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| Action Id: 416 | Crisis: | Participants: Calypso, Alis and Ansel | |
| Status: Resolved | Public: True | GM: None | |
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Action by Calypso
Lady General Calypso is taking a few of the Coalition Vessels on an on-shore focused mission to eliminate the Abandoned tribes who are fiercely loyal to the Gyre. She will only be focusing tribes who have been confirmed to be unwilling to bend the knee and who continue to supply the Gyre. These attacks will be relentless and thorough. While there will be prisoners kept for questioning, this is an elimination mission.
The strategic plan on these missions is to sail in at night away from the main encampments and attempt to take them by surprise. Archers will find high ground, infantry will move swiftly.
Though Lady General Calypso will not be there in person, she is dedicating 2/3 of House Malvici's naval forces to these efforts. She has entrusted the command of the On-Shore operations to Lord Ansel Telmar.
Action by Alis
Alis will again be leading a contingent of Valardin infantry and archers. This time, to help Calypso eliminate those Abandoned unwilling to bend the knee, and who continue to scupply the Gyre; her second in command for the Valardin troops will be Lord Ansel Telmar.
Action by Ansel
Ansel has been tasked by Lady General Calypso to take operational control of the land operations against the Gyre-loyal Abandoned tribes. Cognizant of the need to keep as many troops as possible inside the city to defend against the siege, he will be selecting his forces judiciously, bringing along a few sections of Valardin and Greenmarch archers, and a main force of light infantry made up of Telmarine armsmen and Velenosian infantry.
The first objective will be to retain the element of surprise for as long as possible. To this end, Ansel will be launching the main force of infantry and archers from small boats, leaving the main warships just offshore, to aid in a swift departure. Once landed, he will direct the combined Greenmarch/Valardin archer force to take up the high ground, himself remaining with the contingent of infantry. The main infantry force will be swiftly led to any Abandoned camps and villages being targeted in the raids, and the opposing forces put to the sword. Per Calypso's direction, prisoners will not be taken, and quarter not given. His directive is to eliminate any opposing soldiers and fighters as quickly and efficiently as possible. Should supernatural forces be present, Ansel will take a similar approach to the tactics utilized at Pride Hall and the River assault, using Vowkeeper himself, and directing any soldiers bearing alaricite or diamondplate weapons towards the most pressing threat.
While resistance is not expected at first, given the stealthy means of approach, Ansel will instruct the archer force to provide volley fire onto the shav encampments in the event of there being an opposing force stronger than the raiding units. The objective will then be to break contact under cover of the archers, and make a hasty exit on board the light crafts beached at the shore.
Result
While a the majority of Oathlands and Lycene soldiers are committed to the defense of Arx, the Oathlands still find themselves leading the assault against some of the most fanatical holdouts. Lord Ansel Telmar is given overall command, assisted by Princess Alis Valardin leading the Oathlands soldiers, and they leading the assault at Kraken's Maw after other shore operations. The fortress is far tougher than any shav holding has a right to be, and it's a mystery how it has been overlooked for so long, but with siege weaponry under the direction of Ansel and withering archer fire under the direction of Alis, it does eventually fall. No prisoners are taken, as per the standing orders, but the fanatics were in no mood to surrender regardless.