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Battle of Gliese 258
The Battle of Gliese 258, 29-30 April 2107, was a major space engagement between the Terran Federation and the Council of Iwakuni, part of the Earth-Iwakuni War. The Federation victory established their spatial dominance of the star system and allowed Federation ground forces unopposed insertion upon the Iwakuni homeworld at Gliese 258-A II.
Fought primarily along the line between JP-Gliese 258/NN 3497 and the Iwakuni homeworld, the battle saw the destruction of major portions of the Iwakuni fleet while the Terran Federation lost 108 C/A-5-series Aesculapians, nine squadrons that comprised the entirety of the attacking task force's strikecraft complement. The battle nevertheless constituted a decisive Federation victory, as all strategic objectives were achieved and all Iwakuni ships participating in the engagement were destroyed.
Background: Planning for the Federation offensive began in earnest in December 2104, after Fleet board review of the February 2104 Battle of JP-NN 3497/Gliese 258 concluded, and after Rear Adm. Geraldine Spriggle recovered from injuries sustained in the evacuation of the destroyed Sun Tzu, when she reassumed operational command of 1st Expeditionary Fleet. Spriggle recommended expansion of the new battle groups from six to seven ships---with improvements to jump-drive technology allowing the addition of a new, Dyeus-class large destroyer to each of the new battle groups---as well as modifications of the Europe-class carriers, Han Xin-class dreadnoughts, Russia-class destroyers, and Aquae Sextae-class frigates then under construction. In order to better advocate this building program in the civilian sphere, Spriggle retired from Federation Fleet service in early 2105.
Rear Adm. Ezequiel Maner assumed command of training the new ships in March 2105, was promoted to vice admiral 23 January 2107, and was appointed operational commander of the 1st Expeditionary Fleet on 30 March. Final outfitting of the warships was completed between 22 December 2106 and 10 April 2107, when the two new battle groups, A and B, immediately embarked from Earth for Lalande 21185-A II to take on additional support craft. On the same day Battle Group C embarked from NN 3380-A II with the mission of maintaining the blockade of JP-NN 3497/Gliese 258 until the arrival of the additional battle groups, and was accompanied by the carrier, Antarctica, as auxiliary hangar space for the potential recovery of craft in the event of capital ship losses.
Elements of 1st Expeditionary Fleet assembled at JP-NN 3497/Gliese 258 on 28 April 2107; comprised of Battle Group A, senior officer Rear Adm. Maureen Douthitt, consisting of Europe (CV-005), Han Xin (DN-003), Dyeus (DL-001), Russia (D-009), Japan (D-010), Alesia (F-011), Actium (F-012), two Lancer A gunboats each armed with a 20cm laser, thirty-six Aesculapian ASM-armed strike craft, ten railgun-armed Fer-de-lance interceptors, and additional support craft for a total of sixty-nine vessels; Battle Group B, senior officer Rear Adm. Marquis Shiffer, consisting of North America (CV-006), Brennus (DN-004), Amun-Ra (DL-002), Mexico (D-011), Phillipines (D-012), Kunyang (F-013), Ikh Bayan (F-014), two Lancer A gunboats, and a craft complement nearly identical to Battle Group A for a total of sixty-nine vessels; Battle Group C, senior officer Fleet Capt. Missy Stych, consisting of Australia (CV-004), Xiang Yu (DN-002), Nigeria (D-007), Bangladesh (D-008), Aquae Sextae (F-009), Vercellae (F-010), five additional Fer-de-lance interceptors in place of a gunboat pair, and a craft complement similar to Battle Groups A and B for a total of sixty-eight vessels; and Battle Group D, senior officer Rear Adm. Elijah Excell, consisting of a nearly empty Antarctica (CV-002), Brazil (D-005), Pakistan (D-006), Julu (F-005), Cannae (F-006), and three attached support craft.
On the morning of 28 April 2107, two C/R-8 scout craft deployed through JP-NN 3497/Gliese 258, redetecting the population at Gliese 258 II and finding the jump-point undefended. Battle Groups A, B, and C flash-trasited to the system and formed Task Force 1, which set course for the inner system, leaving Battle Group D as rearguard in NN 3497.
The Battle: At 00:55, 29 April, twenty-nine 1,000-ton contacts designated Uribe were detected at a range of 182.9 million km followed by one-hundred twelve 300-ton contacts designated Monasterio nearly an hour later at similar range. The task force successfully defended against a massive missile attack believed to have orginated from the Uribes and counterattacked with long-range anti-craft missiles (ACM-LRs) and the deployment of carrier interceptors.
