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Location: Planet Suk II, Clan Wolf
Occupation Zone
Description:
Objective Raid
Duration of Contract:
6 Months (45 Days in REAL TIME)
Employer:
LOKI
(The Counter-Intelligence unit of the Lyran Alliance)
Employer Contact:
Ambassador
Angus McCleod
Mercenary Forces Recommended:
A Company Strength Detachment
Enemy Forces:
3rd Wolf Guard Battlecluster
Supporting Forces:
None
Bounty Per Word:
1,200 c-Bills
Minimum Bounty:
9,000 Word Transcript
Supplement Contracts Offered:
None
Bonus Salvage Bounty Target:
54,000 Word Transcript
Bonus Salvage Category:
Type-A Salvage
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PLANETARY DETAILS:
Suk II was a strategic border
world in the Tamar Pact. Scattered over its five continents are several key
rare metal deposits that had become tempting targets for raiders from the
Draconis Combine. These raiders dropped into the vicinity of the mines,
steal whole boxcars of metal ore before shooting up the mining machinery,
and then retreating.
Suk is a very hospitable planet, except for one major problem: over 50
percent of the world's water supplies are tainted with a toxin excreted by a
common algae native to the world. Costly purification systems are required
to filter the toxins and the algae out of the water. To no one's surprise,
the water refineries were another favorite target of Kurita raiders. Many
cities have moved their water purification plants to the middle of nearby
military bases or have disguised them to protect the vital and complex
machines.
Suk II is home to the Suk Requiem Believers religious sect, who have melded
Tantric Buddhism with Christianity with unique results.
During the clan invasion, Khan Natasha Kerensky had no illusions about the
33rd Avalon Hussars RCT, who defended Suk II. She knew they were a tough and
determined collection of regiments, led by a four-battalion regiment of
heavy 'Mechs. She prepared for a long, drawn-out campaign by choosing
landing zones far from the expected defenses of the Hussars, then cautiously
approaching the heavily populated eastern seaboard of Suk II's largest
continent. When the fighting commenced, it proved to be just as difficult as
the Khan expected. Logistics became a nightmare for Alpha Galaxy as they
used up most of their supplies, particularly ammunition, during the first
week of battle.
The supply situation became so bad that Khan Kerensky ordered all 'Mech's
reconfigured with energy weapons only, leaving what little autocannon
ammunition and missiles that remained for special assault Stars. Alpha
Galaxy eventually prevailed when its Elementals made a massed attack against
a Hussar regiment of low tanks. The Elementals paved the way for the
Galaxy's light and fast OmniMechs to attack the Hussars' rear. Hauptmann
General John Yapt signaled retreat when his situation became irretrievable,
and the Hussars went off world to Orkney.
The conflict itself lasted for almost the whole of January and February
3052, one of the longest campaigns waged by Clan Wolf in the entire
invasion.
INTEL: Limited Clan Jade Falcon
equipment and information captured on Jabuka will be provided to assist in
the Primary Objectives.
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