Clan Jade Mission : Bone Machine

Mission Instructions

--Incoming Coded Message--
Kurultai GalxB_7th - Iron level clearance
- disseminate by need only -

Our 305th Assault Cluster has engaged the Wolf's 341st in the Antarctic wastes of Lowa, Baker 3's southern continent. Patrols  have found an abandoned Wolf FIREBASE, apparently sabotaged during their retreat. The fighting in the forests to the north has become fierce. The Keshik has decided to rebuild the FIREBASE and thus provide the 305th with a safe 'Mech arming/resupply facility close to the line.

The tide of combat has turned and Wolf's 341st is advancing to the south. DEFEND the FIREBASE at all costs.

Objectives

Situations and Aftermaths

For years, Baker 3's springs and lush forests had made it a favorite recreation spot for merchants traveling through the area. These same geographical features that had been a source of pleasure for many would spell death for the Jade Falcons' Jade Eyrie Cluster, thanks to Khan Natasha Kerensky's daring battle plan.

The Wolf 341st Assault Galaxy landed 60 miles south of the Falcon command center, at the edge of Lowa, Baker 3's southern continent. With the purple Ylrebmik Ocean at their backs, the Wolves split up. Half of the force made its way into Lowa's dense forest to seek out and destroy Jade Falcon patrols. Meanwhile, the remaining Wolf 'Mechs entered the hot-spring fed waters of the Baker River and began a slow march along its bottom. With the super-heated water of the river masking the 'Mechs' heat signatures, Khan Natasha hoped to outflank the Falcons and surprise them.

Aftermath

The battle on Baker 3 proved yet another stunning success for the Wolf Clan. In the end, the Wolf forces suffered only 21 percent losses, while the Jade Falcons suffered 98 percent losses. Unfortunately for the Wolves, the MechWarriors of every lost Wolf BattleMech were killed.

For the Falcons, the battle seemed lost almost from the start. Star Colonel Buhallin sent numerous patrols from the Falcon's 305th Assault Cluster to destroy the Wolf 'Mechs in Lowa's forest, but none had any discernible success against the Wolves, who employed hit-and-run tactics to great effect. The forest's dense vegetation severely limited the Falcons' ability to target the Wolves, and eventually the 'Mechs of the 305th--armed almost exclusively with ballistic weapons--found themselves low on ammunition. In growing frustration, Buhallin sent aerospace fighters after the Wolf 'Mechs, as well as more Falcon BattleMechs, until his forces were stretched across the continent and his command center woefully underdefended.

At that point, the second Wolf force emerged from points along the Baker River and struck at the Falcon command center and the undefended flank of the 305th. Fifty Falcon OmniMechs and twenty-seven fighters were destroyed by the Wolves that day. Only two Points of Falcon Elementals managed to make it back to their landing zone for extraction.