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An SI in the Concordat - GhostRider's Revenants (Battletech CYOA)Rev.2

Ok that does look decent. 10k cargo should be decent enough for spare parts, ammo, and general supplies and its got enough guns as long as it does not meet any real oppostion it can just gut transports. Though if one accidently jumps to close to a enemy warship... What system you use to make it?

Is another fellow (Adventwolf) that designed it for me. The doctrine is to jump with another jump in the LF and another jump plot already inserted in the nav computer. But, if they emerge near - at combat range - of a ready warship, they are f***d, no surprise. Are the risks of any raider, after all. With luck, they can launch one or two nuke-tipped missiles at the adversary before death. I bet that taurians been taurians, at least one tube is loaded with special ammo, just in case.
 
Is another fellow (Adventwolf) that designed it for me. The doctrine is to jump with another jump in the LF and another jump plot already inserted in the nav computer. But, if they emerge near - at combat range - of a ready warship, they are f***d, no surprise. Are the risks of any raider, after all. With luck, they can launch one or two nuke-tipped missiles at the adversary before death. I bet that taurians been taurians, at least one tube is loaded with special ammo, just in case.
Bigger question will each ship go after a different clan or paired off and rove back and forth killing what they find and maybe back tracking? Be funny to find the homeworlds and launch some radioactives on a ballistic course at them...
 
The plan - for now - is to patrol the Exodus Road, something about 1000LY long, and hit any targets of opportunity. That is more than 30 jumps if is a straight line. To defend each, the clans need to deploy a big part of their warship fleet there, greatly reducing the number of warships available in the invasion. Because they also need some in the homeworlds - the relations are not so good between then, after all, and many are in deep storage, that is going to be fun.
Not even counting what the damage in the first months of operations is going to be.
 
Chapter 90
While handling orders management for both the Draconis Combine - which had just placed an order for 50 Jenner JR9-TC3 (DHS, EndoSteel, Ferro-Fibrous, 4 ML, 1x SRM4 Streak and CASE), and the Federated Commonwealth, amidst the various requests from mercenary forces came one from an old acquaintance.


Grayson Carlyle, the leader of the Grey Death Legion, had an irresistible proposal.


The GDL had suffered badly in several hard fights against the Jade Falcons, and needed urgently some advanced equipment to rebuild its forces. Knowing that it could not match the volume of orders (and their priority) from the major nations and bigger mercenary groups, and as such, being right at the middle or end of the list to receive upgrades / replacements, it proposed that in exchange for some of its stock of Clan hardware, obtained at great cost on the battlefield and which was to all intents and purposes impossible for it to maintain, he could get a line of credit for our most advanced equipment with top priority to delivery.






Even though we all had received the Wolf's Dragoons' datacore, the info in it was some 35 years old and perhaps a bit too much Wolf oriented. What Carlyle offered were examples of current equipment from the Jade Falcons, another Clan. Not that I believed that it was going to be much different, but some differences in models and preferences were always possible. Even though in the agreements signed in Outreach, it was defined that the Concordat would receive Clan technology samples, it was clear that this would not be one of the priorities of either the Federated Commonwealth or the Draconis Combine, they would more than probably keep said samples to themselves for their companies to analyze first. The FRR, would hand theirs over to the Earth forces as expected, since they were the ones who had put troops on the ground to help them.






After a quick conversation with Kamea as she was after all the other partner in the CHI company , we decided to satisfy Carlyle's order.


This matter led me to have a conversation with Edward, regarding precisely how to obtain technology from the Clans.


It was decided, that even though the Taurian Concordat would not officially send forces, a volunteer brigade would be created from carefully selected elements of the TDF, that would act under the guise of a mercenary unit and whose goal would be to obtain Clan hardware and secondarily gain experience fighting them outside of training with the Wolf's Dragoons.






