Shilo Force

The Shilo Force was an unformal name for Havenite State Security expedition, sent in 1913 PD, via the Shilo and Cerberus System, to fortify and pacify the reconquered Seabring System.

History

See: Third Battle of Seabring

It was planned to take 70,000 prisoners from the prison planet Hades for forced labor during the fortification works at Seabring. The last stop before Cerberus was Shilo, where the expedition was strengthened with additional warships and cargo. At Shilo, the expedition was subordinated to General (SS) Prestwick Thornegrave.

On October 12, 1913 PD the StateSec expedition entered parking orbit over Hades. The convoy was ordered by Charon Control to drop its impeller wedges and shields. When a demand for surrender was transmitted, the CO of PNS Attila attempted to respond and the ship was destroyed by the orbital defenses. The explosion resulted in the near total destruction of two other warships, PNS Hachiman and PNS Seahorse. The rest of the convoy remained spaceworthy, and surrendered to the Allied forces led by Admiral Honor Harrington, who had taken control of the planet. (HH8)

Order of battle

Command team:

• Major General (SS) Harris (†) - Commanding Officer (1)
• Major General (SS) Prestwick Thornegrave - Commanding Officer (2)
• Commodore Rachel Yang - senior naval officer

State Security Naval Forces units:

• original composition:
  • PNS Farnese (BC) - flagship, CO Captain Ferris
  • PNS Wallenstein (BC)
  • PNS Ares (CA)
  • PNS Huan-Ti (CA)
  • PNS Ishtar (CA)
  • PNS Seahorse (CL)
• units assigned from the StateSec Shilo detachment:
  • PNS Attila (BC) †
  • PNS Kutuzov (BC)
  • PNS MacArthur (BC)
  • PNS Barbarosa (BC)
  • PNS Hachiman (CA)
  • PNS Sabine (CL)
• five transports with ground component - the equivalent of two divisions worth of intervention battalions supported by full combat equipment, including battle armor, assault boats and heavy tanks