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[DaemonWulfe]

Greetings, pilots of the honorable House Steiner. I come to you this afternoon with a request, a plea for assistance in our fight against the clan onslaught. Last weekend's surprise assault on Tukayyid caught us completely off-guard, and with the new front opened in the heart of our territory coupled with the rate we've been losing comms with planets, we fear the Free Rasalhague Republic is on the brink of extinction.

If there are any available units that can take up a week contract for the FRR, we desperately need your help. This weekend, we'd like to start a massive counter-offensive to drive the clan lines back to the outer reaches, to spread their line back out and break the tip of their spear, which is aimed directly at Terra. By the end of the week we hope to have a stable line again, closer to the outer reaches. We'd like to restore as much of a buffer as possible. We can only do it with the help of our brothers and sisters throughout the Inner Sphere.

It is encouraged to join the FRR Hub Teamspeak server as well, for those who can make it, for additional resources while coordinating efforts. We have lacked the numbers necessary to stem the tide, but with the core of the IS now under direct threat from the clan aggressors, we hope that this will be the time for the Inner Sphere to come together in common defense of the FRR, and in turn common defense of the greater good of humanity. May the Gods bless us in our endeavors.

[Ductus Hase]

Trondheim Live Daily Report, on 04 February 2015 - 09:06 AM, said:

February 4th, 3050

Inside the FRR

FRR Drives Through Steiner
--The Republic's campaign against Steiner has met with resistance, but overall the battle-hardened units of the FRR have made quick work of the Steiner defenders. The FRR began a campaign late last week that has seen them drive through seven Steiner world's, most of them either previously conquered by the FRR, or former FRR holds. The offensive sees no signs of stopping, as the FRR is caught between a rock and a hard place and is desperate to get out of the way of the Clans.

For their part, Steiner defenses have been mixed. At times Steiner has defended vehemently, even coming close to taking back a world recently captured by the FRR. At other times, defenses have been so light the local militia simply lays down their arms before the Dropships even touch down. Such a defense has been hard for the FRR to plan around, as they struggle to balance assaulting Steiner with defending what little holdings they have left. Thus far, the FRR has been determined to secure Steiner worlds first before turning their attention to the Clans. Often this seems to allow the Clans free capture of the undefended world; but at the same time, the FRR is making gains away from the Clans, which is something they have not done until this point.

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Dropping against your offensive I told quite a few of your units: You are diverting precious IS ressources - ours and your own - from the clanfront. Even now you don´t fight the clans with all your strength but keep splitting your troops and attack us.

Do you take us for fools? To Steiner no border with the FRR means one less border to defend.
Your Greed is your downfall Vikings - we might reinforce you... in the Clans Hinterland and from a save distance.

[Davers]

Ductus Hase, on 05 February 2015 - 08:25 PM, said:

Dropping against your offensive I told quite a few of your units: You are diverting precious IS ressources - ours and your own - from the clanfront. Even now you don´t fight the clans with all your strength but keep splitting your troops and attack us.

Do you take us for fools? To Steiner no border with the FRR means one less border to defend.
Your Greed is your downfall Vikings - we might reinforce you... in the Clans Hinterland and from a save distance.

Well, unlike all your other IS borders, the FRR is actually attacking you out of necessity. In fact, it's not really an attack, but a retreat. Plus at the start of CW Steiner was more than willing to take a piece if FRR for yourselves. Isn't forcing the Clans to fight 3 foes better than just focusing on 2?

[Ductus Hase]

I would have loved to see the IS working together - look at the map it won´t happen. Marik and FRR are two additional fronts to us with DCMS and some rogue Davions stepping in from time to time. In times when you guys left us be, we were able to hold the clans, even pushed them back a bit.


We got 3 potential Clanfronts right now - 4 if Wolves come into play again.
We can´t allow FRR to carve a path for the clans into the heart of our territory.

Don´t even mention the beginning of CW: More Lyran worlds got taken by FRR in the beginning of CW than by any other faction. We didn´t take their worlds for quite some time... -MS- took some BACK.

Diplomacy botch by FRR... they should have asked their allies the Dracs instead of launching a campaign against us and proclaiming the value of their warriors while denouncing ours.

There is no necessity by the way - Raselhague can´t be conquered. FRR can keep up the fight no matter what.

