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Line 120: The planet endured great devastation during the [[FedCom Civil War]] as a result of the low-intensity conflicts prior to and directly from the early [[3067]] invasion by [[Victor Steiner-Davion]]. In [[Katherine Steiner-Davion]]'s hunt for insurrectionists and followers of her brother, the people of New Avalon endured recurring arrests, sessions of torture, and executions, with the associated difficulties visited upon the world economy. The concluding invasion only exacerbated the troubles, as the opposing forces devastated all manner of environments, both developed and natural.<ref name=JTPNA5/> The planet endured great devastation during the [[FedCom Civil War]] as a result of the low-intensity conflicts prior to and directly from the early [[3067]] invasion by [[Victor Steiner-Davion]]. In [[Katherine Steiner-Davion]]'s hunt for insurrectionists and followers of her brother, the people of New Avalon endured recurring arrests, sessions of torture, and executions, with the associated difficulties visited upon the world economy. The concluding invasion only exacerbated the troubles, as the opposing forces devastated all manner of environments, both developed and natural.<ref name=JTPNA5/> − ====First Battle for New Avalon==== + ====Jihad==== + =====First Battle for New Avalon===== New Avalon was besieged by the [[Word of Blake]] from the beginning of the [[Jihad]]. The campaign to capture New Avalon began on 5 December [[3067]], when the [[Word of Blake]] issued final threats over the decision of the [[Federated Suns]] to withdraw from the [[Second Star League]]; this was followed by a Word of Blake fleet assault on New Avalon.<ref name="J:FRp44"/> The Blakists had positioned three WarShips in the outskirts of the New Avalon system—the ''[[Aegis (WarShip class)|Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Herald of Justice|WoBS ''Herald of Justice'']], ''[[Riga (WarShip class)|Riga]]''-class [[Red Angel|WoBS ''Red Angel'']], and the ''[[Essex]]''-class [[Divine Forgiveness|WoBS ''Divine Forgiveness'']]—in anticipation of announcing themselves as the defenders of New Avalon following the successful incorporation of the Word of Blake into the Second Star League. When the Federated Suns withdrew from the Second Star League, those orders were replaced with orders to instead discipline the Federated Suns for its errors.<ref name="TCp43">''Total Chaos'', pp. 43–45: "New Avalon (sidebar)"</ref> [[WarShip]]s from the [[AFFS]]<ref name="J:FRp44"/>—the ''[[Fox (WarShip class)|Fox]]''-class corvettes [[Antrim|FSS '' Antrim'']] and [[Bryceland (Individual Fox-class WarShip)|FSS ''Bryceland'']]<ref name=NADHL>''BattleCorps: INN Newscast (Solaris Broadcasting Co. section), news item published [19/12/3067], "New Avalon Defenders Hold Line, Cripple Blake Flagship"''</ref><ref name="TCp43"/>—attempted to interdict the Blakist fleet as it approached New Avalon, and managed to cripple<ref name="J:FRp44"/> and then destroy the enemy flagship the WoBS ''Herald of Justice''<ref name="J:FRp128">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 128, "Original Word Of Blake Fleet"</ref> via suicidal collisions<ref name="TCp43"/> but despite the heavy fighting in space the AFFS could not prevent the Word from bombarding Avalon City and dropping almost a [[division]] of ground troops onto the city.<ref name="J:FRp44">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 44: "The Jihad In Review"</ref> New Avalon was besieged by the [[Word of Blake]] from the beginning of the [[Jihad]]. The campaign to capture New Avalon began on 5 December [[3067]], when the [[Word of Blake]] issued final threats over the decision of the [[Federated Suns]] to withdraw from the [[Second Star League]]; this was followed by a Word of Blake fleet assault on New Avalon.<ref name="J:FRp44"/> The Blakists had positioned three WarShips in the outskirts of the New Avalon system—the ''[[Aegis (WarShip class)|Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Herald of Justice|WoBS ''Herald of Justice'']], ''[[Riga (WarShip class)|Riga]]''-class [[Red Angel|WoBS ''Red Angel'']], and the ''[[Essex]]''-class [[Divine Forgiveness|WoBS ''Divine Forgiveness'']]—in anticipation of announcing themselves as the defenders of New Avalon following the successful incorporation of the Word of Blake into the Second Star League. When the Federated Suns withdrew from the Second Star League, those orders were replaced with orders to instead discipline the Federated Suns for its errors.