But, soon the politics and prejudice ugly head raised again. Even with the last decades of good relations between the Concordat and the Commonwealth, very few in the Taurian Armed Forces considered the option of serving under the Federated Commonwealth orders and since the Combine didn't have a good reputation with mercenaries, we were in a stalemate. The Taurians didn't accept less than independent command and full salvage rights, something the Kuritans were against on principle. Also, to guarantee that said force was not subject to limited access to supplies, something that mercenaries were always exposed to the Taurians needed to provide almost all of the needs of such force and that greatly expanded the supply train. The conclusion was to only a full TDF Task Force, with WarShip support would fit the bill. In the end, with all disguise left out, three full TDF Brigades with WarShips support and a large supply train was organized. For interaction with the Kuritans, both accepted to use the same protocols and rights that the old SLDF had when operation in the Houses territories, that have been dig up by the DCMS archivists. A Liaison Officer was accepted, but to ensure coordination and communication services with the DCMS and DCA and with no controlling power.






In Coromodir, the negotiations with Iran Technologies ended without any accord. While their presence represented an expansion on the industrial capabilities of the province, the conditions that the Irians requested were not acceptable for Kamea. They also didn't accept that everyone and everything needed to pass the very demanding vetting process that the Kamea security forces had.


Part of the problem, was that the Irians still thought that they were in the dominant position, and that the local rules were going to roll over themselves to have their industries on the local planets, and getting all the usual and shady perks they had inside the League. Kamea on the other side, while very interested in expanding the industrial capabilities of her territories, was in no mood to compromise the control and security of said territory.
 
Those brigades are probable going to get chewed up being used as filler by the DCMS and Kamea just needs to wait a bit. Iran will soon probable take any deal that is not self destructive if the fighting gets to bad.
 
Those brigades are probable going to get chewed up being used as filler by the DCMS and Kamea just needs to wait a bit. Iran will soon probable take any deal that is not self destructive if the fighting gets to bad.
The Combine doesn't have any control over the Concordat forces. They operate in/from Combine territory but are independent.
Irian Technologies, yes, if the situation in the ex_FWL continues to deteriorate, soon have two choices - try another nation or accept Kamea conditions.
 
The combine is old hand at fucking over mercenaries and outsiders and this is the worst part of the clan war where they were able to rampage at near will so yeah would not be shocked if the combine simply allows the foreigners to soak the punishment before the samurai move in and pick up the pieces. Wont even be official policy persay. They have plenty of asshole commanders who would happily do it and think they can get away with it.

Be interesting to see if Irian can even escape. If the factions find out Irian is getting ready to leave league space or expand beyond it could make them a direct target.
 
Chapter 91
What started with a 'not involved, just selling' posture before becoming a 'volunteers only' was now a full effort of the TDF to deploy the most modern and capable of its forces for a prolonged period of time against the most advanced and dangerous enemy and far far away from home.


The 2nd​, 3rd​, and 5th​ Taurian Guards, that were going to be the core of this expedition, were currently in Jamestown, training against the Wolf's Dragoons Epsilon Regiment and the Revenants. The 2nd​ Canopian Cuirassiers were also present for training, even if they were not scheduled to depart to the Inner Sphere (call it a gift to the Magistracy).


While the Concordat and the Magistracy were for now not involved in the conflict, they got during the Outreach Summit, the services of one of the Wolf's Dragoons regiments to train their forces in anti-Clan operations. The other regiments were dispatched to the nations involved in anti-Clan operations. Edward and Emma managed to secured one of the regiments to train their forces as they were there and they had agreed to sell military hardware to the other nations involved.


At same time these units were replacing all their vehicles that didn't have fusion power, with more advanced ones or were busy refitting them. The objective was that the expeditionary force would be full fuel independent, ie 100% fusion powered. While expensive, this change freed them from the need to secure / transport fuel and gave the units more range while at the same time allowing them to operate in vacuum environments and to simplify and reduce the supply train.