Your warriors ignored my plea for letting us concentrate on the clans as well... you keep coming, splitting our forces.
Now you are pretty generous with our worlds, Marik. Certainly you wouldn´t mind Steiner migrating into the FWL Domain? I don´t talk about the players...

Edited by Ductus Hase, 06 February 2015 - 03:14 AM.

[Dawnstealer]

Davers, on 05 February 2015 - 09:02 PM, said:

Well, unlike all your other IS borders, the FRR is actually attacking you out of necessity. In fact, it's not really an attack, but a retreat. Plus at the start of CW Steiner was more than willing to take a piece if FRR for yourselves. Isn't forcing the Clans to fight 3 foes better than just focusing on 2?

Yes, if we weren't being attacked by all factions. Currently, we have six to seven active fronts, depending on whether or not Davion PUGgers are bored enough to attack. Typically these attacks include 12-20+ people. For us to be able to defend against that, we'd need a constantly active community of 70+, minimum, at all times. And that's just if we play defense (which is a losing game). To go on the offensive, we'd need probably twice that. From what I've seen, the CW population just isn't that large.

How about stop attacking us, FRR, and we'll think about it.

Edited by Dawnstealer, 06 February 2015 - 05:23 AM.

[Ilithi Dragon]

The FWLM is trying to arrange an alliance/cease fire agreement among all the Houses of the Inner Sphere, and to coordinate efforts against the Clans. If you have not done so already, please see the call to reforge the Star League, and post your availability for the Conference of Wazan. We are trying to unite the entire Inner Sphere and push the Clans back beyond the Periphery where they came from, and we urgently request that all IS Loyalist units, and any IS-committed Merc units send representatives to the Conference of Wazan on the Marik TS to discuss a formal restablishment of the Star League.

[Ductus Hase]

Read this:

http://mwomercs.com/...26#entry4171826

Bring your allies to senses... and stop attacking us yourselves and we might consider working together with you guys. Until then I see this as a waste of precious time better spend fighting for the Archon.

[Strykewolf]

Perhaps, Ductus; you need to read your link and think about it, a bit.

Now, diplomacy then, and now...could still work.

[DaemonWulfe]

I'm holding out hope that diplomacy will prevail. As I've stated before, the Steiners have good reason to not want to help us. There may still be a way to work together. The clan offensive has dug a hole deep in between the borders of all three northern houses. Steiner, if concentrated near the border of FRR, can make a push up the side of the border in unison with Kurita pushing up from their border with us. I'm hoping we have enough units coming from other houses to defend planets while the organized units punch northward.

I know it's a long shot with trying to organize a push with multiple houses, especially with the complicated political atmosphere. We're giving it a go anyway. I'll try to work with our faction to halt the advance into Steiner territory. I just hope the majority of Steiner will see our advance as more of a refugee movement than anything else. If we are all successful this weekend, we shouldn't have any problems relocating our refugees back to their home worlds. If we aren't, the lost Steiner planets will most likely have to be taken from clans.

Edited by DaemonWulfe, 06 February 2015 - 03:16 PM.

[DaemonWulfe]

Attention all units responding to the FRR Call to Arms

The Royal KungsArmé is opening available coms channels for coordinated defenses against the clan advance. As the clans have already begun their operations on our current planets under seige, we encourage all to use voice coms as much as possible, whether it be ours or yours, and especially if you are running with many mixed units in a 12 man drop. Our research has shown that mixed unit 12 man drops can actually defeat organized 12 man groups. Offer simple strategies and move in agreement, no matter what. Even a poor tactic stand a better chance if all are committed 100%. This weekend, I want you all to come into the battle with the mindset that you are the deadliest threat the clans have ever known. Your goal, more than anything else, is to KILL THEM ALL! EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM! Make them pay dearly for their choice to threaten our ways of life. Bring your dirtiest fighting techniques, your nastiest builds. All stops are removed, all bets off. We're in it for the total and complete destruction of their advance.

Remember, do everything you can to promote positive morale to your brothers in arms. When they are injured, pick them up. When they begin to falter, offer words of encouragement to rally them again. We will be tested mentally and physically in the next coming days, possibly harder than we've ever been tested. Working together though, the human spirit will prevail, as well as the greater good of mankind.

Free Rasalhauge Republic Teamspeak server

frrhub.tk:9725 or 162.243.239.158:9725

Password; Dragon

[Damon Howe]

Here's the thing, Steiner.

