Fenris Isle

Lake Olsen District, c, early 24th century

Located in the middle of a vast lake, Olsen's Isle (named for its discoverer) was left largely untouched following the initial colonization of Fletcher. The rise in tensions between the Terran Hegemony and the nascent Capellan Confederation changed that, however, as the Hegemony armed forces began to reinforce worlds that were seen as threatened by the Capellans.

Olsen's isle was chosen as the sire for a military facility, and construction of Fort Olsen began quickly. Its island location was deemed to be very defensible, and the construction of a drop-port meant that Terran forces would have no problems accessing it while leaving any potential invaders with only a few rather risky options should they try to attack the facility. Once it came on-line, Fort Olsen provided HAF and later SLDF forces with a secure base of operations.

Ironically, the first time it fell to invaders occurred not due to any military action, but rather due to subterfuge. In 2766, the SLDF units regularly assigned to Fletcher had been rotated off-world to deal with the periphery uprising, leaving behind only the standing planetary guard as well as a staff of Rim Worlds "advisors". At the launch of Operation APOTHESIS, those "advisors" turned on their local allies, easily seizing control of Fletcher and its facilities.

For the next decade, Olsen would play home to a portion of AEAF Forces assigned to Fletcher in order to protect its military industries. Sabotage by SLDF special forces units crippled the defenders' ability to effectively utilize their assets or coordinate their defenses. Once the XXXV Corps landed on Fletcher, the AEAF response was confused and misdirected, allowing the SLDF a restively easy time of retaking the world. Fort Olsen itself was attacked following a daring low-altitude drop, with the forces on-site completely unaware of what was going on until the first 'Mechs landed. The facility was quickly secured in the initial wave of landings, and suffered only relatively light damage.

While it was briefly re-occupied by the SLDF, Fort Olsen was then abandoned in the prelude to the Exodus. Following their annexation of Fletcher, the CCAF used the facility for their own until its destruction during the First Succession War. The fortress was never rebuilt, with the ruins eventually becoming somewhat overgrown and all but forgotten.

After over two and a half centuries of neglect, Olsen's Island was again transformed following the Jihad. Fletcher was one of the worlds settled by members of Clan Wolf's Delta Galaxy and their supporting personnel after they joined the Republic. The Wolves, possibly honouring their SLDF origins, chose to resettle Olsen island, using it as the basis for a new facility that would serve as their base of operations.

The Island was renamed Fenris Isle, and soon construction began on what would come to be known as Fenris Keep. Much like its predecessor, it was designed to be a military command post as well as a training facility and drop port, supporting the Wolves as they integrated into the RAF. Eventually, it became home to the Bright Fang Militia cluster, itself a part of the Fletcher Planetary guard, and served as their base of operations.

Following Gray Monday, Fenris Keep took on a newer, more aggressive role. With the formation of the Steel Wolves, it became their de facto capitol on Fletcher. For the first year after the Blackout, the facilities worked overtime in training new recruits into the Wolves, principally those adoptees who formed the Wolf Lancers cluster, while molding them into an effective fighting force.

More then that, it also served as a base of operations for raids and other actions against nearby worlds, both those loyal to the Republic and those which had fallen under the sway of other groups. However, with the change in leadership of the Steel Wolves came a change in direction, which saw the Wolves leave Fletcher en masse for other conquests.

A small force was left behind, mostly of warriors who were seen as dezgra, in order to effectively "sit" on the world and await further orders. Following the Steel Wolves' defeat on Terra, however, those orders simply never came. As time dragged on, morale fell as the Fletcher Wolves realised that not only had Anastasia Kerensky's dreams of conquest failed to pan out, but the Steel Wolves were now effectively on the other side of the Republic and had abandoned the worlds they had sprung from.

After the formation of Fortress Republic, Tigress was annexed by the Swordsworn in the name of Fortress Republic. With their onetime capitol taken in a bloodless diplomatic action, the remaining Fletcher Wolves simply gave up, seeing no real reason to keep holding out in the name of a lost cause. Some of them rejoined the Fletcher planetary guard, while many others simply deserted.

With the effective collapse of the Steel Wolves on the world, the Fletcher Planetary Guard took control of Fenris Isle, but Quickly found another reason for the Wolves' plummeting morale. Before they left, the Steel Wolves had stopped the facility of anything of any worth, even down to the training simulators and the most basic of support equipment. In effect, the Steel Wolves had been left guarding a nearly valueless husk of a facility in the name of not giving it up.

Due to their already strained resources and the uncertain future they were facing, the Fletcher planetary guard chose to mothball the facility rather than rebuild it. Instead, the guard chose to focus on protecting the planet, its people and its remaining industries, ones that would doubtless make it a target of any further aggression.