Registered Contract: FS-RR-02-01

PLANETARY DETAILS:
Once a member world of the Tikonov Grand Union, Buchlau was named after a beautiful castle in Moravia, a territory of a former European country from Terra's past. The planet's lone continent, Vienna, is a large landmass in a vast, turbulent ocean. It is covered with dense jungle, with the exception of its center: A large mountain mesa dominating the surrounding area rises up out of the jungle like a fortress nearly a thousand kilometers across. It was here that the planetary capital, Belgrade, was founded along with a large DropPort.

The planet's ocean was the reason the planet was settled. Fishermen from old Terra could only dream of enormous fish like the ones found on Buchlau. Some of the fish grew to the size of killer whales from Terra's oceans. As its importance grew, Buchlau started exporting to planets like Algol, Halloran V, and Demeter. During the Succession Wars, Buchlau never suffered attacks the way its neighbors did, as it lacked any strategic importance. That changed during the Fourth Succession War. Davion forces overwhelmed the Capellan defenders, taking the planet for their own. Not until the eruption and formation of the Chaos March did the Chancellor consider making any moves to recover the former Liao world.

During the FedCom Civil War, Chancellor Sun-Tzu Liao used his Maskirovka to stir up pro-Capellan sentiments. This was countered by the intuitive moves of the Capellan March Lord, Duke Hasek, who spent a sizeable part of his own personal fortune to turn that in his own favor.

EMPLOYER SITUATION REPORT:
Buchlau is a former Capellan World, and while the former Duke Hasek spent considerable sums of money to try and keep the planet under the sway of the Federated Suns, a large minority of the population still supports the return of the Confederation, with many more on fence about the issue.

Commander, your mission is a raid of the system. Direct action against civilians is strictly prohibited, unless they are clearly (and I stress clearly, as in man-pack PPCs and rifles) representing a threat to you or your command. There are more than a few supply depots located on planet, along with two bases, one of which is only occupied by a lance of 'mechs and a lance of vehicles and is on the southern tip of continent.

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
1) Raid one of the three main supply depots on planet.
2) Gain a reasonable assessment of the Buchlau Militia's strength.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
1) Raid more than one supply depot.

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