The Siege of Wayland was the bloodiest and longest series of battles in the Second Mandalorian Wars, taking place over three months and five seperate battles. It took place on the Republic fortress world of Wayland.
In a last ditch effort to criple the Republic fleet -- and after the Battle of Onderon, which cost the Mandalorians greatly -- they decided to attack a heavily fortified world near Mandalore. Each side took heavy losses in both life and ships.
Origins[]
After recieving news of heavy Republic presence on the nearby world of Wayland, the Council of Mandalore decided that a large-scale attack was needed to keep the moral of the soldiers up and the war going. They needed a victory. Admiral Sarin and General Cappanel presented a brilliant attack strategy to the Council. They agreed and the attack was set for two weeks from then. Sarin knew that they would need an amazing warrior to fight with them. He choose a young and hopeful Rikenn Tarbann. Rikenn would be in temporary chrage of the Way of Mandalore.
The Republic increased its forces near the end of the war, suspecting an attack on the planet. Wayland had been nearly turned into fortress and was a key headquarters of the war effort. The Republic had a large military base on the planet; its military presence was great.
The Mission[]
The Council decided to send in several groups of Mandalorian commandos and take out several key Republic defense points and weapons. Rikenn Tarbann was nominated to lead the group for his success in a mission similar to this one earlier in the war at Mustafar. Rikenn was instructed to leave immediately.
Each group landed on Wayland secretly during the night. They went to each assigned point and disabled it or left surprises for the crews of the anti-aicraft weapons. Other defenses that were targeted, such as sheilds and exposed fighters, were also disabled while many armories were ransacked. The mission was extremely successful with the Mandalorians not being detected. The pawns were set and the pieces were being moved; the battle was about to begin.
Invading[]
The Mandalorians began their attack by sending half of their fleet attacking the Republic fleet above the planet. The Super Shadow Cruisers went into stealth as the Vanguard Cruisers attacked head on. As the Republic fleet was being attacked heavily, the rest of the fleet came out of stealth on the other side of the planet. As they went to invade the planet, more of the Republic fleet came out of hyperspace and began to engage the Mandalorian fleet that was unopposed. The hidden Super Shadow Cruisers were revealed to the unsuspecting Republic. They were as stunned as the Mandalorians hoped, but the docked Republic ships came to attack them. The space battle took a total of five weeks, destroying ships and killing many.
The next stage of the battle was to invade the planet itself. The Mandalorians saved ten Legacy Freighters by putting them far from the battle in stealth mode. Once the way was clear, they were unveiled and landed in safe, Mandalorian-held territory.