Martale

"A perenially chilly climate has allowed short, colorful shrubs to flourish across this planet's surface."

Martale is one of the five planets that reside within the Andromeda Sector. The beautiful planet is temperate in climate, and an excellent example of how Managed Democracy has civilized the outer reaches of the galaxy. The area of the galaxy Martale is located in became a site of war following the attacks by Automaton forces on April 9th, 2024. Consequently, Martale has seen heavy fighting and is currently under Automaton occupation.

Topography
Martale is a rocky planet with beautiful meadows and forests. Much of the land is composed of stony hills. Green auroras and large moons cover the night sky. Much of the surface is covered in short foliage, and there are many large bodies of water. Human settlement has brought many structures and small farms to be established. The biosphere makes Martale an ideal location for life

The Liberation Campaign on Martale (April 9th-20th 2024)
The soulless mechanical socialist plague, known properly as the Automatons, attacked the Northwestern Area of the galaxy on April 9th, 2024. Martale quickly became a frontline planet, having previously being out of harm's way. With the failure of Operation Courageous Defense, The planet was stolen from the warm, loving hold of Liberty, showing that the red pest of marxist space robots will go to any length to ruin humanity.

The fate of the human settlers on Martale is not known currently. With the successful establishment of the Menkent-Lesath defensive line by SEAF engineers, Helldiver forces regained the initiative in the front. The effort to liberate Martale was slow at first, but with the rapid recapture of Marfark during Operation Cassiopeia, the planet began to see significant efforts towards liberation. On the 17th of April, 2024, The planet became the focal point of Helldiver attention with Marfark having been secured already.

SEAF forces made swift progress to reclaim this world, despite the strong automaton presence. However on April 18th, A new major order was announced, shifting Helldiver attention to the Eastern Front at a time when the world was almost (85%) liberated. The planet fell out of strategic prominence and little progress was made in the early hours of April 18th. Some Helldiver forces began to shift their focus back towards the planet later in the day after the massive success on the Eastern Front against the terminids.

The Martale Gambit (April 19th-20th, 2024)
In act of sinister synchronicity, both the Terminids and Automatons would launch large-scale offensives on April 19th, forcing the Helldivers to defend citizens on two fronts at once. The bots assaults on the western front would target Charon Prime and Marfark, with the FTL line of Martale enabling the latter offensive. However High Command realized that the Automaton Legions had made a critical error. In a stroke of strategic brilliance second to only the work of General Brasch himself, the idea to seize Martale to cut off supply lines to Charon Prime was proposed.

Charon Prime were reliant on FTL supply lines which went through the Martale system and that if the planet were liberated, then those supply lines would be cut, forcing the bots to abandon Charon Prime, effectively a reversal of the disaster that took place on Ubanea. This was also something of a gamble as although the planet was close to full liberation, the simultaneous attack across all fronts had stretched S.E.A.F. forces thin, the Helldivers included. By April 20th, Martale had reached 94.4% liberation before an Automaton assault on Meissa in the Ymir sector caused the Helldivers themselves to be cut off.

With supplies running low and the Helldivers unable to break the deadlock, S.E.A.F. forces on Martale were ordered to be evacuated. The Automatons currently retain limited but uncontestable control over this once free and beautiful world, though for how long remains questionable...

FTL Lines

 * Marfark
 * Matar Bay
 * Charon Prime
 * Meissa