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| Captain_Harrak | Date: Wednesday, 01 Feb 2012, 11:56 AM | Message # 16 |
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| Aid had come as promised to Rook. Above Caluula a Nebulon-B Frigate, the Varren, dropped from hyperspace, along with it two Gozanti Cruisers that escorted a Gigantos Class Super Freighter, which had been outfitted to carry extra cargo holders set up as medical facilities and life support pods for the evacuation. The Captain of the Varren sent out a message as he stood by, nodding to his men, as the ship unleashed six Eta-2 Actis fighters, and two Siren bombers which would accompany two shuttles heading towards the surface. "This is the Captain of the Varren. The vessels heading to the surface are here to help evacuate innocent women and children that have been caught in the crossfire. We are here on a peace mission to aid innocent women and children of Cronese descent, and to evacuate them from the danger zone."
The group of fighters and two bombers moved towards the surface with the unarmed shuttles, four of the Eta-2 fighters broke off with the Siren bombers as they headed towards the assembly hall. The bombers, which normally carried wing mounted bombs, had been refitted at the last moment to carry survival pods, each one capable of holding a person. As they flew a quick pass over the assembly hall, the pods where released from the wings, a total of twelve capsules fell into the courtyard of the assembly hall, bouncing off of the surfaces before coming to a stop. When they finally stopped, each pod burst open, supplies, food, medicine, water, power cells, poured out of the pods to aid the people hold up in the courtyard, as the flight left the area, heading back towards the Varren.
The two shuttles began to hover over the slums that the Ethnic Cronese lived in, trying to find an open area to set down in for a moment. The bright red cross on the side showing their medical status as they hovered before finding a place to set down, the rear opening as medics stepped out, offering aid to the injured in the area, as no doubt shuttles hovering over the area would bring a crowd.
Sia Harrak
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Commander of Cronese Mandate Navy
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| Protector_Krenn | Date: Wednesday, 01 Feb 2012, 12:17 PM | Message # 17 |
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| In orbit the Caluulan fighters which were always on sentry now had orders to engage any Cronese ships which emerged. This force smacked of being an invasion force, and they were not taking any chances this time. At the Nebulon-B launched the fighters, a pair of proton torpedos were already streaking towards the hangar, designed to impact at the exact time the shields fluttered to let the fighters out, aiming to allow the proton torpedos to slide into the hangar and explode catastrophically within - therefore putting the hangar out of service. The Z-95s then looped about and began to engage the lumbering bombers with their laser cannons, establishing missile locks upon the slower craft.
Krenn would warmly shake the man by the hand. "Welcome, I am glad to have you and your people here. A Cronese Warship has just emerged from hyperspace with a freighter, claiming to be here to distribute aid but having launched bombers and fighters on a course towards my city, I am scrambling all of our fighters and they are being engaged presently." and on the ground the fighters were being scrambled, sirens were going up across the airstrip, in total thirty Z-95s made up the whole planetary defense force's space component - not the newest fighters but also not awful by modern standards. Vehicles buzzed across taking pilots to their ready fueled fighters, all 28 being dusted off within a minute of the Cronese appearing. The flight of fighters intercepted the Cronese flight as they were coming down into the atmosphere, directly above Caluula City.
The fighters broke up into three groups and formed a claw, enveloping the Cronese vessels as they came down and banking to come in behind them. They opened fire with laser cannons, sending hundreds of lasers at the shuttles marked with a symbol often associated with the Jedi.
From the ground, the pair of anti-air turrets on the hillside between the Starport and city center opened up upon the Cronese fighters, shuttles and bombers (if they made it down that far). Their largely automated forms turning to target the vessels above the city even now being marked on radar, a pair of homing missile streaking through the hot air towards the shuttles.
Larkin Krenn
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| Captain_Harrak | Date: Wednesday, 01 Feb 2012, 12:30 PM | Message # 18 |
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| While the fighters managed to get off the torpedoes, the hanger was protected. The shields where pulled up immediately after the last fighter left, just ahead of the impact that stuck against the shields, the force causing the last fighter to shake for a moment before it regained it's flight path. It quickly joined up with the shuttles and the bombers, the bombers of which had their own defenses to deal with fighters as the group continued towards the planet below. Just the same, the bombers and an escort broke off, dodging fire before dropping the supplies and heading back towards the Nebulon-B frigate.
