OVERVIEWThe beginning of this period started promising for the Earth factions more ships being launched, minerals now following for all faction from the comets. New factions explore the universe as the primary explorers of the OPAB and NPS build jump gates to allow ships to pass. Then it goes to crap by 2041 Christmas Eve an Alien race build on the moon, there was no warning no explanation. Factions stalled for time but not all felt the new alien species was friendly, this was sinister.
CHINA2040
China is well on the road of recovery as it laid down new combat vessel, to replace the last Luda class destroyed. I gathering a lot of minerals from it comet colonies.
Mars - 112 AutoMines - Mercassium 4.5m (0.9), Corundium 1.6m (0.1), Gallicite 11m (0.1)
Wolf - 96 Auto Mines - Corundium 32k (0.
, Sorium 13K (0.7), Gallicite 20k (0.5)
Reinmuth - 43 AutoMines - Duraniium 28k (1), Corbomite 10k (0.6), Mercassium 22k (0.5)
2041
Steals some plans on current known systems from OPAB, and plans to build the OPAB gateway construction ship. It decides to make an exact copy and build this to save time.
2042
The new alien race that appears out of nowhere and build on the moon, china gets frustrated by the lack of communication and no knowledge why they are near earth. The other factions seem to be unable or unwilling to take action, China is the only faction to have a single troop transport ship that can land up to brigade of troops. China took it upon itselves to remove the alien colony, it would break the Moon treaty agreement but hopefully this would be over in a couple of months and they could return to Earth as saviours and the other factions would thanks them. This was a threat China was unwilling to ignore.
The landings of 80th Mobile Brigade went smoothly and they were able to group without an attack on the landing zones. The commander of 80th Shao Jiang - Cai Xiu Jian, had been around a long time in the officer corp, wanted to get stuck into her objective and clear the colony. But upon contact the alien species now known as the Republic of Hamir, a bipedal species not too dissimilar to Humans were technology capable in the field. Although the numbers were similar that were able to inflict heavily losses onto the 80th over a month of fighting, only after a month the 80th registered it first tactical win taking a small objective. The request for reinforcements were sent.
The 92nd Assault Brigade landed bring fresh troops and started to turn the tide of the battle into China favour, but the progress was slow another month of action was grinding the enemy down China then sent in the 93rd Assault Brigade and with it a new primary commander Shao Jiang - Ga Xia Long, Jian had already done the heavy lifting but it as Long that got the credit for the final take over of the Hamir Colony.
A month after taking the colony a Hamir fleet enter the Sol system, a security council is convened and President Lu Qiang Xian now highly concerned since it only had one laser destroyer used his diplomacy and xenophobia speech to galvanise Earth support for his faction. He used the concern a nuke on China not only affect china dialogue that al the factions agreed to except the CSU. Any Hamir missile near Earth would become hostile to those factions.
The twenty 18,500 ton vessels orbited over the moon. China was hopefully it their extract any remaining forces, so China single ship stayed Dock at Earth. The rest of Earth factions were poised.
The ships were infact colony ships and made 22 separate colonies over the moon, china relayed back they were troop transports and engaged each of the undefended colonies, one captured they would execute all the aliens, or destroy their infrastructure and let the aliens die. China now knowing ships were colony ships engaged the defenceless ships with their sole destroyer destroying all but two so the aliens would know not to return. The Chinese took aboard prisoner and returned to earth, most would be used for medical experiments later.
July 2042 Combat Vessel of the Hamir entered the system, these were faster and when reaching 110m km from Earth active sensor were detected. Once again the factions launched ready for a missile attack on China, but did not engage. The first lot of vessels engaged the Chinese civilian freighter with what appear to be laser fire, and destroyed two of them.
It took over five minutes to destroy the freighters this gave the Chinese some tactical insight. Firstly engaged at a range that was similar to the Chinese lasers. The three combat ships firepower were as powerful combined as the single Chinese vessel. China gave the order to engage the now designated Hamir Laser Frigates.
The Taizhou fought the three vessels of similar size with tenacity, the laser firing from it four twin turrets, but the enemy vessels had more powerful laser not as fast firing but the damage over time crippled the destroyer. China only combat capable vessel was destroyed, Da Xaio - Sun Jiao last broadcast before the final hit, was for the world not to see China in ruins. Emergency meeting were held, at this stage china was at the mercy not of the enemy but other nations on earth.
By November the last civilian settlement was cleared out by the Chinese Military