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The Conquering, Sons Of Ares Comics
When falls the Iron Rain, be brave. be brave - Lorn au Arcos[1]
An Iron Rain is a term for the invasion of a planet, satellite or asteroid by means of launching troops to the surface from orbit en masse. Legions of Golds and Obsidians in starShell armor are fired from spitTubes, while Grays are launched in hivepods of twelve each.[2]
Notable Iron Rains[]
The Conquering[]
The first Iron Rain was called during The Conquering when the Golds of Luna invaded Earth. Seneca au Grimmus was the first Gold to touch land in the Iron Rain that took the American eastern seaboard.
Titan Rain[]
An Iron Rain occurred on Titan sometime before 718 PCE.[3]
Unknown Iron Rain[]
An Iron Rain was called sometime in 722 PCE.[4] The location and reasons for the Rain are unknown.
The Lion's Rain[]
Darrow O'Lykos called an Iron Rain against Mars in early 742 PCE to retake the planet from Bellona control during the Martian Civil War. The invasion was the first Iron Rain in two decades,[4] and was later known as the Lion's Rain.
Wolf Rain[]
During the Solar War, the Solar Republic launched an Iron Rain on Earth during the campaign to liberate the planet. This battle would later be known as the Wolf Rain.[5]
The Siege of Mercury[]
The Republic's two-year Siege of Mercury ended with an Iron Rain in August 753 PCE. Republic troops commanded by Darrow fell on Mercury in an Iron Rain to conquer the last Society Remnant forces on the planet. This led to a protracted global battle and an eventual Republic retreat.
Ash Rain[]
The Society Remnant's Ash Legions launched an Iron Rain against Mercury during the Battle of the Ladon under the command of Atalantia au Grimmus in an effort to retake the planet's surface from the Republic. Seraphina au Raa participated as a condition for the opening of negotiations between the Rim and the Core, and the Rain marked the Lysander au Lune's entrance into the Solar War on the side of the Society Remnant.
Siege of Phobos[]
Multiple Iron Rains were launched against the surface of Phobos when the combined forces of the Rim and the Society Remnant laid siege to the Martian moon in November 754 PCE. Lysander landed Society Remnant troops onto Phobos against Virginia Augustus and Republic forces. Victra Barca launched her own counter-rain several days in to reinforce the Republic, and the Rim also launched their own Iron Rain onto the moon.