Posted by: MeatyBoii
« on: November 14, 2022, 03:03:47 PM »Day 1
The invasion begins. After a few hours, the invaders openly describe themselves as revolutionaries fighting for democratic and free government for the humanity in Homeworld.
Five cities are quickly overrun and fall under control of the invaders, who openly named themselves the "Humanity Freedom Movement", henceforward named HFM.
Main planetary arsenal falls under control of HFM who quickly loot all heavy equipment before securing the location.
The Freedom Broadcast is made public.
Human colonies at Celestis and Brutix fall under control of HFM.
In space, most of the invading fleet is destroyed or captured by Terra Nova (TN) navy vessels. Out of all the freighters of the invading force, just one made it to safety, outrunning the cutters in pursuit.
Day 2
HFM forces at Myrmidon and Moros reignite their fighting. Small and poorly armed defense forces of the colonies are forced to surrender, with the arriving cutters still three days of travel away. The few available CWIS defences are jury rigged to target incoming naval vessels, information made public by a rogue broadcast. TN Navy vessels retreat and return to Unity orbit.
HFM continues the offensive on the Unity itself. A heavy push supported by few available tanks and mechs is launched against the last city with military unit stationed there. While the barracks manage to hold out, the entire city is quickly conquered by the invading troops.
TN Navy regroups in the orbit of Unity. In all, four patrol crafts, two cutters and five captured ex-HFM freighters, which were found to have a gauss gun each. They are pressed into TN Navy, with skeleton crew operating those.
By the end of Day 2, military units besieged in the recently counquered barracks attempt a breakthrough to the capital city. Despite moderate losses, most of the troops - as well as all heavy equipment - makes it to the city wall.
HFM controls seven out of thirteen settlements on Unity.
Day 3
TN Navy initiates first orbital bombardment of supply lines of HFM army. Due to lack of training and poor combat readiness, most of the shots miss and destroy civilian housing as well as industry.
Fleeing HFM freighter is observed falling apart due to probably excessive acceleration and attempted tight maneuvers.
Ex-TN UMV Unity broadcasts message to Unity government, warning against move towards Celestis, claimning that life support systems would be destroyed if any offensive operation is spotted.
HFM army on surface of Unity attempts reconneissance in force against the capital city. The vanguard is destroyed by massed defensive fire from multiple locations. HFM artillery and mechs attempt to provide cover, but they are unable to help pinned troops, who surrender.
At the same time, a pincer move is executed about both neighbouring cities on the capital ring. Both cities quickly fall, nearly devoid of all civilians and with only automated defenses remaining.
Day 4
TN Navy secures the few remaining defensive systems on the Ark. They are activated, and Ark is officialy christened a defensive installation.
Day 5
HFM forces now control all the cities on Unity except for capital city which remains encircled. There are some supply planes and drones ferrying supplies in and out, with few destroyed by anti-aircraft fire. This is countered by orbital bombardment, which slowly becomes more and more accurate.
The small and disorganised groups of HFM troops on Myrmidon are suddenly facing civilians who took arms and makeshift weapons against them. After an hour of struggle, the last HFM soldier surrenders. This is the first TN settlement retaken during the civil war.
Day 11
HFM forces on Unity attempt a massed assault on the capital city. The defensive wall is breached in multiple spots with HFM units pouring through the openings, but are eventually forced back. Both sides face heavy losses.
HFM gains control of two gauss guns under construction on Unity. They are turned into a makeshift turret with use of skills of their engineers.
Day 13
Second defensive turret is built by HFM and placed in the middle of one of the conquered cities.
Three vessels are detected incoming from the asteroid belt separating inner and outer planets. They lack targeting components and have to be aimed manually.
Day 14
HFM draw out orbital fire with few units feigning advance. Once cutters open fire, the defensive turrets fire back. Two glancing hits remove chunks of superstructure of one of the cutters, forcing it to retreat to the shipyards of the Ark. Further shots heavily damage two of the captured freighters. TN Navy is forced to retreat to higher orbit beyond the predicted range of the turrets.
Four vessels are spotted approaching Unity, with one of them visibly larger than the remaining three. The vessels of TN Navy are put on high alert and resupplied from the Ark.
Day 16
HFM forces attempt another assault at the capital, utilising nearly all available forces. Despite initial troubles, they are able to break the defences after two hours, partially due to TN army units surrendering in vulnerable sectors. The turrets used for defence against orbital threats were turned at the spires of the capital city, bringing down the biggest building of the planet.
The initial advance of HFM is stopped by a last ditch counterattack by all remaining mechanized forces of TN. HFM maintains a few bridgeheads in the city, but are unable to break through.
Day 19
TN attempts an attack on HFM positions within the capital city, but they are unable to break through the heavy defences.
On other fronts, small TN detachments depart for four different cities on the circle highway. They meet only token resistance, and quickly reestablish control over the settlements. HFM is aware of these attacks but are unable to commit any more troops to the new fronts.
Day 21
Approaching vessels send a transmission to the armed forces at Unity. They identify themselves as HFM Navy ships, escorting a troop transport. They officialy request a cease fire on the surface of Unity, which is denied by TN. Three escorts accelerate, while the troop transport slows down.
Day 23
HFM Navy engages the TN Navy vessels. Being much larger, boasting heavier armament and protection they manage to gain an upper hand on the orbit of Unity. Two cutters are destroyed, four freighters damaged and attempt to flee. HFM does not undertake a pursuit.
The HFM troop transport accelerates again and heads towards Unity.
Another two massive ships are spotted arriving to Celestis.
HFM Army undertakes another assault, this time supported by orbital forces. They are able to overwhelm the defenders at multiple sectors, eventually forcing multiple units to surrender. A few sectors still hold out, however, with a large number of civilians enlisting into volunteer units.
Day 24
HFM army takes control over the Ark, whose defences are destroyed or incapacitated.
Multiple shuttles detach from the troop transport and begin lifting troops to the surface, bringing exhaused combat troops back to the ship.
Day 25
Remainder of TN Navy heads to Brutix and enacts a blockade of the moon.
HFM Army retreats from the forward positions around the capital city, with the troops converging on the shuttle pad. A tight defensive circle around this location is established. Shuttles are seen flying between the troop transport and outlying cities on Unity.
Day 27
TN Army attempts a recon mission against known HFM forwards position. They meet no resistance. TN staff discovers that the majority of HFM forces are retreating from the planet, with heavy shuttles lifting a lot of heavy equipment from the planet.
TN Army units attempt a massed assault at the shuttle pad, but are driven back by heavy orbital bombardment.
Day 28
HFM Navy ships begin approaching the TN Navy vessels blockading Brutix. A short fight starts, which leaves both sides with heavy damage. HFM ships limp back to the troop transport, who ignites its propulsion and moves towards Celestis.
Day 29
TN Army begins mop up operations across the entire surface of Unity. No alive troops of HFM are found.
Shuttles launch from Brutix and Moros, linking up with the troop transport. Soon enough contact is reestablished with both colonies, as the police units are able to reestablish control over the colonies.
Day 30
There are officially no HFM forces in close proximity to Unity left. The tracking instruments on Ark were destroyed and the incoming or departing vessels are untrackable.
The invasion proves to be devastating to Terra Nova. While the collateral losses were not as sever as it was first expected, massive losses to infrastructure, stolen industry, as well as extremely diminished armed forces of Unity might prove detrimental to our continued existence.
Of course, we are here. The invaders are gone, currently escaping to the outer planets. But who knows how many are there really? Initial attack came as a complete surprise, with both navy and army caught by a complete surprise. We still aren't in contact with Celestis, and it's feared that the contact wont be established any time soon. From what we know, the invaders have entrenched themselves deeply in the planet, with some smuggled photos showing something that could be described as orbital defenses, something that our navy is plainly incapable of counteracting.
Currently, our politicians are unable to answer any questions posed by anyone. They can make no promises, nor do they want to – for the first time in a long time. Military outright refuses to talk with any civilians about the situation. Questions regarding the state of Ark remain unanswered.
For now? We can't be sure of anything. We don't know what to do, what will happen, and what's our current course of action.
We must wait – and see what happens.
The invasion begins. After a few hours, the invaders openly describe themselves as revolutionaries fighting for democratic and free government for the humanity in Homeworld.
Five cities are quickly overrun and fall under control of the invaders, who openly named themselves the "Humanity Freedom Movement", henceforward named HFM.
Main planetary arsenal falls under control of HFM who quickly loot all heavy equipment before securing the location.
The Freedom Broadcast is made public.
Human colonies at Celestis and Brutix fall under control of HFM.
In space, most of the invading fleet is destroyed or captured by Terra Nova (TN) navy vessels. Out of all the freighters of the invading force, just one made it to safety, outrunning the cutters in pursuit.
Day 2
HFM forces at Myrmidon and Moros reignite their fighting. Small and poorly armed defense forces of the colonies are forced to surrender, with the arriving cutters still three days of travel away. The few available CWIS defences are jury rigged to target incoming naval vessels, information made public by a rogue broadcast. TN Navy vessels retreat and return to Unity orbit.
HFM continues the offensive on the Unity itself. A heavy push supported by few available tanks and mechs is launched against the last city with military unit stationed there. While the barracks manage to hold out, the entire city is quickly conquered by the invading troops.
TN Navy regroups in the orbit of Unity. In all, four patrol crafts, two cutters and five captured ex-HFM freighters, which were found to have a gauss gun each. They are pressed into TN Navy, with skeleton crew operating those.
By the end of Day 2, military units besieged in the recently counquered barracks attempt a breakthrough to the capital city. Despite moderate losses, most of the troops - as well as all heavy equipment - makes it to the city wall.
HFM controls seven out of thirteen settlements on Unity.
Day 3
TN Navy initiates first orbital bombardment of supply lines of HFM army. Due to lack of training and poor combat readiness, most of the shots miss and destroy civilian housing as well as industry.
Fleeing HFM freighter is observed falling apart due to probably excessive acceleration and attempted tight maneuvers.
Ex-TN UMV Unity broadcasts message to Unity government, warning against move towards Celestis, claimning that life support systems would be destroyed if any offensive operation is spotted.
HFM army on surface of Unity attempts reconneissance in force against the capital city. The vanguard is destroyed by massed defensive fire from multiple locations. HFM artillery and mechs attempt to provide cover, but they are unable to help pinned troops, who surrender.
At the same time, a pincer move is executed about both neighbouring cities on the capital ring. Both cities quickly fall, nearly devoid of all civilians and with only automated defenses remaining.
Day 4
TN Navy secures the few remaining defensive systems on the Ark. They are activated, and Ark is officialy christened a defensive installation.
Day 5
HFM forces now control all the cities on Unity except for capital city which remains encircled. There are some supply planes and drones ferrying supplies in and out, with few destroyed by anti-aircraft fire. This is countered by orbital bombardment, which slowly becomes more and more accurate.
The small and disorganised groups of HFM troops on Myrmidon are suddenly facing civilians who took arms and makeshift weapons against them. After an hour of struggle, the last HFM soldier surrenders. This is the first TN settlement retaken during the civil war.
Day 11
HFM forces on Unity attempt a massed assault on the capital city. The defensive wall is breached in multiple spots with HFM units pouring through the openings, but are eventually forced back. Both sides face heavy losses.
HFM gains control of two gauss guns under construction on Unity. They are turned into a makeshift turret with use of skills of their engineers.
Day 13
Second defensive turret is built by HFM and placed in the middle of one of the conquered cities.
Three vessels are detected incoming from the asteroid belt separating inner and outer planets. They lack targeting components and have to be aimed manually.
Day 14
HFM draw out orbital fire with few units feigning advance. Once cutters open fire, the defensive turrets fire back. Two glancing hits remove chunks of superstructure of one of the cutters, forcing it to retreat to the shipyards of the Ark. Further shots heavily damage two of the captured freighters. TN Navy is forced to retreat to higher orbit beyond the predicted range of the turrets.
Four vessels are spotted approaching Unity, with one of them visibly larger than the remaining three. The vessels of TN Navy are put on high alert and resupplied from the Ark.
Day 16
HFM forces attempt another assault at the capital, utilising nearly all available forces. Despite initial troubles, they are able to break the defences after two hours, partially due to TN army units surrendering in vulnerable sectors. The turrets used for defence against orbital threats were turned at the spires of the capital city, bringing down the biggest building of the planet.
The initial advance of HFM is stopped by a last ditch counterattack by all remaining mechanized forces of TN. HFM maintains a few bridgeheads in the city, but are unable to break through.
Day 19
TN attempts an attack on HFM positions within the capital city, but they are unable to break through the heavy defences.
On other fronts, small TN detachments depart for four different cities on the circle highway. They meet only token resistance, and quickly reestablish control over the settlements. HFM is aware of these attacks but are unable to commit any more troops to the new fronts.
Day 21
Approaching vessels send a transmission to the armed forces at Unity. They identify themselves as HFM Navy ships, escorting a troop transport. They officialy request a cease fire on the surface of Unity, which is denied by TN. Three escorts accelerate, while the troop transport slows down.
Day 23
HFM Navy engages the TN Navy vessels. Being much larger, boasting heavier armament and protection they manage to gain an upper hand on the orbit of Unity. Two cutters are destroyed, four freighters damaged and attempt to flee. HFM does not undertake a pursuit.
The HFM troop transport accelerates again and heads towards Unity.
Another two massive ships are spotted arriving to Celestis.
HFM Army undertakes another assault, this time supported by orbital forces. They are able to overwhelm the defenders at multiple sectors, eventually forcing multiple units to surrender. A few sectors still hold out, however, with a large number of civilians enlisting into volunteer units.
Day 24
HFM army takes control over the Ark, whose defences are destroyed or incapacitated.
Multiple shuttles detach from the troop transport and begin lifting troops to the surface, bringing exhaused combat troops back to the ship.
Day 25
Remainder of TN Navy heads to Brutix and enacts a blockade of the moon.
HFM Army retreats from the forward positions around the capital city, with the troops converging on the shuttle pad. A tight defensive circle around this location is established. Shuttles are seen flying between the troop transport and outlying cities on Unity.
Day 27
TN Army attempts a recon mission against known HFM forwards position. They meet no resistance. TN staff discovers that the majority of HFM forces are retreating from the planet, with heavy shuttles lifting a lot of heavy equipment from the planet.
TN Army units attempt a massed assault at the shuttle pad, but are driven back by heavy orbital bombardment.
Day 28
HFM Navy ships begin approaching the TN Navy vessels blockading Brutix. A short fight starts, which leaves both sides with heavy damage. HFM ships limp back to the troop transport, who ignites its propulsion and moves towards Celestis.
Day 29
TN Army begins mop up operations across the entire surface of Unity. No alive troops of HFM are found.
Shuttles launch from Brutix and Moros, linking up with the troop transport. Soon enough contact is reestablished with both colonies, as the police units are able to reestablish control over the colonies.
Day 30
There are officially no HFM forces in close proximity to Unity left. The tracking instruments on Ark were destroyed and the incoming or departing vessels are untrackable.
An excerpt from the Unity Herald, the prime newspaper of Unity, a day after the invasion forces departed from the planetary system around Unity
The invasion proves to be devastating to Terra Nova. While the collateral losses were not as sever as it was first expected, massive losses to infrastructure, stolen industry, as well as extremely diminished armed forces of Unity might prove detrimental to our continued existence.
Of course, we are here. The invaders are gone, currently escaping to the outer planets. But who knows how many are there really? Initial attack came as a complete surprise, with both navy and army caught by a complete surprise. We still aren't in contact with Celestis, and it's feared that the contact wont be established any time soon. From what we know, the invaders have entrenched themselves deeply in the planet, with some smuggled photos showing something that could be described as orbital defenses, something that our navy is plainly incapable of counteracting.
Currently, our politicians are unable to answer any questions posed by anyone. They can make no promises, nor do they want to – for the first time in a long time. Military outright refuses to talk with any civilians about the situation. Questions regarding the state of Ark remain unanswered.
For now? We can't be sure of anything. We don't know what to do, what will happen, and what's our current course of action.
We must wait – and see what happens.