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Line 80: The Ice Hellions chose Bangor Harbor on Evciler as their initial landing site, but when they arrived, the Clusters of Alpha and Zeta Prime Galaxies were already tired; the Ice Hellion Watch's information on Evciler was also out of date, as they had believed only elements of the Falcon Alpha Galaxy to be present on the planet, not the entire Galaxy. Galaxy Commander [[Brian Pryde]] pressed the Hellions hard from the outset, and it was obvious to a number of the Hellion senior officers that Khan Montose was acting erratically. Montose had resisted a [[Trial of Possession]] for the entire world, instead turning the campaign into a war of attrition using smaller Trials, although the Falcons had more resources for such a war than the Hellions did. On the 9th of August, Montose accepted a more general Trial, bidding two Clusters from her forces - the [[40th Hellion Lancers (Clan Ice Hellion)|Fortieth]] and [[78th Hellion Lancers (Clan Ice Hellion)|Seventy-eighth Hellion Lancers]] - against matching forces from the Falcons, with Montose commanding the Hellion forces in the field personally. The Fortieth, Montose's former command, took to the field under the command of Star Captain [[Vandal Hildenrath]], as the Star Colonel commanding the Cluster was in a field hospital waiting for a replacement arm after an earlier battle, while the Seventy-eighth was commanded by Star Colonel [[Patricia Rood]].<ref name="OISP1p37">''Operation ICE STORM (Part One)'', ch. 5, pp. 37–45</ref> The Ice Hellions chose Bangor Harbor on Evciler as their initial landing site, but when they arrived, the Clusters of Alpha and Zeta Prime Galaxies were already tired; the Ice Hellion Watch's information on Evciler was also out of date, as they had believed only elements of the Falcon Alpha Galaxy to be present on the planet, not the entire Galaxy. Galaxy Commander [[Brian Pryde]] pressed the Hellions hard from the outset, and it was obvious to a number of the Hellion senior officers that Khan Montose was acting erratically. Montose had resisted a [[Trial of Possession]] for the entire world, instead turning the campaign into a war of attrition using smaller Trials, although the Falcons had more resources for such a war than the Hellions did. On the 9th of August, Montose accepted a more general Trial, bidding two Clusters from her forces - the [[40th Hellion Lancers (Clan Ice Hellion)|Fortieth]] and [[78th Hellion Lancers (Clan Ice Hellion)|Seventy-eighth Hellion Lancers]] - against matching forces from the Falcons, with Montose commanding the Hellion forces in the field personally. The Fortieth, Montose's former command, took to the field under the command of Star Captain [[Vandal Hildenrath]], as the Star Colonel commanding the Cluster was in a field hospital waiting for a replacement arm after an earlier battle, while the Seventy-eighth was commanded by Star Colonel [[Patricia Rood]].<ref name="OISP1p37">''Operation ICE STORM (Part One)'', ch. 5, pp. 37–45</ref> − During the battle, Khan Montose was challenged to a duel by Brian Pryde, and during that duel deliberately ran away, leading Pryde into an ambush at the hands of a [[Flurry Cluster|Flurry Star]] of [[Harpy]] [[ProtoMech]]s, an action witnessed by Star Captain Hildenrath. Hildenrath contacted Patricia Rood with details of what she had seen, even as Falcon 'Mechs moved to support Pryde; Rood ordered Hildenrath to attack, because the warriors of Zeta Prime had seen the Falcon 'Mechs moving to support their commander and had assumed that it was the Falcons who had broken ''zellbrigen''.<ref name="OISP1p37"/> + During the battle, Khan Montose was challenged to a duel by Brian Pryde, and during that duel deliberately ran away, leading Pryde into an ambush at the hands of a Flurry Star of [[Harpy]] [[ProtoMech]]s, an action witnessed by Star Captain Hildenrath. Hildenrath contacted Patricia Rood with details of what she had seen, even as Falcon 'Mechs moved to support Pryde; Rood ordered Hildenrath to attack, because the warriors of Zeta Prime had seen the Falcon 'Mechs moving to support their commander and had assumed that it was the Falcons who had broken ''zellbrigen''.<ref name="OISP1p37"/> In the days before the Trial on Evciler, the [[Jade Falcon Guards (Clan Jade Falcon)|Jade Falcon Guards]] recaptured Bone Norman. Despite taking command of the invasion of Wotan, Connor Rood was deadlocked on the planet, which was defended by a Falcon Provisional Garrison Cluster at the time.<ref name="OISP1p37"/> In the days before the Trial on Evciler, the [[Jade Falcon Guards (Clan Jade Falcon)|Jade Falcon Guards]] recaptured Bone Norman. Despite taking command of the invasion of Wotan, Connor Rood was deadlocked on the planet, which was defended by a Falcon Provisional Garrison Cluster at the time.<ref name="OISP1p37"/>
