From: Si-ben-bing Tu Xiasheng
Subject: Incident
at Supply Depot 48-Bravo
I apologise in advance for the delay in presenting this
report. As you will understand after reading it, there are reasons for this lack
of punctuality.
At 0843 hours this morning, a lance of BattleMechs from
an as yet unidentified force dropped onto Supply Depot 48-Bravo. While we had
some warning from space traffic control, their use of a pirate jump point and
the daring nature of their assault gave us little time to prepare. Rather, the
enemy forces brazenly used the very depot we were tasked with defending against
us, taking cover behind the buildings only to open fire on them when circumstances
favored it.
Pai-zhang Loh Weizhe staged a counterattack,
leading our brave janishi against the
enemy force. Bravely using his Tian-Zong as
bait, he tried to draw out the enemy force into our guns. Coordination between Ban-zhang Nzuyen Vong and San-ben-bing Nick Paules allowed the
addition of missile fire to his assaut.
Unfortunately, this proved to be insufficient. The
attackers massed their fire on Pai-zhang Weizhe,
badly damaging it and driving him away from the depot. Attempts by San-ben-bing Paules to disrupt the enemy
force met with only limited success before his own Elyuka was badly damaged. This gave the enemy an opening to escape
the depot, but not before inflicting further damage on our force. Pai-zhang Weizhe was killed when both
his ‘Mechs Gauss Rifles detonated, while Ban-zhang
Vong was critically injured ejecting from his destroyed Shen Yi.
While the enemy force did not linger to pillage supplies,
the damage they did was considerable. In addition to destroying two BattleMechs
and badly damaging a third, the attackers liberally used infernos on the
buildings within the depot. This resulted in extensive damage and a loss of
supplies, further exacerbating the situation. While damage recovery crews now
have the fires under control, the loss of material is considerable.
The enemy force fled westwards, using the heavy forests
as cover. The arrival of a thunderstorm prevented any use of aerospace assets
to track them, while due to the damage to his BattleMech, San-ben-bing Paules was also unable to pursue the enemy force.
Examination of BattleROMs suggests that the lance was
made up of the following; AKU-1X Akuma, CRN-7M
Carronade, Vulture Mk IV and UZL-8S Uziel. In addition, the lance was
supported by a single squad of as-yet unidentified Battle Armour, believed to
be Inner Sphere standard. The relevant material has been submitted for analysis
and possible identification of this force.
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