| Corridan IV is a planet being invaded by Clan Ghost Bear. The local government forces, supported by two mercenary companies, are trying to resist the invasion. During a recon mission, the planetary defenders run into a Clan star supported by several points of elementals. A small town in a remote canyon becomes a battlefield. |
| This is the terrain. There is a wooded ridge to the East and a barren ridge to the West. The bottom of the photo is North. |
| The defenders enter the canyon from the South. |
| A star and some elementals from Clan Ghost Bear enter the same canyon from the Northwest. |
| The Clan forces move onto the West ridge. The Lyran ("blue") forces also move onto the West ridge while the mercenaries ("green") try to stay out of sight and make a flanking move along the wooded East ridge. Tanks and hovertanks form a screen along the canyon road. |
| The battle is joined on the West ridge while Clan elementals try to delay the flanking movement to the East. The Clan mechs easily overpower the Inner Sphere forces, but take damage in the process. |
| The mercenaries and the Clan mechs exchange fire from opposite ridges. The Clan elementals fearlessly move in for a kill. |
| But, some mercenary reinforcements from a nearby patrol come in from the South and shift the balance. |
| The Clan forces are defeated in what can only be describes as a pyrrhic victory for the defenders. Without outside help the planet will ultimately fall to the clans. |