Quentin Assault Goes Down The Hill!
Date: 17th March 3078
(20th December 2007)
The 4th Deneb Light Calvary Unit was routed by the Elite Genyosha Regiment on El Largo suffering a 60% casuality rate across all five of its regiments and its 6 fighter wings due to superior Genyosha discipline and its tenacity for the Dragon. The 5th was recalled from Gladius and its defense of that continent to reinforce its rapidly deteriorating sister unit. This move was anticipate by the command elements of the 2nd Genyosha and they laid a well orchestrated trap for the dropping 5th Deneb Light Calvary Regiment. In the ensuing battle the 5th suffered a 40% attrition rate to its three regiments and both its fighter wings to an overall 25% attrition rate to the entire 2nd Genyosha Regiment. The 4th and the 5th have retreated to their JumpShips to lick their wounds.
In lieu of the catastrophe that was heap upon the 3rd Davion RCT, Colonel Larette Thomas, forewent her assault on the Independence Factory Complex, and mounted rescue efforts of General McCaffee's stricken 3rd Davion Regimental Combat Team, with two of her Battalions, Alpha and Bravo, which have each suffered less than 5% attrition. Colonel Larette Thomas left behind Major John Van Dyke's Charlie Battalion as her screening and monitoring force in case she could return within the 60 day mission parameter to resume the Harlock Warrior's primary mission.
In the meantime, the main body of the Restless Souls launched a surprise attack behind the 10th Ghost's lines, striking their main supply base. Finding the base nearly unguarded, Xavier Steele's troops proceeded to destroy thousands of tons of ammunition and supplies, looting several choice items and then making good their escape.
Samuel Noda, enraged by the attack, quickly organized his troops and set off after the mercenaries, smashing into the Souls outside their temporary camp in Steel Valley with traditional Kuritan ferocity. Faced with mounting damage and permanent losses, Colonel Steele made the decision to make a break for the Bakersville facilities and safety. A single warrior's sacrifice nullified Tai-sa Noda, leaving the Souls free to escape and lick their wounds.
Meanwhile, Heaven's Fist company completed their own assignment as a partial success, rendering the 10th's hidden communications center a smoking wreck and capturing Sho-sa Kriston.
Souls make landfall on Quentin
Date: 10th February 3078
(5th December 2007)
As the five regiments made planet fall the 3rd Davion RCT was hit by an unimaginable atrocity. Four of their 'Mech carrying, Overlord-class DropShips met with diasaster before ever making to the planet. The remaining four regiments of the 4th & 5th Deneb Light Calvaries, the Restless Souls, and the Harlock Warriors could only watch helplessly in horror as the four Overlords exploded over the landing zone.
Almost immediately after making landfall on Quentin, the Restless Souls found themselves harassed by Combine defenders. Despite the attacks, the main body of the regiment managed to secure the city of Bakersville and relocated to a more defensible position inside the city proper shortly thereafter. With the loss of the 3rd Davion Guards greatly altering the planet-wide offensive, the other Davion units struggled with achieving their own objectives. Meanwhile, the Souls continued to gather intelligence and engage those Draconis units that showed themselves, all the while preparing to eliminate or, at the very least, render the 10th Ghost command elements incapable of doing their job.
NEWS: End Game!
Date: 20th October 3077
(10th November 2007)
On the 17th of October, those BattleMech elements of the Restless Souls still capable of full-unit action executed an all-out assault on the main Bris compound. Having evacuated all possible civilians from the area prior to the attack, the Souls were able to unleash their most potent warriors with little concern for collateral damage. Static fortifications and turreted support weapons caused no small amount of difficulty for the attackers, but the Restless pilots persevered. In the end, an apparent act of pilot error led to an anti-climatic ending as Bykov Lebovic's 'mech was rendered unusable in an unforced fall. Rumors of outside influence in the error cannot be confirmed.
Bykov survived his machine's demise, and has been exiled from Palmyra. Meanwhile, local officials have begun to take steps to purge the economic infrastructure of coporations under the Bykov influence. Planetary morale remains high as the cause of freedom has triumphed over tyranny and injustice.
NEWS: The table shifts!
Date: 1st September 3077
(1st November 2007)
Using sleight of hand, Colonel Steele managed to use his removal from command to cover a personnel shift right before launching a counter-offensive in mid-September. Using the full weight of the Restless Souls regiment, the Colonel's plan resulted in an exchange of fire between the Word forces and the Bris contingent. In the confusion, a small attack element penetrated the Bris lines and detonated the spoiling charges located on the planetary HPG. Enraged, Senior Adept Torrent continued his personal attack on the Colonel, losing his life in the process. Blakist troops, already hard-pressed by an assault on their spaceport base, now have to choose between fighting for a planet now worthless to their plans, or trying to escape the system through a Federated Suns blockade.
NEWS: New players to the table!
Date: 15th August 3077
(20th September 2007)
Taking advantage of the death of General Andrew Grundy and the resulting power struggles within the Palmyra forces' ranks, the Word has launched a two-pronged offensive. Driven back during their attack on the Brightwater Control Facility, the Blakists have managed to capture the main planetary spaceport using their dropships in support. The enemy's success opened up an opportunity for Bykov Lebovics to shift the situation in his favor, and he has managed to use clouded legal issues and questionable battlefield behavior to temporarily force the removal of Colonel Steele from command of the Restless Souls.
Souls continue their tour on Palmyra!
Date: 1st August 3077
(1st September 2007)
With Word of Blake forces having made landfall, the Restless Souls garrison has found themselves in near-constant action, either fighting the Blakists themselves, or rogue mercenary forces serving their own interests and the unknown designs of other parties. Meanwhile, the PalPet's military contingent, ostentatiously allied with the Souls, has begun machinations to ratchet up the pressure on the garrison, even going so far as to reclaim Hilder's Hell proper. All this has come in conjunction with the death of AFFS General Andrew Grundy in a "trial" versus the Word force, at least guaranteeing that the forces involved won't escalate any further.
NEWS: Souls are still on Palmyra!?
No word has come yet as to why the Restless Souls are still stationed on Palmyra. A source in the Federated Suns Government tells us that the Souls have received yet another contract, but other details are hard to find. We will return with more after the Command Staff of the Mercenary unit releases more information or we find it ourselves.
News: No news!
We currently have no past news to list since we just switched to our new site! New contracts await us and so the present will become the past and will end up here!