You have 365 worlds. Three-six-five. We have 18. One-eight.

So...yeah. Let's be real here. The Clans have rolled over us. They've rolled you. They've rolled the Draks. Defense will only continue to lose us planets. You guys know this better than anyone.

So.

With 18 planets left.

And defense as a well-known and failing strategy.

[Weirdisdead]

Ductus Hase, on 06 February 2015 - 01:57 PM, said:

Read this:

http://mwomercs.com/...26#entry4171826

Bring your allies to senses... and stop attacking us yourselves and we might consider working together with you guys. Until then I see this as a waste of precious time better spend fighting for the Archon.

Are you for real?
Let me as a forum troll and CO mention that if we get a few of your Steiner planets we would be better positioned to help defend your borders. Requesting this be discussed as a major point in the Marik organized Star League reformation meeting tomorrow...

[Joe Decker]

It's pretty simple Steiners : You let Rasalhague die and you will have 2 vs 4 in the North. You manage to keep Rasalhague alive, allowing them a Corridor and you got 3 vs 4.

It was Rasalhague and not you Guys who dropped against the Clans the most.

You couldn't stop the Clans on your own before, why would you be able to, when Rasalhague is gone ? You made a Peace Treaty with the Clans instead of always fighting them. That freed up their Resources vs Rasalhague and Kurita.

About Marik attacking your Space (usually I am with Marik) : That happened and there was not much resistance from you on that Border, so the Question is if you ever had the Numbers to defend your Space from the Clans alone.

It is true, Marik took a lot of Planets from you. That was a Step that some People in Marik wanted to do - in my Opinion that was unnecessary and wrong as it could have been seen that we only help the Clans with that. But whatever, it happened. We can discuss that later.

To a Degree the Reason for those Attacks was the Fact that you upheld your Alliance with Davion who invaded Marik massively from the Beginning of CW in middle December. Maybe without that Step by Davion Things would have taken another Direction early on and we would have united versus the Clans much earlier, who knows.

But now that the War with Davion is pretty much over - the Situation has changed and the primary Goal of Marik is not Davion/Steiner any longer, but the Clans.

We got to deal with the Situation as it is right now. We can do our Fights later again when the Clan Problem is gone. Then you might have your Fights and your Revenge with Marik while no Clans are pushing you from the North.

If you think logical and without too much Emotion, cooperating with Rasalhague is your best Chance right now.

You save Rasalhague, you save yourself, you save the Inner Sphere.

Edited by Joe Decker, 07 February 2015 - 06:53 AM.

[Greyfoxx]

Keeping Rasalhague alive just leaves another enemy at our border. One that has already shown a predilection for taking worlds from us rather than taking worlds back from the clans. We already have 3 out of 4 clans with an attack lane against us. We don't have an attack lane with wolf because GB and CJF cut them off from it. As I said in another thread, it was foolish of them to start provoking us when they had bigger problems than us.

[Ductus Hase]

Allowing Rasalhague a corridor into our space is a risk we can not take.

Rasalhague expect us to defend them and call us traitors to the inner sphere, while they put a lot of effort to damaging us.
FRR has proven for DAYS and over several timezones to rather send 12-24-36 fighters conquering worlds from us than fight the clans. If they would fight for real they would send these warriors to their own clanfront... why should we allow them to bolster their number of planets with OUR planets? They lose them too and demand MORE of our worlds... again splitting of forces needed at the IS front.


Even IF we would trust them to stop as soon as we close a corridor (which again depends on the algorithm) and letting them defend our planets like Wolf does for the clans - what would hinder any Unit to take up their Flag and spread on the inside?

They can make their "last stand" on their own worlds. Marik and Liao or even Davion might help them, while DCMS and Steiner fight their own fronts. If they lose their last stand there always will be their Homeplanet... they can keep fighting the Clans in the Hinterland or send Units to defend Steiner/Drac Planets.

Edited by Ductus Hase, 07 February 2015 - 09:49 AM.

[Damon Howe]

Ductus Hase, on 07 February 2015 - 09:47 AM, said:

If they lose their last stand there always will be their Homeplanet... they can keep fighting the Clans in the Hinterland or send Units to defend Steiner/Drac Planets.

What you fail to realize is we won't stay in the "Hinterland".