<ref name="TCp43">''Total Chaos'', pp. 43–45: "New Avalon (sidebar)"</ref> [[WarShip]]s from the [[AFFS]]<ref name="J:FRp44"/>—the ''[[Fox (WarShip class)|Fox]]''-class corvettes [[Antrim|FSS '' Antrim'']] and [[Bryceland (Individual Fox-class WarShip)|FSS ''Bryceland'']]<ref name=NADHL>''BattleCorps: INN Newscast (Solaris Broadcasting Co. section), news item published [19/12/3067], "New Avalon Defenders Hold Line, Cripple Blake Flagship"''</ref><ref name="TCp43"/>—attempted to interdict the Blakist fleet as it approached New Avalon, and managed to cripple<ref name="J:FRp44"/> and then destroy the enemy flagship the WoBS ''Herald of Justice''<ref name="J:FRp128">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 128, "Original Word Of Blake Fleet"</ref> via suicidal collisions<ref name="TCp43"/> but despite the heavy fighting in space the AFFS could not prevent the Word from bombarding Avalon City and dropping almost a [[division]] of ground troops onto the city.<ref name="J:FRp44">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 44: "The Jihad In Review"</ref> Line 127:
Line 128: Whilst the ''Divine Forgiveness'' and ''Red Angel'' ensured Blakist aerospace supremacy in the aftermath of the First Battle, the defenders reorganized their forces; the Fifth Donegal had been completely destroyed, but the survivors of the New Avalon Cavaliers, Second NAIS Training cadre and Tenth Lyran Guards formed an ad hoc command that augmented the First Davion Guards, while New Avalon called in [[Beta Regiment (12th Vegan Rangers)|Beta Regiment]] of the [[Twelfth Vegan Rangers]] and four complete commands from the Davion Brigade of Guards—the [[Davion Assault Guards]], [[Davion Heavy Guards]], [[Davion Light Guards]], and the [[Third Davion Guards]]—as reinforcements.<ref name="TCp43"/> Whilst the ''Divine Forgiveness'' and ''Red Angel'' ensured Blakist aerospace supremacy in the aftermath of the First Battle, the defenders reorganized their forces; the Fifth Donegal had been completely destroyed, but the survivors of the New Avalon Cavaliers, Second NAIS Training cadre and Tenth Lyran Guards formed an ad hoc command that augmented the First Davion Guards, while New Avalon called in [[Beta Regiment (12th Vegan Rangers)|Beta Regiment]] of the [[Twelfth Vegan Rangers]] and four complete commands from the Davion Brigade of Guards—the [[Davion Assault Guards]], [[Davion Heavy Guards]], [[Davion Light Guards]], and the [[Third Davion Guards]]—as reinforcements.<ref name="TCp43"/> − ====Second Battle for New Avalon==== + =====Second Battle for New Avalon===== The first Word of Blake reinforcements arrived on New Avalon on 10 February [[3068]].<ref name="J:FRp45">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 45: "The Jihad In Review"</ref> Arriving using [[JumpShip]]s that had executed [[Super-Jump Drive|superjumps]], the [[36th Division (Word of Blake)|Thirty-sixth Militia Division]] made planetfall ahead of any of the AFFS reinforcements, initiating the Second Battle for New Avalon with nuclear weapons to make up for a lack of numbers. The nuclear bombardment shattered the First Davion Guards as well as laying waste to much of Avalon City. The Thirty-sixth was soon close to seizing control of the planet when the Davion reinforcements arrived in-system, each arriving at a different point and approaching the planet via different vectors in an effort to evade or breach the Blakist blockade, with varying degrees of success. Some or all of the Davion Light Guards DropShips were intercepted by the Blakist WarShips, while pocket WarShips destroyed half of the Third Davion Guards as they made their atmospheric insertion.<ref name="TCp43"/> The first Word of Blake reinforcements arrived on New Avalon on 10 February [[3068]].<ref name="J:FRp45">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 45: "The Jihad In Review"</ref> Arriving using [[JumpShip]]s that had executed [[Super-Jump Drive|superjumps]], the [[36th Division (Word of Blake)|Thirty-sixth Militia Division]] made planetfall ahead of any of the AFFS reinforcements, initiating the Second Battle for New Avalon with nuclear weapons to make up for a lack of numbers. The nuclear bombardment shattered the First Davion Guards as well as laying waste to much of Avalon City. The Thirty-sixth was soon close to seizing control of the planet when the Davion reinforcements arrived in-system, each arriving at a different point and approaching the planet via different vectors in an effort to evade or breach the Blakist blockade, with varying degrees of success. Some or all of the Davion Light Guards DropShips were intercepted by the Blakist WarShips, while pocket WarShips destroyed half of the Third Davion Guards as they made their atmospheric insertion.<ref name="TCp43"/> Line 134:
Line 135: The battle for control of the planet continued for years; as late as November [[3072]], the remaining defenders on New Avalon were still preventing the Blakists from controlling the world.<ref name="JHS3076p23">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 23: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp51">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 51: "The Jihad In Review"</ref> It was during November 3072 that the Blakists received significant supplies, including additional aerospace forces and additional armaments for the three WarShips. Then, in December 3072, the [[Fifth FedCom RCT]] arrived in the New Avalon system and attempted to make planetfall. En route to the planet the Fifth FedCom threw their nuclear arsenal at the ''Red Angel'', destroying it and a pocket WarShip.<ref name="TCp43"/><ref name="J:FRp128"/> Whilst the arrival of the Fifth FedCom brought some additional hope to the defenders, it also generated a renewed focus on New Avalon on the part of the Blakists, who deployed additional ground forces including the [[Forty-fourth Shadow Division]] and the mercenary unit [[Bronson's Horde]], who arrived on the 20th of December and rapidly initiated the Third Battle for New Avalon.<ref name="TCp43"/><ref name=Shadow_D_New_Avalon>''BattleCorps: INN Newscast (MilSpec section), news item published [28/12/3072], "AFFS Notes New Arrivals in Battle For New Avalon"''</ref> The battle for control of the planet continued for years; as late as November [[3072]], the remaining defenders on New Avalon were still preventing the Blakists from controlling the world.<ref name="JHS3076p23">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 23: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp51">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 51: "The Jihad In Review"</ref> It was during November 3072 that the Blakists received significant supplies, including additional aerospace forces and additional armaments for the three WarShips. Then, in December 3072, the [[Fifth FedCom RCT]] arrived in the New Avalon system and attempted to make planetfall. En route to the planet the Fifth FedCom threw their nuclear arsenal at the ''Red Angel'', destroying it and a pocket WarShip.<ref name="TCp43"/><ref name="J:FRp128"/> Whilst the arrival of the Fifth FedCom brought some additional hope to the defenders, it also generated a renewed focus on New Avalon on the part of the Blakists, who deployed additional ground forces including the [[Forty-fourth Shadow Division]] and the mercenary unit [[Bronson's Horde]], who arrived on the 20th of December and rapidly initiated the Third Battle for New Avalon.<ref name="TCp43"/><ref name=Shadow_D_New_Avalon>''BattleCorps: INN Newscast (MilSpec section), news item published [28/12/3072], "AFFS Notes New Arrivals in Battle For New Avalon"''</ref> − ====Third Battle for New Avalon==== + =====Third Battle for New Avalon===== It was the Third Battle for New Avalon that was perhaps the most decisive for the Word of Blake forces; troops under the command of Precentor [[Geoffrey Zucker]] and Precentor [[Avitue]] seized [[Mount Davion]] on 4 February [[3073]] and killed the AFFS [[Marshal of the Armies]], [[Jackson Davion]].<ref name="J:FRp51"/><ref name="JHS3076p26">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 26: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref> Avitue was heavily wounded in the attack and evacuated by the Blakists, but the death of Jackson Davion broke the morale of the defenders and achieved a clear victory for the Blakists, who now controlled the planet and the system.<ref name="TCp43"/> It was the Third Battle for New Avalon that was perhaps the most decisive for the Word of Blake forces; troops under the command of Precentor [[Geoffrey Zucker]] and Precentor [[Avitue]] seized [[Mount Davion]] on 4 February [[3073]] and killed the AFFS [[Marshal of the Armies]], [[Jackson Davion]].<ref name="J:FRp51"/><ref name="JHS3076p26">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 26: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref> Avitue was heavily wounded in the attack and evacuated by the Blakists, but the death of Jackson Davion broke the morale of the defenders and achieved a clear victory for the Blakists, who now controlled the planet and the system.<ref name="TCp43"/>
