(I
found this report while reviewing the recent action on Shasta. It says a lot
about Mu Galaxy’s morale issues that an adoptee would openly question a
trueborn, bloodnamed superior. It's something that could be very useful in the
days to come)
From:
Star Captain Velkon Wolf
To:
Star Colonel Kendra Tutuola
Subject:
After action report
Star
Colonel,
I
cannot describe what happened as anything other than a crushing failure. We
have lost valuable warriors and equipment, and gained nothing for it. The fault
does not lie in those warriors or their equipment, however, but in the
decisions that led us to that battle.
With
our efforts so far to contain the Mercenaries having failed, I had determined
that the best course of action was to try and consolidate my Trinary rather than
let it continue to be destroyed piecemeal. However, our contacts within one of
the uplands tribes had reported that mercenaries had begun large scale movement
of equipment into a remote jungle location, and were returning with heavily
loaded VTOLs.
Further
human intelligence provided by one of our allied tribes suggested that they
were conducting a large scale excavation at a previously unknown site. As per
standing orders, we had to investigate the site as being a possible Star League
storehouse, even though there is no evidence of there being one on the world.
Due to
both losses and our ongoing equipment and person ell shortages, I pulled
together an improvised over strength star (four BattleMechs, two IFVs and two
points of Battle Armour) to investigate the site, as per orders. En-route we
made fleeting contact with the mercenary VTOLs, but they broke off without
engaging. We reached the ruins, only to find it apparently abandoned. While
there were signs of recent excavations, there did not appear to be anyone
on-site.
Instead
it proved to be an ambush. A quartet of BattleMechs emerged from within the
ruined buildings, supported by Battle Armour. While my star did boast superior
numbers, they had heavier units and the benefit of more advanced designs
(Including a Vulture Mk IV, presumably
the same one that we had encountered before). Their early attacks severely
damaged two of our BattleMechs and immobilised one of the IFVs, leaving us at a
severe disadvantage.
We
attempted to rally, but the enemy had outmanoeuvred us and were better able to
concentrate their firepower. Their Battle Armour provided effective support by
performing anti-mech attacks, while ours proved to be somewhat less effective.
An attempt to isolate and disable the largest enemy ‘Mech, a Stalker (again likely the same one we
had encountered before) failed, leaving it largely undamaged.
With
two of our BattleMechs disabled and the Battle Armour force reduced to a single
trooper, I requested hegira. There
was no point to continuing the battle. We were yet to inflict significant
damage on the enemy, and would likely have suffered further losses. The
mercenaries granted our request, allowing us to collect our dead and wounded
before leaving. That also left them to salvage my Orion, a Guillotine and a
Main Gauche IFV. The complex, incidentally, proved to be a Star League era resort
that had been abandoned and forgotten centuries ago, and would have held
nothing of value whatsoever.
There
was no reason for us to have fought that battle. It was an obvious trap from
the outset, but your standing orders compelled us to investigate the site
regardless. There is no Star League cache on Shasta. Nobody has found one in
three and a half centuries, and your continued efforts to do such are only
wasting time and resources that could be better spent anywhere else.
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