Anti-Jackal Campaign

The Anti-Jackal Campaign was a military campaign carried out by the Azure Order against the Jackals between 1 and 12 December 2530, intended to expel the Jackals from the Old Market and Signals Ridge, as well as their hideouts in the Old Town. The campaign ended with the Azure Order reestablishing control over all lost territories, as well as taking over Jakobstown.

Background
The Jackals began a campaign of harassment in the north of Azure City in 2506, securing at least two safehouses in the Old Town over the next three years. The Jackals proceeded to encroach upon several areas in the northeast of the city. Signals Ridge and the Old Market gradually came under Jackal influence and control over the next two decades, culminating in the Crisis of 2530 and the decision for military action to push the Jackals back.

Events
The Azure Order gave the mobilisation order on 20 November, with one platoon comprising a Guard squad and a Military squad being assembled at the staging area on Quaruce Avenue. The force was deployed to the temporary checkpoint on East Square Avenue to prepare for battle on 1 December, before the order to advance was given the next day, storming the Jackal-held Fortress Row in the Old Town and killing 10 Jackal leaders after overnight clashes. The Old Town was declared secure in the afternoon of 3 December.

The Azure forces proceeded to move into the Beach District in preparation for an operation into the Old Market, where they were ambushed by a large Jackal force of around 40 militiamen outside the Intercity Rail station in the night between 3 and 4 December. The Azure combined force defeated the Jackal force outside the Market without suffering any casualties, and managed to infiltrate the Market walls successfully, but suffered heavy casualties due to sniper fire within the walls, with around 7 Azure soldiers and guards killed in the battle for the Market. The Azure units assaulted and captured the lightly defended Signals Ridge, before withdrawing to the Market to wait for reinforcements from Azure City and allied forces from Eridu City to arrive.

The complete allied force arrived on 8 December after brief negotiations with the Eridu government. The allied forces gathered on a field east of Ceiriosen district, with two Azure platoons and a small group of Eridu soldiers prepared to launch a final assault on Jakobstown. After two coordinated assaults on Jakobstown from the south and east, and a particularly bloody battle, including the firing of several rockets at point blank range into a Jackal-filled basement at one point, the town was declared secured by the Azure Order by 11 December. The Jackals were forced to retreat westward to areas held by the Cerulean Cult, and the operation was ended with the Azure flag flying over Jakobstown at dawn the next day.

Aftermath
The temporary checkpoints in Azure City were dismantled after the success of the operation to secure the city.