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--- polemos:campaigns:many_in_freedom:events:operation_leviathan_down_the_battle_of_ravenhold [2018/09/11 13:42] – [Primary Target] Blake Anderton
+++ polemos:campaigns:many_in_freedom:events:operation_leviathan_down_the_battle_of_ravenhold [2020/08/15 16:04] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 ^Start Date  |242/01/03  |
 ^Main Objective  |Destruction of USC MARCS-class ship //Salvation//, Halt advance of USC's 1st Army Group  |
-^Mission Status  |Ongoing  |
+^Mission Status  |Complete - Mission Success  |
 ===== Deployment =====
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 As Seraph Squad approached the USC lines, the //Salvation// launched an all-out attack with their drone swarm against the //Reconciliation//, trying to overwhelm the ship at close range before it could ready another main gun attack. With a full volley of micro-missiles from the //Reconciliation// in return, the fighting caused a roar of explosions that deafened all on the battlefield - a precious opening for the rangers to make their breakthrough.
+They used this opportunity to attack a support company near their position, disabling a battlefield server bank and killing a communications officer in the process. Using the additional confusion and the lull in fire across the line they crossed over into the Hornswatch perimeter. There they met Col. Mappanisia and assisted in a tactical analysis for the regiment. The unit would hold the makeshift fort while the IWAR team finished installing and training an Attack AI in the USC network node. Afterwards the unit would attempt to punch out of the encirclement and regroup with the main coalition front line.
+After assisting where they could in the command center, Seraph Squad reacted to the main attack by the USC in the north-west section of the perimeter. They assisted a squad of federal paratroopers hold the line against a heavy infantry charge, making quick work of them using machine gun emplacements and a highly lethal strafing run from the Gatling gun of an A-6J 'Cherub' CAS aircraft. The USC retreated momentarily. Before their second advance, however, the coalition battle network broadcast news that the outer bailey had been breached, and ordered all units to the last viable defense line of the inner bailey. Presumably due to USC IWAR psy-ops, the broadcasts also began to include private feeds of the //Reconciliation// RSIC and supposed conversations by the Strategos and Filonian generals discussing preparations to begin a general retreat to allow the //Reconciliation// to escape, possibly to fight some resistance campaign from exile.
+USC mechanized troops made a second attempt to breach the Hornswatch perimeter with IFV and armor support. Seraph Squad led federation forces, and again with assistance from CAS were able to hold the line. During the fighting new revelations came to light. Reiko Eleythos, popular figurehead of the war effort, had not evacuated Ravenhold and refused to retreat, saying "My family and I were born free, and will not live as slaves. Tonight we must make our first victory of many, or will here suffer our final defeat.” With renewed purpose the federation infantry was able to hold off the mechanized advance until the Rangers of Centaur Lance were able to bring armor into the fight and drive the USC back. With the new armor support, the 1st Airborne Regiment broke out of their encirclement to the southeast and started heading to reinforce the inner bailey.
+Seraph Squad, prioritizing speed, left the 1st Regiment behind and used the hover armor of Centaur Lance to move at break-neck speed towards the outer bailey. They received orders from Col. Mappanisia to re-take a large railgun bunker that overlooked the main breach that the USC was using to access the outer levels of the fortress. Along the way they were ambushed by a squad of USC Shadows hiding on the road with cloaking shrouds, including a Shadow Titan. An errant rail slug from one of the MARCS ships crashed in the midst of the fighting, however, and gave Seraph Squad the opportunity to turn the tide. After mopping up the Shadows they continued to the outer bailey.
+===== Outer Bailey =====
+Mounted on one of the hover tanks of Centaur Lance, Seraph Squad arrived at sector Delta-302 and charged headlong towards the bunker. While the rest of the lance focused on the USC armor and walker elements that guarded the bunker, the tank they were mounted on crashed into the middle of the infantry defenses. Despite heavy casualties and through great effort, they were able to kill several titan frames and the rest of the USC regulars guarding the entrance to the bunker.
+After securing the entrance, Seraph Squad quickly secured the interior while Centaur Lance dealt with the inevitable counter attack. After clearing the Railgun room they liberated the weapon from USC hacking, and began firing on the USC forces streaming into the castle, effectively trapping several USC divisions from reinforcement.
+After holding the bunker for several minutes, the //Reconciliation// announced it had enough charge for an 80% main weapon discharge. Firing its Hyper-Railgun, this time the shot hit several generators. The //Salvation// broke apart at the central bidge, and each half thundered as it crumbled to the ground. Death Lights mixed in the wreckage as tens of thousands died in the same moment.
+===== Aftermath =====
+After the //Salvation//'s destruction, 3 USC divisions in the outer castle surrendered rather than face destruction by the //Reconciliation//. The rest of the USC forces began a general retreat to the west.
+The //Reconciliation// began advancing to the northwest to leave the battlefield. Using a broadcast message with a light-burst signal backup, it read "Strategos Actual - Army Group South to advance west with all haste. Liberate Filos. Liberate Artheniapolis. Reconciliation will join Army Group North and confront //Gelaunth//."
+Finally, as the battle wound down, the large Filonian flag atop the citadel was lowered unexpectedly. For a moment there was fear that a Shadow unit had torn down the flag for the morale loss of taking the 'historic fortress' but the flag that replaced it was not from the USC, but the Federation's flag with a second start duct taped on. The message was clear - at least some Filonian defenders of Ravenhold would support re-unification of Agathos and Filos under the Rovlin constitution.