System: Jacomarie

[3030] As part of the joint Andurien-Canopus invasion of the Capellan Confederation in 3030, Long’s Light Lancers landed on Jacomarie on 12 December, fighting a week-long campaign that reduced the planetary militia to scrap. The Canopian commander called on the Capellans to surrender on several occasions, but they refused to do so and had to be hunted down one by one. The Lancers took few casualties, but the coursing of the militia left an indelible mark on their psyche; if planetary militia fought so hard, what would a line unit do, let alone a Warrior House?

[3033] When the Capellan counter-attack against Jacomarie came in April 3030, the combined assault by Ishara’s Grenadiers and House Dai Da Chi was brutally efficient; the Grenadiers pinned Long’s Light Lancers in place while the Warrior House flanked them, launching vicious attacks on the weakest part of the MAF line.

The morale of the Lancers, already low after the failure on Turin in April 3032, collapsed, and the regiment withdrew in disarray, the CCAF picking off stray lances and even companies with relative ease. Only a valiant last-ditch effort by the Lancer rearguard allowed them to escape. In only eleven days of fighting the Periphery troops were ejected, but the Capellans’ blood lust was not sated, and House Dai Da Chi boarded their transports for their next target.

There are no functional factories located on this planet.