilated - dropped over the city. In retaliation, insurgents frequently slipped into the Alliance camps after dark to kill Terran soldiers and steal weapons.<ref name="TP1ep14">''The Periphery, First Edition'', p. 14: "Siege to the Death"</ref> Alliance reinforcements finally arrived on the 25th of August, in the form of General [[Seth Van Dome]] and the [[Twenty-third Alliance Striker Regiment]]. Van Dome and the Twenty-third had spent four months engaged in a battle to recapture [[Summit]] that was described as a holocaust that killed more than ten thousand civilians, and his freshly blooded forces - equipped with heavy laser cannon - were enough to turn the battle for Freedom in favor of the Alliance.<ref name=TP1ep13A/>
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When the Second arrived in the Freedom system, they discovered that the rebel forces had placed armed merchant ships at the main jump points in the system. None of those involved in planning the campaign had anticipated that the rebels would contest control of the jump points, and while the merchant ships were more lightly armed than the alliance's armed cruisers, they were also more maneuverable. The rebel ships avoided a slugging match with the more powerful Alliance ships, but many of rebel ships launched ramming attacks against the various Alliance transports and supply ships, hoping that their suicide tactics would take as many of the Terran marines with them as possible. More than ten percent of [[Major General]] [[Gunther Stein]]'s ground forces had been lost before his troops managed to make groundfall on Freedom.<ref name=TP1ep13A>''The Periphery, First Edition'', pp. 13–14: "Outer Reaches Rebellion"</ref> | When the Second arrived in the Freedom system, they discovered that the rebel forces had placed armed merchant ships at the main jump points in the system. None of those involved in planning the campaign had anticipated that the rebels would contest control of the jump points, and while the merchant ships were more lightly armed than the alliance's armed cruisers, they were also more maneuverable. The rebel ships avoided a slugging match with the more powerful Alliance ships, but many of rebel ships launched ramming attacks against the various Alliance transports and supply ships, hoping that their suicide tactics would take as many of the Terran marines with them as possible. More than ten percent of [[Major General]] [[Gunther Stein]]'s ground forces had been lost before his troops managed to make groundfall on Freedom.<ref name=TP1ep13A>''The Periphery, First Edition'', pp. 13–14: "Outer Reaches Rebellion"</ref> | ||
| − | The rebels on Freedom, the city fathers, anticipating the worst, had spent months preparing a vast array of fortifications around Jefferson City before the first Alliance landings in June [[2236]]. Having constructed fortifications capable of withstanding anything short of orbital bombardment, President [[Tudella Dupont]] was determined to resist the [[Terran Alliance]], despite having just fifteen hundred men available to defend the entire planet. Vowing to burn the city down before letting it be captured, Dupont responded to the first attack from Stein's forces - an assault against the weak southern gate of the fortifications conducted by the six-thousand | + | The rebels on Freedom, the city fathers, anticipating the worst, had spent months preparing a vast array of fortifications around Jefferson City before the first Alliance landings in June [[2236]]. Having constructed fortifications capable of withstanding anything short of orbital bombardment, President [[Tudella Dupont]] was determined to resist the [[Terran Alliance]], despite having just fifteen hundred men available to defend the entire planet. Vowing to burn the city down before letting it be captured, Dupont responded to the first attack from Stein's forces - an assault against the weak southern gate of the fortifications conducted by the six-thousand strong [[Fourth Para-Cavalry Division]], led by General Desmond - by leading a sortie out against the attackers. Dupont had predicted the attack against the southern gate and planned accordingly, and his sortie captured several mobile artillery batteries that he quickly pressed into service against the Alliance, forcing Desmond to put a siege in place and call for reinforcements.<ref name=TP1ep13A/> |
According to accounts from individuals on Freedom after the end of the conflict, during the siege the Alliance forces killed anyone found outside the city walls after dark, regardless of age or gender, and Desmond ordered the bodies of the dead - many of which had been horribly mutilated - dropped over the city. In retaliation, insurgents frequently slipped into the Alliance camps after dark to kill Terran soldiers and steal weapons.<ref name="TP1ep14">''The Periphery, First Edition'', p. 14: "Siege to the Death"</ref> Alliance reinforcements finally arrived on the 25th of August, in the form of General [[Seth Van Dome]] and the [[Twenty-third Alliance Striker Regiment]]. Van Dome and the Twenty-third had spent four months engaged in a battle to recapture [[Summit]] that was described as a holocaust that killed more than ten thousand civilians, and his freshly blooded forces - equipped with heavy laser cannon - were enough to turn the battle for Freedom in favor of the Alliance.<ref name=TP1ep13A/> | According to accounts from individuals on Freedom after the end of the conflict, during the siege the Alliance forces killed anyone found outside the city walls after dark, regardless of age or gender, and Desmond ordered the bodies of the dead - many of which had been horribly mutilated - dropped over the city. In retaliation, insurgents frequently slipped into the Alliance camps after dark to kill Terran soldiers and steal weapons.<ref name="TP1ep14">''The Periphery, First Edition'', p. 14: "Siege to the Death"</ref> Alliance reinforcements finally arrived on the 25th of August, in the form of General [[Seth Van Dome]] and the [[Twenty-third Alliance Striker Regiment]]. Van Dome and the Twenty-third had spent four months engaged in a battle to recapture [[Summit]] that was described as a holocaust that killed more than ten thousand civilians, and his freshly blooded forces - equipped with heavy laser cannon - were enough to turn the battle for Freedom in favor of the Alliance.<ref name=TP1ep13A/> | ||