Editing Menkent (section)

====Operation Keough Push====
[[File:Menkent-Jet-Brigade.webp|thumb|350x350px|The Jet Brigade regrouped over Menkent after the Keough Push]]
On January 30th, 2185, Super Earth High Command would finally issue the call for the Helldivers to destroy the factories producing the malevolent Jet Brigade. Intel had finally indicated the factories to be located on [[Chort Bay]] in the [[Lacaille Sector]]. All Helldivers were immediately ordered to liberate Chort Bay, and in order to do so had to liberate Menkent's neighbor, [[Lesath]]. After a swift 26 hours of fighting, Lesath would be liberated, opening the door to Chort Bay and Menkent. 

However, during Operation Impending Gloom to collect samples against the {{Terminids}}, the Automatons would begin quietly amassing forces on Menkent beginning on January 27th, using the distraction of the Eastern Front coupled with the fact that Menkent had been locked away from the FTL network ever since the beginning of January. By the time Menkent was finally attackable thanks to the victory at Lesath, the planet had a staggering 4% decay rate, and by nightfall of February 1st, 2185, the planet would be noted with a nearly insurmountable 5% decay rate, showing that the Automatons were amassing on the planet for devious activities. 

Despite a dispatch put out by High Command stating that it was possible the Automatons hadn't rebuilt their nefarious Jet Brigade, the evidence seems to be mounting to say otherwise. Many in the Helldiver Corps who have paid attention to Menkent's mammoth decay rate are fearing the worst, that another Jet Brigade is imminent. Indeed, these fears would initially be considered unfounded but ultimately correct.

Long-range imagery of [[Chort Bay]] was able to confirm the presence of Jet Brigade factories on its surface. However, no jetpack-augmented units were spotted on the planet. For this reason, high command entertained the possibility that the Automatons had not yet managed to rebuild their force in any significant capacity. Unbeknownst to high command, the reason that no elements of the jet brigade were spotted on the surface of Chort Bay, was because the partially reconstructed Jet Brigade moved to Menkent on before the first SEAF boots made landfall on Chort Bay.

In all likelihood, the sudden jump in resistance on the nightfall of February 1st, was the last elements of the reconstructed Jet Brigade arriving on Menkent. Whether this was some sort of planned evacuation or part of preparations for a future offensive is unknown, although what is clear is that the threat that the Jet Brigade poses has not yet passed. Still, with their factories on [[Chort Bay]] destroyed, the Brigade is left without its means of replenishment, at least for the time being.

Recognizing the threat that even a partially rebuilt Jet Brigade posed, the Helldiver Corps voted to move the [[DSS]] to [[Menkent]] in the early hours of February 3rd, where the battle station was able to confirm the presence of a rebuilt Automaton Jet Brigade on the planet. The Automatons clearly intended an underhanded surprise attack to cut off our extended forces. But their treachery has been stymied by the natural-born tactical intuition of the Helldivers.

They also activated the station's Zero G Anti-Ship Missile System, targeting all enemy spacecraft attempting to exit the planet's atmosphere, forming an orbital blockade above the planet. The DSS Blockade would only hold the Jet Brigade for a limited time, but it would be long enough for High Command to augment SEAF forces on [[Lesath]] and thin the ranks of the Jet Brigade itself.