Similarly, all the ASFs of the expeditionary units were upgraded or replaced with more advanced models, the objective being that they should all be capable of deploying Arrow IV AAM and/or A2G.


The infantry was also upgraded with all the Battle Armors being the latest Jack 2C, the "normal" units receiving Colibri PA(L). To give it even more punch, a few prototypes of the newest Heavy Battle Armor (2 tons) were added, for evaluation under fire.


The DropShips were all replaced by Lees, except for a few Union-BA, dedicated to transport/insert of Battle Armor units.


The JumpShips of the expeditionary force were all marked to be Mriyas, which forced some units staying home to give away theirs and receive less capable Invaders, until new ones were constructed.


To achieve all this, several units of the TDF had been 'forced' to transfer their more advanced hardware to the leaving units, which also received top priority in the new deliveries instead of the planned recipients.


The Naval escort force was also in the middle of a refit, upgrading its capabilities, with the DropShips and ASF components receiving equivalent upgrades.


Taurians, being Taurians, the number of Alamos and capital missiles with 'special ordnance' was very high. In fact, the Alamos were all of a new series, with improved seekers and ECM. In theory their efficiency was greater than the standard model, but the future battles would be the final judge for that.


The supply train would be made of 20 Leviathans that could carry an impressive 160 DropShips force, mostly Starlifters, the heavy cargo ones.


One of these Starlifters was right now being fully modified to have an assemble/disassemble/repair 'Mech and vehicle unit, equivalent of the most advanced only normally seen in 'Mech factories. Another was in the process of being converted into the most advanced mobile hospital ever constructed – well, outside of the top of the Star League, that is.





The very exigent training regime included replacing those that not could achieve the new much higher standards with new people, being transferred from other units.


The end result was the creation of a truly elite force, easily the very best the TDF could deploy, even if at the cost of the morale in those staying behind and siphoned of their best personnel and hardware was not so high.


In February 3056, with the news that the Clans had resumed attack operations, and the presence of several new Clans in the front-lines, the Taurian Expeditionary Force departed for Luthien, expecting to arrive about six months later.


The supply train departed a month later, escorted by four Pinto class Corvettes, three of them with Union-CV and the last one with a Union-BA. At almost the same time the first Orca raiders, built in record time, departed Bolthole, destination, the Exodus Road.
 
A very high risk strategy but if it lets them get access to clan tech would be well worth it. Though if the expedition is lost or takes very heavy damage it could cripple the TDF for a good while. Their hate boner for anything of Davion does hurt them though. They would be better off trying to help Rasalhague than fight the psycho freaks that are the Jaguars with the Combine at their sides or back. Still see how it goes and i bet the clanners are going to love fighting IS battle armor and the nuke happy TDF. Just taking out the warships could cripple the clans invasion attempt.
 
Politics...
Helping the FC AKA the Davions is a big no for a sizeable part of the taurian population, even if in recent decades the relations are much better.
Helping the FRR is also a no because Earth is already doing that with a force that the Concordat can't / want to equal, relegating them to second class helpers.
Because the DC is maintaining the Davions honest (from the TC point of view), and they are also a big customer these days, helping them is a good bet.
Also, note, i only reported the warships in the supply train, not the ones with the Expeditionary Force...:cool:
 
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So they are left with the only option left but if the Combine is a big buyer they will perhaps not sacrifice the expeditionary force or at least the Kurita wont and will have others "water the garden" if they try or suggest it.

Actually the Raven might be happy at least or pissed for different reasons. Their whole reason to come at all was to actually get some good naval brawls and prove their doctrine is superior... Only to find the IS has no warships.

This time there will be naval battles but i bet the best ones will involve the TDF but Ravens are stuck with the Falcons on the other side of the invasion corridors and the Jaguars are to much prideful assholes to let the Ravens bid into that fight. At least until they have taken some utterly catastrophic damage because the TDF actually fights like a navy and not try to make everything a honor duel.
 
One 'small' difference to OTL is that the IlKhan is not killed, so Ulrik is not the new one. So, the clans are not paired with ones that they hate/don't work well. At least some of them.
 
One 'small' difference to OTL is that the IlKhan is not killed, so Ulrik is not the new one. So, the clans are not paired with ones that they hate/don't work well. At least some of them.
Ah but then that means they are still lead by a Jaguar which itself is one hell of a handicap. Honestly the invasion could never work it only matters how many people are killed because of the clanners trying.
 
Ah but then that means they are still lead by a Jaguar which itself is one hell of a handicap. Honestly the invasion could never work it only matters how many people are killed because of the clanners trying.
But changes the clans in the DC front (and because of that, also in the other fronts). The Smoke Jaguars are not to be paired with the Nova Cats, but with a fellow Crusader clan(s).
And nothing is said about how many new clans appear.
The differences to OTL are starting to grow a lot.
 
But changes the clans in the DC front (and because of that, also in the other fronts). The Smoke Jaguars are not to be paired with the Nova Cats, but with a fellow Crusader clan(s).
And nothing is said about how many new clans appear.
The differences to OTL are starting to grow a lot.
Jaguars will still fuck over any clan paired with them because they hate the idea of needing back up at all or sharing the "kill". Hell unless forced to activate the back up they might never. The ilkhan wont force them probable. So yeah maybe differences but over all it only changes faces a bit because every clan is still rushing to the "prize" that is Terra. Competing with each other just as much as they are fighting the houses grinding themselves down.
 
Chapter 92
With data from OmniMechs provided by the Wolf's Dragoons, and analysis of the Mercury II, VMI in collaboration with CHI, created the first Omni with IS tech.


Starting with the Marauder II 6TC, the most complicated part was the creation of a programmable Gyro. Next was the creation of OmniPods, that had the same interface as the Clan systems, so they could be compatible and later replaced or upgraded with captured Clan tech.


After much testing and false starts, the first prototype began extensive testing in April 3056. A record time for such advanced technology, with the obvious results that it was still a prototype with lots of custom-made components, and really far from being ready for production or from being free of errors and glitches.


To simplify things, the Jump Jets were fixed, present in all variants.


Primary configuration (equal to 6TC)


1 ERPPC and 1 ML on each arm, 1 LRM 10 on each torso (with 1 ton of ammo each) and 1 MPL on the CT.






Alternate A


Replaced both LRM10 and ammo with an ERPPC on the left torso, upgraded the two ML to MPL, added a Guardian ECM and an AMS with a ton of ammo.


Alternate B


Replaced the ERPPCs with ER LL, the ML with ER ML and upgraded both LRM10 to LRM15.


Alternate C


Replaced both ERPPC with ER LL and the ML with ER ML and replaced both LRM10 and respective ammo with a Gauss Rifle in the Left Torso with 4 tons of ammo.







At the same time, VMI and CHI provided technically support for MMM' new 'Mech project - the M3 and M4 variants of the Bull Shark Assault 'Mech


The M3 swapped all the armament for 4 LRM20s, while the M4 installed 2 Arrow IVs, both with plenty of ammo and heat sinks for continuous fire. For now, like the Omni Marauder II, they were just test-beds, mass production being something for the unforeseen future.


Information coming from the Clan front reported that more Clans had been added: it seemed that the Steel Vipers, the Nova Cats, the Diamond Sharks, the Snow Ravens and the Hell's Horses. This was worrisome because not only did it include two more Clans than I remembered, but one of them, the Snow Ravens was known for its very strong naval component.






The Steel Vipers joined the Jade Falcons - a strange connection, as I remembered them hating each other, the Nova Cats joined the Wolfs, the Diamond Sharks joined the Ghost Bears, and the Hell's Horses shared their corridor with the Smoke Jaguars. WarShips of the Snow Ravens had been seen in all invading corridors, but so far no ground forces.
Obviously many decisions of political rather than military nature had dictated such changes.


