System: York

[3058] After the failed Burrock Absorption attempt and the announcement that Clan Blood Spirit would no longer deal with other Clans, Galaxy Commander Amerlin Johns immediately petitioned and received permission to move en masse against the small enclave that the Jade Falcons had held on York since the mid-29th century.

Tau Galaxy's Seventeenth and Seventy-Ninth Crimson Guards moved in force against the Flacon holdings, which were garrisoned only by the Third Falcon Velites of Zeta Galaxy. Realizing that the spirits would see them gone or annihilated, the Falcon commander, Star Colonel Jaunie Zywot, made the uncharacteristic decision that the almost-depleted mine at the heart of the Falcon enclave was not the loss of an entire Cluster. After losing only minimal forces, she gave the order to withdraw and her Cluster boosted off-planet.

While Tau Galaxy attacked the Jade Falcons, Galaxy Commander Hunter Lewis was ordered to lead Upsilon Galaxy against the Snow Ravens. In consideration for the long-standing respect between the Snow Ravens and the Blood Spirits, Commander Lewis chose to challenge the snow Raven commander to a one-on-one Trial of Possession, with the Raven enclave going to the winner. Star Colonel Kelse Howe of the Second Raven Garrison Cluster accepted the challenge, but lost the Trial. Accepting the inevitable, the Second Raven lifted offworld.

Since then, the Blood Spirits have been the sole owners of York.