Operation Silent Prophet

Operation Silent Prophet was an ostensible combat mission undertaken by Seraph Squad of the DGCL in the closing month of AE 241. The main objective was to delay the USC advance in the Arthenian plain to support civilian evacuation. In practice this morphed into an effort to rally broken senate forces and rebuild a chain of command from which to operate an independent senate army under the Agathos Reform Coalition.

Seraph Squads first action was to secure additional logistics support from the Eleytheros Pteros Episke. Speaking with the supply chief, , the squad organized a fleet of Pteros-owned supply trucks for the project, and ordered a call for volunteers to provide personal vehicles to the effort.

After reinforcing the evacuation efforts, Seraph Squad traveled to the southern front and met with FEDINT/Kingslayer intelligence to familiarize with the situation. They found that Senate forces were disorganized and scattered across the Arthenian plain, and the chain of command had broken down with the exile of Senate High Command along with the political leadership. Strategos Eleythos had instituted a standing offer to these forces could join the ARC battle line as Free Companies if they would swear an oath to enforce the outcome of the future peace conference.

Few Senate units had thus far taken the deal, but Seraph Squad organized a meeting of the unit leaders to help elect a Commander-in-Chief for the Senate-in-exile forces. They selected Major Emir von Ducalstock, the most senior officer by rank and seniority.

Seraph Squad then conducted a recon-in-force mission with Senate free company elements, attempting find locations to contact Ducalstock through the battlefield jamming. After some difficulty, they arranged a face-to-face meeting, but then got word that RANGECOM was under attack by USC special forces. Weighing their options, Seraph Squad decided to return to Fort Vigil to help with the defense, leaving the Senate forces to continue onto the meeting with Ducalstock.

On route to Lynpolis, Seraph Squad received communication from their combat controller, Serenity, who was helping to hold the watchtower from the USC attack. Reports had spotted an USC drone swarm to the south of the site, protecting a landing site for a large battalion-sized incursion of USC Shadows. One force had attacked the main gate, while the other had used a secret back-entrance to the base that was highly classified.

Upon arriving the squad found that the USC owned the lower levels and the watchtower, while a counterattack by the Federation had cleared the upper levels and main gate. A major push was being made to retake the watchtower and trap the remaining USC forces inside the bunker.

Seraph Squad entered from the damage main gate, and began their descent. At the armory they discovered that it has already been plundered, and the ranger Arsenal had been killed. In one of the lower levels the squad attempted to ambush a pair of USC shadows, only to find the pair was bait for a counter-ambush. The ranger Ethos was mortally wounded, but was saved by the healing sorcery of Inquisitor. After defeating the USC shadows they continued to the watchtower, where several ranger squads and FPA troops were planning to assault the main briefing room.

Seraph Squad entered through a blown-out wall and helped pin down the remaining USC forces near the entrance to the exit tunnel. Scipio Polian, however, held up a captive Serenity, and used her as a hostage for the USC to make their escape.