## Summary Jaguar bandits returned to raid the planet; defenders held the castle with heavy damage to equipment but no personnel losses. October of 3067 ## Quests / Report With a Jaguar bandit force returning to raid the planet, Merc forces deployed to defend the castle and surrounding areas. Some transports experienced technical issues with loading equipment, delaying portions of the defending force. The local ComGuard also committed units to the defense. Remote turrets around the castle failed to activate, so household guard were held back to defend if the bandits breached the walls. The bandit force consisted of a mix of mechs, armor and battle armor. Our defenders landed close to the castle and moved to intercept. The bandits split into three groups and advanced on the defenders. The engagement began with artillery fire from one of our tanks; however the bandits appeared to manoeuvre as though they had foreknowledge of the Merc commanders' battle plan, making the fight much harder. The battle lasted over five minutes before the remainder of our forces, including a marine company dropped from orbit, arrived on the field. The Merc forces sustained heavy equipment damage — one mech destroyed, one with severe damage, and multiple vehicles heavily or severely damaged — but held the line. Crucially, there were no personnel fatalities. One ComGuard attack helicopter also suffered severe damage. ## Interactions OpFor - Grendel Prime - Shadow Cat Prime - Cougar Prime - Great Wyrm - Epona Pursuit Tank Prime x2 - Elemental Battle Armor x5 The Hands of the Goddess - Quintin Bonanno — ARC-5R Archer (heavy damage) - Dejah Rey — MSR-200-Db Hussar - Raj Sighn — ALM-8D Fireball (Mech destroyed) - Laila Barcenes — Saladin Assault Hover Tank (severe damage) Kiah's Hammers - Carl Franks — ARC-8M Archer - Benjamin Dalton Baird — Morningstar City Command Vehicle - Gray Death Standard Suit Laser - Pegasus Scout Hover Tank C3 - Striker Light Tank ’61 Eagle's Tears - AV1-OC Avatar (heavy damage) - Standard Inner Sphere Battle Armor (A) - Cranson — WVR-8C Wolverine (severe damage) - Schiltron Prime (Bravo) - Standard Inner Sphere Battle Armor (E) — light damage - Pegasus Scout Hover Tank C3 (heavy damage) ComGuard - Beta Level II Recon / QRF - Adept Holly Wood in RTX-1OPrime Raptor — moderate damage - Standard Inner Sphere Battle Armor (06) - Adept Nick Cage in RTX-1OA Raptor - Standard Inner Sphere Battle Armor (06) - PKR-T5 Packrat (with Foot Infantry Squad) - Hawk Moth Gunship (one heavy damage) ## Rewards / Salvage - Shadowcat parts and elemental parts salvaged - Shadowcat: 1 clan Gauss Rifle, 1 shoulder actuator and 1 upper arm actuator - 1 elemental parts (trooper KIA) ## Related Persons - Quintin Bonanno - Dejah Rey - Raj Sighn