Planet Crimond, Lyran Alliance (Federated Commonwealth)
May 7th.
3063
Lieutenant-General Wendell Power commanding the Third Donegal Guard has, on his own initiative unilaterally launched an invasion of Crimond from his garrison on the nearby planet of Pandora. While the abdication of his defensive responsibilities leaves a gap in the Alliance's border with Clan Jade Falcon, he feels he cannot blithely sit by and allow the Davion First Argyle Lancers to abandon their positions and move to support Victor Davion's claim to the throne. If the assault against the Lancers is made quickly enough, the Falcons will never notice that the Third has left their post.
The plan is to launch a rapid assault at the Lancer's base at Fort Beaufort, overwhelm the defenders there while taking the defensive fortifications intact, and then send half of the Third Guards back to Pandora to resume their station. The captured fortifications will allow the Third to hold out against the Falcons if they come calling. The Argyle Lancers are just another one of Victor's lapdog regiments, and without orders from their diminutive dauphin, they'll never expect an attack from their supposed "allies".
Colonel Walter Scully of the Argyle Lancers may be a professional soldier stationed with a unit deep inside the territory of a nation which vocally hates the man he calls his liege lord, but he is not a stupid man. Prior experience with the bombastic and aggressive General Power has given him some forewarning that, with the nation falling into chaos, such an attack may just be a possibility. Quietly, with the aid of a few close friends, he has drawn up plans.
As soon as the Donegal Guards DropShips appeared in-system without an advance notice, Scully recalled all of the Lancers subcommands from their encampments to the world's primary training center and defensive hub, Fort Beaufort. Static minefields guard the approaches to the base, but it's only a matter of time until the Donegal Guards' scouts find their inner perimeter and are able to land the DropShips full of assault troops desparate to rid the world of all support for the Prince of the Federated Suns once and for all. Colonel Scully may not have started this civil war, but it's come to his doorstep, and the only chance he and his men have will be to break the Third Donegal's assault waves on the walls of Fort Beaufort.
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