New Home 3058 Update

World Name: New Home

Time to Jump Point: 8 days

Recharging Station: Nadir

Recharge Time: 6 days

ComStar Facility Class: B

Noble Ruler: None

Political Leader: None

New Home has been fertile ground for violent Zhanzheng de guang activity ever since the end of the Fourth Succession War, making duty on the planet a hazardous proposition. The Thirtieth Lyran Guards, stationed on New Home when the Liaoist guerilla cells launched open revolution, found themselves barely able to hold hte government together in the face of almost daily bombings and killing of civilians. Frequent attacks on the unit's personnel and dependents further demoralized the Guards' commanders, Marshal Vincent Tanner and Leftenant General Herbert Kingsley. Marshal Tanner declared marshal law and suspended the ineffectual planetary government, but he was assassinated by the Zhanzheng de guang mere days after his declaration. Less than twenty-four hours later, word reached New Home that Katrina Steiner-Davion had proclaimed herself Archon of the independent, neutral Lyran Alliance and that all Lyran troops were invited to return home. Acting commander Lt. General Kingsley eagerly accepted the invitation, only too happy to bid New Home goodbye.

Most of the unit, however, preferred to remain on New Home. Many of the newer recruits were natives of that planet, and the brutalities of the Zhanzheng de guang had only made them more determined to free New Home forever from the threat of Capellan domination. Led by Leftenant General Delores Whitman, Kingsley's second in command, the Thirtieth Lyran Guards mutinied en route to the Lyran Alliance. Whitman and the rest of the unit returned home, only to find that Liaoist revolutionaries had taken control in their absence. Reinforced by BattleMechs and state-of-the-art weapons from the Free Worlds League, the newly christened New Home Regulars presented the Thirtieth Lyrans with formidable opposition.

Currently, an uneasy stalemate prevails between the New Home Regulars and the Lyran troops. The Thirtieth captured the cities of Findler and Mann in its initial assault and still holds them as far as anyone knows, but Liaoist resistance is a constant threat to their control. Both sides have received aid from patron states, but neither force has yet gained the advantage. The Thirtieth has hired mercenary infantry units to beef up its strength and to act as riot control where necessary. Rumor has it that the Thirtieth intends to claim New Home as its own, independent of the Lyran Alliance and the Federated Commonwealth; if this is true, financial and military aid from both of those realms may dry up. Pirate raids against this troubled world present still another problem, and pirate bands based on the nearby world of Bryant are particularly troublesome, stealing large amounts of supplies and equipment from both major combatants.

Defending Forces

Unit Name                       Expernce   Homeworld   Faction 
Thirtieth Lyran Guards          Veteran    New Home    Lyran Alliance
  (CO: Leftenant General Herbert Kingsley)
New Home Regulars               Regular    New Home    Capellan Confederation
  (CO: Leftenant General Delores Whitman)
  (1 mixed regiment)