The two fighters with the shuttles though weren't as lucky. Being overwhelmed, they were forced to break off and head away, leaving the unarmed shuttles marked with a medical symbol without protection. The pilots of each, attempted to get the firing to stop, as medics are protected in conflict, however it didn't seem to be a problem with the Caluulan's who immediately opened fire. The unprotected shuttles where struck hard, their engines bursting into flames before a short lived distress mayday call was sent off, only to have both shuttles strike the buildings in the Cronese neighborhood, resulting in terrible explosions. Killing the crew and medics aboard both shuttles, as well as destroying homes and killing innocent women and children in the area when the shuttles lost stability and ended up in the homes of the innocent.
Sia Harrak
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Commander of Cronese Mandate Navy
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| Protector_Krenn | Date: Wednesday, 01 Feb 2012, 12:48 PM | Message # 19 |
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| The bombers (slow and lumbering compared to the thirty Z-95s now between them and the Nebulon-B) were engaged brutally efficiently with laser cannon fire. The Z-95 being a craft noted for it's atmospheric performance was 33% faster in the atmosphere than these lumbering birds (as well as being a fraction the size) and so were easily able to blast them out of the air with their massed fire. Furthermore, the bombers were targeted with equal vigour. This badly outnumbered there was very little they could do as they fled upwards (and made no attempt to fight back).
After engaging the fighters and bombers, the Z-95s moved up into orbit (still outpacing the bombers, which they would follow firing and jinking if they weren't destroyed yet several would fire a concussion missile up the tailpipe of each fighter), locking on targets on the weak supporting strut between the two halves of the Nebulon-B Frigate, each of them locking on with it's pair of missile launchers, clicking their missile launch buttons on and launching a pair of missiles (except the six who had fired at the fighters and bombers and two who had fired before who only fired one). They unleashed a torrent of missiles against the Nebulon-B (Each firing 2 missiles, except eight who fired only one, meaning a total of 52 Concussion missiles streaking out across the void towards the Frigate with a practiced ease (all fighter pilots dreamed of attack runs on slow targets which (as yet) were not firing back. After they had fired off this initial volley they would move in between the Cronese group, snapping of torpedoes and laser blasts against the selection of ships almost indiscriminately.
If more fighters were launched, they would come about and engage them in preference to attacking the capital vessels.
The shuttles crashed and that was dreadfully unfortunate - collateral damage happened in wars.
Larkin Krenn
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| Alyn_Stark | Date: Wednesday, 01 Feb 2012, 12:58 PM | Message # 20 |
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| There were still several craft observing from a close distance; Stark's yacht, which had deployed it's trio of R-41 Starchasers and trio of MorningStar-B fighters in case things got ugly, as well as a Pursuer-class enforcement ship, a Rainhawk-class transport and then two slightly larger vessels, an ILH-KK Citadel-class cruiser and a heavily modified Amphibious Interstellar Assault Transport that all had locked sensors on the entire issue, from Mandate landing attempt to the Caluulan response.
Alyn Stark
Lord of Kinyov
Senior Captain, Retired, Republic Navy
Head of House Malos (former)
Licensed bounty hunter
Majority shareholder, Lorrd Engineering
Owner, Stark Defense Conglomerate
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Representative, Lorrd (10 BBY-9 BBY)
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| Avadrie_volFyr | Date: Wednesday, 01 Feb 2012, 1:14 PM | Message # 21 |
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| The Teta, Phoros, and Keres continued enroute to the Caluula system.
The Teta was outfitted as was to be expected of a Pelta class frigate designed for use as a mobile hospital.
The Phoros and Keres were fully outfitted as Charger c70 refits, and the Keres carried Line Captain Zeal Tiyr, who had been delegated command of the flotilla by Admiral Damar. They both carried a complement of 20(for a total of 40) Empress Teta Security Troopers, armed with the traditional components of blast resistant body armor, blaster rifles, sidearms and riot suppression gear. They didn't have orders to deploy ground forces at this time when they arrived, the troopers were intended for security for any ground detachments of the Teta's medical assets.
Lady Avadrie volFyr
Senator of Empress Teta
Defense Committee Member
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| Johannes_Oswaldt | Date: Wednesday, 01 Feb 2012, 1:21 PM | Message # 22 |
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| Eriadu's dreadnaught would arrive in one standard week. It stated its intention ahead of time to "clear the skies" of any and all combatants upon its arrival. The various observers were urged to contact Eriadu before hand and make their presence known to it before the fireworks started.