At 02:34 the task force detected major enemy combatants, eighteen ships in excess of 9,000 tons: two 46,000-ton Acaltes, two 27,600-ton Petaes, six 18,400-ton Olotutos, three 18,400-ton Bravos, two 18,350-ton Azetales, a 9,200-ton Zenzontle, and two 9,150-ton Aran Fawddwys observed to be in retreat. Task Force 1 successfully defended against three additional waves of missle attack before interceptors completed the destruction of the entire Uribe formation by 05:00 and then pursued the Monasterio formation until contacts were lost two hours later. Task Force 1 came under renewed missile attack, successfully defending against three massive missile waves beginning in the 07:00 hour, while task force strikecraft sortied against Iwakuni major combatants and contact with the Monasterio formation was reestablished. Beginning at 08:51 Task Force 1 detected a highly dispersed barrage of 448 missiles and initiated evasive manuevers, brought all anti-missile missiles online, and successfully engaged all incoming missiles. In the 09:00 hour Australia's strikecraft wing destroyed the Acaltes, Federation dreadnoughts and large destroyers launched ACM-LRs against the Monasterios, and Australia launched its interceptors in anticipation of completing the destruction of damaged Monasterios.
In the 10:00 hour an attack against the Bravos and Olotutos of the main enemy formation by strikecraft from Europe and North America failed with the malfunction of all missiles and dreadnought strikecraft diverted to attack the Bravos, destroying one and leaving another severely damaged. Australia's interceptors engaged the Monasterios, destroying all craft in the formation. Around 12:00 Task Force 1 began ACM-LR attacks against the remaining Bravos and strikecraft destroyed three of the Olotutos. Task force lancers sortied against the damaged Bravo and Olotuto.
At 16:04 the Federation task force detected enemy vessels, later identified as orbital battle stations, at Gliese 258-A II: four of Breton class and three of Berriozabal class. Twenty-six minutes later, Federation lancers overtook and destroyed the damaged Olotuto, and the damaged Bravo shortly thereafter, before pursuing the remainder of the Iwakuni battle group. At 17:15 an Olotuto destroyed Han Xin's pair of lancers, which had closed within range of the Olotuto's Gauss cannons, but within minutes Brennus' lancers successfully destroyed the Olotuto and all other remnants of the main Iwakuni battle group. Subsidiary formations of two Petaes, two Azetales, and two Aran Fawddys continued their retreat in the direction of Gliese 258-A II, the destination of Task Force 1.
At 02:08, 30 April, Task Force 1 came under massive, intermitent ASM attacks that would persist until nearly 10:30. At 3:35 all strikecraft squadrons were launched against the suspected battle stations at Gliese 258-A II and the Iwakuni mobile formations that had retreated towards the planet. At 4:29 AMM attack destroyed all 108 strikecraft, despite the formation's attempt to evade. At 4:40 Task Force 1 set course for Asteroid #2 in an attempt to flank Iwakuni active sensor sources protected by the battle stations at Gliese 258-A II, but later resumed course for the Iwakuni homeworld. At 6:15 Task Force 1's dreadnoughts and large destroyers launched ACM-LR attacks against Bretons 1 and 2, destroying Breton 2 at 6:44. A subsequent ACM-LR barrage targeting the Berriozabal battle stations was intercepted at 8:17. By 8:42 Iwakuni ASM attacks against the Federation task force were augmented by AMM attacks that, although successfully defended against, prompted evasive manuevers that delayed the task force's approach. By 10:59 Task Force 1 had closed within anti-craft missile (ACM) range of its destroyers, which launched attacks that destroyed two Berriozabals and damaged a third. The task force began pursuit of the six remaining Iwakuni warships and continued ACM attacks against the five remaining battle stations, destroying them by 11:12. At 11:17 Battle Group C detached from the main task force to advance on Gliese 258-A II and launched ACMs against the Petaes and Azetales, destroying one of the latter. The Lancer pair from Brennus subsequently destroyed all remaining Iwakuni warships detected by 11:51, most having been damaged by previous missile attacks. Recovery operations were conducted and the task force then dispersed into its constituent battle groups with the intention of blockading the system's jump-points.
