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We begin with the Denebola SMM campaign. This battle is taking place far and away from anyone else, The DMM is green and battered, but fanatically loyal to the Lyran Alliance, House Steiner, and some merchants, who enjoyed pro-Steiner leanings.
The only noble house left on Caph after all of the years is Countess Gustofson, on the pro-Davion side. Our goal is to hit the SMM so hard and fast that they choose to flee, or be destroyed. Their area of Caph, New Derry, is on the northern edge of a continent that is quite toxic. If they flee inland, they will be destroyed quickly by the wastelands there. There is about a 60 mile wide stretch of land on the northern edge of the continent that extends for about 215 miles down the coast. It’s one of the few valuable farmlands on Caph. New Derry is a sort of local capital, and this stretch of the land all belongs to the SMM.
So the benefit of pushing here is obvious. We are arriving with a huge force, ready to smash, of better pilots, better units, and twice the size. We should be also to push them out of the area completely. We can fight in farmland, away from potential major collateral damage.
We arrive on the 1st, and land safely with the help of our own aerial assets, coordinated with a feint by Lindon to push the defenders of the planet off guard, and then enabled by a large number of locals who are quickly becoming allied with our cause. Local militia flew some VTOLS to give us cover.
The SMM are not native to Caph, and are seen nowadays as a hostile presence. This is not going to be good for them
As soon as we have unloaded our regiment, we break out and move in three battalions. Two move towards New Derry and the other breaks into companies and scours the local areas for the vehicles.
Smartly, the SMM has pulled back their scouting and recon mechs in order to prevent them from getting blown up the moment they sighted our landing out in the farms, near one edge of the area.
After four hours of scouring and finding nothing, we bring these companies back together and move as a 3rd battalion.
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