[Event] Death of an empire

Hannizio

ZendikaroftheWest
As the fire rains from all sides, The smaller ships swarm out to hit the gateway lines from the sides and surround them.
The bulky ship doesn't even try to turn, and takes the first volley, being hit hard but not nearly done fighting. Once it is completely inside the gap, it starts firing rapid volleys of hundreds of semi guided rockets with nuclear warheads in all directions, hoping to hit any enemy around. While this happens, the cruisers and frigates, together with heavy fighter support, try to flank the sides of the gate and surround it.

ZendikaroftheWest

Hannizio
(Sorry it took so long.)
Through shadow to the edge of night
Until the stars are all alight.
The "Wings" of the gate rotate, so all that is facing the dreadnought is the Zouulgut, the Hazirads, and the Carriers. The cruisers and destroyers have now turned to face the enemy flankers, and unleash a heavy round of beam fire, blast after blast streaking at them. Missiles are fired first, then torpedoes, and the debakes swarm in, slicing through any aircraft in their way. Meanwhile, as the rockets approach, interceptor missiles are fired from all of the ships, cutting through them like butter. What remains is easily take care of by their PD. Out from those smoke clouds, They fire. Torpedoes, beams, it is all they have. The dorshias line up behind and fire their heavy ship busting torpedoes, meant to punch through armor and then explode. Snukas dive from above, releasing bombs and missiles at the bulky ship. they then break off, then fire a salvo of shrapnel missiles, just after the torpedoes.
(Also, what is being seen by Kiani)

Brank

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"ENEMY ON APPROACH; ENGAGE IN DEFENSIVE PROTOCOLS"
The AI's voice rung across the ID Fleet, singing in the ears of every soul aboard the ship. The Artillery focused fire on the dreadnought, swathes of weaponsfire lashing out from the Artillery and the fleet alike. From the Longbows comes a wave of long; thin particle beams, the projectiles moving at relativistic speeds from the sheer acceleration put into them. Pilums fire their railguns, the long weapons shooting out huge, thin, sharp shells at insanse speeds; not quite that of the particle beams, but near-relativistic in nature; while Javelins fire out swarms of Anti-ship torpedoes and missiles from their sides, point defense; coilguns; and defensive shields and interceptor missiles sit at the ready to defend against oncoming fire. Meanwhile the rest of the fleet nearby fires their weapons, railguns and particle lances and missiles alike setting course for the enemy lines....

"WARNING: FIGHTERCRAFT LAUNCHING; WARNING: HANGAR BAYS OPENING; WARNING: PLEASE VACATE HANGARBAYS"
On the hangars of the ID carriers people cleared out quickly into airlocks before the hangars opened up, the artificial gravity keeping everything inside; including air; but opening the ship up to dangerous micrometeorite impacts and radiation that could harm unsuited personnel. Wyrms and Silverhawks launching with interceptopr munitions loaded...

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Brank The dreadnought can take damage, but this is even too much for it. The Artillery rains down on it. Impact after impact. The hangar bays get evacuated as quickly as possible. A few railguns shots and giant shrapnel rounds later, the dreadnought is a nearly lifeless hull. Only single missile launchers and one of the main 8 giant shrapnel guns is in tact. With its last trust it turns it underside to the enemy, offering protection for whoever follows it. It still functions as the perfect cover foe the rest of the fleet, as it tries to get in range. As salvo after salvo rains down at the dead dreadnought, the fighters assemble behind.
The last 4 railgun shots of the dreadnought could find their targets: the longbows.
The giant shrapnel bullets fly relatively slowly towards the fighters, they aren't hard to dodge. But once they seemed to be dodged, they explode with incredible power, launching small shrapnel into all direction at very high velocities, shooting hundred of bullet sized holes into anything in a few dozen meters distance.
meanwhile the small and weakened taskforce are nearly in range behind the dreadnought still flying towards the artillery.

boombox

Brank
ZendikaroftheWest
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//Transmission: Encrypted Morse Code//
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//Transmission: Encrypted Morse Code End//

The German ships pull back towards the star base, firing out of all barrels to suppress the enemy in an effort to pull the enemy fire onto themselves, but several enemy rounds hit one of the destroyers' ammunition holds and blow it to hell, leaving only rubble behind.. another destroyer is hit gravely, spiraling out of control.
"Feuer, lasst die Kreuzer die Projektile abfangen!"
The cruisers move infront of the destroyers to shield them as the destroyers pull back, then the cruisers fall back as well, the remaining German forces setting up a last stand close to the Star Base..

