Thursday, July 7th, 3025 near the City of Grover on Althea's Choice, Taurian Concordant. Pirates have raided a munitions plant owned by Cross Industries. The owner of the plant, Alton Cross, had contacted Lt. Chance Antares of the Desert Foxes mercenary company, the only mech force on planet, to attempt to intercept the pirates before they can escape.
The Mercenaries engage the Pirates heading south presumably to rendezvous with their dropship. The Pirates have been making their way through a broken plateau but must cross an area of open ground to reach their destination. The Desert Foxes have chosen this location to engage them.
Though the Mercenaries damaged several of the Pirate mechs the Pirates managed to evade them and escape the battle. It was later reported that no dropship was detected taking off from the planet after the skirmish and the status of the bandit lance was unknown.
Tuesday, July 11th, 3025. City of Grover on Althea's Choice, Taurian Concordant. The 3rd Company of the 3rd Battalion of the Concordant Cuirassiers arrived on planet two days ago to take place in training exercises with the Desert Foxes. The Battlemechs of both companies are being re-fitted with non-lethal weapons for the exercise. The operation command is contacted by Alton Cross, of Cross Munitions, a local aristocrat, who informs them that his ancestral Trebuchet Battlemech had just been stolen by a force of Pirates consisting of two lances of battlemechs. A Union Class drop ship has been detected entering the upper atmosphere that has refused any attempts to contact it. Based on the ships trajectory and the heading of the Pirates who stole Cross's Battlemech it looks like they are part of the same operation. Cross demands the Taurians do something to recover his mech and offers the Desert Foxes a substantial reward if they provide assistance. With only one lance of four Battlemechs each both the Cuirassiers and Foxes move quickly to intercept the Pirates.
The two forces engage in a broken plateau Southwest of Grover. The Pirate force consist of two lances plus the stolen Trebuchet.
With only two minutes until the dropship gets in range the Mercenaries and Taurian forces move quickly to engage the Pirates.
A pair of Pirate Jenners cause havoc among the Taurian ranks and a Cuirassier Shadowhawk is taken down.
After about a minute of intense fighting several of the Pirate Battlemechs have been heavily damaged. The Pirates decide to retreat and abandon the Trebuchet they had stolen. The pirate piloting the Trebuchet attempts to bail and escape on foot but is apprehended by the Desert Foxes Cicada Battlemech.
Tuesday, July 18th, 3025. Rockhound Mining Company Spaceport on Bandland, Pirates Haven Star Cluster. After interrogating the pirate captured on Althea's Choice it was discovered that the Pirates who had recently raided the planet were part of the Brethren of the Black Flag based on the planet Badlands in the nearby Pirates Haven Star Cluster. He also revealed that several independent pirate commands were based on the planet.
Subaltern Douglas Owen, commander of the 3rd Battalion of the Concordant Cuirassiers ordered his 3rd company, already stationed on Althea's Choice to conducted a punitive raid and scouting mission on the planet Badlands. Alton Cross hired the Desert Foxes Mercenary Company to assist with the raid. Both companies were outfitted with a Trojan and Leopard class Dropship for transport to and on the planet. The Taurian Defense Forces also Provided an Invader Class Jumpship for transport to the system.
The operation command decided to attempt to make landing at the former Rockhound Mining Company Spaceport based on intelligence provided by the captured pirate. According to the pirate the facility was home to at best a single company of independent pirates who often signed on with other pirate commands for individual raids. As such they did not fight as an organized force and would likely abandon the facility if pressed.
On approach to the spaceport it was discovered that the facility was defended by an orbital defense gun. Rather than risk their larger Trojan dropships it was decided that the two smaller Leopard drop ships would land a lance of four Battlemechs each on the planet outside the range of the gun and then they would proceed overland to the spaceport.
Initially the Pirates were extremely aggressive due to their superior numbers rushing forward to engage the Taurians and Mercenaries. A Taurian Stalker Battlemech suffered an extremely unfortunate ammunition explosion when a short range missile managed to slip passed the assault mechs armor and detonate the magazine.
Two pirate mechs, a Commando and Jenner, were also taken down early causing some of the Pirates to loose their resolve and begin a fighting withdrawal.
Without proper support the lighter Pirate mechs began to fall to the heavier Taurian and Mercenary machines.
By the end of the battle the Taurians and Mercenaries had managed to capture or destroy six of the twelve Pirate Battlemechs including a lightly damaged Griffin who had shudown from overheating during the fight while only loosing their single Stalker. The Taurians and Mercenaries were able to land their Trojans without any further issues.
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