Editing Battle of the LAW City Ruins

The edit can be undone. Please check the comparison below to verify that this is what you want to do, and then save the changes below to finish undoing the edit.

Latest revision		Your text
Line 20:		Line 20:
	==Details==		==Details==
	===Background===		===Background===
−	Following the coup by [[Black Dragon Society|Black Dragon]] forces in December of [[3067]], most conflicts that occurred tended towards small raids and sniping incidents, with a few random but intense small unit actions. Upon the arrival of the supporting [[40th Dieron Regulars]], the Black Dragons reorganized their forces and began focusing on operations intended to reduce the effectiveness of the loyalist forces, located roughly four kilometers from the site of the underground nuclear blast that destroyed [[LAW City]] on [[Guthry Island]].<ref name=JTPL8/>	+	Following the coup by [[Black Dragon]] forces in December of [[3067]], most conflicts that occurred tended towards small raids and sniping incidents, with a few random but intense small unit actions. Upon the arrival of the supporting [[40th Dieron Regulars]], the Black Dragons reorganized their forces and began focusing on operations intended to reduce the effectiveness of the loyalist forces, located roughly four kilometers from the site of the underground nuclear blast that destroyed [[LAW City]] on [[Guthry Island]].<ref name=JTPL8/>
	===18 July 3069===		===18 July 3069===

Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in!

{{InfoBoxConflict | conflict = Battle of the LAW City Ruins | partof = [[Battle of Luthien (3067)|Battle of Luthien]] | image = | date = 18 July [[3069]] | place = [[LAW City]] | planet = [[Luthien]] | commander1 = ''Tai-sa'' [[Li Sak To]] | forces1 = [[2nd Sword of Light]]<br>(Black Dragon)<br>[[6th Benjamin Regulars]]<br>[[40th Dieron Regulars]] | commander2 = ''Tai-sa'' [[Shih Chou]]<ref>Presumed, as he was the acting commanding officer at the start of the [[Battle of Luthien (3067)|Battle of Luthien]]</ref> | forces2 = [[1st Genyosha]] | commander3 = Precentor [[William Nikoli]]<ref>Presumed, as he was the commanding officer at the 9th's arrival at the [[Battle of Luthien (3067)|Battle of Luthien]]</ref> | forces3 = [[9th Division (Word of Blake)|9th Division]]<br>(Word of Blake)<br>[[Sathen's Snipers]] | result = 1st Genyosha victory | environment = dense urban <br>industrial complex | conditions = }} The '''Battle of the LAW City Ruins''' was a rare three-way conflict between forces of the ''[[Kokuryu-kai]]'', [[Word of Blake]] and loyalists to [[House Kurita]] on 18 July [[3069]] in the ruins of [[LAW City]] on [[Luthien]].<ref name=JTPL8>''Jihad Turning Points: Luthien'', pp. 8-9, "Bullet In the Blue Sky"</ref> ==Details== ===Background=== Following the coup by [[Black Dragon]] forces in December of [[3067]], most conflicts that occurred tended towards small raids and sniping incidents, with a few random but intense small unit actions. Upon the arrival of the supporting [[40th Dieron Regulars]], the Black Dragons reorganized their forces and began focusing on operations intended to reduce the effectiveness of the loyalist forces, located roughly four kilometers from the site of the underground nuclear blast that destroyed [[LAW City]] on [[Guthry Island]].<ref name=JTPL8/> ===18 July 3069=== The battle was begun when the Black Dragons prematurely engaged a Word of Blake salvage team from the [[9th Division (Word of Blake)|Ninth Division]] working in the ruins between the two opposing Draconis forces. Elements of [[Sathen's Snipers]], no longer under contract to the ''Kokuryu-kai'' but to the Word of Blake, assisted in the salvage team's defense.<ref name=JTPL8/> By the time the Black Dragons moved on from the first engagement, the loyalist forces of the [[1st Genyosha]] were prepared for the assault and levied heavy casualties on the [[6th Benjamin Regulars]], who lost their executive officer.<ref name=JTPL8/> ==Participants== ===Aggressors=== * [[2nd Sword of Light]] (Black Dragon) * [[6th Benjamin Regulars]] * [[40th Dieron Regulars]] ===Defenders=== * [[1st Genyosha]] * [[9th Division (Word of Blake)|9th Division]] * [[Sathen's Snipers]] ==References== <references/> ==Bibliography== *''[[Jihad Turning Points: Luthien]]'' [[Category:Minor Battles (Jihad)|LAW City Ruins]]

Summary:

Please note that all contributions to BattleTechWiki are considered to be released under the GNU FDL 1.2 (see BattleTechWiki:Copyrights for details). If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly and redistributed at will, then do not submit it here.
You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource. Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!

To edit this page, please answer the question that appears below (more info):

____ Corporation is the publisher who created BattleTech (then called Battledroids) in 1984

Cancel Editing help (opens in new window)

Advanced templates:

Editing: {{Merge}}   {{Moratorium}}   {{Otheruses| | | }}

Notices: {{NoEdit}}   {{Sign}}   {{Unsigned|name}}   {{Welcome}}

Administration: {{Essay}}   {{Policy}}   {{Procedure}}

Template used on this page:

• Template:InfoBoxConflict (edit)