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==Battle== | ==Battle== | ||
| − | The attack began on 3 November 3132. The first Dragon's Fury [[DropShip]] landed around 20-30 kilometers away from the Weyland Industrial Complex, near Neo Cartagia, to take control of the planet's only aerospace fighter base. There, they encountered a surprise: an ad hoc<ref name=EDDAp6/> [[Northwind Highlanders]] force commanded by [[Tara Bishop]].<ref name=Gambit1/><ref name=DAINNp58/><ref name=DAINNp74>''Dark Age: 3132-3134 INN'', p. 74, "Peace on Addicks"</ref> The Highlanders initially pulled back, only to strike the attackers in the flanks. Both sides suffered heavy casualties, but the Highlanders took an initial advantage.<ref name=DAINNp74/><ref>Battle for Addicks: DropShip Down results, retrieved from the [https://web.archive.org/web/20030720054649/http://www.wizkidsgames.com/mwdarkage/mw_article.asp?cid=36695&frame=news#headlines MechWarrior: Dark Age website]</ref> | + | The attack began on 3 November 3132. The first Dragon's Fury [[DropShip]] landed around 20-30 kilometers away from the Weyland Industrial Complex, near Neo Cartagia, to take control of the planet's only aerospace fighter base. There, they encountered a surprise: an ad hoc<ref name=EDDAp6/> [[Northwind Highlanders]] force commanded by [[Tara Bishop]].<ref name=Gambit1/><ref name=DAINNp58/><ref name=DAINNp74>''Dark Age: 3132-3134 INN'', p. 74, "Peace on Addicks"</ref> The Highlanders initially pulled back, only to strike the attackers in the flanks. Both sides suffered heavy casualties, but the Highlanders took an initial advantage.<ref name=DAINNp74/><ref>Battle for Addicks: DropShip Down results, retrieved from the [https://web.archive.org/web/20030720054649/http://www.wizkidsgames.com/mwdarkage/mw_article.asp?cid=36695&frame=news#headlines MechWarrior: Dark Age website]</ref> Haag kept the pressure up, however, pushing Bishop's Highlanders into Neo Cartagia itself before, in the hopes of shutting down the city's spaceport and controlling civilian traffic to and from the planet, launching a full-scale assault on the city itself. The Dragon's Fury struck at civilian buildings, doing enough damage to goad the entrenched Highlanders out for a disastrous counterattack. The brutalized Highlanders retreated from Neo Cartagia to regroup, leaving the Fury in control of the planetary spaceport.<ref name=DAINNp74/><ref name=Gambit2>''Gambit: The Battle for Addicks!'', scenario 2: "Reach for the Sky"</ref><ref>Battle for Addicks: Reach for the Sky results, retrieved from the [https://web.archive.org/web/20030720054649/http://www.wizkidsgames.com/mwdarkage/mw_article.asp?cid=36695&frame=news#headlines MechWarrior: Dark Age website]</ref> Highlander [[Naomi Katina]] distinguished herself in her very first battle, earning three vehicle and infantry squad kills.<ref name=DADossiers89>''MechWarrior: Dark Age - Dossiers and Pilot Cards'', p. 89: "Naomi Katina"</ref> |
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| + | During the early fighting, many residents of Hesperus, a suburb near Neo Cartagia, took an opportunity to escape. Civilian aerospace industry workers seized three nearby DropShips - the ''[[Terrestria]]'', the ''[[Tarawa]]'', and the ''[[New Hope (Individual DropShip)|New Hope]]'' - of which two were Dragon's Fury vessels. About 3,000 residents boarded the ships and fled to [[Towne]].<ref name=DAINNp63>''Dark Age: 3132-3134 INN'', p. 63: "Addicks Refugees Arrive on Towne - Report 'Addicks at War'"</ref><ref name=DAINNp138>''Dark Age: 3132-3134 INN'', p. 138: "Addicks Refugees to Return Home"</ref> | ||
==Aftermath== | ==Aftermath== | ||
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| Battle of Addicks (3132) | |
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| Conflict details | |
| Part of | Dark Age era |
| Start Date | 3 November 3132[1] |
| End Date | Approx. 10 November 3132[2] |
| Planet(s) | Addicks |
| Location(s) | Neo Cartagia |
| Result | Republic of the Sphere victory |
| Territorial Changes | No change |
| Attacking Forces | |
| Affiliation | Dragon's Fury |
| Commanding Officer(s) | Tai-i Danni Haag[3] |
| Command(s) | Amaterasu[4] |
| Defending Forces | |
