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Post by Armedes on May 6, 2006 11:37:10 GMT -5
As soon as the war started, a TED fleet (composed of 20 super-caps and 80 caps) dropped out of hyperspace just beyond the range of Halo Empire's Tri-base group and has begun bombardment. Upon dropping out of hyperspace, the assault carriers in this hidden TED fleet deployed their full complement of fighters and bombers. 35 wings of fighters and 18 wings of bombers have commenced bombing on the fortress worlds.
10 Heavy Cruisers and 10 Battleships are moving into bombardment formation, edging within range of the battle-stations' main cannons. Dropships have entered the Halo artifact's atmosphere to engage land forces.
As the TED fleet warped into the system and began their attack, the COMCON detected that the Halo Empire was in L3, having just departed K2. The Halo Empire armada has been notified of the attack.
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Post by Halo Empire on May 6, 2006 12:05:40 GMT -5
That PUNK if he thinks that I will surrender because of that he is dearly mistaken. If Halo falls I will continue to fight. Sniff….A tear drop comes out of his eye. Okay Have halo and the three fortress worlds launch fighters.
Have all fleets in O9 move to O10 and engage the 5th and 6th FDS Fleets that Sigma has. Have the battle ships and the super battle ships in front followed by every thing else. Have fighters deploy and engage enemy fighters.
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Post by BreenCardassianDominion on May 6, 2006 12:22:32 GMT -5
Well I only have one thing to say. Good plan by TED. I did not see that coming.
OKAY I am sending all my ships to E12 and attack the TED and the TD fleets. I will have my more powerful ships in front followed by weaker ships. All fighter will be deployed.
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Post by Terrian Dominion on May 6, 2006 12:58:57 GMT -5
The joint fleets at E12 will deploy fighters. All battle ships will move to the front followed by carriers.
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Post by Sigma Dome on May 6, 2006 13:39:00 GMT -5
Wait - is Halo in L3 or O9? If L3, bring the 4th Talycan Fleet to the front, and move the 4th, 5th, and 6th to O9, with 50% fighters patrolling. If O9 attacking O10, bring the 3rd and 4th fleets to the line. Everything from the VFs to the VA/Bs is launched, with the bombers carrying entirely anticapship loads, and 5% of the fighters with the same. FAST packs are deployed on 25% of the units. The New Macross carriers are transforming and preparing to bring their main guns to bear. The defense satellites (whatever good they do) and the point defense systems are all activated. And, the populace knows we're at war. I'm assuming they can't attack Talyca itself yet, since I have two fleets interposed, but if I'm wrong, say so
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Post by Terran Dominion Empire on May 6, 2006 14:51:56 GMT -5
Halo is in K2.
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Post by Armedes on May 6, 2006 16:21:08 GMT -5
Err... this is getting complex, so bear with me here.
HE armada is in N6 en route to Sigma Dome, will arrive next turn. Sigma Dome's 4th, 5th and 6th fleets, all classified as heavy fleets, are entrenching in the path of HE Armada, with the other 3 known fleets increasing scout patrols and guarding Talycia. Scout patrols to region p10 are not reporting in.
Starfleet Assault Force one leaves it's entrenchments as a fallback position and repositions battleships in forefront. Carriers will move to back of formation behind entrenchments, deploying fighters. BCD Armadas, with their superior numbers, rush Starfleet lines with Battleships in front. (OOC: I love super-cap to super-cap battles). BCD 2nd armada is attempting to flank Starfleet lines to get to the Carriers in back. Heavy cruisers are primarily anti-fighter, so the Starfleet Heavy cruisers have activated their Point Defense systems and are tracking on the incoming BCD fighters. Since both fleets were moving at the time of engagement, battleship fighting will occur next round. The Destroyers on both sides have unleashed torpedo volleys, destroying 5 assault carriers, 2 destroyers on Starfleet side and 4 destroyers on BCD side. Since both sides only have deployed fighters, dogfights are going on between the two fleets. The Starfleet's superior numbers in fighters is slowly beginning to show.