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The Ice Hellions chose Bangor Harbor on Evciler as their initial landing site, but when they arrived, the Clusters of Alpha and Zeta Prime Galaxies were already tired; the Ice Hellion Watch's information on Evciler was also out of date, as they had believed only elements of the Falcon Alpha Galaxy to be present on the planet, not the entire Galaxy. Galaxy Commander [[Brian Pryde]] pressed the Hellions hard from the outset, and it was obvious to a number of the Hellion senior officers that Khan Montose was acting erratically. Montose had resisted a [[Trial of Possession]] for the entire world, instead turning the campaign into a war of attrition using smaller Trials, although the Falcons had more resources for such a war than the Hellions did. On the 9th of August, Montose accepted a more general Trial, bidding two Clusters from her forces - the [[40th Hellion Lancers (Clan Ice Hellion)|Fortieth]] and [[78th Hellion Lancers (Clan Ice Hellion)|Seventy-eighth Hellion Lancers]] - against matching forces from the Falcons, with Montose commanding the Hellion forces in the field personally. The Fortieth, Montose's former command, took to the field under the command of Star Captain [[Vandal Hildenrath]], as the Star Colonel commanding the Cluster was in a field hospital waiting for a replacement arm after an earlier battle, while the Seventy-eighth was commanded by Star Colonel [[Patricia Rood]].<ref name="OISP1p37">''Operation ICE STORM (Part One)'', ch. 5, pp. 37–45</ref> | The Ice Hellions chose Bangor Harbor on Evciler as their initial landing site, but when they arrived, the Clusters of Alpha and Zeta Prime Galaxies were already tired; the Ice Hellion Watch's information on Evciler was also out of date, as they had believed only elements of the Falcon Alpha Galaxy to be present on the planet, not the entire Galaxy. Galaxy Commander [[Brian Pryde]] pressed the Hellions hard from the outset, and it was obvious to a number of the Hellion senior officers that Khan Montose was acting erratically. Montose had resisted a [[Trial of Possession]] for the entire world, instead turning the campaign into a war of attrition using smaller Trials, although the Falcons had more resources for such a war than the Hellions did. On the 9th of August, Montose accepted a more general Trial, bidding two Clusters from her forces - the [[40th Hellion Lancers (Clan Ice Hellion)|Fortieth]] and [[78th Hellion Lancers (Clan Ice Hellion)|Seventy-eighth Hellion Lancers]] - against matching forces from the Falcons, with Montose commanding the Hellion forces in the field personally. The Fortieth, Montose's former command, took to the field under the command of Star Captain [[Vandal Hildenrath]], as the Star Colonel commanding the Cluster was in a field hospital waiting for a replacement arm after an earlier battle, while the Seventy-eighth was commanded by Star Colonel [[Patricia Rood]].<ref name="OISP1p37">''Operation ICE STORM (Part One)'', ch. 5, pp. 37–45</ref> | ||
| − | During the battle, Khan Montose was challenged to a duel by Brian Pryde, and during that duel deliberately ran away, leading Pryde into an ambush at the hands of a | + | During the battle, Khan Montose was challenged to a duel by Brian Pryde, and during that duel deliberately ran away, leading Pryde into an ambush at the hands of a Flurry Star of [[Harpy]] [[ProtoMech]]s, an action witnessed by Star Captain Hildenrath. Hildenrath contacted Patricia Rood with details of what she had seen, even as Falcon 'Mechs moved to support Pryde; Rood ordered Hildenrath to attack, because the warriors of Zeta Prime had seen the Falcon 'Mechs moving to support their commander and had assumed that it was the Falcons who had broken ''zellbrigen''.<ref name="OISP1p37"/> |
In the days before the Trial on Evciler, the [[Jade Falcon Guards (Clan Jade Falcon)|Jade Falcon Guards]] recaptured Bone Norman. Despite taking command of the invasion of Wotan, Connor Rood was deadlocked on the planet, which was defended by a Falcon Provisional Garrison Cluster at the time.<ref name="OISP1p37"/> | In the days before the Trial on Evciler, the [[Jade Falcon Guards (Clan Jade Falcon)|Jade Falcon Guards]] recaptured Bone Norman. Despite taking command of the invasion of Wotan, Connor Rood was deadlocked on the planet, which was defended by a Falcon Provisional Garrison Cluster at the time.<ref name="OISP1p37"/> | ||