MANNEDORF (Draconis Combine), March 3052
The Ghost Bears bid fiercely for the right to destroy the GoldMiners mercenary mech company, who made their stand in the Silvermain Mines, and sent the 72nd Assault Trinary and First Elemental Support Binary (of the 304th Assault Cluster, Beta Galaxy) to do so. The Miners packed explosives into every nook and cranny they could find, intending to bury the 72nd under a ton of rubble. When the Ghost Bears entered the mine, the mercenaries triggered the explosives, and rejoiced in their apparent victory-prematu rely. Unknown to the GoldMiners, a Star League base had been built beneath and behind the mine shafts; the 72nd, overhearing the mercenaries' plan via an intercepted transmission, had sent Elementals ahead of the 'Mechs to open the doors to the base's tunnel network. Just before the explosives went off, the 72nd slipped to safety through the hidden entrances to the Star League base. The GoldMiners emerged from the rear exit of the mine to find the 72nd waiting for them.