At 14:59 a formation of forty-three new 21,500-ton contacts designated Panuco were detected for six minutes before the contacts were lost and the separate battle groups diverted to redezvouz at Gliese 258-A III, where Task Force 1 reconstituted at 21:49. With the failure of the Iwakuni mystery fleet's reappearance and no pursuit ordered, this concluded the battle.
Aftermath: Vice Adm. Manual Tanzer declined the U.N. Medal of Valor. Fleet Stars were awarded to Rear Adms. Marquis Shiffer (Brennus), Maureen Douthitt (Han Xin), Catherine Hokenson (Dyeus); Fleet Capts. Missy Stych (Australia), Jerald Desanty (Xiang Yu), Norbert Echard (Amun-Ra), Mattie Dossantos (Nigeria), Laurie Hefty (Bangladesh), Jimmie Holen (Japan), Zeng Yong Qiao (Europe), Octavio Millican (Phillipines), Mulyo Rokimah (Mexico), Darnell Norgaard (Russia); and Capt. Jayson Klinger (Australia's VF-05 interceptor squadron). Exemplary Service Crosses were awarded to Capts. Andria Frizzell, Andreas Drollinger, Marsha Rondon, Gao Ni De; Cmdr. Tanner Vandoren; and Lt. Bongani Mhaule. Gliese 258 Memorial Medals were awarded to survivors of the lost strikecraft squadrons.
Task Force 1 remained on station at Gliese 258-A III as transports conveyed the 1st and 2nd Expeditionary Divisions to Gliese 258-A II, disembarking them on 20 May 2107, where they immediately began a ground offensive. Battle Group C detached from the task force on 22 May to support the invasion, but the "May Offensive" concluded on 2 June after suffering unsustainable casualties.
Federation forces in orbit of Gliese 258-A II, eventually single battle groups as others rotated back to base, would repeatedly engage Iwakuni vessels emerging from the orbiting shipyards until Tanzer destroyed the shipyards on 6 October 2108, after Iwakuni ships attacked their own homeworld and annihalated over half of the Federation invasion force on the surface. Tanzer had been ordered to preserve the shipyards on the chance they could be converted to Federation use subsequent to pacification of the Iwakuni--- a directive maintained even after the destruction of the destroyer, Japan, on 6 June 2108---but was freed of that restriction in the wake of the catastrophic attack on Federation ground forces.
Analysis: The Battle of JP-NN 3497/Gliese 258 in 2104 was confirmed a decisive Federation victory when the elements of Task Force 1 transited the jump-point unopposed in 2107. The Iwakuni shift to a soft defense of Gliese 258 in response proved costly, as Federation technological improvements and force composition were found capable of defending against the Iwakuni offensive capabilities that had destroyed Asia and Sun Tzu in 2104.
Federation Fleet review found Vice Adm. Tanzer unculpable in the destruction of Task Force 1's strikecraft squadrons, citing fire control and ASM-SR range deficiencies as the primary contributors to the catastrophe, rather than faulty tactics or fleet doctrine. While Tanzer retained the ability to continue long-range missile engagement with the battle stations at the time he ordered the strikecraft attack, the review board recognized his desire to retain offensive flexability in the face of unknown threats; the wisdom of which was confirmed when a fleet of forty-three Iwakuni vessels was briefly detected as the battle concluded. The review board refined requirements for the next generation of strikecraft fire controls and ASM-SRs, mandating the range of the system extend beyond the apparent capability of previously encountered alien AMM systems.
Extra-Dimensional Note: This might be it for a while (or it might not). My dad died in January after many years of illness and I only finished this Encyclopedia Obsidiana excerpt because I had already started it in December and its incompletion was bothering me. My habits have been unsettled, so I haven't played Aurora much in the past several months; it was always good for multi-tasking given the turn-increment waiting sometimes involved, but I'm changed ... at least for the time being.
Maybe I start something like this again if I try #C Aurora and it hooks me (the notion of a New Encyclopedia Obsidiana is almost too amusing to let pass), but the chances I continue writing up pieces from this particular game/playthrough, even if I resume playing it, are diminished. I have notes subsequent to the Battle of Gliese 258, but I feel as if I've lost my train of thought---they were just notes---and I'm not sure that if I resume the playthrough I'll have the energy for continued note-taking.
Anyway, for those who found previous excerpts an entertaining diversion, I hope this (maybe) last satisfies too.
