Two Skirmishes in the Southern Filn Lake Region

Sunday December 30th 2840:  Two skirmishes occurred this last Sunday near the southern end of Filn Lake.  Once again these mysterious mercenaries that have been working in the region attacked the MacIntyre's Bloodhounds mercenary company.  One skirmish took place near an abandoned refinery that the Bloodhounds seemed to be using to store equipment of some kind.

 The mystery mercs attacked swiftly with a lance of light and medium class mechs consisting of; a Valkyrie, a Wasp, a Trebuchet, a Shadow Hawk, and two scout cars.

Defending the refinery was a Bloodhounds lance consisting of; a Phoenix Hawk, a Wasp, a Valkyrie, and  Locust.  There were four Mech bays at the old refinery that had not been there in the past.  It is believed that these were installed by the Bloodhounds in just the last few weeks.

 
No Battlemechs were destroyed in the fighting and neither side seemed to suffer any casualties.  It seemed that the mercenaries were attempting to get their scout cars close to the newly installed Mech bays most likely to scan them.  After the scout cars left the engagement the mercenary forces withdrew.  The Bloodhound forces did not pursue probably due to the damage they sustained during the fighting.

Another engagement took place at nearly the same time just outside the oasis village of Dustwater.  Davion and Bloodhound forces have been seen in the village for the last few days and it was strongly suggested that they were trading in Lostech.  Again the mysterious mercenaries attacked with a lance of mechs and several tanks and armored vehicles.  The mercenary forces consisted of: a Battlemaster, a Griffon, a Centurion, a Phoenix Hawk, four Vedetta tanks, two Partisan tanks, two Hertzers assault guns, and a Rotunda scout car.  Bloodhound forces consisted of: two Bushman LRM carriers, four Hedgehog scout cars, a Jenner, and a Blackjack.  There was also a Cicada, and a Spider both showing Davion markings.

As the mercenary forces approached the village their Rotunda raced ahead and attacked several unarmed transports parked on the edge of the village.  When the main bulk of the mercenary forced neared the outskirts of the village two more mechs, hiding in the woods, powered up and attacked the mercenaries.  The mechs were an Atlas assault mech and a Hunchback both bearing Davion markings.  This ambush put the mercenary forces into a retreat.  The mercenary battlemechs conducted a fighting withdrawal while their tanks covered them.  The mercenaries managed to escape with only moderate damage loosing only one Hertzer assault gun in the fighting.  The Bloodhounds also lost a Hedgehog scout car.  Our sources in the village told us that the light vehicles destroyed were empty and had no crews.  This looks to have been a planed ambush by Davion and Bloodhound forces.