The Battle of the Anvil was a large battle that took place between the Polity and the Union at the Anvil in 2072.
Battle
The battle began when a Behemoth and Nemesis appeared, seeming out of nowhere. Nemesis contacted Rufus Weller and demanded that Julian Chase's consciousness be destroyed and to be returned to his organic body, but was interrupted by an attack from Julian operating his Holon. During this exchange, Colonel Marin asked Able about the status of "Hammer System". Able informed her a test fire could be performed in 10 minutes. The rest of the Union force appeared shortly afterward, and the Anvil then deployed its forces, including the Holons of gen:LOCK squad. Kazu Iida was nearly captured in his Holon, but managed to break free with his close combat skills augmented by a later-stage of gen:LOCK with Valentina Romanyszyn.
As the battle raged outside, specialized Union craft broke managed to breach the Anvil's walls, deploying troops and Union Drones into its interior. The Polity replied with security forces. Doctor Weller informed gen:LOCK squad of the danger, and ordered them to return to their transports and download to protect their bodies. Julian remained focused on his duel with Nemesis, stating his body could not run. Weller provided Kazu and Valentina with weapons and instructed Caliban to protect them, but remained in the lab, apparently to delete the information stored on gen:LOCK.
After Union forces entered the lab, Doctor Weller detonated an explosive device. The gen:LOCK squad took a lift to the barracks, but just after they got off noticed there was a large number of Union troops approaching their position. Cameron MacCloud used Mixed Reality to briefly hide them from the Union forces. Caliban and gen:LOCK squad then ambushed and incapacitated the Union soldiers before continuing their escape. As Miguel Garza helped drive them to their transport, Nemesis noticed Chase's tank in the back of a truck and broke away from Chase, charging towards the truck, but was stopped by three striders and was attacked once again by Chase. The Behemoth had nearly reached The Anvil's main structure and fired a salvo of missiles. Most were destroyed by point defense, but one nearly got through and destroyed the command center, but was deflected at the last second by Chase. Colonel Marin was informed that the Hammer System was ready, and gave the order to fire in on the Union walker, destroying it. This triumph proved short-lived however, and Nanotech was released from the walker and flooded over the defenders and through the breaches in the Anvil. Yasamin Madrani piloted the transport away from the battle, escorted by Chase.