22nd August 2129 | Battle for 41 Arae outpost |
7th December 2129 | Perth (Gwynydd Mk III class) built on Earth | |
27th August 2130 | Henry Pelham (Caldwell class) built on Earth | |
22nd October 2130 | Ecuador (Belgium class) built on Earth | |
17th January 2131 | Alexandria (Gwynydd Mk III class) built on Earth | |
17th January 2131 | Dundee (Gwynydd Mk III class) built on Earth | |
17th September 2131 | Battle for Lacaille 8760 |
ATTN: EARTH FLEET COMMAND
FROM: COMMANDER EARTH FLEET 1, Rear Admiral (lower half) Simon Gambel
SUBJECT: ENGAGEMENT IN THE LACAILLE 8760 SYSTEM
DATE: 19. Sept 2131
Earth Fleet 1, with a full compliment of ships entered Lac8760 system.
Ships included
- EUFS Agincourt (CVL)
- EUFS Aisne (CVL)
- EUFS Ecuador (DDG)
- EUFS Patrick Ferguson (DD)
- EUFS Paul Bunyon (DD) (flag)
- EUFS Perth (FFG)
- EUFS Dundee (FFG)
- EUFS Alexandria (FFG)
Hostile contact established at 11.09.32, Talwar Class, The fleet closed on the enemy vessel at maximum speed, the enemy vessel also closed to engage. A salvo of GSLAM Mk2 missiles launched at 13.52.53, started to impact on the Talwar class ship, the vessel seemed to have no point defence or anti missile system to counter and was soon pocketed with explosions, 14.23.02 it was destroyed.
The fleet then continued towards the centre of the system, establishing 3 further contacts, Tabar class, Agray class, Tabar class ships. These ships appeared on our systems at 18. Sept at 21.48.17, we then start to close with these contacts at 05.48.47 the next morning two further contact appeared on our radar screens, these were off our right bow on a closing vector to us, Rana and Shardul Class vessels.
I dispatched the two DD which include the Flag, to intercept these vessel as there thermal rating was a lot smaller at 800 Strength. At 12.14.17 the Paul Bunyon and Patrick Ferguson started to receive missile contacts, they could not fire at the enemy as they had laser weapons and only point defence and anti missile systems. The two ships were able to protect itself from waves of 6 missiles, ever 5 seconds. 54 missiles were destroyed without even a marking of the ship shields.
The main fleet was also under attack with similar 6 wave missiles, the fleet capability against these missile proved more then adequate.
At 12.59.05 we were able to loose our GSLAM Mk2 missiles.
13.28.50 A wing of F-1 Hornets were attacked by the enemy from Godheim Anti-Missile Missiles, these did not destroy the wing, but stripped it of the various craft of its armour, including 258 casualties amongst the flight.
14.00.35 another wave of missile fired at the Paul Bunyon, with only 1 missile penetrating the point defence, at this stage the Paul Bunyon was out of all AMMs.
14.24.35 The Paul Bunyon and Patrick Ferguson were close enough to fire at the enemy, the Tabar and Magar class ships were rocked with continuous laser fire,, the unspeakable then happened as both ships increased speed and tried to ram the Paul Bunyon, I called for evasive manoeuvres and the crew did it best to avoid the vessels., while at the same time we were cutting it apart with laser fire.
At 14.24.45, we were rammed by the Tabar, which resulted in both ships destruction, resulted in the loss of 861 deaths, while the remainder made it to the lifepods including myself and most of the bridge, which was not hit during the collision. The Patrick Ferguson destroyed the Magar and picked up the surviving pods.
At 14.53.35 our missiles began impacting on the Rana and Shardul, overwhelming it point defence systems, this finally showed the impact of the Tallboy systems, there were a number of GSLAM Mk2 mixed amoungst the missiles which also found it mark leaving gaping holes in the enemy vessels armour.
By 14.57.05 Rana and Shardul were no more, by 15.28.10, the Agray was also destroyed and the engagement had ceased. The Flag was transfer to the Patrick Ferguson, and the fleet regrouped.
We had lost in the engagement the use of two fighter wings, although not destroyed they are useless, and the DD Paul Bunyon.
After regrouping we will take stock of our supplies and decide whether to press further. Waiting further instructions.
18th October 2131 | Horiuchi Senichi Xenologist Team dropped off on 41 Arae-B II | |
15th January 2132 | Greenland (Belgium class) built on Earth | |
17th April 2132 | Apache and Blackfeet (Zambia class) built on Earth | |
14th June 2132 | Euryalus (Endeavour class) built on Earth | |
14th June 2132 | Dreadnought (Endeavour class) built on Earth | |
13th August 2132 | Rear Admiral (Lower Half) Simon Gambrel has been deemed surplus to requirements and released from the service | |
20th August 2132 | Captain Hollis Geisler has been promoted to Rear Admiral (Lower Half) |