We will go to Marik.

We will go to Draconis.

We will go to the Clans.

And we will not stop marching until Tharkad burns; Clans-be-damned.

Edited by Damon Howe, 07 February 2015 - 09:54 AM.

[Murzao]

Joe Decker, on 07 February 2015 - 06:42 AM, said:

It's pretty simple Steiners : You let Rasalhague die and you will have 2 vs 4 in the North. You manage to keep Rasalhague alive, allowing them a Corridor and you got 3 vs 4.

It was Rasalhague and not you Guys who dropped against the Clans the most.

You couldn't stop the Clans on your own before, why would you be able to, when Rasalhague is gone ? You made a Peace Treaty with the Clans instead of always fighting them. That freed up their Resources vs Rasalhague and Kurita.

About Marik attacking your Space (usually I am with Marik) : That happened and there was not much resistance from you on that Border, so the Question is if you ever had the Numbers to defend your Space from the Clans alone.

Are you for real? Have you looked at the timelapse starmap? Obviously not.

Steiner is the only house to actually push 2 clans back a ways, we pushed Wolf into the negative. We can handle 1 clan front........but not while 3 other houses are trying to take bites out of our side.

We let FRR go belly up we get one less group of people attacking us daily.

[Gattling Fenn]

DaemonWulfe, on 05 February 2015 - 02:44 PM, said:

Greetings, pilots of the honorable House Steiner. I come to you this afternoon with a request, a plea for assistance in our fight against the clan onslaught. Last weekend's surprise assault on Tukayyid caught us completely off-guard, and with the new front opened in the heart of our territory coupled with the rate we've been losing comms with planets, we fear the Free Rasalhague Republic is on the brink of extinction.

If there are any available units that can take up a week contract for the FRR, we desperately need your help. This weekend, we'd like to start a massive counter-offensive to drive the clan lines back to the outer reaches, to spread their line back out and break the tip of their spear, which is aimed directly at Terra. By the end of the week we hope to have a stable line again, closer to the outer reaches. We'd like to restore as much of a buffer as possible. We can only do it with the help of our brothers and sisters throughout the Inner Sphere.

It is encouraged to join the FRR Hub Teamspeak server as well, for those who can make it, for additional resources while coordinating efforts. We have lacked the numbers necessary to stem the tide, but with the core of the IS now under direct threat from the clan aggressors, we hope that this will be the time for the Inner Sphere to come together in common defense of the FRR, and in turn common defense of the greater good of humanity. May the Gods bless us in our endeavors.

The FRR attacked House Steiner from the start, not even a week ago there were FRR pilots boasting about how they were going to take planets from House Steiner. You told us to "stock our inns with mead" and now you're asking for our help?

There's a relevant quote to this whole situation, and it's that "You make the bed in which you lie."

On that note, thanks, but while I don't know about my fellow LCAF pilots, I'm content to sit here and watch you burn.

[Tordin]

At the start there were pretty much free for all as far as I know, I was busy as of now, attacking the clans back then as a pug.

ONE! simple question! The FRR that attacked you from the start, where they organized units, pugs or mercstar units? Clearing up that could clear up alot of frustration and confusion.

Also ever thought of that some units from any of the IS border factions didnt bother with attacking the clans, because they didnt seem threatening at the time? Guess it was more fun with IS vs IS... and easier? Land grab rush so to speak (in prep for the Clan invasion I guess)

I think all are guilty of taking worlds from eachtother in the start. All of us could fight to get them back AFTER the Clans have been backbroken and pushed to the very edge of IS territory.

I actually liked Steiner at start, fought with quite few of you guys that behaved and helped little pugs along. But when some of you have your thin skin poked and holding deeeeeeeeeep grudge of something happening at the start, is enough to ruin cooperation and shaking hands. Well, thats just sad. And alot more cudos to the Steiners in lore who got their gripes togheter and fought the clans. Until you prove otherwise..

"Forgive and forget, trade in the regret for mutual respect and in the end what once belonged to you, you will get"

[Gattling Fenn]

You die and we have two fronts to the North to deal with, versus three. If smoke jag pushes through we have three fronts to deal with. In either case, things get better for us, or they don't change.

Meaning at worst we want you to fall, and at best we're indifferent to your factions plight.

Edited by Gattling Fenn, 09 February 2015 - 02:37 PM.