Clan Wolf Mission : Velvet Hammer

Mission Instructions

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

Josel Fetladral, Aide-de-Camp, is attending the opera in Broken Hope, Morges, despite the fact that the enemy has pushed back across the Po River, retaking the suburbs. Not only is Fetladral confidant that the new line will hold, but he is also confident that his escort, you, will be able to dispatch any interlopers within the city.

Josel Fetladral loves the opera.

You will rendezvous with the HOVER LIMOUSINE carrying the Aide-de-Camp at the HQ BUNKER, NAV XI. ESCORT the vehicle along the pre-defined route through the city.

Objectives

Situations and Aftermaths

Khan Phelan Ward glanced down at the map displayed on his Nova's secondary monitor. According to the map, he and the 4th Wolf Guards were practically on top of the Jade Falcons, though he could see nothing through the raging blizzard outside. Chill, 70-kph winds buffeted his 'Mech and tossed clouds of snow and ice into the frigid air. Phelan took some comfort in the knowledge that the Falcons would find it just as hard to spot the Wolf 'Mechs.

"All units, begin magnetic-resonance scanning," Phelan ordered his troops. "And remember, we can make the cold work for us. At these temperatures, you can run hotter than normal. So when you see the enemy, keep shooting."

Suddenly, Phelan's MRI scanners registered a vaguely humanoid shape ahead. His targeting computer identified the object as a Hellhound. Phelan lined up the crosshairs on it and fired, vaporizing the armor covering the Falcon 'Mech's left torso. He grinned as he prepared to fire again. With a little luck, the Jade Falcons' stockpile of munitions and spare parts would soon belong to the Wolf Clan.

Situation

After their defeat at Icegrief Pass, the Jade Falcons fought all the harder against their Wolf Clan enemies. After several long days of conflict, the concerted effort of the 4th Falcon Velites, the 89th Striker Cluster, and the Peregrine Eyrie Cluster drove the Wolves' 279th and 16th Battle Clusters from their positions at Carson Rift. Intent on obliterating the Wolf forces, the Falcons had configured their 'Mechs to use ballistic instead of energy weapons for maximum destructive effect; this decision gave the Wolf forces one chance to turn the tables.

The beleaguered Wolf 'Mechs slowly pulled back through the raging blizzard to their second-line defensive positions. As they did so, they forced the Falcons to expend as much ammunition as possible so that they would have to resupply from their landing base at Broken Hope. When the Kell Hounds intercepted Star Colonel Angeline Mattlov's order to form a resupply convoy between Broken Hope and Carson Rift, Khan Phelan and his 4th Wolf Guards swung into action. They raced to take Broken Hope and cut off the Falcons' resupply line, thereby leaving the Falcon units easy targets for the rest of the Wolf Clan forces. Only a single garrison Cluster from Peregrine Galaxy stood in their way.

Aftermath

The Wolf assault on Broken Hope caught the Jade Falcon defenders by surprise. Although they fought well, the second-line Falcon garrison troops proved no match for the Wolf attackers. As soon as the garrison commander realized this, he called Star Colonel Mattlov for reinforcements.

The Star Colonel dispatched the Falcon Velites and 4th Striker Clusters to relieve the garrison then ordered the rest of her troops to pull back from their current positions at Carson Rift and regroup at the Bay of Broken Hope, six kilometers away from the supply depot. Realizing that her forces would soon be outgunned, Angeline Mattlov had chosen to make her last stand on the shore of the icy bay. Mattlov knew the Wolves might drive the Falcons from Morges, but she was determined to make them pay a very high price for any victory.