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ZendikaroftheWest @Brank @boombox
All HDC forces fall back to the starbase, a dreadnought stays back adn blinks with a single white lamp.
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The dreadnought has only small backwards thrusters and no way to turn. Salvo after salvo of rockets fire. The rail gun fires, hitting 2 cruisers. The laser beams fire strike after strike, cutting through enemy frigates. Suddenly a flash, like a lighting. All observers turn their eyes from the dreadnought, to not get blind. The engines of the dreadnought, who kept it in orbit, flash on a last time. A plasma ball bursts in the inside, breaking the mighty ship in the middle. A frigate could penetrate the side armor with a prototype weapon: a railgun based nuclear warhead. The enormous force of the blast lets one part drift into the orbit, while the smaller nose starts to drift down.
All station sensors of the starbase ring alarm, as the part of the dreadnought starts to fall in the direction of the city. The lasers try to cut it into smaller pieces without much success. After more missiles failed, the starbase itself moved into the way.
Metal clashes on metal, sparks fly, and the starbase nearly goes down under the additional weight. The special engine can hold up the weight, and the dreadnought is no match for the starbase's armor, but with all the attackers around and the bottom scratching the atmosphere, the starbase groans under the pressure. Luckily some frigates could move the debris into orbit soon after.

Brank

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Holding the line against the shattered Alien Dreadnought, the ID send out a blinking series of lights back at the HDC
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The ID Sends a response to the GSR fleet via-morse code, Their guns still chucking out rounds towards the Alien fleets, trying to draw attention to themselves in a bid to keep fire off the HDC starbase.

"HOLD THE LINE!"
Captain Crilo screams out across the bridge, invigorated by the battle as he passionately orders around crew to their stations and to their objectives.
"THE DREADNOUGHT IS DOWN, FOCUS ON THE REST OF THE FL-"
BOOM
A Resounding crash rings through the Longbows as warnings sound on Crilo's Bridge from Watchdog; The Ships AI Core.
"Warning; Longbows 'Grazing Blow' and 'Erupting Flame' have been Damaged, 'Grazing Blow's Armament is offline, Erupting Flame is still fully functional aside from point defense weapons along the starboard side being damaged."

"DAMNIT! SEND FIGHTERS TO FORM UP AND PROTECT THE LONGBOWS!"
Crilo screams out as the railguns strike the two Longbow Artillery, one being totally knocked out of the fight with the other losing weapons along starboard but still functioning. Fires rage across the Grazing Blow as it's main gun burns, burns, burns. The fires encroach on the vital systems as lifepods shoot out of the ship, many of the crew escaping before...

THWOOM!

The reactor core goes critical, sending debris out wildly as the rest of the fleet's shields toss up barriers of plasma in an attempt to defend themselves, debris being vaporized by plasma or broken into small bits by CIWS...

Fighters; Groups of Silverhawks loaded with interceptor missiles accompanied by Syntax Drones loaded with their own interception missiles and armaments, swarming around the artillery and trying to take out whatever weaponsfire or debris they can...

ZendikaroftheWest

boombox Hannizio
And yet...

As the forces fall back around the capital, A flash of red, and then suddenly, they are there. Kiani and his fleet. THey are right in front of the GSR ships, protecting them, at the cost of their own. Under the heavy barrage, three cruisers fall, detonating from direct hits. However, Kiani puts his dreadnought directly in front of the barrage, sacrificing himself to save his people. Shots start deflecting off of the armored bow, ricocheting away. However, even with this, it is being overwhelmed. Beams streak out from the whole gamilas fleet, smashing armor, melting weapons, and doing anything to protect the HDC. A transmission is sent to the GSR, ID and HDC ships, from the dreadnought.
"My allies, and friends, we will hold. Go! Evacuate the homeworld. Do the right thing and sacrifice yourself for you fellow man, and help these poor people. Alpheratz was right, in that we should help others and not judge them based on what they look like, but who they are. Maybe, in a different time, we could have been friends, but not now, GO! do what you must. I may not see you again, but do this for the good of all, not just yourself. Take care. Ghale Gamilas!"
The former picket line begins to descend into the atmosphere, opening their doors for evacuation.

Hannizio

boombox
The light of the station flash:
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Another salvo fires. Another enemy cruiser goes up in flames. The armor of the starbase is still holding, but first cracks, and holes are visible. Parts have been penetrated, and the armor on the lower body has been hit even harder.
Lasers cut, missiles fly, guns cover the night sky in a rain of fire. . Vessel after vessel burns down, scrap rains onto the planet. Down in the capital, the sky looks like it is glowing. It is quiet, most citizens hide in their rooms, or moved out of the city. The hundreds of shooting stars lighten the night sky. Bigger vessels like some cruisers manage to survive the reentry, tearing through the skyscrapers before hitting the ground.

