Showdown on Caripare

 Caripare

Irece Prefecture

Draconis Combine

July 3152 

SHOWDOWN ON CARIPARE

PO'S NEXT TARGET

                        Having secured the release of Death Commando Sheena Li and proving his loyalty to the Chancellor, Po Ding is given free reign to seek more contracts for his warrior order of Mercenaries that he has dubbed House Po Ding. Having had good relations with the AML in the past, Po once again seeks a contract in the Hinterlands.

                         Not all is well within the Alyina Mercantile League. Though they have a working HPG, many of their worlds are feeling the result of the collapse of the Jade Falcon Occupation Zone. Many planets are forced to fend for themselves and find they are short on various supplies and necessities. Several worlds have serious problems with food insecurity, and famine may not be far off.

                        With this in mind, Merchant Syndic Merena casts her eye outwards for a solution. One such solution can perhaps be found on the agriculturally rich Combine world of Caripare. The planet is an agricultural powerhouse, due in part to a particularly hearty and bountiful strain of corn seed that grows natively on the world. Marena dispatches Po and his warriors to seize a haul of this bountiful harvest, so that the hearty seed technology may be spread to other worlds within the AML.

 

BACKWATER GARRISON 

                    Caripare is a backwater garrison, normally protected only by the people's militia. But  in the last year, it has received a new garrison force. Sho-sa Jade Takahashi leads the still understrength but elite Third Battalion of the newly raised Thirteenth Sword of Light Regiment. Having spurned the amorous advances of her superior officer, Tai-sa Okmoto Goro one too many times, Jade and her Battaltion are sent away from the main unit garrison on Asgard and are tasked with the dubious honor of defending the thriving cornfields of Caripare.

                    

                    Though they are understrength, they are nonetheless still deadly. The unit boats several elite warriors, and has some of the best equipment in the DCMS. A hard hitting unit based around solid Kuritan designs, the Third Battalion is perhaps ill suited and out of place being used as a mere garrison force for an agrarian world. Sho-sa Takahasi is both skilled and intelligent, however, and refuses to let her troops languish or weaken. She fights a constant battle to maintain proper order, and a fight is just what her unit might need to unify itself and get back on the path of honor to the Dragon.

PO UNAWARE

                    Unfortunately for Po Ding, none of this information is reflected in the intelligence briefings available to him from the AML. He is told that the world is garrisoned by mere militia, and will be caught off-guard when he finds himself tangling with a Sword of Light unit.

                    His plan is a simple one. Upon planetfall, he will engage the main enemy force. With them distracted, he will dispatch his trusted aide Max with a light recon team to find and seize a shipment of corn seed that is being transported across the relatively open plains. Once these truckloads of seed are secured, they will withdraw, and Marena will have her batch of seeds to bring bountiful harvest to many of the worlds of the AML.

BATTLETECH OVERRIDE

                        This campaign will be fought using Battletech: Override, the house rules system developed by Death From Above Wargaming and forces were built using their Strike Operations system for building forces for a narrative driven campaign, which is what I hope to play here. There will be fanfiction pieces published throughout the next few days that will hopefully enhance the gaming experience and build off of the tabletop results.