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Text replacement - "5th Battle Cluster (Clan Jade Falcon)" to "5th Battle (Clan Jade Falcon)"

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{{InfoBoxBattle
| conflict = {{PAGENAME}}
| partof = [[Clan Invasion]]
| image =
| startdate = 23 February [[3055]]
| enddate =
| planet = [[Hot Springs]]
| place = Supply Dump Delta-02AH-54
| result = [[Federated Commonwealth]] defeat
| territory = No change
| faction1 = [[Federated Commonwealth]]
| commander1 = [[Kommandant]] Strom
| command1 = Second Battalion, [[First Robinson Rangers]]
| faction2 = [[Clan Jade Falcon]]
| commander2 = [[Star Captain]] [[Evenrood]]
| command2 = Trinary Alpha, [[5th Battle (Clan Jade Falcon)|Fifth Battle Cluster]]
| faction3 =
| commander3 =
| command3 =
}}

==Prelude==
[[Defiance Industries]] was looking to field test their new ''[[Battle Hawk]]'', and the [[AFFC]] assigned two lances of them to the [[First Robinson Rangers]], stationed on [[Kooken's Pleasure Pit]], for their raid on [[Hot Springs]] in early [[3055]].<ref name=TRO3055>''Technical Readout: 3055'', p. 16: "BH-305 Battle Hawk"</ref><ref name=TRO3055R>''Technical Readout: 3055 Revised'', p. 16: "BH-305 Battle Hawk"</ref><ref name=TRO3055U>''Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade'', p. 14: "BH-305 Battle Hawk"</ref><ref name=TROCI>''Technical Readout: Clan Invasion'', p. 96: "BH-305 Battle Hawk"</ref><ref name=SG>''Scapegoats''</ref>

==Overview==
On 23 February a force consisting of at least Second Battalion of the Robinson Rangers (though perhaps the entire RCT) under the command of [[Kommandant]] Strom struck Hot Springs with the intent to destroy a supply depot. The mission was plauged with poor planning and even worse leadership, with a near suicidal order to charge the opposing [[Binary]] (in actuality a portion of Trinary Alpha) of the [[5th Battle (Clan Jade Falcon)|Fifth Battle Cluster]]. The force took nearly eighty percent casualties, mostly among the non-''Battle Hawk'' forces.<ref name=TRO3055/><ref name=TRO3055R/><ref name=TRO3055U/><ref name=TROCI/><ref name=SG/>

==Aftermath==
Faced with this debacle, Strom and [[Hauptmann General]] [[Mai Fortuna]] tried to deflect the blame from Strom, an officer seen as up-and-coming, which typically meant politically connected. They placed the blame squarely on the ''Battle Hawk'', something one of the pilots, [[Leftenant]] [[Danielle Winters]], initially tried to push back against but was pressured to go along with. Winters later left the Rangers, though it is unknown if she resigned or was forced out. The ''Battle Hawk'' was plagued with a bad reputation for years because of this botched raid, and regulated to garrison duty where it would later redeem its reputation.<ref name=TRO3055/><ref name=TRO3055R/><ref name=TRO3055U/><ref name=TROCI/><ref name=SG/>

==Notes==
The officer who disparaged the ''Battle Hawk'' was originally identified as "General Nowack." <ref name=TRO3055/><ref name=TRO3055R/>Future publications removed their name, likely because the RCT's commander had already been established as Hauptmann General Mai Fortuna. There is also source disagreement whether this battle occurred in 3055 or 3053. While the most recent sources state the ''Battle Hawk'' released in 3053 and thus this raid, the specificity of ''[[BattleCorps Scenarios#Scenario: Scapegoats|Scapegoats]]'' prioritized that source in this article.<ref name=TRO3055U/><ref name=TROCI/><ref name=SG/>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[BattleCorps Scenarios#Scenario: Scapegoats|Scapegoats]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3055]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3055 Revised]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: Clan Invasion]]''

[[Category:Clan Invasion Era Military Operations|Hot Springs (3055)]]

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imported>Deadfire: Text replacement - "5th Battle Cluster (Clan Jade Falcon)" to "5th Battle (Clan Jade Falcon)"