Operation Lorelai

Operation Lorelai is only going to end with the capture of the true objective; Sudeten. If you look at the Ultra Top Secret battle plan above we will be marshalling most of our forces in the sparsly populated A Place system.

These last stages of the Operation will be a joint SLDF, LAAF and [**** **** ** *****] [OMMITED FOR SECRECY] with support from the CCAF.

A Place and the fortified system of Pandora will be our staging points but the Clanners will easily know this so we will be creating some diversions for them. These last stages of the operation will be planned as follows;

  1. Task Force Carrier will jump to Graus with the bulk of our spare warships and jumpships to give the Falcons a focus for their navy.
  2. Task Force Funeral will hit La Grave and shake up the Falcons in the region.
  3. Task Force Warhammer will strike hard at Koniz with full force.
  4. Task Force Thunder will jump to Antares and begin mass use of the comm channels before jumping to Dompaire to strike at the Falcons as the major diversion.
  5. Task Force Viking will assault Rasalgethi using intel from a recon raid made preivously.
  6. Task Force Night Hawk, the bulk of the forces, will strike and hopefully conquer Sudeten quickly and force the Falcons to go on the defensive.

Registered Contract: CZ-DR-04-01

Region:
 Clan Jade Falcon Zone
System:
 Dompaire
Galactic Coordinates:
 X: -75.37 Y: 302.79
Planet:
 Dompaire
Capital City:
 Dompaire Central
Primary Operational Terrain:
 Mountains
Primary Planetary Climate:
 Alpine
Contract Type:
 Diversionary Raid
Contract Duration:
4 Months (60 Days in REAL TIME) negotiable
Employer:
 Lyran Alliance Armed Forces
Employer Contact:
Ambassador Angus McCleod
Command Rights:
 Faction Command
Forces Recommended:
 Two or Three Mercenary Units
Supporting Forces:
 Thorin FTM and Various Mercenary Commands (Task Force Thunder)
Enemy Forces:
 1st Falcon Striker Cluster, Heavy Reinforcements expected as contract progresses
Supplement Contracts Offered:
 A Combat Campaign
Bounty Per Word:
 1,600 to 1,700 C-Bills
Minimum Bounty:
 32,000 to 48,000 Word Transcript (Total)
Bonus Salvage Bounty Target:
 60,000 to 80,000 Word Transcript (Total)
Bonus Salvage Category:
 Type-A Salvage

PLANETARY DETAILS:
Dompaire is an average world, with it's only major feature being a massive mountain range to the south and east of the capital city, Dompaire Central. This mountain range contains a moderately large amount of the raw materials that allow Dompaire to maintain its industry base.

In 3050 the 305th Assault Cluster made a bold landing almost on top of Dompaire Central, the planetary capital, in August 3050. Unprepared for the Jade Falcon Assault, the planetary defense rallied for a brief counterattack, but the force's old tanks and 'Mechs malfunctioned and broke down under battle stress. The 305th secured the world by the end of the second day, though terrorist bombings and guerrilla attacks still occur.

During the Falcon attack, Baron von Dompaire and his only son and heir were killed defending their estate. Consequently, von Dompaire's multi-million C-Bill estate passed to a distant relative of the baron - Brent Matis, a MechWarrior in the Eighth Lyran Regulars. Instead of retiring to a life of luxury, Matis used the windfall to create his own mercenary command: the Crimson Crusaders.

Recruiting from the ranks of the Dispossessed by offering new 'Mechs and vehicles, he was able to attract many veterans to his combined-arms battalion in a relatively short time. Major Brent Matis looks forward to the day when he can liberate Dompaire, and has promised his troops landholds on the planet if they remain with him.

Socio-Industrial Levels:
Technological Development
World of moderate advancement; average educational systems and medical care; microelectronics can not be manufactured.
Industrialization Level
Basic heavy industry at level of 22nd century; fusion engines possible but no complex products (including BattleMechs)
Raw Material Dependence
World/system produces all the raw materials needed and occasionally exports a small surplus.
Industrial Output
World has a moderate industrial base that produces a few different categories of products, exporting some of the output.
Agricultural Dependence
World has and environment producing most foods, but relies on some imports for food not capable of being grown.

EMPLOYER SITUATION REPORT:
Dompaire has always been of limited strategic importance from an Inner Sphere perspective. Industries on the planet, while fairly well developed, provide no unique products by which to increase its importance. Its location deep within the Clan Jade Falcon Occupation Zone means that it is almost a forgotten planet (except for those such as Brent Mathis).

With the successes to date of Operation Lorelai, the joint LAAF/SLDF task force have decided on a bold move to mount a planetary assault on Sudeten. To achieve this it feels that some of the planetary defenders must be drawn off planet first.

To this end a diversionary raid is being conducted on Dompaire under the guidance of General Archer Christofori. The objective of this raid is to lure CJF into believing that Task Force Thunder is trying to cut their Occupation Zone in half and reach through to the Clan Wolf border. It is hoped that this will also lead CJF to believe that Clan Wolf has is once again allying with the Lyran State to its own benefit. Persistent rumours of Katherine Steiner-Davion sighting back in the Lyran Alliance (not all of which perpetrated by the LIC) will only encourage these thoughts.

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
1) Make as much noise and destroy as many military targets as possible.
2) Encourage CJF leaders on planet to believe they are under attack by a much larger force.
3) Civilian targets are to be avoided at all costs.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
1) Investigate the existence of a civilian underground movement. Assist where possible but do not encourage rash actions that may lead to civilian casualties.

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