Siege of Kapu

Siege of Kapu
Conflict:	Sovereign Colonies Conflict
Date:	December 10th, 2237 - December 14th, 2237
Location:	Kapu, Alendiel System
Outcome:	Initiative Victory

Combatants
The Initiative	Sovereign Colonies
Commanders
TBD	TBD
Strength
Third Division Loyalist Elements	Renegade Civil Defense Force Elements Local Militia
Casualties
Eighty Killed in Action One-hundred Wounded in Action	Nine-hundred Killed in Action Two Thousand Captured Unknown Number Captured

Civilian Casualties:	Unknown
Similar Events
Concurrent To:	Siege of Tien Siege of Arshile

The Siege of Kapu was one of the major battles of the Sovereign Colonies Conflict.

Overview

The Siege of Kapu began in the early hours of December 10th, 2237, after the Third Fleet had crippled, destroyed, or captured the renegade portions of the System Defense Force and the Civilian System Patrol in orbit. Four fully-loaded Dragoon-class Assault Transports were called in to deploy members of the 3rd Division to the planet to combat the ill-equipped Sovereign Colonies Militia, backed by portions of the planetary Civil Defense Force. A portion of the division dropped into the governmental plaza, capturing the governmental complex and surrounding area rapidly. The members of 3rd Division dug in, as the division's heavy weapons and vehicles were ferried down. After linking up with loyalist elements in the capitol city, the division began engaging rebel elements around key portions of the city's infrastructure. Because of the nesscecity of these portions of the infrastructure, the on-scene commander was unwilling to turn his unit's artillery against it, preferring to engage in a war of attrition.

Meanwhile, elsewhere on the planet, other portions of the division dropped onto the outskirts of bases held by renegade elements. Using pinpoint bombardments from orbit, the defenses of these sites were quickly overcome, and by the end of the evening many of these sites had fallen to Initiative forces.

Equipment by Force

Initiative Forces

Third Division

Mark I Battle Rifle Mark II Battle Rifle Universal Service Pistol Combat Baton Armored Exo-Suit Mark I Combat Shotgun

Mark I Main Battle Tank Mark I Combat Car Mark II Combat Car Mark I Armored Personnel Carrier Mark I Mobile Artillery Platform

Loyalist Forces

Mark I Battle Rifle Mark II Battle Rifle Universal Service Pistol Mark I Combat Shotgun Armored Exo-Suit (Limited Quantity)

Combat Baton Mark I Combat Car (Limited Quantity) Mark II Combat Car (Limited Quantity) Mark I Armored Personnel Carrier (Limited Quantity)

Third Fleet

Berserker-class Gunship Harbinger-class Bomber

Ninja-class Fighter

Sovereign Colonies

Civil Defense Force

Mark I Battle Rifle Mark II Battle Rifle Universal Service Pistol Mark I Combat Shotgun Armored Exo-Suit (Limited Quantity)

Combat Baton Mark I Combat Car (Limited Quantity) Mark II Combat Car (Limited Quantity) Mark I Armored Personnel Carrier (Limited Quantity)

Sovereign Colonies Militia

Armored Exo-Suit (Limited Quantity, Civilian Models) Chemical-propellant Assault Rifles

Chemical-propellant Sidearms