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On A Pale Horse....
By the year 2832 when all became quiet on the Draconis front, the Davions designed an offensive against the Capellan world of Tikonov. Tikonov was named after the last premier of the Terran Union of Socialist Republics and was one of the first worlds colonized during the colonial Terran expansion during the early 22nd century. Many had tried to invade Tikonov for its rich mineral deposits and for the fact of being the home of 3 major defense contractors, Earthwerks, Ceres Metals, and Harcourt Productions. However, besides the arid conditions and the large military presence of the Capellan Confederation Prince Paul of the Federated Suns was determined to capture the planet.
In 2834 Prince Paul on his third attempt contracted the 3rd Deneb Light Calvary Regimental Combat Team, commanded by General Jessica Bassner. The plan was for her swift forces to seize and hold Tikonov’s major continent long enough for another RCT from the Royal Brigade of Guards to arrive and help take the rest of the planet. General Bassner and her troops held up their end of the operation quite well, out maneuvering units from Chesteron Reserves quite easily and so many of the key cities fell into her hands. Now the regiments of the Deneb Light Cavalry awaited the relief forces.
They would never come. Just as the Second Royal Davion Guards RCT was to leave for Tikonov, Coordinator Jinjiro Kurita launched a raid against the Guards’ homeworld of Sanilac. The unexpected raid caught many of the Guards units in their grounded, defenseless DropShips. Their losses were high, and by the time the 2nd RCT had fought off the Kurita raiders, there was no hope of relieving the Deneb Light Cavalry on Tikonov. General Jessica Bassner was forced to leave Tikonov to the Capellans.
One of the most memorable battles was watching a 20 ton Locust from the 3rd Deneb Light Calvary literally run circles around an obvious green mechwarrior from the 1st Ariana Fusiliers of Chesterton Reserves trying to defend in a 65 ton Thunderbolt on the rocky plains of Tikonov. The Elite mechwarriors of the 3rd Deneb Light Calvary coupled with the speed of their Battlemechs faced little challenge in their taking of strategic points of interest on the planet.
