DMM Registered Contract

Registered Contract: FW-DC-06-01

Region:	Free Worlds League
System:	Irian
Galactic Coordinates:	X: -46.94 Y: -56.85
Planet:	Irian
Capital City:	Arafura
Primary Operational Terrain:	Grassland
Primary Planetary Climate:	Mediterranean
Contract Type:	Defensive Campaign
Contract Duration:	6 Months (90 Days in REAL TIME) non-negotiable
Employer:	SLDF Department of the Quartermaster
Employer Contact:	Colonel Monika Ramadhani
Command Rights:	Faction Command
Forces Recommended:	A Regiment Strength Detachment
Supporting Forces:	The 3rd Regiment from the 2nd Brigade of the SLDF's 42nd Division under Colonel Monika Ramadhani (Dragoon Regiment) & maybe the 13th Marik Militia
Enemy Forces:	Expected: The 1st & 2nd Smithson's Chinese Bandits (Regiments) & maybe the 13th Marik Militia
Supplement Contracts Offered:	A Combat Campaign
Bounty Per Word:	1,200 C-Bills
Minimum Bounty:	63,000 Word Transcript
Bonus Salvage Bounty Target:	132,000 Word Transcript
Bonus Salvage Category:	Type-D Salvage

PLANETARY DETAILS:
Located just coreward of the Marik Commonwealth, Irian is best known for its vast BattleMech manufacturing centers. This heavily garrisoned world has been invaded only once, by the Lyran Commonwealth in 2842, and the factories were left undamaged in the subsequent fighting.

A survey taken in 3025 indicates that, of all the worlds in the Free Worlds League, the people of Irian spend more time per capita watching videos than any other. The reason for this is unknown; neither the quality of the technology or the variety of programming is any better here than elsewhere in the League. Perhaps it has something to do with Irian's seasonal changes, which make people sluggish in the summer and restless in the winter, or perhaps there is something narcotic in the environment.

The Irian landscape offers little of interest to either tourists or developers. Inedible grass covers most of the hilly or mountainous land, and the flatlands consist mostly of deserts with few minerals of any value. The oceans and rivers yield little in the way of seafood. Despite the fact that the people of Irian have to import most of their food (or perhaps because of it), Irian cuisine is notoriously bland.

The Irian 'Mech factory is situated in the base of Soapstone Mountain, a location similar to the much larger Hesperus II facilities in the Federated Commonwealth. This attempt at fortification has not prevented its near destruction in the past, most recently at the hands of Anton Marik's rebels in 3014.

[3070 update]
Operation Red Soil was successful in rescuing Colonel Azameth Crimson and inflicting heavy damages on two new crack Word of Blake regiments before they could be used against the Star League. The Operation consisted of the Shadow Lancers and the Crimson Legion mercenary units and was deemed so hazardous that the contract was given a guerrilla warfare classification.

[3075 update]
The SLDF had chosen Irian as an ideal place for a major depot of Military Hardware and begun setup major facilities to deal with the traffic, although the WOB forces had retreated after Operation Red Soil some factions in the FWL do not like SLDF presence on a very vital FWL world.

Socio-Industrial Levels:
Technological Development	Advanced world with access to many new technologies; world hosts universities; good medical care available, though without benefit of bionics and other cutting-edge technologies; basic microelectronics industry.
Industrialization Level	Heavily industrialized world capable of manufacturing any and all complex output.
Raw Material Dependence	World/system produces some of the raw materials needed and imports the rest.
Industrial Output	World has a wide industrial base that produces many different types of products and exports most of its 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:
With the increasing conflict over Thomas Marik's death and with no single person responsible for the FWLM we have discovered from SLDF DIS operatives that Lady Alys's supporters are going to take the planet using mercenaries. We expect the 13th Marik Militia will be hamstrung and refuse to take sides but there is no guarantee.

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
1) Defend the MHB Depot with the help of the SLDF unit (Ra's Dragoons).
2) As Ra's Dragoons is slow and lumberous, take up all recon and patrol duties.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
1) Try to avoid provoking the 13th Marik Militia, they hate the SLDF but they should realize the political consquences of attacking the SLDF.