Opening Shots

Lyran Galahad Underway

by William H. Keith, jr.

Dateline: Tharkad

The Office of Public Information on Tharkad today announced that Lyran military forces were beginning a series of military maneuvers-designated Operation: Thor--designed to test the readiness of House Steiner forces to respond to "any threat to our realm, foreign or domestic." While Steiner officials denied that these operations are directed in any way against the Draconis Combine, word of the maneuvers drew a sharp response from various House Kurita sources. Independent sources noted that the maneuvers appeared to be timed to coincide with Hanse Davion's Operation: Galahad.

Military analysts have suggested that a number of Kurita garrisons along the Lyran frontier have been depleted in recent months, possibly because of unrest within the Combine and because of unexpected problems with mercenary units under contract to the Combine. It is believed that House Kurita fears a major Steiner incursion aimed at border worlds such as Kandis, Harvest and Verthandi, where civil unrest and rebellions have occurred in recent years.

Observers have noted that all House Steiner troop and naval movements have been made in regions bordering the Draconis Combine, and that no maneuvers have been announced or observed near Marik space. House Steiner officials declined to comment on this, saying only that the maneuvers were not directed against any of the Lyran Commonwealth's neighbors, and that the timing with Davion's Operation: Galahad was purely coincidental.

BattleTechnology News Service

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