Battle of Gliese 258
The Battle of Gliese 258, 29-30 April 2107, was a major space engagement between the Terran Federation and the Council of Iwakuni, part of the Earth-Iwakuni War. The Federation victory established their spatial dominance of the star system and allowed Federation ground forces unopposed insertion upon the Iwakuni homeworld at Gliese 258-A II.
Fought primarily along the line between JP-Gliese 258/NN 3497 and the Iwakuni homeworld, the battle saw the destruction of major portions of the Iwakuni fleet while the Terran Federation lost 108 C/A-5-series Aesculapians, nine squadrons that comprised the entirety of the attacking task force's strikecraft complement. The battle nevertheless constituted a decisive Federation victory, as all strategic objectives were achieved and all Iwakuni ships participating in the engagement were destroyed.
Background: Planning for the Federation offensive began in earnest in December 2104, after Fleet board review of the February 2104 Battle of JP-NN 3497/Gliese 258 concluded, and after Rear Adm. Geraldine Spriggle recovered from injuries sustained in the evacuation of the destroyed Sun Tzu, when she reassumed operational command of 1st Expeditionary Fleet. Spriggle recommended expansion of the new battle groups from six to seven ships---with improvements to jump-drive technology allowing the addition of a new, Dyeus-class large destroyer to each of the new battle groups---as well as modifications of the Europe-class carriers, Han Xin-class dreadnoughts, Russia-class destroyers, and Aquae Sextae-class frigates then under construction. In order to better advocate this building program in the civilian sphere, Spriggle retired from Federation Fleet service in early 2105.
Rear Adm. Ezequiel Maner assumed command of training the new ships in March 2105, was promoted to vice admiral 23 January 2107, and was appointed operational commander of the 1st Expeditionary Fleet on 30 March. Final outfitting of the warships was completed between 22 December 2106 and 10 April 2107, when the two new battle groups, A and B, immediately embarked from Earth for Lalande 21185-A II to take on additional support craft. On the same day Battle Group C embarked from NN 3380-A II with the mission of maintaining the blockade of JP-NN 3497/Gliese 258 until the arrival of the additional battle groups, and was accompanied by the carrier, Antarctica, as auxiliary hangar space for the potential recovery of craft in the event of capital ship losses.
Elements of 1st Expeditionary Fleet assembled at JP-NN 3497/Gliese 258 on 28 April 2107; comprised of Battle Group A, senior officer Rear Adm. Maureen Douthitt, consisting of Europe (CV-005), Han Xin (DN-003), Dyeus (DL-001), Russia (D-009), Japan (D-010), Alesia (F-011), Actium (F-012), two Lancer A gunboats each armed with a 20cm laser, thirty-six Aesculapian ASM-armed strike craft, ten railgun-armed Fer-de-lance interceptors, and additional support craft for a total of sixty-nine vessels; Battle Group B, senior officer Rear Adm. Marquis Shiffer, consisting of North America (CV-006), Brennus (DN-004), Amun-Ra (DL-002), Mexico (D-011), Phillipines (D-012), Kunyang (F-013), Ikh Bayan (F-014), two Lancer A gunboats, and a craft complement nearly identical to Battle Group A for a total of sixty-nine vessels; Battle Group C, senior officer Fleet Capt. Missy Stych, consisting of Australia (CV-004), Xiang Yu (DN-002), Nigeria (D-007), Bangladesh (D-008), Aquae Sextae (F-009), Vercellae (F-010), five additional Fer-de-lance interceptors in place of a gunboat pair, and a craft complement similar to Battle Groups A and B for a total of sixty-eight vessels; and Battle Group D, senior officer Rear Adm. Elijah Excell, consisting of a nearly empty Antarctica (CV-002), Brazil (D-005), Pakistan (D-006), Julu (F-005), Cannae (F-006), and three attached support craft.
On the morning of 28 April 2107, two C/R-8 scout craft deployed through JP-NN 3497/Gliese 258, redetecting the population at Gliese 258 II and finding the jump-point undefended. Battle Groups A, B, and C flash-trasited to the system and formed Task Force 1, which set course for the inner system, leaving Battle Group D as rearguard in NN 3497.
The Battle: At 00:55, 29 April, twenty-nine 1,000-ton contacts designated Uribe were detected at a range of 182.9 million km followed by one-hundred twelve 300-ton contacts designated Monasterio nearly an hour later at similar range. The task force successfully defended against a massive missile attack believed to have orginated from the Uribes and counterattacked with long-range anti-craft missiles (ACM-LRs) and the deployment of carrier interceptors.