The information was scarce, and so far no true partnership had been detected. Apparently, while sharing the same invading corridors, the Clans operated independently and on one case forces of one Clan let the Inner Sphere forces escape and didn't come to the help of they supposed ally.






On the Free Worlds League front, while the Concordat and the Federated Commonwealth basically stopped their arms deliveries and the Magistracy severely reduced them, Capellan equipment was now detected in bigger numbers, Sun Tzu was obviously active on that front.
 
So marauder build timberwolf is primary. A is a awesome. B is a straight take on the timberwolf and C is them getting a bit creative and making a sniper. The bull shark less keen on. Artillery is a poorly used field yes but this is a assault mech why is it being used to fill a niche better served by a heavy vehicle or in a 75 tonner mech which would have greater mobility?

As for clans those can be very dangerous fights. Well if they dont start fighting each other nearly as much as the IS. Falcon/Viper should be a shitshow. Next two sets should be able to work together enough to be effective but what concerns me is the Draconis flank. Hell Horses if not screwed over by devs should be very dangerous fighters because they actually have combined arms and will use them. Fortunately they are paired with the Jaguars so that should ruin their effectiveness. Ravens are navy primary but if they are that spread out probable less a fight since their strength is so diluted. Still they should actually know how to use their ships so they should be very tough fights if the Taurians who are still relearning warships meet them.
 
The BullSharks variants are an homage to the ones mostly used in the HBS-BT with BEX mod (well, the LRM, is very difficult to get Arrow IV).
The Snow Ravens have enough warships to put a star on each corridor - scary because they have big warships and know how to use them.
The clan pairing is more or less planned by Leo Showers, and inverse of the one done by Ulrik Kerensky.
The SJ ITTL are still commanded by Leo Showers, not Lincon Osis.
 
Yes you have said so before Showers the Jaguar that actually understands politics. Sorta. Mostly have them the excuse they were desperate for. Wait and see how it goes but even clans that are friends fuck with each other a lot. The Raven probable be a big threat but at same time they still play with clan rules so Taurians being Taurians is going to make them flip their shit. Which itself could be a thing because Ulric probable still find ways to screw with them all and could still bid away warships unless the IS bring in one. Nukes get thrown or Turtle Bay still gets tantrum-ed? Or another world after the Taurians take out a Raven ship and they blow up cities in a rage. Or a jaguar ship perhaps? Clan honor and rationality tends to get thrown out the window when they start losing.

Maybe the bull shark will amount to something. Artillery that can go anywhere can be useful at least.
 
Chapter 93
August 9, 3056


Luthien System, Zenith Jump Point, Draconis Combine


Bridge of the CSR James McKenna (McKenna Class BattleShip)


Star Admiral Hinda Shu was thinking about her options before addressing her officers.


"Warriors, now that we have secured this Jump Point, we have two options : go right for their heart or jump somewhere where our Dezgra opponent might have set traps and win only a few days but at the potential cost of several units.


We are Snow Ravens, we are the Clans, we deploy our wings, and we will let fear strike in the hearts of our opponents as they witness us going for them.


Full speed ahead."










August 17, 3056


Luthien, Draconis Combine






Eight days earlier, a huge Clan fleet had appeared at the Zenith Jump Point.


Quickly dispatching the forces protecting it, it had advanced towards the capital of the Draconis Combine, ten days away at 1 G, as the defense forces around it were preparing to intercept them.


The DCA Home Fleet was by no mean light with the Destroyers Asama and Izumo (Narukami Class) and the Frigate Kyushu (Kyushu Class), which was still undergoing trials, accompanied by 6 Assault DropShips and about 400 ASFs and faced them within two days of Luthien IV.


