The Diadem Cluster Compliance~Battle of Gore Gap

Skirmish Reports

Army Victor	Army Defeated	Draw	Faction Victor	Planet	Campaign Points	Date
A-MECH-3616	Q-KNT-1093	n	Umbra [Blackshield][[Category:Umbra [Blackshield]]]	Faroe	0	869.012.M31

The opening battle of the Invasion of Faroe:

Adrasteia I choose the idyllic Civilized World of Faroe for the opening salvoes of her invasion of Imperial space. Legio Revenantus, supported by their conventional ground forces, made planetfall in the upland Senedo river valley south of the cities of Childriss Center and Faroe Oceanus. The invaders hoped to use the rugged terrain to mask their movements and block some of the incoming anti-orbital fire of Faroe's surviving defense batteries. Faroe PDF presence in the Senedo valley was negligible, consisting of a few Rough Rider units on training maneuvers, and the initial landings were essentially uncontested on the ground. The Umbral forces planned to quickly seize the strategically vital Gore Gap, the largest pass out of Senedo Valley, and then press on into the costal plain beyond. Gore Gap, however, was not as undefended as they had hoped.
Skitarii of Purity V, as well as the Legio Invicta Maniple Helios made planetfall on Faroe at nearly the same time as the forces of Umbra. They arrived just in time to meet the enemy invasion head on. Maniple Helios rushed at full stride to seal off the mountain passes leading from the Senedo valley into the Piedmont region, hoping to contain the invaders near their drop zones. They arrived in the middle of the night, in the pitch darkness of the rural uplands. However, Helios was met at Gore Gap by the full force of the advancing Revenantus assault. Revenantus maniple Arae smashed through the Invicta defenders, leaving the pass partially blocked with the wreckage of burning engines of both sides and sending the survivors reeling back into the coastal plain.