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Line 35: === GALAHAD 3027 === === GALAHAD 3027 === − In August 3027 Hanse Davion repeated Operation GALAHAD, but this time on a larger scale; almost thirty 'Mech regiments and more than two hundred armor and infantry regiments were deployed, a military deployment that numbered almost a third of the AFFS. The Prince also commandeered commercial [[JumpShip]]s and [[DropShip]]s from the interior of the Federated Suns to the border regions. This time, Operation GALAHAD was conducted without using [[ComStar]] as a means of transmitting messages - instead, the various wargames were managed via messages couriered between JumpShips in a relay method that was so evocative of the Pony Express system of communication used in North America on ancient [[Terra]] that the tactic became known by the same name - Pony Express.<ref name="NAISv1p8"/> + In August 3027 Hanse Davion repeated Operation GALAHAD, but this time on a larger scale; almost thirty 'Mech regiments and more than two hundred armor and infantry regiments were deployed, a military deployment that numbered almost a third of the AFFS. The Prince also commandeered commercial [[JumpShip]]s and [[DropShip]]s the interior of the Federated Suns to the border regions. This time, Operation GALAHAD was conducted without using [[ComStar]] as a means of transmitting messages - instead, the various wargames were managed via messages couriered between JumpShips in a relay method that was so evocative of the Pony Express system of communication used in North America on ancient [[Terra]] that the tactic became known by the same name - Pony Express.<ref name="NAISv1p8"/> The CCAF and DCMS went on high alert again in response to GALAHAD 3027, but not to the same level that had been maintained the previous year - although the flow of invective from the capitals of [[Luthien]] and [[Sian]] remained largely unchanged. Once again, Hanse Davion used the GALAHAD exercises as a cover for the permanent redeployment of troops into the Capellan March - this time, four complete [[BattleMech]] regiments and another two [[RCT]]s. In another scaling-up of his preparations, the AFFS also retained the services of twenty-two commercial JumpShips and thirty commercial DropShips which had been commandeered for the exercises, although the AFFS continued to pay rent for their use of the vessels - albeit at a level that elicited grumbling from the various owners of the ships.<ref name="NAISv1p9"/> The CCAF and DCMS went on high alert again in response to GALAHAD 3027, but not to the same level that had been maintained the previous year - although the flow of invective from the capitals of [[Luthien]] and [[Sian]] remained largely unchanged. Once again, Hanse Davion used the GALAHAD exercises as a cover for the permanent redeployment of troops into the Capellan March - this time, four complete [[BattleMech]] regiments and another two [[RCT]]s. In another scaling-up of his preparations, the AFFS also retained the services of twenty-two commercial JumpShips and thirty commercial DropShips which had been commandeered for the exercises, although the AFFS continued to pay rent for their use of the vessels - albeit at a level that elicited grumbling from the various owners of the ships.<ref name="NAISv1p9"/>
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| − | In August 3027 Hanse Davion repeated Operation GALAHAD, but this time on a larger scale; almost thirty 'Mech regiments and more than two hundred armor and infantry regiments were deployed, a military deployment that numbered almost a third of the AFFS. The Prince also commandeered commercial [[JumpShip]]s and [[DropShip]]s | + | In August 3027 Hanse Davion repeated Operation GALAHAD, but this time on a larger scale; almost thirty 'Mech regiments and more than two hundred armor and infantry regiments were deployed, a military deployment that numbered almost a third of the AFFS. The Prince also commandeered commercial [[JumpShip]]s and [[DropShip]]s the interior of the Federated Suns to the border regions. This time, Operation GALAHAD was conducted without using [[ComStar]] as a means of transmitting messages - instead, the various wargames were managed via messages couriered between JumpShips in a relay method that was so evocative of the Pony Express system of communication used in North America on ancient [[Terra]] that the tactic became known by the same name - Pony Express.<ref name="NAISv1p8"/> |
The CCAF and DCMS went on high alert again in response to GALAHAD 3027, but not to the same level that had been maintained the previous year - although the flow of invective from the capitals of [[Luthien]] and [[Sian]] remained largely unchanged. Once again, Hanse Davion used the GALAHAD exercises as a cover for the permanent redeployment of troops into the Capellan March - this time, four complete [[BattleMech]] regiments and another two [[RCT]]s. In another scaling-up of his preparations, the AFFS also retained the services of twenty-two commercial JumpShips and thirty commercial DropShips which had been commandeered for the exercises, although the AFFS continued to pay rent for their use of the vessels - albeit at a level that elicited grumbling from the various owners of the ships.<ref name="NAISv1p9"/> | The CCAF and DCMS went on high alert again in response to GALAHAD 3027, but not to the same level that had been maintained the previous year - although the flow of invective from the capitals of [[Luthien]] and [[Sian]] remained largely unchanged. Once again, Hanse Davion used the GALAHAD exercises as a cover for the permanent redeployment of troops into the Capellan March - this time, four complete [[BattleMech]] regiments and another two [[RCT]]s. In another scaling-up of his preparations, the AFFS also retained the services of twenty-two commercial JumpShips and thirty commercial DropShips which had been commandeered for the exercises, although the AFFS continued to pay rent for their use of the vessels - albeit at a level that elicited grumbling from the various owners of the ships.<ref name="NAISv1p9"/> | ||