Sender: Serpentis Wing Recipient: Xeno Alliance Communications Subject: Battle of Sierra
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Battle summary enclosed below.
Hostile forces:
|=DSS=|CV-"Hawaii" - Arbiter class battleship - DISABLED
IN|G-INS-Saint - Inquisitor class gunboat - DISABLED
|=DSS=|CV-"Tundra" - Inquisitor class gunboat -DISABLED
|=DSS=|V-2.Drone - Cutlass class bomber - DESTROYED
[LN]-LNS-Plymouth.Rock - RETREATED
Xeno forces:
Contender - Spatial class fighter/bomber - RETURNED
XAF-Deportation.Station - Osprey class fighter/bomber - RETURNED
XA-Bushmaster - Roc class bomber - RETURNED
XA-Linwood - Gull class battle transport - DISABLED
XAF-Sharing.Is.Charon - Hegemon class battle transport - RETREATED
XA-Bark - Waran class bomber - RETREATED
REPORT: Raiding party confronted by warship in New York. Pursued to California, protracted engagement ensued under orders to treat Insurgency forces as enemies. Fighting was situated in and around the Sierra ice field, hereby documented as the Battle of Sierra. Gunships disabled by concerted SHF strafing, enemy bomber destroyed by Xeno ordnance. Warship isolated from support craft and gradually whittled down and then disabled by all snubcraft present. Plymouth Rock arrived on scene and elected to engage Insurgents over Xenos, Xenos remained focused on Insurgency targets. Plymouth Rock had retreated by the time the raiding party had repaired and returned to the scene after the destruction of the Arbiter. Surviving forces then returned to base.
Battle result: TACTICAL VICTORY
Side note: Longest ever recorded nova torpedo kill on a snub class vessel, 4 klicks.