https://battleint.net/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Battle_of_Kelenfold_%283042%29Battle of Kelenfold (3042) - Revision history2026-08-13T04:52:04ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.44.0https://battleint.net/index.php?title=Battle_of_Kelenfold_(3042)&diff=47238&oldid=previmported>Dmon at 04:10, 5 August 20242024-08-05T04:10:32Z<p></p>
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| conflict = Battle of Kelenfold<br />
| partof = [[Fourth Succession War]]<br />
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| startdate = [[3042]]<ref name=RG>''Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 13'', p. 4</ref><br />
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| planet = [[Kelenfold]]<ref name=RG/><br />
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| result = Strategic Combine victory<ref name=RG/><br />
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| faction1 = [[Draconis Combine]]<ref name=RG/><br />
| commander1 = ''[[Tai-i]]'' [[Marge Sippers]]<ref name=RG/><br />
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| faction2 = [[Lyran Commonwealth]]<ref name=RG/><br />
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| command2 = [[Kelenfold TMM]]<ref name=RG/><br />
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==Overview==<br />
In [[3042]], [[Mercer Ravannion|Ravannion]] protégé ''[[Tai-i]]'' [[Marge Sippers]] launched a raid on [[Kelenfold]] using a revised version of the "Charge of the Horde," with heavier ''[[Jenner|Jenners]]'' alongside the typical "bug" ’Mechs. After a night insertion the Combine [[Company]] traveled a hundred kilometers in order to strike the [[Kelenfold TMM]] supply depot from an unexpected direction. The Commonwealth forces were surprised and only able to scramble a single [[Lance]] to confront the Combine forces. Unfortunately for the Combine it was an assault lance composed of a ''[[Banshee (BattleMech)|Banshee]]'', ''[[Striker (BattleMech)|Striker]]'', and two ''[[Zeus|Zeuses]]''. Sending the ''[[Stinger]]s'' and ''[[Wasp]]s'' against the conventional forces guarding the supplies, Sippers had the ''Jenners'' engage the heavier ’Mechs. After gathering enough supplies to complete the mission the Combine forces destroyed the rest and the ''Stingers'' then sought to assist the ''Jenners''. After losing two ''Stingers'' to rear firing ''Zeuses'' Sippers ordered a withdrawal. Though strategically successful, the raid cost six Combine ’Mechs to two Lyran Mechs. Sippers was reprimanded and another nail was put in the Horde doctrine's coffin.<ref name=RG/><br />
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==Notes==<br />
Comparing 3025 model Cost of four ''Jenners'' and two ''Stingers'' against a ''Striker'' and a ''Banshee'' comes out fairly close to even, 16 million [[C-Bill]]s in losses for the Combine and 16.6 for the Commonwealth. Hardly a stunning rebuke of the Horde strategy.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
* ''[[Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 13]]''<br />
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