Days 1592-1594: Colonial Dreg
Days 1592-1594: Colonial Dreg
By [PRESS] Diana Keys
Day 1592-1594, War 126
The Dreg/Callums Keep, Callums Cape
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The fall began across the river. The southern end of Callum’s Keep fell to Colonial forces. I couldn’t make it across the river before it happened, but I saw the smoke and I heard the screams. Nobody takes prisoners in this war, and the fact that most executions on both ends are swift brings me no comfort. Wardens responded accordingly when the last safehouse fell: the southern bridge connecting The Gunwall to The Dreg was razed swiftly. The bridge collapsed right as a Nemesis tank rolled up ready to cross. The bridge further south was a different story. Colonial tanks were already making the crossing at Holdout, and what little response that could be made was mustered.
Two Warden tanks moved along the road down the river with infantry in tow. The Outlaw moved to demolish the Holdout bridge while the Noble Widow secured the flank, although they arrived to find it was too late. Multiple Colonial tanks had already moved across the river to secure the town hall, and were on their way to respond. Wardens did everything they could to bring the bridge down, but it was too late. The stage was set for the last stand.
Colonial tanks quickly came charging up the road, spearing into the flank of the Warden’s front line. Within the next 40 seconds, Colonial troops had crossed the bridge and were beginning the push into the city. Gunfire rattled from every crevice, flamethrower troops and battle tanks took down garrison after garrison. I even witnessed a gunboat shelling Warden positions.The battle was truly horrible, but Warden morale held, despite overwhelming odds, or perhaps delusion from commanders. The fight raged for two days. A colonial commander I interviewed after the war spoke about how hard it was to push though the city and take the central safe house. The wall of green Legion metal had a lot of difficulty digging out the entrenched and oversupplied Warden AT crews.
Tanks moving down the road alongside the River Vein
The Aftermath of one of Many Firefights
I watched on the second day of the siege as something finally changed. When green troops stepped forward, the general wave didn’t step back. The stamina of those who had lived through the siege so far wavered, and when shells of every calibre began to rock the central safe house for the second time, the fall was drudgingly inevitable. I wish I could tell you there was some great last stand there, but supplies dwindled, as did morale, and The Dreg demonstrates yet again why it carries the namesake.
Smoke rises over The Dreg, the last holdout of Warden troops in Callum’s Keep. Blood flowed through the gutters of the city and smoke rose over homes that Colonial troops had set ablaze. Warden troops fought hard, but not hard enough.
Writer: [PRESS] Diana Keys
Editor: [PRESS] Teadora "Teddi" Rococo
Date of Publication: 9/11/2025
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