## Overview Raid on the Stark Industries armor plant in the Eastern Desert. A raider/decoy force of mechs and armored vehicles drew GSF elements out while heavier elements looted the plant's shipping docks. ## Opposing Forces (OpFor) - FLS-8K Flashman - OTL-4D Ostsol - LNC 25-01 Lancelot - CRB-27 Crab - MON-66 Mongoose - MCY-99 Mercury - Zephyr — 2 - Gabriel — 2 - Hoverbike (Mine) — 4 - Hoverbike (Laser) — 4 - Heavy Trucks — 10 ## Defenders Hands of the Goddess Force - Lieutenant Niobe Tan — GRF-5K Griffin (2/4) — XO - Lieutenant Debbie Ash — ARC-4M Archer (4/5) — former MAF - Pegasus Scout Tank (MRM) — 4/5 (Sergeant Laila Barcenes) — XO Armor (DCMS C3 slave) - Karnov UR Transport BA (Bravo) — 4/5 - Standard Inner Sphere Battle Armor (Laser) — E: 3 (Lt Emely Abreu — CO Infantry) - Standard Inner Sphere Battle Armor (Laser) — F: 3 Kiah's Hammers Force - MechWarrior Sergeant Kiston — HBK-4G Hunchback (3/4) - Cadet Amber — TBT-5J Trebuchet (5/6) — trainee pilot - Manticore Heavy Tank — 4/5 (Sergeant Lincoln) - Karnov UR Transport '55 (Bravo) — 2/3 (Warrant Officer) - Gray Death Scout Armor (Laser) C & D — 1 each - Jump Infantry Squad (Laser) B — 1 Ironborn Force - Lieutenant Meifeng "Night Witch" Zhou — ABS-4C Anubis (3/4) - Regulator Hovertank (Alpha) — 3/4 (Sergeant Major Wynch) - Goblin Infantry Tank (Bravo) — 3/5 (Sergeant Anya Tereshakaya) - Rifle Foot Infantry Platoon (MG) (B) — 2 - Hawk Moth Gunship — 4/5 The Dragon's Clutch Force - MechWarrior Ren Ito — OW-1Prime Owens (4/5) - Tai-i Adrian Tan — Raiden Battle Armor (Tsunami) — 4 - TKG-150 Tokugawa Heavy Tank — 4/5 (x2) - Bandit Hover Transport Alpha — 3/5 ("Rash" Nomura) - Raider Battle Armor (MG) — 4 (4 troopers inside/outside) Road's Warriors Force - Bully Roads — FLC-8R Falconer (2/2) — Unit Commander - Kiyosuke Sook-O — CMA-C Chimera (4/5) - Stygian Strike Tank — 3/4 (Sergeant Vinny Kowalski) - Bandit Hover Transport Echo — 4/5 - Standard Inner Sphere Battle Armor (MG) — 4 (x2 squads of 4 troopers) Winter's Dream Force - MechWarrior "Mine Dancer" Otis — KY2-D-02 Kyudo (3/5) - LRM carrier — 4/5 (Sergeant Henny Niekisch "Gale") - Vedette Medium Tank (NETC) — 4/5 (Sergeant Yasuda Shihei "Tempest") - Goblin Infantry Fighting Vehicle — 4/5 ("Blood Moon") - 72nd Heavy Infantry LRM Platoon — 4 (Lojnant Reidar Anker) - 1/72 H LRM — 4 (Sergeant Michael Kanezane) - 2/72 H LRM — 4 (Sergeant Okuda Wolle) - 3/72 H LRM — 4 (Sergeant Raban Georgiy) - 4/72 H LRM — 4 (Sergeant Mirov Denisovich) 6th Ghost / Supporting Elements - PNT-12A Panther — 4/5 (Gunsho Kerry Nader) - HM-2 Hitman — 4/5 (Gunsho Kar Neng Lai) - Pegasus Scout Hover Tank (3058) — 4/5 (Gunsho Mayumi Yamanaka) - Blizzard Hover Transport Alpha — 4/5 (Tai-i — XO, Infantry CO) - Raiden Battle Armor Laser Alpha — 4 (Sho-ko Bolo Yeung) - Rifle Foot Infantry Squad Alpha — 4 - SRM Foot Infantry Squad Alpha — 4 ComStar / QRF - RTX-1OPrime Raptor — 3/4 (Adept Holly Wood) - RTX-1OA Raptor — 3/4 (Adept Nick Cage) - Standard Inner Sphere Battle Armor (06) — 3 (Adept) - PKR-T5 Packrat — 3/5 (Adept) (x2) - Foot Infantry Squads — 3 (x2) - Hawk Moth Gunships — 3/5 (x2) Nejiro Militia - 8th Platoon - Scimitar Medium Hover Tank — 4/5 (Chu-i) (x2) - Saracen Medium Hover Tank — 4/5 (x2) ## Salvage None reported. ## After Action Report (AAR) The GSF, supported by the Militia, ComGuard and the 6th Ghost, responded to a bandit raid on the Stark armor plant. The heavier units moved out to engage a half company of battlemechs and a platoon of armored vehicles. The raider force kept out of weapons range; after roughly six minutes it was revealed to be a decoy. Light security forces at the plant withdrew to lure pursuing units away while a heavier element loaded trucks at the shipping docks and departed. On return, GSF units observed drop pods in the area. ## Related persons & units - Lieutenant Niobe Tan - Lieutenant Debbie Ash - Sergeant Laila Barcenes - MechWarrior Sergeant Kiston - Sergeant Lincoln - Lieutenant Meifeng "Night Witch" Zhou - Gunsho Kerry Nader - Lojnant Reidar Anker ## Notes & provenance - I searched `source/articles/` for related WorldAnvil exports. I found several related mission reports and settlement/people JSONs (for example: `Report-Mission 24 - Walk About`, `Report-Mission 17 - Raid on Hilo`, and `Settlement-Hilo-0f4.json`), but no exact article JSON that clearly corresponds to "Mission 57 - Sand Scorcher." - Frontmatter sets source to `source/articles/NOT_FOUND`. If you have the original WorldAnvil JSON export for this mission, place it in `source/articles/` or provide it and I'll update the file's provenance and frontmatter.