Wedding on Terra
Terra (0, 0)
ComStar
In a magnificent ceremony at the Blake Palace of ComStar, on
Terra, Hanse Davion, First Prince of the Federated Suns, today
married Melissa Arthur Steiner, Archon Designate of the Lyran
Commonwealth.
The wedding sets the seal on a formal military alliance between
House Steiner and House Davion, negotiated and signed by Hanse
Davion and Katrina Steiner in 3022.
The treaty -- and the wedding which seals it -- has been hailed
as the single most important alliance in the history of Mankind.
Opponents have decried it as dangerously destabilizing, pointing
out that the ultimate result can only be endless war as terri-
fying and as complete as anything Man has witnessed to date.
No details are available as to the couple's honeymoon plans.
War Declared
New Avalon (269.15, -112.14)
New Avalon Combat Region
Crucis March
Federated Suns
In a prepared statement widely broadcast across the Inner Sphere,
First Prince Hanse Davion announced the beginning of an all-out
offensive against the enemies of the Federated Suns. The speech
was taped before the Prince left for Terra for his wedding to
Archon-Designate Melissa Steiner.
"The time has come to strike a blow, once and for all, against
the enemies which sorround us," said the Prince in his speech.
"It is time, once and for all, to end this twilight age of half-
war and total stagnation which threatens all of us with ultimate
extinction!"
Simultaneous with the announcement, the AFFS launched a massive
invasion of the Capellan Confederation. The narrowest portion of
the Confederation has been targeted by over 30 Mech regiments,
including most of the Davion Guards. Other planets all along
the Davion-Liao border have also been attacked by smaller forces.
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Wolf's Dragoons Enter Davion Service
Robinson (234.72, -6.52)
Le Blanc Polymorphous Defense Zone
Draconis March
Federated Suns
Volan Karthridides, Press Secretary for the Davion Ministry of
War, today announced that the famous mercenary unit known as
Wolf's Dragoons has entered Davion space and has requested a
contract with the Federated Suns. "That contract has been
granted," Karthridides said. "The First Prince himself expressed
his very great pleasure at being able to offer both sanctuary and
employment to Colonel Wolf and his people."
Colonel Jaime Wolf brings the remains of his five regiments to
the Federated Suns. Savage fighting on Misery during April has
depleted the unit, although they also captured enough salvage to
rebuild quickly. Already, Dragoon representatives are scouring
Galatea for replacement Mechwarriors.
"Wolf's Dragoons is one of the finest fighting units going," said
Aaron Sandoval, Minister of the Draconis March. "We're damned
glad to have them on our side again."
Initial Davion Strikes Successful
St Andre (66.24, -101.45)
Duchy of Hunan
Sarna Commonality
Capellan Confederation
The littered field of destroyed and burning Mechs is a testament
to the battle that occurred here, where the Davion Light Guards
destroyed the defending Cochraine's Goliaths. This scene is being
repeated across the nine worlds that are the primary targets of
the Davion invasion.
"We've got them on the run everywhere," said Colonel James Bowin
of the AFFS. "Too early to tell, yet, but it looks like we caught
them sleeping. Lulling them with those Galahad exercises for the
past few years really suckered 'em in."
Resistance on the Liao worlds of Aldebaran, Algol, and St. Andre
has dropped to a minimum as the defending forces have either been
destroyed or retreated off-world. The worlds of Liao, Poznan, and
Shensi were all lightly garrisoned and taken almost without any
fighting. Fighting is still heavy on the worlds of Styk, Pleione,
and New Hessen. The capture of these nine worlds will isolate the
Tikonov Commonality from the rest of the Capellan Confederation.
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