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Message to: RHA Command
Message from: Rotfrontkampferbund
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This day has been an eventful one.
The first major battle to report is the joint raid with RHA forces and some more Hessian pilots on the Omicron Gamma system and corsair forces there, which also was used as a combat test of our new acquisition, Zehpyr-class carriers Stakhanov and Conscience.
The RHA pilot Mustapha Mond together with the SKA cruiser Retribution jumped into Gamma, neutralizing the weapon platforms guarding the entrance and scouting for enemies. They quickly detected an Osiris-class carrier patrolling the space around the jumphole, and so the order to attack was given.
Both of our carriers jumped in, snubcraft was launched into the fray and engaged bombers and fighters dispatched against the Retribution and comrade Mond, while the heavy weapons on carriers were powered up and locked the Osiris.
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Osiris went down fast enough, but more and more corsair forces were getting into the fight, including one Legate class dreadnought, which was targeted by Stakhanov and Conscience, while the snubcrafts were beating the hell out of the clumsy corsair pilots. After the exchange of mortar fire Stakhanov unleshed the Cerberus firepower at the Legate while closing range with Conscience providing an artillery support, then getting past the Legate, engaging cruise drives and taking the ship some 5k away from the Legate. At the same time, Conscience moved in to attack the Legate, while the Stakhanov closed down to 3k and began the artillery support. Obviously, the dreadnought did not manage to withstand the attack. After the destruction of this vessel, however, our carriers were damaged quite hard and thus had to leave the battlefield.
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Some more fighting went on, more Hessian reinforcements joined the battle, and high damage was inflicted on the cannibal horde while suffering the light losses, as usual, on our sides, however, guncams of our ships suffered considerable damage so we have not much confirmed snubfighter kills to report. But you have a lot of them from your own RHA pilots anyway.
At the some point, of course, our forces had to leave Gamma, taking the pods of downed comrades with them.
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It should be specifically mentioned that closer to the end of battle some Legate captain ordered to fire a few missiles into the biggest concentration of fighters resulting in destroying 4 of their very own Titans. With enemies like that, we don't even need friends.