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{{InfoBoxBattle
| conflict = Operation STAR FALL
| partof = [[Civil War Era]]
| image = 
| startdate = [[3066]]<ref name=AGtCOp85>''A Guide to Covert Ops'', p. 85: "Operation Star Fall"</ref>
| enddate = [[3066]]<ref name=AGtCOp85/>
| planet = Uninhabited system one jump from [[Sudeten]], perhaps [[Deweidewd]]<ref name=AGtCOp85/>
| place = Space<ref name=AGtCOp85/>
| result = Mission success
| territory = No net change
| faction1 = [[Second Star League]]<ref name=AGtCOp85/>
| commander1 = 
| command1 = [[Fury Team]]<ref name=AGtCOp85/><br>[[Killer Bees]]<ref name=AGtCOp85/>
| faction2 = Terrorist<ref name=AGtCOp85/>
| commander2 = [[Baron von Summit]]<ref name=AGtCOp85/>
| command2 = Unknown mercenary command<ref name=AGtCOp85/>
| faction3 = 
| commander3 = 
| command3 = 
}}

==Prelude==
The son of the Baron von Summit was killed in the Jade Falcon Incursion (unknown which) leaving the father distraught and eager for revenge.<ref name=AGtCOp85/> 

==Overview==
Leveraging his wealth, the Baron he hired an unknown mercenary command, supplied them with forged travel documents and transponder codes. The team intended to arrive in the [[Sudeten]] system and crash an automated freighter into the [[Genetic Repository]].  The [[Word of Blake]] learned of these plans and informed the [[Second_Star_League#Star_League_Intelligence_Command|Second Star Legue Intelligence Command]]. [[First Lord of the Star League|First Lord]] [[Christian Månsdottir]] approved a [[Fury Team]] and the [[Killer Bees]] to intervene in order to prevent a renewed war with the Clans.<ref name=AGtCOp85/>

[[Carjo Yance]] proved essential in tracking the mercenaries down to an uninhabited system one jump from Sudeten, likely [[Deweidewd]]. A fierce battle took place between [[aerospace fighter]]s as the Fury Team launched a [[battle armor]] assault on the [[JumpShip]], managing to capture it just prior to the jump into Sudeten.<ref name=AGtCOp85/><ref name=TRO3055Up22>''Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade'', p. 22: "SCB-9A Scarabus"</ref><ref name=TROCIp98>''Technical Readout: Clan Invasion'', p. 98: "SCB-9A Scarabus"</ref>

==Outcome==
The operation was a success, with the Clans never learning of the plot.

==Notes==
* Given the later actions of the Word of Blake it is entirely possible they helped facilitate the Baron's plot while simultaneously currying favor with the Star League by helping to prevent it.

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Foolproof]]''
* ''[[A Guide to Covert Ops]]''
* ''[[MechWarrior Pilot Deck: Champions of the Inner Sphere I]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: Clan Invasion]]''

[[Category:Civil War Era Military Operations|Operation STAR FALL]]