Clan Wolf Mission : Silver Staff

Mission Instructions

- Incoming Coded Message -- Kurultai Instruction Follows -
- Decode Claw Protocol - GALxAlpha 327th: 3rd
- Disseminate by need only -

Our attack on Borealtown, capital of the planet Wotan, has stalled. However, Intelligence reports the enemy force to be weak in the city's industrial sector. The area is being used by the enemy as a load-off point for munitions and general supply. Strike the area, interdict supply and weaken the line. You are to coordinate with elements of the 37th Striker Cluster to hit strategic sites within the zone. This action is to be a quick drop-and-extraction. If you linger too long reinforcements will destroy you and your dropship will not wait.

You must DESTROY the CHEMICAL PLANT at NAV PHI and the AIRBASE at NAV CHI. The 37th will hit the INDUSTRIAL PLANT at NAV PSI and the HPG PROCESSOR at NAV OMEGA. If the 37th fails, you are to assume their objectives. They will do the same for you. If possible DESTROY all opposition you encounter. Take care not to harm any structures containing MUNITIONS as the Keshik intends to liberate as much weaponry as possible. When finished proceed to NAV ALPHA for a dustoff. Your DropShip will leave after 15 minutes.

Objectives

Situations and Aftermaths

Aboard the DropShip Lobo Negro, Ulric Kerensky began the batchall against saKhan Chistu of the Jade Falcons. "I see that our arrival surprises you, Vandervahn Chistu. Perhaps you should concede the planet now and save yourself the shame of defeat."

For a moment Chistu looked at the holographic display in silence. Although the Falcon saKhan's countenance revealed little, Ulric thought he detected surprise--and perhaps even a touch of fear--behind Chistu's cold gray eyes. Then suddenly the saKhan's confidence seemed to return.

"Your threats are empty, old man," Chistu replied. "Not even the remnants of the dead Black Widow's pathetic forces can make you a match for my units on Wotan. You have inconvenienced me somewhat, no more."

Ulric laughed. "We are five hours from planetfall, saKahn. I have a full Galaxy of BattleMechs and I intend to use every one of them to kill every Falcon I see. Can you match my bid, or must I slash my forces to meet whatever smattering of units you can scrape together?"

"I will meet you with an equal force, Ulric," Chistu growled. "And I want to see the fear on your face when you die--I challenge you to combat in a Circle of Equals!"

Ulric raised an eyebrow, momentarily caught off-guard. "As you will, Vahn. I accept your challenge."

"You will address me as saKhan Vandervahn Chistu, Star Colonel! " Chistu shouted at Ulric's holographic image. "I am your genetic superior by two generations, I am a Falcon, and I outrank you. I challenge you only to ensure personally that the taint of your genes be removed from Our Founder's name. You and your kind are an abomination, Ulric Kerensky, and I will see you dead!"

"A wise woman told me a secret once," Ulric replied. "She said that old age and experience will beat youth and ignorance every time. Today we put her words to the test, quiaff?"

With a savage gesture, Chistu cut off the communication link. Safe from Ulric's sharp  eyes, he sat back in his chair and smiled grimly. He had shown Ulric the enraged, shrieking Falcon that the Wolf commander had expected to see. If Ulric was foolish  enough to believe the performance, the treacherous Wolf would pay dearly for his mistake.

Situation

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--where 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.