• Tamar, 2 April 3051 : AFFC forces in Tamar March reportedly shifting strength coreward in response to Kurita aggression along Federated Commonwealth/Rasalhague border • • Andurien, 12 April 3051 : Dame Dalma Humphreys, new Duchess of Andurien, urges Captain-General to take advantage of Saint Ives conflict to "end Capellan threat for good" • • Callison, 26 April 3051 : FWLM regiments drop on Callison, Marcus, Talitha, Van Diemen IV, and Wasat; Captain-General Thomas Marik declares intent to reclaim worlds lost to Lyrans in Fourth Succession War •
Your success in seizing and holding the deep-space radar has allowed the rest of the task force to enter the system and approach the planet undetected, to take the Steiner occupiers by surprise and drop largely unmolested. The rest of Falcons Regiment, the 4th Free Worlds Legionnaires, and the 3rd Sirian Lancers have dropped on Callison and are securing landing zones. This is part of the first wave of a larger offensive, dubbed Operation Guerrero, aimed at reclaiming the worlds taken by Lyran and Tikonov treachery at the end of the Fourth Succession War.
Falcons 1st Battalion was engaged near your position by forces believed to be the rest of the Steiner battlemech battalion that you have been fighting elements of. Still understrength, 1st Battalion proved overmatched, and Alpha Company has retreated out of contact. Beta Company has been unable to break contact, has taken heavy losses, and requires extraction.
You are to proceed immediately and with all speed to Beta Company's position and cover the retreat of any remaining Beta Company 'mechs. If you can do so without suffering significant casualties, halt the Steiner advance. Otherwise, retreat and cede them the field. Preserving Beta Company and your fighting strength is more important than holding this particular bit of ground.
1st Battalion's CO, FC Lorch, has ceded temporary tactical control of Beta Company to FC Husna, as ranking officer on site.
Estimated enemy BV: 38673
Battle loss compensation: 80%
Salvage: 20%
Beta Company 'mechs start deployed on the western row of mapsheets. 3rd Battalion units with a Modified Movement Speed of 7 or more may start deployed anywhere on the map, and those with a Modified Movement Speed of 6 start deployed on the eastern edge. Those with a Modified Movement Speed less than 6 enter on the eastern edge two turns later for each point below 6 their Modified Movement Speed is. (e.g., a Stalker with a Modified Movement Speed of 3 would enter on turn 6.)
Any 3rd Battalion unit may delay its entry as long as desired.
Steiner units start deployed on the western edge of the map.
The Marik goal is to retreat the Beta Company 'mechs off the east edge of the map with minimal 3rd Battalion casualties, and if it is relatively practicable to hold the field. (If 3rd Battalion holds the field, any functional Beta Company 'mechs remaining on the field count as having retreated to safety.)
The Steiner goal is to destroy as many of the Marik 'mechs as possible.
The Marik force receives: