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| - Sensor sweeps would indicate that initial intelligence about this sector was pretty much spot-on. A half-squadron of light warships\, though the purported flagship\, the light cruiser CMS Breslau is nowhere to be seen\, and a Carrack and a DSV type hull are nestled into orbit with a pair of CDU Navy frigates near the station. CDU forces are immediately called to action stations\, and the reply comes from the station to the Imperial flagship\, "Imperial warships\, you are trespassing on the soveriegn space of the Caspian Democratic Union. You have no authority here. Shut down your grav-wells and clear our space immediately." With that said\, the odd looking near-human orders his crew into combat positions. A lance of Z-100 Centurion fighters launch from the hangar of the Carrack as do another lance of skipray blastboats. "If they want war\, they now have war." The Imperial Fleet\, however\, continued its advance towards Axel's fleet and the rebel navy. The INTC Oppressor stayed behind\, of course\; its goal was merely to keep the rebels here\, and not get involved in the actual combat. The Conqueror and Nemesis\, however\, advanced forward towards the Purgatory\, with its Strike and Marauder cruisers in tow. Their helmsmen were making sure to mind the mine field set up in the system\, as the damage that could be wrought by the mines was too much to bear. Finally\, the initial shots began\; the Nemesis\, bearing its starboard side to the purgatory\, unleashed a barrage of starboard concussion missiles towards the Purgatory. The Marauder and Strike\, however\, moved around the two main Star Destroyers as they broke off from them. They switched targets\, moving towards the naval station instead. The station disgorges its squadrons of starfighters\, which slide into position to screen the evacuation transports. And one by one the ships slip their moorings and make underway\, CMS Reannon Calder on point\, with the frigates taking flank guard. The Imperial starfighters would invariably make contact first\, passing harmlessly through the minefield designed to keep larger ships at bay\, threat warning indicators lighting up with search and fire control sensors of weapons intent on sweeping the Imperial craft from the skies. The evacuation force is making for the far side of Mikassa with Captain Vichten and Purgatory on rear-guard when the first shots are fired. As long-range fire begins between the warships\, the lead elements of the Imperial starfighters come under attack from CDU Navy Z-100's and A-Wings\, slashing through the Imperial formations with lasers blazing. The Z-100's take the bulk of the fighting being better protected and heavily armed\, made with fighting long odds against imperial fighters\, with the A-Wings waiting to pounce opportunistically on unattended bombers." Admiral Kreldin, however, in the cockpit of War Shrike 1, moves foward to join the fray. Admist the mine field, Kreldin weaves around mines, his aims set on an enemy A-wing assaulting the bombers. The targeting retical moved over the vessel on his HUD, a series of lasers streaking outward from the blasters towards his intended target in hopes of giving the bombers a clear way towards the escaping CDU vessels. The vicinity of the evacuation transports is a very hot place to be\, with bombers attempting to make their runs encountering all manner of difficulty. Often the choice amounts to aborting the run or dying\, and some invariably die\, pounced upon by opportunistic starfighters\, clawed out of space by high-speed laser turrets aboard the escorts\, or blown apart by missiles. For pilots in the old fashioned 'eyeball' TIEs\, life is hectic\, for even attempting to lock up a Z-100 from directly behind tends to yield attack by the Z-100's screams. But weight has its advantages\, and the Imperial force has a lot of weight\, and CDU fighters are dying too\, mobbed by superior numbers. And the weight of the attack on the evacuation transports starts to overwhelm the CDU fire control\, and missile hits are scored\, one hitting CMS Reannon Calder\, and two piercing the skin of CMS Thresher. As the Imperial forces draw up through the minefield to approach Mikassa station\, turbolaser and anti-shipping missiles rise up to meet them\, chasing the lead ships of the attack. Elsewhere\, across the battle field\, the Nemesis catches up to the CDU fleet and the dog fight that was ensuing\, in an attempt to assist the bombers and fighters that were taking a heavy beating. Concussion missiles are launched towards the Reannon Calder and the Thresher as the turbolaser batteries open fire on various targets\, including the Z-100s and A-wings that filled the void. The Conqueror\, meanwhile\, continued its assault on the Purgatory as the Skipray blastboats find their way towards her. With no fighter screen to protect against the blast boats\, a call is sent to ask for reinforcements to provide support for the Conqueror. Thresher keeps up fire\, turning to loose the last of her anti-shipping missiles at the Nemesis\, the big warheads resounding through the hull of hte Imperial ship at each strike. But Thresher takes more hits\, and is holed in more places\, on the loosing end of the gunnery duel\, and finally she falls from formation altogether\, spitting a flurry of escape pods towards the planet as she turns to take Nemesis head-on\, stalling her so to buy time for the rest of the task force. The station might not be much\, but she is reasonably sturdy. Her lasers aren't as heavy as those on board an Imperial II SD\, but they're rather more accurate\, and the light ships on her flank would surely be taking punishment. The mystery of CMS Breslau is meanwhile solved\, and quite abruptly. Having laid in wait in the further extents of the system\, listening to the battle unfold\, the veteran pirate-hunter has watched Oppressor become seperated from the Imperial line. Now her reactors spool up to full power\, charging her hyperspace engines\, and with a brilliant flash\, the light cruiser enters hyperspace on a vector directly for Oppressor\, letting the interdictor field bring her back to real-space without fear of overshooting. A born chaser\, Breslau's sublight drives flare to life\, fighters launching from her hangars as she bears down upon Oppressor. The Nemesis\, however\, is less fortunate\; the Thresher\, realizing all hope was lost for the ship\, started a kamikaze run. The captain of the Nemesis shouted out orders for evasive manuevers. All turbolaser batteries had their attention directed to the Thresher\, blast after blast firing away at the Thresher. Even the Scimitar bombers that had been assailing the other CDU vessels took notice of this\, and devoted their full attention to the Thresher in an attempt to save the precious Nemesis. The deadly dog fight continued on\, however\, the pilots oblivious to the Nemesis' situation as they were too busy in a life or death struggle with their opponents. The Oppressor was even less fortunate\; the INTC was not properly equipped to do battle with the CMS Breslau. A decision was made\, however\, and the Oppressor was ordered to retreat. The INTC turned full reverse\, its gravity well coming down as it fleed from the battle with the Breslau\, its aft turbolasers firing several shots off at the Breslau. Meanwhile\, the situation by the naval station was slowly but surely gaining in the Imperial's favor\; the shields on the two capital ships were more than enough to handle the station's weaponry\, for now\, at least. The Scimitar bombers and TIE Interceptors\, although losing fighters to the station's weaponry\, continued their attack runs on the station\, concentrating on the station's defenses and weaponry to soften the station up in prepartion for the boarding party. Breslau swoops down upon Oppressor like an avenging angel\, her bow ion cannons hammering the ship. Missiles flash from Breslau's flanks\, homing on Oppressor\, and turbolaser turrets swivel to bear\, punishing the unattended interdictor. Z-105 bombers also harry the ship\, launching missiles against the massive bulges of the gravwell generators to make certain they don't come back up. Between these two acts\, the safety of the transports are assured\, and one by one they flash into hyperspace. And now Mikassa station is the focus of the Imperial assault\, her main batteries being silenced one by one as the Empire prepares to board her. Soon the bombers have cleared an approach through the point defense guns for the assault shuttles to land. An engine on the aft portion of the Oppressor explodes as the CDU launch their aggressive attack. Explosions rip apart portions of the hull as the speed of the Oppressor slows down. The turbolaser firing ceases\, to perserve energy and to devote everything for escaping. One of the gravity well generators explodes in a fury\, rocking the Oppressor. Time was of the essence\; they could not make a calculated jump\, so the captain ordered for a split-second blind hyperspace jump to evade certain doom. As another explosion rips a portion of the ship's bow cleanly off\, the vessel disappears into hyperspace\, only to repear a second later well out of the reach of the Mikassa system and CDU space. "Very well\," Danik said\, still in the cockpit of his TIE Interceptor. He had survived the battle\, downed two enemy craft\, and was now flying cover for the Scimitar bombers on their approach of the naval station. "Let them escape. Conqueror\, Nemesis\, set up defensive position around the naval station. Prepare the boarding party." Out from the hangar bay of the Conqueror came several transport ships\, each holding several squadrons of stormtroopers and Army infanty\, as well as some technicians and various equipment. The Navy would sweep the system of any stragglers and then\, once the boarding party had been inserted\, set up a defensive position in the system for the inevitable CDU counter-attack.
- Sensor sweeps would indicate that initial intelligence about this sector was pretty much spot-on. A half-squadron of light warships\, though the purported flagship\, the light cruiser CMS Breslau is nowhere to be seen\, and a Carrack and a DSV type hull are nestled into orbit with a pair of CDU Navy frigates near the station. CDU forces are immediately called to action stations\, and the reply comes from the station to the Imperial flagship\, "Imperial warships\, you are trespassing on the soveriegn space of the Caspian Democratic Union. You have no authority here. Shut down your grav-wells and clear our space immediately." With that said\, the odd looking near-human orders his crew into combat positions. A lance of Z-100 Centurion fighters launch from the hangar of the Carrack as do another lance of skipray blastboats. "If they want war\, they now have war." The Imperial Fleet\, however\, continued its advance towards Axel's fleet and the rebel navy. The INTC Oppressor stayed behind\, of course\; its goal was merely to keep the rebels here\, and not get involved in the actual combat. The Conqueror and Nemesis\, however\, advanced forward towards the Purgatory\, with its Strike and Marauder cruisers in tow. Their helmsmen were making sure to mind the mine field set up in the system\, as the damage that could be wrought by the mines was too much to bear. Finally\, the initial shots began\; the Nemesis\, bearing its starboard side to the purgatory\, unleashed a barrage of starboard concussion missiles towards the Purgatory. The Marauder and Strike\, however\, moved around the two main Star Destroyers as they broke off from them. They switched targets\, moving towards the naval station instead. The station disgorges its squadrons of starfighters\, which slide into position to screen the evacuation transports. And one by one the ships slip their moorings and make underway\, CMS Reannon Calder on point\, with the frigates taking flank guard. The Imperial starfighters would invariably make contact first\, passing harmlessly through the minefield designed to keep larger ships at bay\, threat warning indicators lighting up with search and fire control sensors of weapons intent on sweeping the Imperial craft from the skies. The evacuation force is making for the far side of Mikassa with Captain Vichten and Purgatory on rear-guard when the first shots are fired. As long-range fire begins between the warships\, the lead elements of the Imperial starfighters come under attack from CDU Navy Z-100's and A-Wings\, slashing through the Imperial formations with lasers blazing. The Z-100's take the bulk of the fighting being better protected and heavily armed\, made with fighting long odds against imperial fighters\, with the A-Wings waiting to pounce opportunistically on unattended bombers." Admiral Kreldin, however, in the cockpit of War Shrike 1, moves foward to join the fray. Admist the mine field, Kreldin weaves around mines, his aims set on an enemy A-wing assaulting the bombers. The targeting retical moved over the vessel on his HUD, a series of lasers streaking outward from the blasters towards his intended target in hopes of giving the bombers a clear way towards the escaping CDU vessels. The vicinity of the evacuation transports is a very hot place to be\, with bombers attempting to make their runs encountering all manner of difficulty. Often the choice amounts to aborting the run or dying\, and some invariably die\, pounced upon by opportunistic starfighters\, clawed out of space by high-speed laser turrets aboard the escorts\, or blown apart by missiles. For pilots in the old fashioned 'eyeball' TIEs\, life is hectic\, for even attempting to lock up a Z-100 from directly behind tends to yield attack by the Z-100's screams. But weight has its advantages\, and the Imperial force has a lot of weight\, and CDU fighters are dying too\, mobbed by superior numbers. And the weight of the attack on the evacuation transports starts to overwhelm the CDU fire control\, and missile hits are scored\, one hitting CMS Reannon Calder\, and two piercing the skin of CMS Thresher. As the Imperial forces draw up through the minefield to approach Mikassa station\, turbolaser and anti-shipping missiles rise up to meet them\, chasing the lead ships of the attack. Elsewhere\, across the battle field\, the Nemesis catches up to the CDU fleet and the dog fight that was ensuing\, in an attempt to assist the bombers and fighters that were taking a heavy beating. Concussion missiles are launched towards the Reannon Calder and the Thresher as the turbolaser batteries open fire on various targets\, including the Z-100s and A-wings that filled the void. The Conqueror\, meanwhile\, continued its assault on the Purgatory as the Skipray blastboats find their way towards her. With no fighter screen to protect against the blast boats\, a call is sent to ask for reinforcements to provide support for the Conqueror. Thresher keeps up fire\, turning to loose the last of her anti-shipping missiles at the Nemesis\, the big warheads resounding through the hull of hte Imperial ship at each strike. But Thresher takes more hits\, and is holed in more places\, on the loosing end of the gunnery duel\, and finally she falls from formation altogether\, spitting a flurry of escape pods towards the planet as she turns to take Nemesis head-on\, stalling her so to buy time for the rest of the task force. The station might not be much\, but she is reasonably sturdy. Her lasers aren't as heavy as those on board an Imperial II SD\, but they're rather more accurate\, and the light ships on her flank would surely be taking punishment. The mystery of CMS Breslau is meanwhile solved\, and quite abruptly. Having laid in wait in the further extents of the system\, listening to the battle unfold\, the veteran pirate-hunter has watched Oppressor become seperated from the Imperial line. Now her reactors spool up to full power\, charging her hyperspace engines\, and with a brilliant flash\, the light cruiser enters hyperspace on a vector directly for Oppressor\, letting the interdictor field bring her back to real-space without fear of overshooting. A born chaser\, Breslau's sublight drives flare to life\, fighters launching from her hangars as she bears down upon Oppressor. The Nemesis\, however\, is less fortunate\; the Thresher\, realizing all hope was lost for the ship\, started a kamikaze run. The captain of the Nemesis shouted out orders for evasive manuevers. All turbolaser batteries had their attention directed to the Thresher\, blast after blast firing away at the Thresher. Even the Scimitar bombers that had been assailing the other CDU vessels took notice of this\, and devoted their full attention to the Thresher in an attempt to save the precious Nemesis. The deadly dog fight continued on\, however\, the pilots oblivious to the Nemesis' situation as they were too busy in a life or death struggle with their opponents. The Oppressor was even less fortunate\; the INTC was not properly equipped to do battle with the CMS Breslau. A decision was made\, however\, and the Oppressor was ordered to retreat. The INTC turned full reverse\, its gravity well coming down as it fleed from the battle with the Breslau\, its aft turbolasers firing several shots off at the Breslau. Meanwhile\, the situation by the naval station was slowly but surely gaining in the Imperial's favor\; the shields on the two capital ships were more than enough to handle the station's weaponry\, for now\, at least. The Scimitar bombers and TIE Interceptors\, although losing fighters to the station's weaponry\, continued their attack runs on the station\, concentrating on the station's defenses and weaponry to soften the station up in prepartion for the boarding party. Breslau swoops down upon Oppressor like an avenging angel\, her bow ion cannons hammering the ship. Missiles flash from Breslau's flanks\, homing on Oppressor\, and turbolaser turrets swivel to bear\, punishing the unattended interdictor. Z-105 bombers also harry the ship\, launching missiles against the massive bulges of the gravwell generators to make certain they don't come back up. Between these two acts\, the safety of the transports are assured\, and one by one they flash into hyperspace. And now Mikassa station is the focus of the Imperial assault\, her main batteries being silenced one by one as the Empire prepares to board her. Soon the bombers have cleared an approach through the point defense guns for the assault shuttles to land. An engine on the aft portion of the Oppressor explodes as the CDU launch their aggressive attack. Explosions rip apart portions of the hull as the speed of the Oppressor slows down. The turbolaser firing ceases\, to perserve energy and to devote everything for escaping. One of the gravity well generators explodes in a fury\, rocking the Oppressor. Time was of the essence\; they could not make a calculated jump\, so the captain ordered for a split-second blind hyperspace jump to evade certain doom. As another explosion rips a portion of the ship's bow cleanly off\, the vessel disappears into hyperspace\, only to repear a second later well out of the reach of the Mikassa system and CDU space. "Very well\," Danik said\, still in the cockpit of his TIE Interceptor. He had survived the battle\, downed two enemy craft\, and was now flying cover for the Scimitar bombers on their approach of the naval station. "Let them escape. Conqueror\, Nemesis\, set up defensive position around the naval station. Prepare the boarding party." Out from the hangar bay of the Conqueror came several transport ships\, each holding several squadrons of stormtroopers and Army infanty\, as well as some technicians and various equipment. The Navy would sweep the system of any stragglers and then\, once the boarding party had been inserted\, set up a defensive position in the system for the inevitable CDU counter-attack. From SW1ki, a Wikia wiki.
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