War!

BattleTechnology News Service

by William H. Keith, jr.

Dateline: New Avalon

In a prepared statement widely broadcast across the Inner Sphere, First Prince Hanse Davion announced the beginning of an all-out offensive against the enemies of the Federated Suns.

Fourth Guards RCT on Aldebaran. A Davion Warhammer takes on an Archer belonging to the House Ijori defenders of the planet. Heavy but inconclusive fighting was reported in Chang-gi on the outskirts of the critical city of Chouchu. Chang-gi was completely reduced to rubble in the battle.

The speech, which was taped before his departure for Earth and his wedding to Melissa Steiner, declared that "the time has come to strike a blow, once and for all, against the enemies which surround us. It is time, once and for all, to end this twilight age of half-war and total stagnation which threatens all of us with ultimate extinction!"

"The Fourth Successor War has begun," said Field Marshal Ran Felsner, Commander of the Royal Brigade of Guards. "It will be victory or death this time. Everything is riding on this one."

On Earth, at the celebration of his wedding, Hanse Davion addressed his bride and said: "Wife, I give you the Capellan Confederation." On the same day, Federated Suns invasion fleets were reported to have arrived at nine systems in Liao space, including Aldebaran, Liao, Algol, New Hessen, Pleione, Poznan, St. Andre, Shensi, and Styk.

As this issue of BattleTechnology went to press, only fragmentary reports had been received from most of these locations. Initial reports, however, suggest that the Davion offensive is proceeding smoothly, and with remarkable success.

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