Johannes Oswaldt
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| Avadrie_volFyr | Date: Wednesday, 01 Feb 2012, 1:24 PM | Message # 23 |
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| The Tetan flotilla would make the appropriate contact with the vessel from Eriadu to confirm its intended arrival time, what designations its ships would be displaying, so as to avoid any potential accidents.
Lady Avadrie volFyr
Senator of Empress Teta
Defense Committee Member
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| Alyn_Stark | Date: Wednesday, 01 Feb 2012, 3:41 PM | Message # 24 |
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| From the Rainhawk-class transport Wings of Destiny, a feminine voice would identify itself as the owner of the private transport, which, along with the other seven unique ships, yacht and six fighters, were registered on Lorrd. Said pilot under the name of Irlilia Dannen would state her purpose and her fellows' purpose as observers allowed by Protector Krenn and working in support of Alyn Stark, also of Lorrd.
Alyn Stark
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Head of House Malos (former)
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| Captain_Harrak | Date: Wednesday, 01 Feb 2012, 7:29 PM | Message # 25 |
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| The bombers, being heavier armored and shielded than the Z-95s were able to take a beating. Their dual laser cannon turret quickly swiveled around to the back, taking aim at the fighters coming up on them and unleashing their own volley, the forward facing laser cannons tore through anything that flew ahead of them as the escort of Eta-2 Class fighters quickly pulled back on the controls, flipping their fighters into a tight lop which saw them come up behind the Z-95s, letting lose with their laser cannons before rolling away, the concussion missiles over shooting them and heading towards the targets the fighters had in front of them, being the Z-95s. The two bombers pulled back on their own yolks, pulling the ships into a steep climb followed by the Eta-2 fighters before leveling out when they broke the atmosphere and continued into space. The two Gozanti cruisers quickly moved to cover the Nebulon-B Frigate, each Gozanti loading a missile into their launch tube. The missile, known as a "Lotus" missile was fired ahead of the fighters missiles, giving it enough time for the warhead to bloom open. As it did, a handful of smaller warheads shot out, pushing their way into the path of the concussion missiles, causing a large portion of them to set off before hitting the shields of the Nebulon-B Frigate in a chain reaction caused by the close proximity of the explosions. A few though managed to survive and impacted against the Frigates shields, taking the brunt of the few missiles that made it through.
While the Z-95s focused on the closest hanger to them, the Frigate unleashed the remaining fighters it held, 18 in total. The Eta-2 class fighters formed up as they rushed to aid the two bombers and the other Eta-2 fighters. Of the six that had been sent down though, on the return though two of the Eta-2 fighters had been hit by the concussion missiles fired directly behind them, causing them to explode in mid flight. The moment the bombers reached space though they where clear, the pilots set in a course before they jumped from the Caluula system, as many of the Cronese fighters had hyperdrive systems. The remaining four Eta-2 fighters that made it back from the planet joined up with the eighteen already launched, the group pulling into three flights of four, and two flights of five. The fighters quickly pulled around and headed back to the Frigate and Gozanti Cruisers while the Super Freighter moved in closer, it's weapons and point defense systems targeting the Z-95s with each pass they made.
Sia Harrak
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Commander of Cronese Mandate Navy
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| Major_N7 | Date: Wednesday, 01 Feb 2012, 7:36 PM | Message # 26 |
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| There was always a problem when one would see friendly bombers heading towards their position, and in those moments one could say goodbye as the thought of friendly fire ran through their mind. This though was a supply drop, the same pods that the SRB team dropped down into the Cronese Quarter, now dropped into the courtyard of the assembly hall. The team made sure that others didn't get too close when they finally came to rest, each of the twelve pods bursting open from the inside as the SRB team quickly checked the contents. Supplies, food, water, weapons and medicine, enough to help out. The Lieutenant looked to his men that had also gathered. "Get these supplies distributed. Hand out rations and water, get the medicine to the medics, and the weapons to the men." The troopers nodded as they began to gather the people to the pods that needed to be distributed, the medicine, food and water being the first to go, quickly followed by the weapons. Enough weapons to rearm those that had stormed the building holding boards, nails and other makeshift weapons and to even the field a little.