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The planet endured great devastation during the [[FedCom Civil War]] as a result of the low-intensity conflicts prior to and directly from the early [[3067]] invasion by [[Victor Steiner-Davion]]. In [[Katherine Steiner-Davion]]'s hunt for insurrectionists and followers of her brother, the people of New Avalon endured recurring arrests, sessions of torture, and executions, with the associated difficulties visited upon the world economy. The concluding invasion only exacerbated the troubles, as the opposing forces devastated all manner of environments, both developed and natural.<ref name=JTPNA5/> | The planet endured great devastation during the [[FedCom Civil War]] as a result of the low-intensity conflicts prior to and directly from the early [[3067]] invasion by [[Victor Steiner-Davion]]. In [[Katherine Steiner-Davion]]'s hunt for insurrectionists and followers of her brother, the people of New Avalon endured recurring arrests, sessions of torture, and executions, with the associated difficulties visited upon the world economy. The concluding invasion only exacerbated the troubles, as the opposing forces devastated all manner of environments, both developed and natural.<ref name=JTPNA5/> | ||
| − | ====First Battle for New Avalon==== | + | ====Jihad==== |
| + | =====First Battle for New Avalon===== | ||
New Avalon was besieged by the [[Word of Blake]] from the beginning of the [[Jihad]]. The campaign to capture New Avalon began on 5 December [[3067]], when the [[Word of Blake]] issued final threats over the decision of the [[Federated Suns]] to withdraw from the [[Second Star League]]; this was followed by a Word of Blake fleet assault on New Avalon.<ref name="J:FRp44"/> The Blakists had positioned three WarShips in the outskirts of the New Avalon system—the ''[[Aegis (WarShip class)|Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Herald of Justice|WoBS ''Herald of Justice'']], ''[[Riga (WarShip class)|Riga]]''-class [[Red Angel|WoBS ''Red Angel'']], and the ''[[Essex]]''-class [[Divine Forgiveness|WoBS ''Divine Forgiveness'']]—in anticipation of announcing themselves as the defenders of New Avalon following the successful incorporation of the Word of Blake into the Second Star League. When the Federated Suns withdrew from the Second Star League, those orders were replaced with orders to instead discipline the Federated Suns for its errors.<ref name="TCp43">''Total Chaos'', pp. 43–45: "New Avalon (sidebar)"</ref> [[WarShip]]s from the [[AFFS]]<ref name="J:FRp44"/>—the ''[[Fox (WarShip class)|Fox]]''-class corvettes [[Antrim|FSS '' Antrim'']] and [[Bryceland (Individual Fox-class WarShip)|FSS ''Bryceland'']]<ref name=NADHL>''BattleCorps: INN Newscast (Solaris Broadcasting Co. section), news item published [19/12/3067], "New Avalon Defenders Hold Line, Cripple Blake Flagship"''</ref><ref name="TCp43"/>—attempted to interdict the Blakist fleet as it approached New Avalon, and managed to cripple<ref name="J:FRp44"/> and then destroy the enemy flagship the WoBS ''Herald of Justice''<ref name="J:FRp128">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 128, "Original Word Of Blake Fleet"</ref> via suicidal collisions<ref name="TCp43"/> but despite the heavy fighting in space the AFFS could not prevent the Word from bombarding Avalon City and dropping almost a [[division]] of ground troops onto the city.<ref name="J:FRp44">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 44: "The Jihad In Review"</ref> | New Avalon was besieged by the [[Word of Blake]] from the beginning of the [[Jihad]]. The campaign to capture New Avalon began on 5 December [[3067]], when the [[Word of Blake]] issued final threats over the decision of the [[Federated Suns]] to withdraw from the [[Second Star League]]; this was followed by a Word of Blake fleet assault on New Avalon.<ref name="J:FRp44"/> The Blakists had positioned three WarShips in the outskirts of the New Avalon system—the ''[[Aegis (WarShip class)|Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Herald of Justice|WoBS ''Herald of Justice'']], ''[[Riga (WarShip class)|Riga]]''-class [[Red Angel|WoBS ''Red Angel'']], and the ''[[Essex]]''-class [[Divine Forgiveness|WoBS ''Divine Forgiveness'']]—in anticipation of announcing themselves as the defenders of New Avalon following the successful incorporation of the Word of Blake into the Second Star League. When the Federated Suns withdrew from the Second Star League, those orders were replaced with orders to instead discipline the Federated Suns for its errors.