I´ll post this here as here as I didn't find a better fit.
The First Battle of Cassiopeia
The battle was AI controlled but the ships often got stuck and didn't hold a great deal of distance from another. They seem to only notice the target in that regard. When I do this again there´ll be fewer big ships. It was great fun to watch nonetheless!
Involved fleets:
Halinder NanoTrasen
Taorec Taoran Navy
SaveGame to replay the battle.
Fluff
This is TNN, the totally impartial Taoran News Network with breaking information from the border. We just received word that the tensions between the Empire and the greedy NanoTrasen Mega cooperation came to a head. They sent ships identified as the 5th Task Force to occupy the rich Cassiopeia Sector, rightfully annexed by the Empire years before.
The task force consisted of the lead ship ROCKPUNCHER, two Birds of Prey, two Chapels, 5 medium ships of the Gunship and Underwhelmer type and 10 small pods.
Defending the was the valiant flagship TNS Battleship THORS HAMMER. It was accompanied by 5 Hammer and Blaster Battle Cruisers and two Beam Cruisers. Screening were ten smaller destroyers of both classes.
A mad battle broke out and two NanoTrasen Gunships managed to flank the Taoran Navy sneaking up behind THORS HAMMER.
Some smaller vessels were already destroyed but the cruisers and battleships on both sides took only minor damage. The first major casualty was the Bird of Prey NSS Trifecta as a Hammer Destroyer managed to destroy a rear power plant initiating a chain reaction devastating the vessel.
The NanoTrasen Navy seemed very focused on the flagship of the Taoran Empire, possibly trying to score a moral victory killing the as yet unbeaten Admiral Atlan. Meanwhile the battle cruiser WINGS OF GLORY moved into a rear position behind the ROCKPUNCHER, firing its 12 front mounted cannons into the reactors of the enemy admiral´s ship dealing crippling blow.
After that the TN swiftly mopped up the rest of the invaders leaving behind a massive million ton debris field. It was a crushing victory for the Empire having lost only two destroyers and taken minor damage on the cruisers and THORS HAMMER.
Nearly forty ships took part in the battle and both sides were estimated to field over 4 trillion T-Credits worth of ships making this one of the bigger skirmishes in recent times.