The Lieutenant approached the main gate, an area that a sniper had pinned down as he pressed his back against the wall before kneeling down and peeking around the corner for a quick look before pulling back, not wanting to give the sniper too clear of a shot as he looked to his left. He noticed the small mirror that one of the rioters had and motioned for it, taking it as he got another to hand him the gum they had been chewing on to calm their nerves. The Lieutenant pulled out a knife from his thigh, pressing the gum to it and attaching the mirror and he held the knife out, looking into the mirror to get a good look at the positions of the Caluula loyalist forces.
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| Cesare_Greco | Date: Thursday, 02 Feb 2012, 0:07 AM | Message # 27 |
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| Upon landing in its designated area, the Deralians would deploy their prepped LAAT/i Gunship, aboard which were a squad of their best snipers. Meanwhile, their commander made it over to the Caluulan command center. He presented himself to Protector Krenn, while the rest of the team were busy preparing the seven remaining LAAT/i Gunships with them, as well as their four AT-PTs and twelve 74-Z Speeder Bikes. "Protector Krenn, I am Major Cesare Greco, Deralian Special Forces" he said, offer his hand to the man. "We hope to merely observe, however, if you wish, we have authorization to become military advisors to your government, as well as full authorization to engage the aggressors at anytime, local rebels, Cronese Mandate forces, and/or any allies of said aggressors." he spoke to him. He, and his men, were adorned in Modified Phase II ARC Trooper armor, being modified, like those of their government's entire array of old Clone Trooper armor, to fit the various sizes of their troopers.
"Right now, we are Deralia's only contribution to your defense, but if requested, we have preparations to deploy our Venator-class Star Destroyer to eliminate any Cronese presence in your space." he said to Krenn. The Ops was in fact on the edge of the system, having deployed the CR25 from there, rather than allowing it to go alone across deep space. It would take mere minutes for it to enter the battlespace, but for now was on standby, but at combat alert. While it did so, it was transmitting data to Eriadu on their military operations on Caluula, so that when it did arrive in a week it was aware of their presence. In the command center, Greco approached Krenn once more. "If I may, sir, we have several LAAT/i Gunships on stations, one making a pass right now over the occupied assembly hall, with our others ready in about a minute. We can harass the insurgents from the air if you like, ensure they don't attempt a breakout offensive to spread further into the city or give aid to the isolated Cronese Sector." he said, his helmet being held at his side the entire time.
Major Cesare Greco
Deralian Special Forces
First Commando Group
Commanding Officer, Alpha Company
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| Protector_Krenn | Date: Thursday, 02 Feb 2012, 1:17 AM | Message # 28 |
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| There was no way the bombers could be alive after the fire they had suffered - this was easily equivalent to the fire sufficient to destroy a larger Gozanti cruiser, and they would have been slaughtered.
The Gozanti cruisers did not in fact have launchers for "Lotus missiles", as stated in it's stats it had a "Proton Torpedo launcher" (not a more generic warhead launcher) - furthermore there would be no space to store - let alone load a three meter long missile aboard a forty meter long ship. Thus the concussion missile volley was not shredded as mentioned but streaked on, crashing decisively into the shields and likely hull of the Nebulon-B blasting waves of energy through the vessel - undoubtedly causing significant damage if not severing the two halves of the ship and thus crippling it.
As the Super-Freighter moved in closer the fighters simply moved to a "hit and fade" strategem, using the larger vessel's massive size against it (with the number of guns it had it must have very significant black spots) skimming across it's hull and using the vessel's big hull against it, each fighter snapping off a concussion missile as they skimmed past it (meaning it would be struck by 60 missiles inside 30 seconds). They would then move in close to the super freighter, using it's large size against it and making counter fire from the Cronese military ships against it. If the ETA interceptors followed or attempted to engage them, they would be attacked and manouvered around, the well shielded and armed Z-95s making quite a mess of the older and cheaper clone wars era fighters. The surrounded super-freighter would find itself under increasing pressure from the mass of warheads scarring it's hull, it's point defense lasers being remarkably ineffective when placed over a hull 3.2km long.
Two of the Z-95s did not survive this whole process, the pilots ejecting into the void as they were fired upon, having the momentum of their fighters they would be carried out beyond the engagement area and so likely be safe.