<ref name="TCp43">''Total Chaos'', pp. 43–45: "New Avalon (sidebar)"</ref> [[WarShip]]s from the [[AFFS]]<ref name="J:FRp44"/>—the ''[[Fox (WarShip class)|Fox]]''-class corvettes [[Antrim|FSS '' Antrim'']] and [[Bryceland (Individual Fox-class WarShip)|FSS ''Bryceland'']]<ref name=NADHL>''BattleCorps: INN Newscast (Solaris Broadcasting Co. section), news item published [19/12/3067], "New Avalon Defenders Hold Line, Cripple Blake Flagship"''</ref><ref name="TCp43"/>—attempted to interdict the Blakist fleet as it approached New Avalon, and managed to cripple<ref name="J:FRp44"/> and then destroy the enemy flagship the WoBS ''Herald of Justice''<ref name="J:FRp128">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 128, "Original Word Of Blake Fleet"</ref> via suicidal collisions<ref name="TCp43"/> but despite the heavy fighting in space the AFFS could not prevent the Word from bombarding Avalon City and dropping almost a [[division]] of ground troops onto the city.<ref name="J:FRp44">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 44: "The Jihad In Review"</ref> | ||
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Whilst the ''Divine Forgiveness'' and ''Red Angel'' ensured Blakist aerospace supremacy in the aftermath of the First Battle, the defenders reorganized their forces; the Fifth Donegal had been completely destroyed, but the survivors of the New Avalon Cavaliers, Second NAIS Training cadre and Tenth Lyran Guards formed an ad hoc command that augmented the First Davion Guards, while New Avalon called in [[Beta Regiment (12th Vegan Rangers)|Beta Regiment]] of the [[Twelfth Vegan Rangers]] and four complete commands from the Davion Brigade of Guards—the [[Davion Assault Guards]], [[Davion Heavy Guards]], [[Davion Light Guards]], and the [[Third Davion Guards]]—as reinforcements.<ref name="TCp43"/> | Whilst the ''Divine Forgiveness'' and ''Red Angel'' ensured Blakist aerospace supremacy in the aftermath of the First Battle, the defenders reorganized their forces; the Fifth Donegal had been completely destroyed, but the survivors of the New Avalon Cavaliers, Second NAIS Training cadre and Tenth Lyran Guards formed an ad hoc command that augmented the First Davion Guards, while New Avalon called in [[Beta Regiment (12th Vegan Rangers)|Beta Regiment]] of the [[Twelfth Vegan Rangers]] and four complete commands from the Davion Brigade of Guards—the [[Davion Assault Guards]], [[Davion Heavy Guards]], [[Davion Light Guards]], and the [[Third Davion Guards]]—as reinforcements.<ref name="TCp43"/> | ||
| − | ====Second Battle for New Avalon==== | + | =====Second Battle for New Avalon===== |
The first Word of Blake reinforcements arrived on New Avalon on 10 February [[3068]].<ref name="J:FRp45">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 45: "The Jihad In Review"</ref> Arriving using [[JumpShip]]s that had executed [[Super-Jump Drive|superjumps]], the [[36th Division (Word of Blake)|Thirty-sixth Militia Division]] made planetfall ahead of any of the AFFS reinforcements, initiating the Second Battle for New Avalon with nuclear weapons to make up for a lack of numbers. The nuclear bombardment shattered the First Davion Guards as well as laying waste to much of Avalon City. The Thirty-sixth was soon close to seizing control of the planet when the Davion reinforcements arrived in-system, each arriving at a different point and approaching the planet via different vectors in an effort to evade or breach the Blakist blockade, with varying degrees of success. Some or all of the Davion Light Guards DropShips were intercepted by the Blakist WarShips, while pocket WarShips destroyed half of the Third Davion Guards as they made their atmospheric insertion.<ref name="TCp43"/> | The first Word of Blake reinforcements arrived on New Avalon on 10 February [[3068]].<ref name="J:FRp45">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 45: "The Jihad In Review"</ref> Arriving using [[JumpShip]]s that had executed [[Super-Jump Drive|superjumps]], the [[36th Division (Word of Blake)|Thirty-sixth Militia Division]] made planetfall ahead of any of the AFFS reinforcements, initiating the Second Battle for New Avalon with nuclear weapons to make up for a lack of numbers. The nuclear bombardment shattered the First Davion Guards as well as laying waste to much of Avalon City. The Thirty-sixth was soon close to seizing control of the planet when the Davion reinforcements arrived in-system, each arriving at a different point and approaching the planet via different vectors in an effort to evade or breach the Blakist blockade, with varying degrees of success. Some or all of the Davion Light Guards DropShips were intercepted by the Blakist WarShips, while pocket WarShips destroyed half of the Third Davion Guards as they made their atmospheric insertion.<ref name="TCp43"/> | ||
