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[Image]  When a Hell Knights Battle Cruiser arrived in orbit over Titania last August citizens in the contested lands around Station 42 feared an overwhelming escalation of their conflict with the Smith and Wilson Agriculture corporation.  What they got instead was several months of court battles and a media blackout.  Through buyouts, bribes, and blackmail Smith and Wilson managed to gain control of the local media agencies.  Meanwhile their lawyers engaged in several legal battles to try and put pressure on the locals to abandon their property claims.
On August 19th the Hell Knights conducted three small raids on some of the more stubborn locals.  
[Image]  The Hell Knights raided a mining camp owned by the Venture Star Prospecting Company.  Expecting only light resistance Hell Knight forces consisted of mostly infantry units.
[Image]  Venture Star had however received had received an anonymous tip about the raid so they hired units from Nova Securities and the Wolfhound Friekorps mercenary company.  They were also backed up by renegade Titania Planetary Guards units.
[Image]  The Hell Knights situation became desperate early on when they realized that the Planetary Guard units included a battle tank.
[Image]  A Hell Knights assassin managed to kill most of the Wolfhound mercenaries and some of the Nova men before being taken down.
[Image]  Their other troops were however no match for the Planetary Guard Tank.  Most of their riflemen were cut down quickly and only a few assault troopers managed to escape the fighting.
[Image]  The Hell Knights also dispatched a force to the Redwing farm where they believed a number of Titania militia units were hiding.
[Image]  Hell Knight scouts managed to gain a good position early in the fighting using stealth to infiltrate deep within the compound.
[Image]  Another Hell Knights assassin was seen during this battle.  These types of troops have previously not been seen in this conflict.
[Image]  The Hell Knights Heavy equipment moved into the center of the compound and engaged the militia units and light vehicles.
[Image]  The Titania Planetary guard also arrived with a tanks but even that was not enough to secure the farm.  The Planetary guard tank and all the militia light vehicles were destroyed and the Militia units routed.
[Image]  The Davis Farm also came under attack by a Hell Knights infantry force backed up by fast moving Lagarev apcs.
[Image]  The defenders consisted of Planetary Guard and Militia units with a few improvised light vehicles.
[Image]  The battle was a close one and both sides took many casualties but the militia units took the brunt of the damage.
[Image]  At the end of the battle the remaining militia member retreated into the farmhouse as Hell Knight assault troopers close in.
[Image] Among the militia casualties was Mrs. Davis who was shot during the fighting at the farm house.  The Hell Knights were able to secure the farm and destroy a cache of supplies dealing a heavy blow to resistance forces.

For several months afterwards the conflict in  the Station 42 Region died down.  The Militia and renegade Titania Planetary Guard units had suffered numerous casualties and loss of supplies just as the Hell Knights received some significant reinforcements.  It seemed as if the conflict would finally be settled in the courts although that battle still continues while hostilities seem to have flared again in the region.  More reports on the renewed conflict coming soon.

Alphonso Marks, Titania News Network.

Notes:  We had a long unexpected break during this campaign and didn't play any battles through the last four months of 2012.  The last three battles we fought were a set of 1000 point raids using the No Limits rules system we have been using for this campaign.  We decided that the resistance had been dealt a pretty nasty blow and had mostly gone into hiding while the Smith and Wilson Agriculture Corporation went back to the courts to settle disputes over their claims.  We have had some other battles this year but I just kept putting off the updates about the campaign so I never posted that information.  I will be posting another report in the next day or two hopefully to bring things up to speed and get back on track.  We hope to bring this campaign to a close in the next few month with some larger battles.