The Last Battle at Peakfoot City

The Conflict

Prelude

The Northern Front and the Giants in the nearby mountains always had an adversarial relationship. Then the Front started mining in a mountain the Giants' called "Grandfather Mountain," a sacred part of Giant mythology. The Giants attacked and sealed the mine with the miners inside. The Front launched several rescue attempts which became skirmishes and battles with the Giants, and were ultimately unsuccessful. The miners died, and enraged citizens and soldiers from the Northern Front launched a series of unauthorized strikes against Giant towns and villages, leading to all-out war. The war raged for several years. The Giants' low levels of technology kept them from being able to strike the Northern Front beyond the border cities, but their mastery of the difficult mountain terrain and knowledge of extensive cave systems within kept them out of reach of the Front as well. The Giants destroyed two major mining cities at the cost of a significant amount of their own forces after three years of conflict. In the fourth year, the Northern Front succeeded in tracing a Giant warrior back to their largest community. They attacked with warmechs and infantry with airborne support and annihilated them without mercy. All of the remaining Giant warriors gathered in secret in the mountains just beyond the sensor range of Peakfoot City and attacked suddenly, catching the city off guard.

Deployment

The Giants led with a wave of warriors wielding heavy two-handed picks and hammers, followed by wave after wave of mixed infantry. Stone throwers supported the melee combatants throughout the battle, targeting the city's defensive cannons and lobbing heavy stones over the wall. The Northern Front deployed warmechs outside the wall from underground hangers, although the Giants destroyed some of the elevators, reducing the total number of mechs that could join the battle. They also stationed sharpshooters atop and inside the wall.

Battlefield

The battle took place around Peakfoot City. The Giants attacked from the north of the city, but the battle expanded to nearly encircle the city.

Conditions

Because they can see well in darkness, the Giants attacked at night, at around midnight. It was a clear cool night at the onset, and the battle raged for 62 hours. The days got hotter as the battle progressed.

Outcome

The last battle at Peakfoot City was the last major battle of the war. The Giant population was so devastated that they were unable to wage war, and the Northern Front was content to let the survivors remain in the mountains on the condition that they avoid the southern two thirds of the mountain range.

Aftermath

The buildup of people and technology at Peakfoot City led to it becoming a the center of the Northern Front's profitable warmech industry.

Conflict Type

Battle

Battlefield Type

Land

Conflict Result

The entire Giant assault force was destroyed, and the Peakfoot City itself took little damage.

Location

Peakfoot City