Battle of Terrazzo

The Battle of Terrazzo was a small conflict fought on the world of Terrazzo in the Vensix System in late 3196 CE.

Prelude
The Deadeye pirates had been an on going nuisance in the Quartess sub-sector for many years and the Imperial Navy had to assign vessels to guard transport convoys.

Military Intelligence had been assigned the task of finding the pirates so that they could be removed and trade in the sub-sector secured. The task caused the fledgling Intelligence no small amount of troubles due to the pirate habit of striking random trade lanes and not heading straight back to their base of operations.

In mid 3196 C.E. Intelligence managed to slip one of its agents onto one of the pirate ships and ride it back to the pirate base on Terrazzo. Several days later the agent was extracted from the world and returned to Intelligence headquarters to report his findings in full.

Intelligence, Army High Command, and Navy Fleet Command began planning the mission to remove the pirate base and upon discovery of the village in close proximity to the base tagged it for investigation as well. At the suggestion of the Imperial Marshal the removal of the pirate base itself was assigned a promising recruit regimental commander.

Aftermath
Following the defeat of the Deadeye Pirates and Harlequin squads report that the village was an unwilling party to the pirates schemes, Tykarn Regiment began pulling out and surviving pirates were turned over to the local chapter of the Imperial Watch for trial.

The Imperial Marshal personally traveled from Syperiyn to confer on Recruit Moreau the rank of regimental commander despite her failure to complete her assigned mission. While Commander Kallixta agreed with the Marshal the commander of Tykarn Regiment Colonel Tyus objected on the grounds that not only did the recruit fail but almost got herself killed in the process.

Ultimately the Colonel was overruled by the Marshal and Warrant Moreau was assigned to Command the newly formed 501st Regiment and granted the right to transfer personnel she wished from Tykarn Regiment to her command.