TED fleet Last Hope continues to engage Halo's Tri-base group, which has started deploying fighter cover. Halo Battlestations have primed their mac cannons and have begun firing back at the Super-Caps in TED fleet. One Battle-station is severely damaged, estimated 50% loss of personnel. Mac Cannon and point defense systems still operating, however, just with a slower loading. Mac projectiles have destroyed one TED battleship and severely damaged 3 others and 2 heavy cruisers. TED landing craft are encountering heavy anti-air fire, with an average 10% casualty rate. Two Sigma Dome task-forces (consider it one fleet) have decloaked above and behind Halo Empire's Tri-base group, sending out a strange class of fighter. It transforms into a small mech and latches onto Halo's battle stations. It then begins burrowing into the hull, venting atmosphere and severing electronics (Note: Halo, you have an excellent chance here for creative thinking. Extra points for something I haven't thought of yet. Let this go, though, and you risk losing your home system. Your armada is too far away for much help.)
In Sigma Dome space, two Halo fleets have just dropped out of slipspace and have flanked the Defending Sigman fleets, circumventing their defense satellites. The Halo fleets are primarily anti-fighter, as they have mostly Cruisers and Heavy Cruisers. Sigma's sorties with anti-cap ship bombers are having limited success, with 2 Heavy cruisers out of commision and 5 cruisers. Sigma fighter/bomber forces suffering a 30% casualty rate. Halo Empire's fighter forces are similarly suffering, being that there were so few to begin with. 10 flights of fighters and 8 wings of anti-fighter corvettes have been reduced to 9 flights of fighters and 8 wings of corvettes. Point defense systems on the domes are out of range, therefore are just passively tracking Halo fighters and corvettes. Sigman dreadnaughts are ponderously bringing their main batteries to bay, it will take one turn before the time of the crapping of the HE's pants. Halo's few battleships are firing at Sigman Dreadnaughts.
OOC: Halo, you shouldn't have revealed your fleet so quick, hehe. You could have finished Sigma off when your main armada came into play. Ah well.
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Post by Terran Dominion Empire on May 6, 2006 16:44:10 GMT -5
I am ordering all TAC bombers in the Last Hope fleet to attack the MAC guns. As soon as they are destroyed all ships will move in lose and destroy the damaged fortress world. All ground forces on Halo are ordered to engage the anti-aircraft weapons and to start to deploy sleeping gas. As soon as a section of the enemy forces are put to sleep ground forces will attack there.
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Post by Halo Empire on May 6, 2006 17:09:28 GMT -5
Have the fortress worlds start beaming down reinforcement on Halo. Have the fleets on the west side of Sigma’s fleet increase the attack. Have the fleets that flanked Sigma’s position start attacking the Macros ships. If they have to smash ships into them. Have the main fleet charge into them with all fighters deployed. Leave none of the Sigma Domes fleet alive. If Sigma Domes fleet retreats do not pursue just reorganize the lines.
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Post by BreenCardassianDominion on May 6, 2006 17:10:56 GMT -5
Send more ships to 2nd armada and break through the Federations line. Leave none of them alive.
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Post by Terrian Dominion on May 6, 2006 17:29:56 GMT -5
Desperate times call for desperate measures. Have all lines push. Have 50 of the ships break off the attack and retreat to F11. This will be called the retreat fleet. Send more ships to reinforce the place were the BCD fleet is pushing.
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Post by armedes on May 6, 2006 21:06:50 GMT -5
Dangerous strategy Terrian, but it's your call. 2nd BCD Armada flanks Starfleet lines, with 3rd pushing TD and 1st pushing TED. The Starfleet force breaks into TD and TED sections. Your armadas are now surrounded, completely, each one separated from the other by a skirmish line of BCD capital ships. The 2nd BCD armada has come within range of your mines and autoguns, causing severe damage. Combined with your Battleships and the mined area, BCD Armada 2's super-cap group is suffering approximately 50% casualties, losing major systems on 10 Battleships in the same amount of minutes. Retreat fleet pulls away from the 2nd BCD fleet and is holding station outside the massed formation, bombarding the BCD fleet. You might want to break out soon, TD and TED, or your fleets will be decimated.
Halo Empire's damaged battle-station is destroyed, debris making it a dangerous environment for fighter groups. Halo Empire's fighter flights are in a stalemate with those of TED, neither winning nor losing, just surviving. Last Hope landers have established beachheads on Halo and are advancing on Halo Empire positions. (OOC: Can I bring in the flood? Please? It would be most fun!) Battle-stations are waiting for a lull in the fight to start beaming down reinforcements, but the sheilds are the only thing preventing them from being destroyed by the Last Hope fleet, which has retreated past the range of the Mac Cannon and using hit and run tactics against the battle-stations. The re-aiming of the Mac Cannon is taking too long. Some fighter flights have taken to ramming the enemy ships in the command center to destroy them, with some success. Communication lost with the 3 TED battleships and numerous smaller frigates. TED Heavy cruisers are protecting the main fleet from the fighter kamikazes. The Sigman units on the hulls of the battle-stations are eating through the bulkheads and venting more and more of the station to vaccuum. Main communications in the battle-stations are down, they are relying on emergency systems. Sigman units are heading towards the engines and power supply units.
