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March 3 – Our Taskforce arrives in the system. Hsien has a recharge facility at the Zenith point, 10 days to the planet, and 5 days to charge up.
Hsien was settled in the early days of colonization by mostly people from India. The planet is very beautiful, with a deep ecology that was the envy of many other colonies. Water purification plants were needed to filter out nasty microbes in the water, and they still run to this day, slowly replaced and repaired over centuries.
Hsien has some modest mining, such like Indi or Capolla – it’s not very much, most of the mines have exhausted long ago, but a few mines dot the landscape that get less valuable minerals that were skipped before, such as lead, zinc and nickel. It’s not valuable titanium or germanium, or even next level metals like iron, copper or bauxite or even gold or silver. But it’s something.
Baron Montong slew the Capella Leader in the back after he was appointed by the Capellan unit that arrived and took the planet years ago. The rest of the planet refused to follow his lead. The population elected a Capellan governor a few months later, and then several provinces seceded from them. This resulted in an increased schism, as the pro-Davion forces supported Baron Montong, the pro-Capella forces supported the governor, and others wanted their own province, Dendeez, to rule. The balance of power remained between these three realms.
Montong had two companies of mechs, the governor had two companies as well – a merc unit, and Dendeez Province rocked a regiment of armor. This situation was balanced for some time. The Apollo Office believes that several years of this has brought about a desire for a united government fro the populace, and now is the ripe time to conquer Hsien, a planet that would have been more difficult to hold had we snapped it up right away.
What has changed the balance of power is that Baron Montong has hired a company of mechs plus a lance of fighters. They arrived a few months ago hidden, and smashed the green mercs of the government. After several years of reduced imports and weakness by their government, and now the threat of the Baron taking over the government, gaining a position against Dendeez and winning it all, the people are looking for a savior, a deus ex machina. That will be us.
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