At 02:34 the task force detected major enemy combatants, eighteen ships in excess of 9,000 tons: two 46,000-ton Acaltes, two 27,600-ton Petaes, six 18,400-ton Olotutos, three 18,400-ton Bravos, two 18,350-ton Azetales, a 9,200-ton Zenzontle, and two 9,150-ton Aran Fawddwys observed to be in retreat. Task Force 1 successfully defended against three additional waves of missle attack before interceptors completed the destruction of the entire Uribe formation by 05:00 and then pursued the Monasterio formation until contacts were lost two hours later. Task Force 1 came under renewed missile attack, successfully defending against three massive missile waves beginning in the 07:00 hour, while task force strikecraft sortied against Iwakuni major combatants and contact with the Monasterio formation was reestablished. Beginning at 08:51 Task Force 1 detected a highly dispersed barrage of 448 missiles and initiated evasive manuevers, brought all anti-missile missiles online, and successfully engaged all incoming missiles. In the 09:00 hour Australia's strikecraft wing destroyed the Acaltes, Federation dreadnoughts and large destroyers launched ACM-LRs against the Monasterios, and Australia launched its interceptors in anticipation of completing the destruction of damaged Monasterios.
In the 10:00 hour an attack against the Bravos and Olotutos of the main enemy formation by strikecraft from Europe and North America failed with the malfunction of all missiles and dreadnought strikecraft diverted to attack the Bravos, destroying one and leaving another severely damaged. Australia's interceptors engaged the Monasterios, destroying all craft in the formation. Around 12:00 Task Force 1 began ACM-LR attacks against the remaining Bravos and strikecraft destroyed three of the Olotutos. Task force lancers sortied against the damaged Bravo and Olotuto.
At 16:04 the Federation task force detected enemy vessels, later identified as orbital battle stations, at Gliese 258-A II: four of Breton class and three of Berriozabal class. Twenty-six minutes later, Federation lancers overtook and destroyed the damaged Olotuto, and the damaged Bravo shortly thereafter, before pursuing the remainder of the Iwakuni battle group. At 17:15 an Olotuto destroyed Han Xin's pair of lancers, which had closed within range of the Olotuto's Gauss cannons, but within minutes Brennus' lancers successfully destroyed the Olotuto and all other remnants of the main Iwakuni battle group. Subsidiary formations of two Petaes, two Azetales, and two Aran Fawddys continued their retreat in the direction of Gliese 258-A II, the destination of Task Force 1.
At 02:08, 30 April, Task Force 1 came under massive, intermitent ASM attacks that would persist until nearly 10:30. At 3:35 all strikecraft squadrons were launched against the suspected battle stations at Gliese 258-A II and the Iwakuni mobile formations that had retreated towards the planet. At 4:29 AMM attack destroyed all 108 strikecraft, despite the formation's attempt to evade. At 4:40 Task Force 1 set course for Asteroid #2 in an attempt to flank Iwakuni active sensor sources protected by the battle stations at Gliese 258-A II, but later resumed course for the Iwakuni homeworld. At 6:15 Task Force 1's dreadnoughts and large destroyers launched ACM-LR attacks against Bretons 1 and 2, destroying Breton 2 at 6:44. A subsequent ACM-LR barrage targeting the Berriozabal battle stations was intercepted at 8:17. By 8:42 Iwakuni ASM attacks against the Federation task force were augmented by AMM attacks that, although successfully defended against, prompted evasive manuevers that delayed the task force's approach. By 10:59 Task Force 1 had closed within anti-craft missile (ACM) range of its destroyers, which launched attacks that destroyed two Berriozabals and damaged a third. The task force began pursuit of the six remaining Iwakuni warships and continued ACM attacks against the five remaining battle stations, destroying them by 11:12. At 11:17 Battle Group C detached from the main task force to advance on Gliese 258-A II and launched ACMs against the Petaes and Azetales, destroying one of the latter. The Lancer pair from Brennus subsequently destroyed all remaining Iwakuni warships detected by 11:51, most having been damaged by previous missile attacks. Recovery operations were conducted and the task force then dispersed into its constituent battle groups with the intention of blockading the system's jump-points.