Down on the planet Krenn turned to Cesare "Greetings noble ally. I fully authorize your men to do whatever is needful to protect my men from the aggression of the Caluulan rebels. If I might ask though sir, how long will it be until your vessel gets here? I fear we will be hard pressed to defeat the Cronese alone. Mr Stark, if I was to say your vessels were "commandeered" by my Government (as our law allows) would you be willing to have them fight alongside us (after all you would just be complying wiht the law?"
At the parliament building the Caluulan snipers would keep the heads of the Cronese down.
Larkin Krenn
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| Captain_Harrak | Date: Thursday, 02 Feb 2012, 2:04 AM | Message # 29 |
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| At the last moment the Frigate unleashed a quick burst from it's weapons, putting up a firing wall of Turbolaser Fire as a screen, the Gozanti Cruisers firing off Proton Torpedoes into the missiles, along with their own Quad Laser Cannon batteries. Those missiles that did make it through the wall of laser fire struck against the Frigates shields, causing the ship to rock violently as they struck home. The two Cruisers moved closer to the Gigantos, using their Quad Laser Cannon Batteries, and two Quad Laser Cannon turrets to fire upon the fighters that began to skim along the top of the large super freighter, whose own lasers where set up to provide overlapping fire. Those missile that made it through would only strike the shielding of the vessel, though if they made it to the hull, they'd only be tearing through cargo containers, as much of the crew and gunners where positioned in a bridge further back, much like the GR-75 freighters.
The Gigantos though couldn't offer much in terms of the fight as it powered up it's engines, lumbering away and firing at those fighters close enough before it jumped into hyperspace and evacuated from the area. The rest of the vessels though wouldn't be alone as the remaining vessels of the 101st fleet arrived. Dropping out of hyperspace, the Vindicator class Heavy Cruiser immediately launched its full fighter compliment, two squadrons of Eta-2 fighters, the second Nebulon-B Frigate that had followed, did the same, it's own Eta-2 fighters being launched from it's hangers as they moved to cover the Neb-B that had been taking the most damage. Along with the fleet also arrived Twenty-Four Z-95 Headhunters, which in turn immediately locked onto their counter parts and began to fire off a salvo of concussion missiles before escorting in the Ten Siren Bombers that joined up with the fleet, taking cover and watching the Frigates as they locked onto fighters with their laser turret, as well as laser cannons, letting lose on any of the fighters that came near.
The Z-95s formed up into their own flights, each one covering the other as they moved between the larger vessels, targeting the enemy fighters. The Cronese Mandate's Z-95s where painted black, marking them as friendly as they rushed between the frigates and cruisers. On board the Vindicator Heavy Frigate, the troops that it carried readied to be inserted onto Caluula, their weapons at the ready and waiting for the all clear before they'd even be able to board the shuttles that would ferry them to the surface.
Sia Harrak
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Commander of Cronese Mandate Navy
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| Cesare_Greco | Date: Thursday, 02 Feb 2012, 3:39 AM | Message # 30 |
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| "Very well then. I will deploy my forces. As for our ship, it shall arrive momentarily." he spoke simply to the Protector, before moving away he activated his commlink, firstly communicating with the Ops. "This is Gladius Six, Operation: TION CENTURION is now Operation: TION LEGIONARE. I am establishing a sensor feed uplink, for SIGINT." he spoke, which, upon that signal, the Ops was patched into a live stream of the sensor feed of the battle above through their dropship. He then moved back towards Krenn. "My team will deploy immediately, the Ops will be arriving in one minute." he said to him, while then detaching a portable holoprojector from his thigh, and activating it. He used a console on his wrist to modify the image. It brought up the district around the Assembly Hall, showing the Caluulan positions in green, a constantly changing display of rebel positions in red, and a singular blue dot above the scene. The singular dot was the LAAT/i Gunship that was now providing observance to the district. The snipers onboard were beginning reconnaissance and overwatch operations while remaining onboard.
"Verutum One, Two, Three, and Four; deploy now. Begin suppression operations in the Assembly district." he messaged over his commlink. Immediately, four LAAT/i Gunships launched from the Starport, headed into the area surrounding the Assembly Hall area, and upon arrival would begin strafing runs on any exposed rebel positions. While they were en route, Greco moved the holoprojector to where the Caluulans could widely see, to ensure excellent cooperation in their joint operations.
Major Cesare Greco
Deralian Special Forces
First Commando Group
Commanding Officer, Alpha Company
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