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In [[3032]], the Tooth of Ymir and the [[First Defenders of Andurien]] were indeed reinforced by the [[Third Defenders of Andurien|Third]] and [[Fourth Defenders of Andurien]]. Even the [[Prefectorate Guard]]'s arrival to reinforce the outnumbered Warrior Houses didn't slow the Andurien advance and, by early March, the Prefectorate Guard were destroyed and Betelgeuse nearly pacified. On 9 May, all five regiments of [[McCarron's Armored Cavalry]] made a surprise drop on Betelgeuse as part of a theater-wide Capellan counter-attack and with just two weeks of fighting the Anduriens were fully ejected from the planet.<ref name=BWp63>''Historical: Brush Wars'', p. 63: "3032 - Betelgeuse"</ref>
 
In [[3032]], the Tooth of Ymir and the [[First Defenders of Andurien]] were indeed reinforced by the [[Third Defenders of Andurien|Third]] and [[Fourth Defenders of Andurien]]. Even the [[Prefectorate Guard]]'s arrival to reinforce the outnumbered Warrior Houses didn't slow the Andurien advance and, by early March, the Prefectorate Guard were destroyed and Betelgeuse nearly pacified. On 9 May, all five regiments of [[McCarron's Armored Cavalry]] made a surprise drop on Betelgeuse as part of a theater-wide Capellan counter-attack and with just two weeks of fighting the Anduriens were fully ejected from the planet.<ref name=BWp63>''Historical: Brush Wars'', p. 63: "3032 - Betelgeuse"</ref>
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Five years later, when the [[Free Worlds League]] began its campaign to pacify the rebellious Anduriens, the Tooth of Ymir were dispatched to aid the Defenders of Andurien and their defense of [[Xanthe III]]. Arriving on Xanthe in March [[3037]], the Tooth were quickly followed by League reinforcements in the form of the [[Iron Guard]], [[Fifth Marik Militia]], and [[Twelfth Atrean Dragoons]]. Now badly outnumbered, the Anduriens elected to begin a fighting withdrawal but were badly mauled by the League forces as they did so. Heller, leading the Andurien rearguard, was killed during the last stand at New Barstow and the battered Tooth left for [[Outreach]] in order to close out their contract with Andurien and reorganize under the leadership of [[Susan Shadwell]].<ref name=BWp75/>
  
 
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Davis Heller
Personal
DiedMay 3037[1]
AffiliationTooth of Ymir
Career
RankColonel[2]

Davis Heller was the commanding officer of the Tooth of Ymir mercenary regiment as of 3025.[2]

History

Colonel Heller, serving with the Tooth of Ymir under contract with the Draconis Combine, was stationed on Wheel in 3025.[2]

Andurien Secession

Heller's unit, having taken up a contract with the Duchy of Andurien, assisted in the rouge province's invasion of the Capellan Confederation during the Andurien Secession. On 9 February, Heller and the Tooth made planetfall on Betelgeuse in order to assist the embattled Anduriens' efforts against Warrior House Kamata. While the Tooth initially made rapid gains, the Warrior House soldiers soon made it apparent that they would fight to the bitter end, requiring each pocket of resistance to be totally crushed before the Andurien forces could proceed. On 9 July, the surprise arrival of a scratch Warrior House Hiritsu force wreaked havoc in the Anduriens' rear lines and, even after being beaten back, these Capellan reinforcements continued to create chaos amidst the invader's supply and support facilities. By the end of the year, Betelgeuse remained unconquered, although Duchess Catherine Humphreys promised enough reinforcements would be sent to take the stubborn planet.[3]

In 3032, the Tooth of Ymir and the First Defenders of Andurien were indeed reinforced by the Third and Fourth Defenders of Andurien. Even the Prefectorate Guard's arrival to reinforce the outnumbered Warrior Houses didn't slow the Andurien advance and, by early March, the Prefectorate Guard were destroyed and Betelgeuse nearly pacified. On 9 May, all five regiments of McCarron's Armored Cavalry made a surprise drop on Betelgeuse as part of a theater-wide Capellan counter-attack and with just two weeks of fighting the Anduriens were fully ejected from the planet.[4]

Five years later, when the Free Worlds League began its campaign to pacify the rebellious Anduriens, the Tooth of Ymir were dispatched to aid the Defenders of Andurien and their defense of Xanthe III. Arriving on Xanthe in March 3037, the Tooth were quickly followed by League reinforcements in the form of the Iron Guard, Fifth Marik Militia, and Twelfth Atrean Dragoons. Now badly outnumbered, the Anduriens elected to begin a fighting withdrawal but were badly mauled by the League forces as they did so. Heller, leading the Andurien rearguard, was killed during the last stand at New Barstow and the battered Tooth left for Outreach in order to close out their contract with Andurien and reorganize under the leadership of Susan Shadwell.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Historical: Brush Wars, pp. 75–76: "Xanthe III - Phase 2"
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 135: "'Mech Unit Deployment Table"
  3. Historical: Brush Wars, pp. 59–60: "3031 - Betelgeuse"
  4. Historical: Brush Wars, p. 63: "3032 - Betelgeuse"

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