(OOC: I waited for Sigma dome to post new orders for his fleet, because he is getting beat up, but I don't want to try everyone else's patience, therefore I will strategize for him. Note I am not taking sides, just keeping things fair.)
Halo Empire's main armada and the Coalition armadas come into play now. The 5th, 6th and 4th Sigman heavy fleets, entrenched in HE and Coalition's path, have opened fire with their dreadnaughts and the massive amounts of bombers they can field with their Fleet Carriers. 1st Coalition Armada, leading the assault on Sigma Dome, has suffered massive casualties from the first attack from the entrenched Sigman fleet and their mines and autoguns, but has cleared the way. 1st coalition Armada is now known as 1st Coalition Fleet, due to the massive loss of ships and personnel. 2nd Coalition armada has engaged 4th and 5th Sigman heavy fleets, using frigates to harass the Dreadnaughts, which are out of action to re-aim. HE armada has engaged 6th Sigman heavy fleet head on, using frigates to ram Fleet Carriers. 3 Sigman Fleet Carriers are heavily damages, 2 lost communications and 1 Dreadnaught is destroyed. 3 Sigman Dreadnaughts are lightly damaged, however their main batteries are still operational. Halo Empire's Fleet Carriers have launched fighters to counteract the bombers from Sigma Dome and the HE Dreadnaughts are positioning themselves to attack Sigman Dreadnaughts and Fleet Carriers. (Diagnosis: Sigma Dome's fleet is losing ground and ships. Situation dire.)
Near Talycia though, Sigman forces are winning. 1st, 2nd and 3rd FDS fleets are engaging the two HE fleets. Dreadnaughts from the three fleets are decimating the super-caps of the HE fleets, losses in HE fleets estimated around 30%. Fleet carriers have deployed overwhelming fighter cover, slowly and steadily reaming through HE fighters. HE's heavy cruisers are preventing bomber attacks, however the Dreadnaughts are targeting the Heavy cruisers and knocking them out of commision one by one. Dreadnaughts are out of range of the Heavy cruisers.
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Post by Sigma Dome on May 6, 2006 21:11:04 GMT -5
{EDIT}You pretty much called it - although you messed w/ my fleet distribution a bit ... Orders to follow Next time, though, if you see I'm online, wait for me to dig my own grave, K? I was typing while you posted that ...{/EDIT}
I am having a VERY bad day. Both fleets are fully engaged, and there is SOMETHING in P10 (maybe)
Desparate times call for desparate measures. We cannot let the enemy fleet get closer to Talyca, but they won't be stopped by destroyed fleets ... have the fleets fall back somewhat to recombine their forces and concentrate their effort. As they retreat (assuming the other two fleets can handle it - your info is kinda vague) have the 3rd Talycan meet them and aid in the defense. Also, all ships are authorized to use all weaponry without restriction - now's the time to dump those nuclear anticapships they've been saving for a rainy day, assuming they haven't already. Pinpoint barrier priority is given to deflect enemy capships on a ramming course. Also, the helmsmen should be prepared to blunt the attack (i.e. turn so that the enemy capship takes out the arm instead of the core of a transformed New Macross ship).
Also, have the domes begin the deintegration-from-planet process. Should the defense be routed, it would be wise to evacuate and fast.
Have the fighters in Halo continue the attack. Have the stealth carriers ready for immediate pickup ...
I wish now that I had taken a more offensive stance ... ah well, that's in the past now ...
((OOC: approximately how long between each tick? I don't want to miss another - also, use Talycan instead of Sigman as an adjective - it sounds more natural IMHO - unless Sigman works better for you))
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Post by Terran Dominion Empire on May 6, 2006 21:28:47 GMT -5
You can bring in the flood I wont mind. :?
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Post by Halo Empire on May 6, 2006 21:40:01 GMT -5
Have the main Coalition and Halo fleets break through all lines and get to the two fleets near Talycia. At the same time have the fleets at Talycia disengage and move toward the main fleet.
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