The asteroid belt at the far reaches of the NE-781-56 system was, truly, unremarkable in many ways.
The resource density was extremely low for asteroids. There were no stations or even wreckage nearby and was far from any civilization.
Furthermore, the system it belonged to had already been explored many, many times, it was, like the asteroid belt, mostly insignificant, it had two barren dwarfplanets rotating far too close to their star and the star itself spewed out too much radiation for most races to be hospitable in any form or way...
The only thing of note was a traderoute that passing by the system, although the system being of so little importance most ships didn´t even leave ftl nearby, and just passed by it.
Little did they know what would soon unfold here.
(This is a preparation thread and will be used in an event in near future.
Rules will be posted once the event starts.)
Approximately a week after the meeting of teh Keeper Descendants...
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Distress signals flared all over the tradelane, all originating from the formerly so unremarkable asteroid belt, dozens of trade ships and escorts were pulled out of ftl within a matter of hours, and none of them returned original route...
Transmission remained unanswered and deliveries came late if they took another oute, or not at all, so soon after, a sector defense fleet was sent in response to the incidents...
Like the ships before, they did not return, video footage of lightflashes and explosions and a green shimmer in space reached the nearest station later...
Another hour later an KD-Scout reached the area and confirmed what they had suspected...
Avathurn was here, it was time to call in the fleet...
Rules:
The rules are rather simple, if you read through the opening thread, you may already know them, however here, for purposes of simplification, a summary:
-You may bring a possible maximum of 300 ships to battle (Not counting minor support ships and not counting minor fighters, unless it´s specialized long range models), you may also bring more ships, but that´ll result in negative effects. Please state your shipnumbers and classes when entering, if there is any questions, ask me on discord.
-This battle is round based, so make sure to make your move within 2 days until I respond or your fleet will be considered 'idle'.
-When bringing ships to battle, please state the positions they go to, notably, there are 3 engagement ranges, (low, medium and long), as well as the Observation zone and the Proximity Zone.
-When appearing at the site you will start at the observation zone and can move in from there, (wether you move and fire in the same turn is up to you,) you can make your first move already upon arrival.
-There´s quite some backgroundwork in this event, so don´t run away with the plot or the actions, just as I will not write your damages, that´s your own task.
-Enjoy, don´t spam, don´t salt.