When the Confederate forces had entered the system and dropped their bombs, they found Galactica wasnt playing around. A full third of their ships where weapons ready. Gravity Well Emitters activated, spinning hundreds of mines into each other, and back at the hyper exit point. Simultanously, they had all launched standoff missles at the same point. Over 3000 Standoff missles headed towards the exit point, systems set to go to standby should go ships not arrive, or to explode if they did. Ships did arrive, at which point 400 EMP warheads smashed enemy shields, and blinded their sensors. 800 Gravitonic warheads exploded right in the midst of the enemt fleet, smashing ships into each other. 1800 antimatter warheads exploded everywhere, causing even more disruption and damage. Over 100 ships blew up in seconds. Seconds later over 6000 missles smashed into the enemy, aimed by the ships which had been inactive when the Ravens had entered the system, and which had powered up their weapons straight away. 300 Confederate ships where shortly blown up, even more missles sortly behind.
On Emalghia, High Admiral Nera, recently assigned, looked over the tactival data. Several new ships, obviously not of Confederate design had been noticed. Who they where was unknown, never having been seen by Galactica before. Whoever they where however, they were helping the Confederates. They would be warned, but their attack was unprovoked. Scores of their smaller ships had been destroyed in the initial barrage, unnoticed.
A signal went out to them:
'Unknown ships, we do not know who you are, or why you help the Confederates. We do not know what they have told you, but know they are traitors. They came to power in this galaxy when our fleet died defending against the Prylak, and they have killed billions of innocent civilians, without provocation. We have no quarrel with you, but we will defend ourselves.'
High Admiral Nera ordered the planets and moons missle silos to open fire at that point. Hundreds of missles smashed into the Confederate fleet from yet another point.
The Confederates closed to the Galactica fleet through heavy bombardment, obviously unprepared for the sheer size of the missle barrages. By the time the Confederate fleet had closed to close weaposn range, Galactcia actually outnumbered them. With missle volleys of over 9000 missles, hundreds of ships had been destroyed in single volleys. The Confederates had found that 1500 ships where capable of a lot of damage, especially when they could get thousand missle volleys off repeatedly.
But then the Confederates where among the Galactica fleet. It was at that point the Confederates found what the gyroscope missle could do. Missles that appeared to go past the enemy, turned round and smashed up the Confederates rear. The close quarters meant Galactica ships took damage from their own missles, and scores of ships went up quickly. The Confederates then found that being in primary weapons range of a Galactica ship exploding meant they got caught in the massive antimatter explosions.
The Confederates might still beat the mobile force in the system, but the 3 large missle silos on the planets delivered a lot of firepower, and the battlestations with their gravity wells caused even more. That still left the normal fixed defences, which the Confederates had ignored.
OOC:For everyones information, the missle numbers are fair(actually a bit low), and I've counted every confederate ship as being able to take a large capital ships damage, despite most of them not being so. People underestimate missles because they're only ever shot off singly in EVO, whereas Galactica goes for the volley approach. A single Missle Frigate can get enough missles off in a single volley to severly damage any ship.Galactica would be able to get several volleys off before the Feds could close(especially when they're moving away), and I've acted as if they only got one or two off. Attacking that amount of Galactica ships without a proper battle plan is a good way to lose. If you still disagree, I'll work out proper calculations to show you what I mean.
OOC2:For the Sijak, I want Rima to respond, since she hasnt even talked to Galactica, and has only heard the Feds side of the story.
OOC3:I've just noticed the Confederate forces in Eta Cassiopea couldn't have gotten the Disruption Web to the Milky Way, the route being blocked by Galactica. If you could somehow, you managed to install it in a single post, although you where already doing 2 researches, and another upgrade at the same time.
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(Message to:Raiek)
(From:Galactica)
The Confederates have launched an attack upon us, in large numbers. We suggest you take the oppertunity to secure your access to this galaxy.
(Message Ends)
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At the Diplomatic station in Eta Cassiopea, Galactcia sent a message to the Tribunal repreasentatives:
'While we did not like your method of approaching us in the Milky Way recently, we would like to talk, and discuss technology exchanges. We look forward to future cooperation and trade.'
A message to the Skraine went out also:
'We would like to further trade between us, and we invite you to set up trading outposts in our systems. We would also like to talk about using your merchant hulls to trade our goods in Confederate space. We would both benefit far more than they could.'
OOC4:Shade, Galactica's only colonised the named systems, not the others, so dont worry.
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An ipgrade of Galacticas Support Cruiser is begun, so that it may be possible to carry the heavier Missle Defence Drones. ETA:4 posts
Heavy Beam Cruiser ETA: 14 posts
Hyperspace Carrier ETA: 4 posts
OOC5:Any disagreements with my post, please talk to me without swearing, or anything similar. Also, please note my signature.
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If someone makes a mistake, it is not my fault. I will however use it to my advantage.
