The Falcons were done playing around with the Hellions, and their first order of business was to reclaim the worlds that the Hellions had taken with their underhanded tactics.
CJF forces do not issue a batchall, immediately forming up for an assault drop.
CIH Forces:
Epsilion Galaxy, 53rd Assault Cluster V/R - 15.5 FP
Epsilion Galaxy, 7th Honorguard Striker Cluster V/F - 11.5 FP
Epsilion Galaxy, 3rd Dragonfire Cluster V/R - 16.5 FP
53rd Assault Aero Cluster R/R - 10 FP
7th Honorguard Aero Cluster R/R - 11 FP
3rd Dragonfire Aero Cluster R/R - 12 FP
CJF Forces:
Alpha Galaxy(Saker Galaxy)(all forces Regular/Reliable):
Alpha Galaxy Command Trinary - 3 FP
19th Falcon Assault Cluster - 15 FP
43rd Battle Cluster - 15 FP
99th Falcon Assault Cluster - 15.75 FP
233rd Striker Cluster - 15.25 FP
Saker Support Cluster - 14 FP
Saker Eyrie Cluster - 15.5
19th Aero - 3.25 FP
43rd Aero - 3.25 FP
99th Aero - 3.25 FP
233rd Aero - 3.25 FP
Support Aero - 3.25 FP
Eyrie Aero - 3.25 FP
CIH: 76.5 FP (including 33 FP aero)
CJF: 113 FP (including 19.5 FP aero)
CIH defensively interdicts
CIH Aero [blockquote]Rolled 2d6 : 3, 5, total 8[/blockquote]
CJF Aero [blockquote]Rolled 2d6 : 3, 3, total 6[/blockquote]
CIH crit check [blockquote]Rolled 2d6 : 6, 6, total 12[/blockquote]
Alyina Star System
Zenith Jump Point
12 August 3091
Star Commander Delia blasted apart a Falcon Scytha with her Ostrogoth's laser battery, slicing past the burning debris as her squadron closed in tighter and tighter on the enemy transports. The last few days had been a deadly game of cat-and-mouse as Falcon transports probed the system's defenses looking for a clear route to land their no-doubt overwhelming ground forces.
Unfortunately for them, thought Delia, we are not the Star Adder and we know how to actually put up a fight when the odds are against us. Grimly, but with no hesitation, she unleashed a salvo of missiles into a damaged transport that had become separated from the main herd. Light blossomed in space, barely visible at the "short" range of over a hundred kilometers, as the beaten-up fighter carrier ruptured along its long axis and broke apart.
Now, she thought, we can get some revenge for Pasig.
"Alpha, Bravo, Charlie aerostars, form on me. We are going to destroy their JumpShips," she spoke firmly into her helmet mike.
Even as the acknowledgements came in, however, she frowned. The Falcons were fleeing, engaging their hyperdrives and leaving the star system. They would all be gone before her squadron could reach them, and her revenge would have to be delayed. Still, she considered, in the face of such odds, every victory is a precious.
CIH opts for automatic victory.
CIH inflicts 16.5 on the JF Aero
CJF inflicts 5.75 on the CIH Aero
CJF regains 1.50 FP from damage control
CIH regains 0.50 FP from damage control
CJF forces withdraw from the system