Clan Jade Mission : Plum Wine

Mission Instructions

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

Wolf's attack on our positions at Borealtown, Wotan, has stalled. The city has been under siege for hours and the enemy's assault has collapsed into a full retreat through DenTelhman, a suburb to the west.

Follow the NAV sequence through the city looking for fleeing Wolf units. INSPECT and DESTROY all VEHICLES containing HIGH COMMAND personnel. Also, INSPECT any WAREHOUSES in the area for hidden weapon caches. The Touman is in need of munitions.

Objectives

Situations and Aftermaths

On December 10, 3057, Star Colonel Ulric Kerensky and the Tau Galaxy Battle Group entered the Butler system. Many Wolf officers--and their Falcon opponents, undoubtedly--were taken by surprise when the attack force then made a second jump to Wotan, where the Falcon Khans had made their headquarters.

An hour after the vanguard of the Wolf Clan Battle Group reached the Wotan system, the  remnants of Khan Natasha Kerensky's units joined them. The combined strength of both groups gave Star Colonel Ulric Kerensky a little more than a Galaxy of front-line 'Mechs with aerospace and Elemental support.

The Falcons fielded approximately the same number of units. These forces had taken fortified positions in the Wotan's capital city, Borealtown, where they awaited the Wolf attackers.

Aftermath

The Battle for Borealtown proved one of the costliest engagements of the Refusal War for both the Wolf Clan and the Jade Falcon Clan. Although the sides were roughly even in terms of numbers, the Falcon defenders consisted of fresh, front-line troops, as opposed to the second-line and garrison units that had engaged the Wolves in most of the earlier fighting. Additionally, the Falcons had created numerous fortifications both outside and in the city of Borealtown itself. These proud Falcon MechWarriors were eager to avenge the humiliating losses the Wolves had inflicted on the Jade Falcon Clan in the earlier battles of the war. Additionally, the Falcon commanders were determined to defend the headquarters of the Jade Falcon Occupation Zone.

However, the battle-weary units of the Wolf attack force were highly motivated as well. Many sensed that the very future of their Clan might hinge on this battle, and they fought accordingly.

In the end the Falcons held Borealtown, but neither side could truly claim victory. Both had suffered upwards of 80 percent casualties in the fierce urban combat, and many units that fought there would never recover.

Despite these devastating losses, the most important skirmish of the battle occurred on a much smaller scale. For even as the battle raged, Star Colonel Ulric Kerensky led a lone Star of Wolf OmniMechs into the heart of the city in search of Vandervahn Chistu, saKhan of Clan Jade Falcon.