The Capture of Pryde Rock

Contracted by the Marian Hegemony to destroy a pirate band, Terra's Pryde's Second Pryde left Outreach bound for the Hegemony's capital. After Second Pryde arrived at the jump point over the Hegemony's capital though, they were told that the estimates of pirate strength had been "under-estimated by a small margin." Distrustful of their employers but unable to break the contract without proof of purposeful under-estimation, Second Pryde continued on its way to the edge of the Hegemony after "requesting the extended loan" of two NL-42 Battletaxis.

The first battle with the pirates proved the worth of these two battletaxis when they helped capture one enemy Intruder class dropship and an Invader class jumpship. Second Pryde's Achilles and Union destroyed the remaining two enemy Unions, but the Pryde's Union suffered crippling damage.

Finally learning the full strength of the pirate band measured a battalion of heavy mechs and vehicles compared to Second Pryde's light vehicle battalion and medium mech company, they decided to sneak in to the system rather than force a major confrontation. The Union, barely repaired up to operational status, and the captured Intruder returned to the pirate's base with the captured Invader, claiming to be the remains of the pirates. The Invader captain sent his tale of woe about an overwhelming Hegemony fleet in the target system of Marius' Tears, as he and the shattered Union began slowly burning in system.

One day later, the remainder of Second Pryde jumped in system and began burning towards the base at high speed. Upon landing, their Seeker unloaded it's cargo of vehicles and they approached the base at full speed. The damaged Union landed at the same time and with the flurry of activity the pirates forgot to take a close look at their "friends". As the vehicles neared firing range, a flurry of shots erupted from the "shadow pirates" destroying the entire pirate chain of command. The surviving pirates surrendered.

Later, while exploring the base, Second Pryde's CO found information alluding to a Star League storehouse and sent his men to find it while his techs continued to attempt repair on the dropship that was now completely crippled after the landing. In the end, Terra's Pryde search parties found the entire underground complex, including the now slightly emptied storehouse and manufacturing complexes.

back to Medron Pryde
back to Pryde Rock History
back to Terra's Pryde History