Main Plot Events

• Morning
  5:00AM to 10:00AM
  Emergence
  • The Gate is opened for the second time in the hills above the town of Dorvan Farms, an estimated regimental sized force steps out onto the surface of Cascadium and begins spreading out to both form a perimeter and prepare the area to receive the entirety of the Cabal's force.
  • This initial force sends scouts composed of roughly fifty riders and twenty dumaur mercenaries toward the mountain and down the river valley toward the lights of Dorvan Farms some twenty kilometres away.

• Mid-Day
  11:00AM to 5:00PM
  First Contact at Dorvan Farms
  • A party of ten riders include two Dumauri scouts rides into the town of Dorvan Farms while the rest investigate the outer edges of the community and the farms that extend outward in a radial pattern.
  • A Rothian Count encounters a local business owner and a small dispute over an item taken occurs, combined with a language barrier it leads to an altercation. The count is shot by a local and a small fight breaks out and nearby law enforcement is called from the town of Moriski. A few of the scouts are taken down and captured.
    • NOTE: Perhaps he claims the town as part of his new dominion?
    • Incident Casualties
      • Cascadium: 1 Dead, 1 Wounded
      • IFOR: 3 Dead, 2 Wounded
  • The scout force with the wounded Count fall back, taking a mother with her son and daughter back as hostages.

• Evening
  6:00PM to 11:00PM
  Battle of the Cairn River
  • Cascadium Marshals arrive in town with some local Sheriffs from Moriski.
  • A group of volunteers and a deputy scout up the river valley and run into the leading elements of a more focused combat force with some vehicles. A minor firefight ensues in which the group manages to get away in a patrol pickup.
    • NOTE: Fight takes place on a trail/logging road near Cairn River.
    • Incident Casualties
      • Cascadium: 1 Wounded
      • IFOR: 4 Wounded
  • The Marshals and Sheriffs order the evacuation of the town when the pickup radios in the contact, by the time they return a small barricade of LE vehicles and debris has been put on the road into town from that direction. It is manned by LEOs and volunteers all looking to hold the invaders off as the town evacuates down the road to Moriski. By late evening the leading elements of the IFOR's forward forces are in sight.
• Late Evening
  12:00AM to 4:00AM
  Battle of Dorvan Farms
  • An elven mage rides up to the main barricade under a white flag and demands the surrender of those present, by this point the town is surrounded and aside from law enforcement several dozen have refused to leave. She is told in no uncertain terms to return to her lines.
  • 3:15 AM First Attack
    • The first attack, a frontal one using infantry and light vehicles begins. While both sides are armed the more advanced personal gear of the LEO force enables them to have an edge in the night time fighting.

Eideonite Invasion Force Activites

Cascadium Surface Force Activites

Recurring Characters

Meta Plot Events

• A single tactical nuclear device in the 10 kiloton range is detonated over the mechanized core of the IFOR in the very early hours of the morning. Estimated destruction of 1/8th of the IFOR's forces and nearly a third of their mechanized assets.

Eideonite Invasion Force Activites

Cascadium Surface Force Activites

Recurring Characters

Meta Plot Events

• Arrival of the 230th Marine Battlegroup and its six assault carriers into the Cascadium system from the Sorona Star System.

Meta Plot Events

• OPERATION UTAH - Two vessels of the 230th move into low orbit and proceed to drop their two battalions of Anglo-American Marines onto the Gate site in the early morning hours. One is a heavy infantry unit and the other is a mechanized shock unit, both combined overpower the site's defenders and the heavy infantry battalion moves through the gate and secures the otherside.