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The battle for control of the planet continued for years; as late as November [[3072]], the remaining defenders on New Avalon were still preventing the Blakists from controlling the world.<ref name="JHS3076p23">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 23: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp51">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 51: "The Jihad In Review"</ref> It was during November 3072 that the Blakists received significant supplies, including additional aerospace forces and additional armaments for the three WarShips. Then, in December 3072, the [[Fifth FedCom RCT]] arrived in the New Avalon system and attempted to make planetfall. En route to the planet the Fifth FedCom threw their nuclear arsenal at the ''Red Angel'', destroying it and a pocket WarShip.<ref name="TCp43"/><ref name="J:FRp128"/> Whilst the arrival of the Fifth FedCom brought some additional hope to the defenders, it also generated a renewed focus on New Avalon on the part of the Blakists, who deployed additional ground forces including the [[Forty-fourth Shadow Division]] and the mercenary unit [[Bronson's Horde]], who arrived on the 20th of December and rapidly initiated the Third Battle for New Avalon.<ref name="TCp43"/><ref name=Shadow_D_New_Avalon>''BattleCorps: INN Newscast (MilSpec section), news item published [28/12/3072], "AFFS Notes New Arrivals in Battle For New Avalon"''</ref> | The battle for control of the planet continued for years; as late as November [[3072]], the remaining defenders on New Avalon were still preventing the Blakists from controlling the world.<ref name="JHS3076p23">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 23: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp51">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 51: "The Jihad In Review"</ref> It was during November 3072 that the Blakists received significant supplies, including additional aerospace forces and additional armaments for the three WarShips. Then, in December 3072, the [[Fifth FedCom RCT]] arrived in the New Avalon system and attempted to make planetfall. En route to the planet the Fifth FedCom threw their nuclear arsenal at the ''Red Angel'', destroying it and a pocket WarShip.<ref name="TCp43"/><ref name="J:FRp128"/> Whilst the arrival of the Fifth FedCom brought some additional hope to the defenders, it also generated a renewed focus on New Avalon on the part of the Blakists, who deployed additional ground forces including the [[Forty-fourth Shadow Division]] and the mercenary unit [[Bronson's Horde]], who arrived on the 20th of December and rapidly initiated the Third Battle for New Avalon.<ref name="TCp43"/><ref name=Shadow_D_New_Avalon>''BattleCorps: INN Newscast (MilSpec section), news item published [28/12/3072], "AFFS Notes New Arrivals in Battle For New Avalon"''</ref> | ||
| − | ====Third Battle for New Avalon==== | + | =====Third Battle for New Avalon===== |
It was the Third Battle for New Avalon that was perhaps the most decisive for the Word of Blake forces; troops under the command of Precentor [[Geoffrey Zucker]] and Precentor [[Avitue]] seized [[Mount Davion]] on 4 February [[3073]] and killed the AFFS [[Marshal of the Armies]], [[Jackson Davion]].<ref name="J:FRp51"/><ref name="JHS3076p26">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 26: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref> Avitue was heavily wounded in the attack and evacuated by the Blakists, but the death of Jackson Davion broke the morale of the defenders and achieved a clear victory for the Blakists, who now controlled the planet and the system.<ref name="TCp43"/> | It was the Third Battle for New Avalon that was perhaps the most decisive for the Word of Blake forces; troops under the command of Precentor [[Geoffrey Zucker]] and Precentor [[Avitue]] seized [[Mount Davion]] on 4 February [[3073]] and killed the AFFS [[Marshal of the Armies]], [[Jackson Davion]].<ref name="J:FRp51"/><ref name="JHS3076p26">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 26: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref> Avitue was heavily wounded in the attack and evacuated by the Blakists, but the death of Jackson Davion broke the morale of the defenders and achieved a clear victory for the Blakists, who now controlled the planet and the system.<ref name="TCp43"/> | ||