At 14:59 a formation of forty-three new 21,500-ton contacts designated Panuco were detected for six minutes before the contacts were lost and the separate battle groups diverted to redezvouz at Gliese 258-A III, where Task Force 1 reconstituted at 21:49. With the failure of the Iwakuni mystery fleet's reappearance and no pursuit ordered, this concluded the battle.
Aftermath: Vice Adm. Manual Tanzer declined the U.N. Medal of Valor. Fleet Stars were awarded to Rear Adms. Marquis Shiffer (Brennus), Maureen Douthitt (Han Xin), Catherine Hokenson (Dyeus); Fleet Capts. Missy Stych (Australia), Jerald Desanty (Xiang Yu), Norbert Echard (Amun-Ra), Mattie Dossantos (Nigeria), Laurie Hefty (Bangladesh), Jimmie Holen (Japan), Zeng Yong Qiao (Europe), Octavio Millican (Phillipines), Mulyo Rokimah (Mexico), Darnell Norgaard (Russia); and Capt. Jayson Klinger (Australia's VF-05 interceptor squadron). Exemplary Service Crosses were awarded to Capts. Andria Frizzell, Andreas Drollinger, Marsha Rondon, Gao Ni De; Cmdr. Tanner Vandoren; and Lt. Bongani Mhaule. Gliese 258 Memorial Medals were awarded to survivors of the lost strikecraft squadrons.
Task Force 1 remained on station at Gliese 258-A III as transports conveyed the 1st and 2nd Expeditionary Divisions to Gliese 258-A II, disembarking them on 20 May 2107, where they immediately began a ground offensive. Battle Group C detached from the task force on 22 May to support the invasion, but the "May Offensive" concluded on 2 June after suffering unsustainable casualties.
Federation forces in orbit of Gliese 258-A II, eventually single battle groups as others rotated back to base, would repeatedly engage Iwakuni vessels emerging from the orbiting shipyards until Tanzer destroyed the shipyards on 6 October 2108, after Iwakuni ships attacked their own homeworld and annihalated over half of the Federation invasion force on the surface. Tanzer had been ordered to preserve the shipyards on the chance they could be converted to Federation use subsequent to pacification of the Iwakuni--- a directive maintained even after the destruction of the destroyer, Japan, on 6 June 2108---but was freed of that restriction in the wake of the catastrophic attack on Federation ground forces.
Analysis: The Battle of JP-NN 3497/Gliese 258 in 2104 was confirmed a decisive Federation victory when the elements of Task Force 1 transited the jump-point unopposed in 2107. The Iwakuni shift to a soft defense of Gliese 258 in response proved costly, as Federation technological improvements and force composition were found capable of defending against the Iwakuni offensive capabilities that had destroyed Asia and Sun Tzu in 2104.
Federation Fleet review found Vice Adm. Tanzer unculpable in the destruction of Task Force 1's strikecraft squadrons, citing fire control and ASM-SR range deficiencies as the primary contributors to the catastrophe, rather than faulty tactics or fleet doctrine. While Tanzer retained the ability to continue long-range missile engagement with the battle stations at the time he ordered the strikecraft attack, the review board recognized his desire to retain offensive flexability in the face of unknown threats; the wisdom of which was confirmed when a fleet of forty-three Iwakuni vessels was briefly detected as the battle concluded. The review board refined requirements for the next generation of strikecraft fire controls and ASM-SRs, mandating the range of the system extend beyond the apparent capability of previously encountered alien AMM systems.
Extra-Dimensional Note: This might be it for a while (or it might not). My dad died in January after many years of illness and I only finished this Encyclopedia Obsidiana excerpt because I had already started it in December and its incompletion was bothering me. My habits have been unsettled, so I haven't played Aurora much in the past several months; it was always good for multi-tasking given the turn-increment waiting sometimes involved, but I'm changed ... at least for the time being.
Maybe I start something like this again if I try #C Aurora and it hooks me (the notion of a New Encyclopedia Obsidiana is almost too amusing to let pass), but the chances I continue writing up pieces from this particular game/playthrough, even if I resume playing it, are diminished. I have notes subsequent to the Battle of Gliese 258, but I feel as if I've lost my train of thought---they were just notes---and I'm not sure that if I resume the playthrough I'll have the energy for continued note-taking.
Anyway, for those who found previous excerpts an entertaining diversion, I hope this (maybe) last satisfies too.