The Stand at Kaniggach

The Conflict

Prelude

As a Saurian battlefleet (escorting several Saurian Army transport fleets) was moving through Atalanti Republic territoy back in the direction of the Saurian border during the very late stages of the War For Atalan, it was ambushed unexpectedly by a substantial Walren force. The Saurian Void Fleet ships were outnumbered 50 to 1, and it quickly became clear that the space battle was going to end in favor of the Imperial Walren Navy. In an attempt to preserve the lives of the Saurian soldiers aboard the transport vessels, the transports were ordered to flee as the Saurian Navy made its last stand. As the army vessels began their flight, however, a second Walren fleet came out of warp just a few miles to their starboard sides. A frantic chase was innitiated, a half-dozen battalion transports being snuffed out in an instant before their FTL drives had time to fully charge until only the Daegavore Battalion remained. It was beginning to look like they would merely be the last to die, their FTL drives being damaged beyond fuction by an lucky Walren shell, when a structure appeared on the Saurian vessel’s scanners. Kaniggach. The Daegavore Battalion made it to the moving city with seconds to spare, their ship riddled with shrapnel holes and scorch marks. Initially, the Karzi Lurkers were none too fond of the idea of Saurian soldiers taking refuge in their city with Walren hell-bent on their destruction hot on their heels, but they were soon persuaded by the promise of the Saurian commander to entrench outside the main city in the massive slum district, with the inhabitants being ordered to evacuate post haste. The additional promise of a few million credits most likely did not hurt either. It would be in that very slum district, in a dense urban environment, that the Daegavore Battalion would make their stand.

Deployment

Daegavore Battalion rapidly prepared their defenses for what was surely to be an unrelenting assault against vastly surpeiror odds, setting up deployable force shields and accruing the most defensible buildings in addition to places for sniper nests. As assumed, their pursuers were quick to land Walren Hastati 360 degrees around their location, a full frontal assault from all sides beginning within a few minutes.

Battlefield

The slums of Kaniggach, jointed buildings built on hydraulic stilts like the rest of the city (to flex with the movement of the host Pyarlii), are a poorly lit maze of seemingly haphazardly stacked buildings, power lines, wire, and pipes running along many walls in any direction. The defending Saurians, while vastly outnumbered, had the edge in cohesion and command due to their advanced technology allowed them to map the city with the aid of AI in reall time, the data and location of all friendly entities being marked on every soldier’s heads up display.

Conditions

Dark and wet with various unspecified fluids, the slums are not a fun place to take part in combat, to say the least. The temperature was 42 degrees and fairly humid.

Included under Conflict

Third Saurian-Walren War

Conflict Type

Siege

Battlefield Type

Urban

Start Date

13/4/1370 ASD

Ending Date

25/4/1370 ASD

Conflict Result

Saurian forces managed to hold their positions until negotiations concluded and the Third Saurian-Walren War came to an end,

Location

Kaniggach

Belligerents

Daegavore Battalion

• Daegavore Battalion

Walren Hastati

• Imperial Walren Marines

Strength

Daegavore Battalion: 458 men
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Hastati: ~10,000 men

Casualties

Daegavore Battalion: 254 men (204 remaining)
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Hastati: 3,924 men

Objectives

Entrench in Kaniggach and hold out against Walren Hastati forces.
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Pursue Daegavore Battalion and kill them to the last man.