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polemos:campaigns:many_in_freedom:events:operation_leviathan_down_the_battle_of_ravenhold [2018/11/02 13:58] – [Hornswatch Mill] Blake Andertonpolemos: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  | ^Start Date  |242/01/03  |
 ^Main Objective  |Destruction of USC MARCS-class ship //Salvation//, Halt advance of USC's 1st Army Group  | ^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 ===== ===== Deployment =====
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 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. 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.
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 +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.
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 +===== 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.
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 +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.
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 +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.
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 +===== 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.
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 +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//."
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 +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.
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