Unfortunately for the DCA, the invading force consisted of 7 WarShips, the Smoke Jaguar CSJ Snow Leopard (Congress Class Frigate), the Hell Horses CHH Bucephalus (Congress Class Frigate), and the Snow Raven Swift Wing Naval Assault Star, consisting of the CSR James McKenna (McKenna Class BattleShip), the CSR Blizzard (Cameron Class BattleCruiser), the CSR White Cloud (Sovetskii Soyuz Class Heavy Cruiser), the CSR White Terror (Aegis Class Heavy Cruiser) and the CSR Spur (Lolla III Class Destroyer).






Demonstrating that they had learned something from the previous battles, the Clan WarShips were accompanied by Assault DropShips and CV ones, from the Pentagon, Vengeance and Titan Classes, as well as a considerable number of ASFs, while the fleet of DropShips carrying the various Galaxies came considerably behind, escorted by the ASFs of the respective Galaxies.






Even though the more agile Kuritan ASFs had managed, at great cost, to open a gap for the heavier ones loaded with Alamos to get into range, the WarShips were far away enough for the Capital Missiles and the Pentagons to destroy many of the Combine ASFs before they reached the distance where they could launch the Alamos, almost exhausting their stocks of capital missiles


In the end, less than a dozen Alamos were launched, destroying one of the Pentagon DropShips and damaging the CSR Spur.


The last Kuritan ASFs were destroyed, but the Clan OmniFighters had also been severely reduced in number, now numbering less than a hundred.


The Assault DropShips were massacred by the long-range weaponry of the Clan forces, more precisely the Naval Lasers and Naval PPCs of the Ravens' heavy ships, without having done much damage.


Now, only the DCA WarShips and the surviving ASFs were left against a much superior force.


Unfortunately for the Kuritans, with their use of nuclear weapons, the Clans considered them dezgra and the rules favoring individual combat were no longer followed. Their greater range and firepower made themselves quickly felt, when the CSR James McKenna put a massive broadside of HNPPCs on the DCS Izumo, crippling the ship. The Asano managed to hit CSJ Snow Leopard's flank with its HNPPC, but the armor held, even if barely. The Destroyer paid dearly for its actions, being hit next by the Heavy Cruiser White Cloud, which destroyed part of its left broadside, with a salvo of NAC/20, NL45 and MNPPC, in a display of good shooting precision. Meanwhile, the Kyushu was trading shots with the CSR Blizzard, and by luck or superior skill, was doing more damage than it was receiving. That ended suddenly, when the CHH Bucephalus moving alongside it, with a maneuver few captains can equal, unloaded an entire broadside volley on its engines, greatly reducing the maneuverability of the Frigate.


After finishing off the Izumo with a long range heavy salvo of HNPPCs and NL55, the CSR James Mckenna demonstrated why the Mckenna Class was considered the zenith of BattleSghips, destroying the lamed Kyushu at close range with a devastating salvo from its NAC/40s. The Asano, managed to hit the CJS Snow Leopard again, causing moderate damage, before finally being destroyed by the CSR White Terror.


After recovering their surviving DropShips and ASFs and running SAR operations, the Clans resumed their advance towards Luthien IV.


Soon after the battle, the Taizai, a lone Overlord class DropShip departed Luthien heading towards the pirate Jump Point behind Orientalis, one of the four moons of Luthien IV, where a Scout JumpShip was waiting, ready to transport Minoru and Omiko Kurita to New Samarkand.
 
On one hand i cant blame them for trying but on other hand even trying here was a pointless waste. The lacked the numbers and weight to do more than piss the clanners off and doing so lost what might have been the bulk of the Combines actual navy of warships and crippling losses perhaps to their assault droppers and aerospace corps. Those fighters could have perhaps done more in orbit or in the air than rushing warships through proper defensive fire.
 
Samurai spirit - kuritans been kuritans. They 'need' to offer combat.
 
