Re: Dawn - The Best Defense
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Drepana system
...onboard CDS North Weald...
She had achieved orbit with surprisingly little resistance. A single Cue Cappa destroyer challenged them, but it was dispatched easily enough. Around the homeworld, however, a frigate and eight destroyers apparently took no notice of the enemy in their system.
More correctly, the two enemies in their system. A second frigate - Plymouth - was two sectors away from North Weald.
More correctly still – the two enemies they could see...
Mentocka system
...onboard CDS Bulldog...
Commander O’Rourke would have preferred to been escorting the support ships into Drepana, but her ship had a different role to play. By now, the fact that ancient ruins had been discovered on Drepana III was becoming the worst-kept secret (as all secrets usually do) and it would be interesting to be on hand to see them when the planet was colonized. Vancouver was escorting the cargo ship Taylor and the repair ship Melbourne to Drepana III. Taylor carried a load of weapon platforms and fighters for the new colony.
Bulldog was with escorting the cargo ship McKinley to Mentocka II – one of the two Cue Cappa planets in Mentocka. Once Bulldog destroyed the two weapon platforms and indigenous troops, McKinley moved in and launched fourth generation invasion troops and the fighters. Mentocka II wasn’t very big, and its mining facilities survived Bulldog’s bombardment. Once taken, they would add to the empires resource production, but of more importance was that the attack may serve to distract the Cue Cappa from what was happening in their own front yard...
Fezzran system
Fezzran-Zezzis warp point...
They were back together again. This time, they were a much more potent force.
West End and Southampton, along with Dunwich were now part of the newly created Fezzran fleet. The light cruiser Toronto was also with them, as was the point defense ship Artemis. With the exception of Dunwich, these four ships were the first four ships of the fleet so many years ago. Refit with the latest technology, they were now charged with protecting the Fezzran system from enemies of the empire. As soon as they entered the system, their scans detected a Phong colony on Fezzran II. Four intelligence facilities were on the colony. Rather than destroy them, the decision was made to dispatch the cargo ship Grant with a load of third generation invasion troops to try to take the planet, and use the intelligence facilities against their former owners...
...Pantrissa system...
Plans were being made against the Norak colony in the Sheliak system. Three planets were tasked to build troops, while the cargo ships Monroe and Roosevelt would ferry them to the Sheliak system. The repair ship CDS Townsville had warped into Pantrissa and was on her way to the Pantrissa-Sheliak warp point to repair Weymouth. Once that was complete, both ships would warp back into Sheliak and await the invasion forces to join them...
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