The Helghast First Army, under the command of Colonel Mael Radec, was in charge of defending Helghan from ISA Alpha Centauri during their invasion of Helghan. The total strength of the Helghast First Army was 800,000 soldiers.[1]
History[]
Most likely formed after the Helghast Third Army's failed attempt to conquer Vekta, the Helghast First Army was tasked to defend Helghan from ISA retaliation in Operation Archangel. The First Army defended Pyrrhus in which they maintained and defended Arc Battery defenses used against ISA air forces. However, their efforts to defend the batteries failed due to the actions of the Phantom Talon Corp, especially their member Arran Danner, who destroyed the Arc weapons and allowing ISA forces to assault Pyrrhus.
The First Army fiercely defended the city but gradually losing ground to the ISA until temporarily stalling the ISA's advance by a network of Arc Towers that were hidden in Pyrrhus. A small detachment of the Helghast First Army under orders from Colonel Vyktor Kratek attacked the Vektan Embassy in order to eliminate Sepp Harkin and his family, and capture Mandor Savic. But they were stopped by Arran Danner and Harkin's bodyguard, Borischek.
After Radec obtained the codes to the Red Dust nuclear warhead, the First Army in Pyrrhus was instructed to move ten kilometers from Corinth River to avoid the detonation of the warhead that wiped out the vast majority of the ISA forces.[2] While the Helghast succeeded in wiping out a large majority of Battle Group Mandrake, the First Army failed to stop the Vektans from taking Visari Palace and causing the death of Scolar Visari. Shortly after the Autarch's death, a fleet of ships of the First Army under the command of Admiral Orlock arrives at Pyrrhus and wiping out much of the remaining ISA, and forcing their surviving ships to retreat from Helghan.