Samurai spirit - kuritans been kuritans. They 'need' to offer combat.
And now they can water the garden or die fighting as the clanners drop on them in overwhelming numbers. Which will be a huge change because i cant see the Dragoons getting through even if Hanse sent them to help. If their numbers could even help given its 3 clans invading. The combine collapsing as a functional state is going to be a massive shock for the IS.
 
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Chapter 94
Arriving at the Nadir Jump Point the Taurian Expeditionary Force, was first received with hostility, because the Kuritans thought they were a second wave of invading Clanners. One Battlesat fired at the Taurian ships, but luckily, the shot hit the armor of the TCS Ajax that shrugged the damage. Before the Taurians answered in kind, both sides identified the other, and the situation calmed a bit. As soon as they identified the new visitors, the Kuritans requested their help in dealing with the invasion. Thankfully, for the Kuritans, all the ships were equipped with Lithium-Fusion batteries and after receiving the coordinates, they executed a second jump to the nearest Pirate Jump Point, the one to where the Tenzai was running. For a short moment Marshall Daniel Ostergaard toyed with the idea of sending a single WarShips to deal with the clan JumpShips that were at the Zenith Jump Point, but by this time they were likely to have already recharged, and he was probably going to need all his WarShips to deal with the Clan force.






After a quick exchange of words with the Tenzai as they crossed each other path, the WarShips set course aiming to intercept the Clan WarShips, while the JumpShips launched their DropShips that immediately headed for Luthien, to help defend against the impending invasion.


In response, the Clan WarShips also changed course, their objective being evident - to fight the TDF WarShip force.






The TDF war fleet was composed of the Heavy Cruiser TCS Pinnard (Winchester II Class), the Frigates TCS Parin and TCS Detroit (Concordat Carrier Class), TCS Fury and TCS Marantha Calderon (Concordat Class) and the Destroyers TCS Ajax and TCS Perdition (Ajax Class). This force represented about 60% of the available TDF WarShips, without counting the Pintos, and it had been a risky decision to send such a force on such a long voyage but the Taurian Concordat thought it was worth the risk.


While all this was going on, a considerable portion of the ASFs escorting the Clan DropShips changed course and approached their fleet of WarShips, which slowed enough to catch them before they reached the Taurians range, the Clanners commander had obviously decided that he needed a bigger escort after the losses suffered against the Kuritan fleet.






To the Clanners surprise, the number of ASFs the Taurians launched was much higher than they expected, over 600, while they even with the reinforcements, had about 400. Worse, even before they got within range of the weapons the OmniFighters had at their disposal, and which had so far granted them superior range, the Taurian ASFs launched massive salvos of AAM missiles that proved deadly to the OmniFighers, having some sort of seeker that kept them in sight outside of the most violent maneuvers, or the few clan OmniFighters also equipped with ECM units. But the surprises didn't stop there, since a considerable number of ECM systems, reducing the range the Clan radars could lock weapons on the Taurian ASFs, negated their usual long-range advantage.


Again, the heavier ASFs advanced towards the Clans WarShips, leaving the task of fighting the OmniFighters to the lighter, more agile ASFs. However, this time they were not coming alone. Capital Missiles salvos launched from DropShips that stood at a great distance (Lee Pocket WarShips) were rapidly reducing the Clan escorting DropShips in small leftovers of nuclear explosions. Unlike the dueling ASFs, these not only had massive ECM protection, but the capital missile magazines available for the defense of the Clan WarShips had been considerably reduced in the previous combat.


In desperation, the Clan WarShips began using their Naval Lasers to try to destroy the approaching ASFs, and managed to shoot down a few more.


Radical maneuvers, and in the case of the CSR James McKenna, six Goalkeeper Mk.V, prevented the worst, but even so, the CSR Spur, the CSR White Terror, and the CSJ Snow Leopard were destroyed by nuclear explosions, while the CHH Bucephalus and the CSR White Cloud were damaged. The improved Alamos that the Taurians were using, proved that they have a better lock ability than the normal ones.






