TABLES ARE TURNED

BY: Deathstrike

The Combine troops invading Arture 4 were front-line units. These were warriors who had seen extensive service in the Fourth Succession War. It is to their credit that they did not panic outright at the news that Wolf's Dragoons had landed.

Few other military units in the Inner Sphere carried with them a reputation that would cause even the most hearty mechwarrior's soul to wither. The Dragoons were known as the ultra-elite, warriors whose skills were honed razor sharp. No one knew where they got their stockpiles of advanced mechs and weapons, but the Dragoons fielded top-of-the-line equipment, and knew how to use it. And now their fury was released upon the Combine troops.

Natashia Kerensky, nestled inside her night-black Warhammer, ordered her troops, the 7th company, to attack. The mechwarriors showed the Combine why they were also known as the Wolff Spiders.

Natashia guided her mech into the fray, watching carefully as the first of her troops engaged the enemy. Advancing along the Dragon's right flank, she saw weapons slamming into the enemy mechs from the front, Nathasha's strike lances keeping the Combine mechs focused on the diversionary attack. She swooped further to the right flank of the Combine lines, then veered inwards. She triggered her PPC's, both boiling into the rear of a Shadow Hawk, melting away tons of armor and causing the medium mech to stagger. Her troops added their PPC's and missiles to the barrage. Combine mechs were reeling, falling, and exploding across her line of vision. The plan was going well.

As the Dragon's right flank fell, confusion erupted in their lines as some warriors turned to face the flanking Wolff Spiders. The front lines began collapsing, and the Dragoon strike lances burst through the chaotic lines of the Combine forces. The Dragon had been the attacker only moments ago, and it was incredible how quickly the tide had turned against them. The Dragoons had unleashed their power with surgical precision.

Jamie Wolff studied the post-action reports and was pleased. Granted, the Combine had been taken by surprise, and they still had many more troops on the planet, but the Dragoon's counteroffensive was proceeding perfectly. The real problem had been in coordinating strikes with the AFFC troops already on the planet. When Wendigo had been razed (it had already become known as The City of Ashes), much of the Commonwealth communications abilities had gone with it. Wolff had dropships playing the role of communications satellites, stationed at various positions in orbit and relaying signals to make up for Wendigos loss.

With the attack plan going well, Wolff allowed himself a moment of reprise. All of this was, of course, mere prelude to what was to come. He knew what he was really doing was training his troops, and others, like the AFFC, to be ready when they returned. "Will we be ready when the Clans return?" he thought.

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