System: McAffe

[3036] Ever open for opportunities to exploit, the possibilities offered by a distracted Free Worlds prompted Archon Katrina Steiner to keep a close eye on the border despite her own difficulties in Skye and the preparations for a renewed offensive against the Draconis Combine.

Having failed to make headway on Nestor, the LCAF targeted the world of McAffe in May 3036 to stir up League politics — the world was garrisoned by a Regulan unit — and to observe the Free Worlds’ response. The Fifth Brigade, which had driven back the Nestor incursion, found themselves deployed once more in support of the green Ninth Regulan Hussars.

No sooner had they landed on McAffe and begun to coordinate with the Hussars — hitherto little more than a punching bag for the raiders — than the LCAF troops withdrew. A fighter lance from the Fifth made several passes over the Steiner positions but was prevented from engaging the ground troops by the Lyrans’ own aerospace craft.

There are no functional factories located on this planet.