Note: the Goalkeeper is a non-Lore, small craft, which appears in Delranes Fighting Ships 3061 - pages 85/87.






But now some of the WarShips were within extreme range of each other, and the long range weapons, Naval PPCs and Naval Lasers in the case of the Clans and Naval Lasers and nuke typed Capital Missiles in the case of the Taurians began to be used, the Clans having exhausted their Capital Missiles. Seeing the damage his forces had already done to the clan fleet, Marshall Ostergaard, ordered his WarShips to avoid combat if possible, planning to let the job of terminating the Clan WarShips to his still numerous ASFs that were right now returning home to re-arm and refuel as he didn't want to risk a conventional battle against much heavier and more experienced adversaries.






Having run out of Clan DropShips and ASFs to destroy, the Lee PW, tried to concentrate their weaponry on enemy WarShips, using nuclear warheads. Unfortunately for the PW Lees, the HNPPC and NL55 had superior range to the capital missiles, and the Clan WarShips dedicated some of their long range armament to destroying them. Of the initial 8 Lee PW, only one survived. Clearly, Pocket WarShips had no business to do in a fight of WarShips.






Meanwhile, the Clanners were getting into range. Being the largest WarShip of the Taurian fleet, the TCS Pinnard received the attentions of the CSR James McKenna, and in the first exchange of fire unlucky, her armor been penetrated in several places by the heavy weapons of the Mckenna, at least not mortal. The TCS Fury was also in bad luck, being hit at the same time by the HNPPCs from the CSR Blizzard and several shots from the NL45 and the MNPPCs from the CSR White Cloud, and ended being penetrated at several points.


CSR Blizzard luck runs out when a Peacemaker hit the battle-cruiser bow, destroying its entire forward section and ending its long career.


The last Taurian capital missiles with nuke warheads finished off the CSR White Cloud, the battle from this point on would be decided with conventional weapons.


At this point, only the CSR James McKenna, incredibly nearly intact, and the severely damaged CHH Bucephalus remained, against seven Taurian WarShips, even though one of these was in equally bad shape.


The two Taurian Destroyers, the only Taurian warships still in combat range, concentrated their fire on the damaged CHH Bucephalus, finishing it off, even though both received several shots in return, leaving the TCS Ajax slightly damaged and the TCS Perdition moderately so.


At this phase in the battle, all the Taurian WatShips were now out of range from the McKenna, with orders to let the ASFs that were right now in the process of rearming deal with the mighty WarShip.


At the same time, pleas for the surrender of the Clan WarShip were broadcast by the Taurians, that clearly wanted to capture the mighty WarShip if possible. They were left without answer either because the Clan WarShip was left without communication means or because it was trying what to do after suffering such a beating.


Soon, about two hundred heavy ASFs, loaded to the gills with Alamos approached the sole Clan survivor. Salvo after salvo of Alamos hit the mighty Warship until it was little more than a wreck in space, venting atmosphere from several places, with the engines destroyed and without power.


SAR operations were immediately launched, while the Taurian ships started their repairs and the TCS Marantha Calderon (Concordat Class Frigate), undamaged, being the first to move in direction of Luthien IV, to help with that part of the battle.
 
Almost want to say wank but the clanners were already depleted from the kurita try and they came with ocp's and a superior doctrine to their mockery of sldf big gun battleship. Even losing the Lees was not that bad because they certainly did their duty and bought time for the asf's and warships. And thank you i knew and had nelson and zukov but did not know about the other two books that guy put out. Fun reads. Now the clanners are in very serious trouble. Luthien and Combine as well because the clanners will probable death rage instead of trying and failing to escape back to their jumpships but they are going to really regret losing those galaxies. The ravens sure as hell will regret losing that naval star and if hard data gets out about it will shock them to the core that they could lose like that. But at same time it finally gives them a rival to fight as well...
 
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