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Line 96: ====Clan Invasion==== ====Clan Invasion==== − In April of [[3050]], Clan Jade Falcon invaded Black Earth as part of the Second Wave of [[Operation REVIVAL]]. The entire [[Gyrfalcon Galaxy]] was dispatched to conquer the world, which was defended by those survivors of both the [[First Grave Walkers]] and [[Seventeenth Skye Rangers]] who had managed to escape from earlier Falcon attacks. At the Black Earth Space Port the Jade Falcon aerospace contingent surprised its Seventeenth Skye counterparts while they were still on the ground, although in a show of fairness the Falcon aerospace commander allowed the enemy pilots to get in their fighters and take off before being destroyed. When the ground attack against the space port began the Seventeenth Skye managed to resist for little over an hour against the Jade Falcons before being overrun. At New Houston the Grave Walkers set fire to the oil at one of the refineries in hopes of using the resulting black smoke to screen their forces, only to learn that such a trick was useless against the superior technology of the [[Clans]]. From opening shot to the defenders' final surrender the battle for Black Earth took less than thirty hours.<ref name="JFS38">'' Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 38: "Black Earth"</ref> + In April of [[3050]], Clan Jade Falcon invaded Black Earth as part of the Second Wave of [[Operation REVIVAL]]. The entire [[Gyrfalcon Galaxy]] was dispatched to conquer the world, which was defended by those survivors of both the [[First Grave Walkers]] and [[Seventeenth Skye Rangers]] who had managed to escape from earlier Falcon attacks. At the Black Earth Space Port the Jade Falcon aerospace contingent surprised its Seventeenth Skye counterparts while they were still on the ground, although in a show of fairness the Falcon aerospace commander allowed the enemy pilots to get in their fighters and take off before being destroyed. When the ground attack against the space port began the Seventeenth Skye managed to resist for little over an hour against the Jade Falcons before being overrun. At New Houston the Grave Walkers set fire to the oil at one of the refineries in hopes of using the resulting black smoke to screen their forces, only to learn that such a trick was useless against the superior technology of the [[Clans]]. From opening shot to the defenders' final surrender the battle for Black Earth took less than thirty hours.<ref name="JFSB">'' Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 37</ref> ====The Jihad==== ====The Jihad==== Line 141:
Line 141: ===Planetary Locations=== ===Planetary Locations=== * Augusta Base: a military base located between the Augusta DropPort and the Ahoksie Plains.<ref name="ADH"/> * Augusta Base: a military base located between the Augusta DropPort and the Ahoksie Plains.<ref name="ADH"/> − * Black Earth Space Port: major spaceport and site of an important battle during Operation REVIVAL.<ref name="JFS38"/> * Columbia: the planetary capital city.<ref name="ADH">''A Different Hope"</ref> * Columbia: the planetary capital city.<ref name="ADH">''A Different Hope"</ref> − * New Houston: city and location of numerous oil refineries.<ref name="JFS38"/> + * New Houston: city and location of numerous oil refineries.<ref name="JFSB"/> * New South Side: city<ref name=HSLC-159>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'' p. 159</ref> * New South Side: city<ref name=HSLC-159>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'' p. 159</ref> <!-- Commented out due to lack of information <!-- Commented out due to lack of information
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| − | In April of [[3050]], Clan Jade Falcon invaded Black Earth as part of the Second Wave of [[Operation REVIVAL]]. The entire [[Gyrfalcon Galaxy]] was dispatched to conquer the world, which was defended by those survivors of both the [[First Grave Walkers]] and [[Seventeenth Skye Rangers]] who had managed to escape from earlier Falcon attacks. At the Black Earth Space Port the Jade Falcon aerospace contingent surprised its Seventeenth Skye counterparts while they were still on the ground, although in a show of fairness the Falcon aerospace commander allowed the enemy pilots to get in their fighters and take off before being destroyed. When the ground attack against the space port began the Seventeenth Skye managed to resist for little over an hour against the Jade Falcons before being overrun. At New Houston the Grave Walkers set fire to the oil at one of the refineries in hopes of using the resulting black smoke to screen their forces, only to learn that such a trick was useless against the superior technology of the [[Clans]]. From opening shot to the defenders' final surrender the battle for Black Earth took less than thirty hours.<ref name=" | + | In April of [[3050]], Clan Jade Falcon invaded Black Earth as part of the Second Wave of [[Operation REVIVAL]]. The entire [[Gyrfalcon Galaxy]] was dispatched to conquer the world, which was defended by those survivors of both the [[First Grave Walkers]] and [[Seventeenth Skye Rangers]] who had managed to escape from earlier Falcon attacks. At the Black Earth Space Port the Jade Falcon aerospace contingent surprised its Seventeenth Skye counterparts while they were still on the ground, although in a show of fairness the Falcon aerospace commander allowed the enemy pilots to get in their fighters and take off before being destroyed. When the ground attack against the space port began the Seventeenth Skye managed to resist for little over an hour against the Jade Falcons before being overrun. At New Houston the Grave Walkers set fire to the oil at one of the refineries in hopes of using the resulting black smoke to screen their forces, only to learn that such a trick was useless against the superior technology of the [[Clans]]. From opening shot to the defenders' final surrender the battle for Black Earth took less than thirty hours.<ref name="JFSB">'' Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 37</ref> |
====The Jihad==== | ====The Jihad==== | ||
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===Planetary Locations=== | ===Planetary Locations=== | ||
* Augusta Base: a military base located between the Augusta DropPort and the Ahoksie Plains.<ref name="ADH"/> | * Augusta Base: a military base located between the Augusta DropPort and the Ahoksie Plains.<ref name="ADH"/> | ||
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* Columbia: the planetary capital city.<ref name="ADH">''A Different Hope"</ref> | * Columbia: the planetary capital city.<ref name="ADH">''A Different Hope"</ref> | ||
| − | * New Houston: city and location of numerous oil refineries.<ref name=" | + | * New Houston: city and location of numerous oil refineries.<ref name="JFSB"/> |
* New South Side: city<ref name=HSLC-159>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'' p. 159</ref> | * New South Side: city<ref name=HSLC-159>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'' p. 159</ref> | ||
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