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Brank The few fighters and bombers able to escape the 3 out of the 6 hangars that could open in time get ready to fight the new thread. The fighters keep close to the other ships, half of the bombers and a couple of fighters swarm out to the side. All remaining forces get ready for a last strike on the artillery

ONI

I’m going to leave the event because I have gotten no replies and it has very much been active.

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ONI (I am sorry, I couldnt really find the motivation to reply and I didnt know what to write tbh)

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ZendikaroftheWest The flankers, surprised by the fast turn, try to get around the ships and having the enemy ships between them and the heavily damaged dreadnought. The beams cut through one ship after the other, with out much resistance. Salvos of guns fire back, together with single stealth missiles, made to be nearly invisible on radar or infrared sensors
The dreadnought slows down, and stops firing. It floats slowly space. Suddenly a group of shuttles and escape pods leave the ship, accelerating towards the planet surface, a few kilometers from the city

Hannizio

ZendikaroftheWest
The minister of defense, out of his deep bunker announces:
"We are very thankful for your offer. We will bring away as many civilians as possible. But we will not end this without a fight. We will fight and we will survive. We are busy keeping the city safe, can you hold a route open for the escape shuttles? We cant spare any forces or the city will fall."

boombox

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The reply is short:
//Transmission: Morse Code//
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//Transmission End//

The German Guns keep firing, their destroyers and cruisers attempting to draw the enemy fire unto them by dropping flares and moving laterally to the enemy... the fighters deployed by the cruisers flare out from behind the ships again to make another attack run upon the enemy, arming their torpedoes..

Brank

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Striking back is the APS of the ID ships, CIWS sending streaks of fire towards the incoming fighters and interceptor missiles going to engage.

ZendikaroftheWest

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As the escape pods launch, the Zouulgut fires a salvo of ion missiles, intended to disable the pods for capture. THe frigates and destroyers continue the fierce barrage on the flankers, Adding their point defense as they get closer.

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(Sorry to all of you for the late replies)

boombox

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(its all good, not like I'm any better😂)

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boombox Knowing the devastating force of the torpedoes, the ships start to drift apart from each other, with smaller ships staying behind the weak shields of the bigger ones. All hangars empty, getting ready for a last, heavy strike.
The group of ships is waiting for the attack of the fighters to start the all out attack

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Brank The fighters don't even try to avoid the missiles. Like brainwashed, the pilots intercept all missiles coming close to the bombers, even with their own fighters. The swarm of fighters, guarded by the point defense of the last bigger ships, shield the bombers with everything they got. Half of them form small protective walls around the bomber groups, the other half keeps themselves ready to engage enemy fighters. The bombers, splitting into groups, 2 for each artillery vessel, go on with full thrust, ready to strike a last time, and get the artillery down. All fire concentrates on the artillery, and except point defense and fighters, all weaponry strikes the artillery.
The bombers carry unguided but fast heavy nuclear weaponry with some millimeters armor to protect them from most shrapnel, combined with lighter guided missiles, designed to hit weak spots and clear the path by targeting point defense.

boombox

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ZendikaroftheWest

Brank
"Die Sternenbasis wird getroffen! Wir müssen sie schützen! Lenkt das feindliche Feuer auf euch!!"
The German ships, most badly wounded, achingly move forward, towards the enemy, all and any barrels that were not yet destroyed firing on the enemy, even FlaK and other.. The leftover fighters turned and did another attack run, harrassing the enemy fleet..
//Transmission: Local Code//
Zhis is Admiral Paul Richter. Zhe star base is taking heavy enemy fire. Ve have to protect it at all costs!"
//Transmission End//

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ZendikaroftheWest As the escape pods get disabled, the Zouulgut realizes that the heat going out from the ship isn't reduced so the reactor is still working, and that the ship, even with the heavy damaged, would still be able to continue the fight.
The flanking ships, now enjoying the full attention of the enemy fleet, and hopelessly behind in terms of numbers and ship quality, bring all their forces up in an effort to tighten the grip and pushing the enemy closer to the big, central ship, well knowing that this pressure couldn't be hold for long before the lines break and the battle is lost

boombox

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Some of the torpedoes trail past the ships as they evade, others are on target..

After firing off their torpedoes the fighters rush forward and start attack runs, especially on the larger enemy ships, firing their guns from close range at crucial points like turrets and the bridges of the ships.
At the same time the German ships redirect their cannons and fire again, another volley, aimee at the ships whose shields are down from torpedo hits.
The German FlaK readies to defend their ships..