Battle of Proxima Reach

planet : Diomikato

year 3195

One of the last large scale battles fought during the war, a costly victory for Aquila but one that put an end to the synth threat on the planet.

Legio III Augusta
The Legion had recently been re-deployed to Diomikato after serving elsewhere in the empire. They alongside several other legions were tasked to hunt down the last remaining synth forces on the planet. Located in a area known as Proxima Reach, a place known for its valleys and tunnels. It was reported that thousands of synth forces were using the area to perform hit and run strikes on the surrounding area.

The third deployed the majority of the legion in a defensive posture, in order to cut the enemy off from any avenues of retreat. The first cohort was chosen to enter the area and start flushing the enemy out. This is when the synths stuck, they used surgical strikes on the various headquarters of the Legion. Tactics such as suicide bombers and disguised squads caused chaos within the Legion.

Most of the high command was wiped out in the first hours of the battle. Centurion Aquila Flavius Cato along with the veterans of the first cohort, managed to hold back the enemy long enough for the legion to regroup. Unfortunately it was too late to save the Centurions father the Legate Aquila Flavius Gaius.

Along with reinforcements from the Legio X the Legio III beat back the enemy causing them to flee. The other Legions in the area saw their opportunity and entered the valleys and tunnels, finding a disorganised enemy that was quickly dispatched. The last stand of the synth forces on Diomikato.

Legio X Lupus
High Command was at first unwilling to send anyone to relieve Legio III as it was deemed that the legion was doomed and an attack on the Synth command was the more tactically sound option. While the Praetor recognized this wisdom he was not willing to completely abandon Augusta to it's fate and sent a detachment of Lorica to teleport over to the Third Legion and provide them much needed reinforcements.

They had already begun to regroup as the Lorica arrived lead by then Prefect Aquila Juventius and together they were able to force a rout while the bulk of the legion pushed through entrenched Synth positions and caused an encirclement ending the battle of Proxima Reach. The Third legion holding down the bulk of Synths troops was instrumental to this battle and the two legions have some of the highest mutual respect of those who made it out of the war.