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8th October | | First Battle of Arae 41 |
Leaked Report Document
After Action Report of the First Battle of Arae 41Report prepared by Operations Commander Rear Admiral (Lower Half) Vincent Weirich
ObjectivesEarth Fleet 2 (EF2) consisting of three warships from Earth Fleet
- CVL Asine, FFG Alexandria - , FFG Dundee - Captain Isabella Senn
i) EF2 is to enter Arae 41 system and to establish the location from the various Earth Vessel wrecks, EF2 is to engage any hostile vessels near these wrecks, so a recovery team can be brought in to extract the vessels and the vital technology data.
ii) Since Arae 41 is a binary system the zone of operation is in the parent system only and keeping close the the jump gate back to Delta Pavonis.
iii) If time is available the recovery group will analysis Alien wreck to source any additional information.
Action EF2 jumped into 41 Arae space at 29th September 2109 01:01:26, sensor sweeps were conducted before proceeding but no hostile contact were found, EF then proceeded to the nearest wreck Survey Vessel Walter Sydney Adams.
A thermal contact was established at 8th October 2109 01:31:26, this contact appeared as Ranjiit 001 on our computer logs, the same vessel which attacked and destroyed the WUF WSA. The target was very close at 837,000kms from EF2.
Fighters were immediately scrambled and missile system to engage Ranjiit 001
14 SeaDart Missiles were launched in the first wave to ascertain the enemies missile defence capabilities, as the first series of SeaDart Missiles impacted on the hull of the alien vessel, two things were note a) zero missile defence and b) the missile had no impact on the armour, but this was expected as these missile were designed for anti-missile use.
A series of Earthraper missiles from the alien ship were countered with our new CIWS-160v2 systems and all missile were destroyed.
As commander I requested the fighter squadrons intercept the target and requested the two FFG to launch the GSLAM missiles.
All 8 GLSAM missiles capable of a grade 13 nuclear explosion impacted on the enemy vessel, large sections of the ship were exposed as great chunks were shredded from the vessel. The vessel did not deviate from it intercept course but there was a definite slow down perhaps the destruction cause issues with it main engines.
Another wave of missiles from the enemy vessel was counted by our CIWS systems. Charlie squadron was approaching firing range, the enemies vessel missile batteries turned its attention to these fighters, although many missiles missed its target, Goblin 29 was hit by a single missile which tore the ship apart, Lieutenant Commander Shibukji Wakana and a mortally wounded ship mate made it to the Lifepod, no other survivors. they were retrieved soon after this fight.
Charlie Squadron engaged the target, the result of which destroyed the enemy vessel instantly on the first pass. Charlie and Delta squadron ordered to return to base.
I then ordered the fleet to continue on it previous course, at 10th October 2109 13:26:01 we again received another thermal reading.
One Chakra class vessel and Shardul class vessel, these ship information has been past onto our intelligence personnel for further investigation into our sensory logs.
Charka Class - capable of 5754 km/s, Thermal Signature of 800, ECM strength of 50
Shardul class - capable of 5754 km/s, Thermal Signature of 800, ECM strength of 50
These vessel were spotted a fair distance from our Fleet at 72m km away, perhaps the Ranjiit 001 was powered down and that was the reason for the late sensor detection.
Even though our GSlam missiles have the range for this distance, the Aliens countermeasures stopped us performing a lock on, at 54m km we were able to fire out missiles, each FFG given a different target.
32 GSlam missiles and 8 Seasprite missiles were fired in the first wave, we also received the enemies missiles inbound, since the enemy fired first we can assume they had greater missile and electronic technology.
We dealt with the enemy missiles easily with our point defence systems, our first missiles impacted at 11th October 2109 01:28:51, although a number was destroyed by their point defense system. The first wave took out the Charka.
The Shardul although hit and damaged continue on vector, I then released the fighter for an intercept course, we were out of GSlam missiles, but had a few Seasprites and a numbre of SeaDarts we then fired at the vessel.
The lack of GSlam missiles was mainly due to lack of Earth stocks but also limited magazine space.
Delta Squadron eventually engaged the Shardul and destroyed it on the first pass, during this time a sneaky missile slipped past our CIWS and hit the CVL Asine, although no major damage was noted at the shields took the majority of the brunt.
No further threats were engaged and EF2 is holding station as Recovery group one moves into position. Due to no GSlam missiles we are at limited capacity and request to retire to Earth to obtain more missile we will hold station a few days to make sure the coast is clear for Recovery Group 1