On April 14th 2070 we finally made our second foray into the infested system of Van Biesbroeck. It had been nearly a decade since we lost our entire fleet and have since then dedicated almost all capacity to rebuilding. This time with 5 brand new 45 kT battleships and 8 15 kT escort cruisers with a small set of 3 7,5 kT beam frigates to hunt down stragglers. Entering the system confirmed previous reports that the fleet was sitting idle on the main planet, but not defenseless at all.
AMM systems seem to have been depleted since no nuclear contacts could be detected before impact, before their PD systems were still intact and highly efficient. No breaches could be detected even with total salvos of 100 missiles. Fire power was simply not enough, so the fleet was ordered to return to home base while a new set of offensive missile destroyers has begun development. Fortunately, our defensive systems proved their worth as we did not lose a single ship and only one battleship took structural damage. The hostile still possessed medium range missile systems, whose approximate range has now been estimated to 40-50 m km.
In other news we have uncovered our second anomaly in Ross 780. A destroyed outpost has been detected and a Sensors and Control Systems anomaly providing a 60% bonus. Unfortunately, the planet is extremely heavy with a gravity of 2,74, so we will need to build orbital habitats on site. Xeno archeology teams have already been dispatched.
Numerous deep space colonization options have been detected, though Van Biesbrock still has priority. We can't start sending people out there with such an enemy uncontested.