| Affiliation | Republic of the Sphere |
| Commanding Officer(s) | Captain Tara Bishop[5] |
| Command(s) | Northwind Highlanders ad hoc force[2] |
| Other Forces | |
Overview
After the failed Dieron strike, Katana Tormark needed to secure materials to support her coming war effort. Addicks was chosen as one of the worlds to be raided. Landing on the 3rd of November, the Dragon's Fury launched an assault to capture the planetary oil fields. The Fury's attack on the Weyland Industrial Complex near Neo Cartagia was repulsed by forces from the Northwind Highlanders, stationed near the oil fields by Tara Campbell in anticipation of just such an attack.[2]
Prelude
On 18 June 3132, Senator Kev Rosse announced the results of a Republic Geological Resources survey of Prefecture III. Republic Geological Resources had made the largest find in its history: a vast supply of high-grade crude oil on Addicks, in the western portion of the continent Sparro.[6] Over ten billion tons of oil awaited extraction,[3] and Rosse immediately directed prefecture funds towards resource development.[6]
On 7 August 3132, HPG communications collapsed across the Sphere, and the Republic descended to war.[7]
Katana Tormark, Prefect of Prefecture III and head of the pro-Draconis Combine splinter group Dragon's Fury, saw in Addicks the fuel to supply her forces. She assigned Tai-i Danni Haag the task of taking what seemed an undefended planet.[3]
Battle
The attack began on 3 November 3132. The first Dragon's Fury DropShip landed around 20-30 kilometers away from the Weyland Industrial Complex, near Neo Cartagia, to take control of the planet's only aerospace fighter base. There, they encountered a surprise: an ad hoc[2] Northwind Highlanders force commanded by Tara Bishop.[3][5][8] The Highlanders initially pulled back, only to strike the attackers in the flanks. Both sides suffered heavy casualties, but the Highlanders took an initial advantage.[8][9] Haag kept the pressure up, however, pushing Bishop's Highlanders into Neo Cartagia itself before, in the hopes of shutting down the city's spaceport and controlling civilian traffic to and from the planet, launching a full-scale assault on the city itself. The Dragon's Fury struck at civilian buildings, doing enough damage to goad the entrenched Highlanders out for a disastrous counterattack. The brutalized Highlanders retreated from Neo Cartagia to regroup, leaving the Fury in control of the planetary spaceport.[8][10][11] Highlander Naomi Katina distinguished herself in her very first battle, earning three vehicle and infantry squad kills.[12]
During the early fighting, many residents of Hesperus, a suburb near Neo Cartagia, took an opportunity to escape. Civilian aerospace industry workers seized three nearby DropShips - the Terrestria, the Tarawa, and the New Hope - of which two were Dragon's Fury vessels. About 3,000 residents boarded the ships and fled to Towne.[13][14]
Aftermath
References
- ↑ Era Digest: Dark Age, p. 10: "Dark Age Timeline"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Era Digest: Dark Age, p. 6: "Important Military Actions of 3132"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Gambit: The Battle for Addicks!, scenario 1: "DropShip Down"
- ↑ MechWarrior: Dark Age - Dossiers and Pilot Cards, p. 121: "Kurt Larsen"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Dark Age: 3132-3134 INN, p. 58: "War Touches Addicks"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Dark Age: 3132-3134 INN, p. 7: "Senator Kev Rosse Announces Discovery of New Crude Oil Resources on Addicks"
- ↑ Era Digest: Dark Age, pp. 4-6
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Dark Age: 3132-3134 INN, p. 74, "Peace on Addicks"
- ↑ Battle for Addicks: DropShip Down results, retrieved from the MechWarrior: Dark Age website
- ↑ Gambit: The Battle for Addicks!, scenario 2: "Reach for the Sky"
- ↑ Battle for Addicks: Reach for the Sky results, retrieved from the MechWarrior: Dark Age website
- ↑ MechWarrior: Dark Age - Dossiers and Pilot Cards, p. 89: "Naomi Katina"
- ↑ Dark Age: 3132-3134 INN, p. 63: "Addicks Refugees Arrive on Towne - Report 'Addicks at War'"
- ↑ Dark Age: 3132-3134 INN, p. 138: "Addicks Refugees to Return Home"