On my way to Texas, I collected two capital ships mainly the SFC|LNS-Ravager, LABC, and Cata, a Dreadnaught. Both ships were instrumental in bringing those Krauts back to the Stone Age but one ship was commendable among others for he spotted the Rheinlanders.
LNS-Whitefin, also another LABC, managed to pinpoint the exact location of the enemy. Unfortunately he was not able to join the engagement. Within minutes of the skirmish, both Rheinland ship were destroyed. No survivors were found.
As if it was not enough, a few hours later. A much larger Rheinland fleet appeared. This fleet consisted of 2 Turtles, 1 Kusari Battleship, 2 Elbe Carriers, 4 Cruisers, 1 Gunboat and 2 fighters.
Our forces, initially, consisted of the following ships:
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Battleship.Melinda: Liberty Dreadnaught
SFC|Assault1: Liberty Gunboat
LNS-Vitoniz: Upholder Bomber
[LN]-Remus.Sius: Guardian Fighter
As soon as I launched from Norfolk, Captain Xiger of the Assault-One contacted me about the situation in New York. 2 Cruisers and a fighter were able to penetrate the outer defenses and were preparing to bombard Melbourne Station.
I gave the go-ahead signal to Xiger to try and ambush the small Rheinland scouting party using the cloak of Battleship.Melinda
The emergence of two dreadnaughts, Cata (same one as before) and Rasset, scared the witts out of the scouting party. They retreated towards Texas. A brief duel ensued between me and Frederich.Schneider, neither of us could hit each other so he managed to retreat towards the main battlegroup.
At this time, Admiral Baker arrived on board the [LN]-LNS-Maryland. I informed the Admiral about the situation and from there we sketched up a plan. But before we could decide, they needed to scout the other side. As being the only fighter in the fleet, I volunteered to go.
Once on the other side, I was under heavy fire. Missiles, plasmas, and lasers erupted simultaneously from all sides. A gunboat, Anomander, tried to chase me but he ultimately gave up. Once clear of the red zone, I managed to count the number of Rheinland ships. They were positioned in such a way that any ship coming through the gate would be instantaneously be obliterated. Upon relaying said information, Admiral Baker proceeded ahead with the plan.
Using the cloak of Cata and Battleship.Melinda, the Maryland and Rasset were to draw the attention of the Rheinland battlegroup by circumnavigating the jumpgate and taking the jumphole instead. The cloaked ships would then jump behind the Rheinland fleet, taking them by surprise.
It took a few minutes for the plan to formalize...
Once the bait was in place, the cloaked ships were ready. But the appearance of the Rheinland fighter in presence of the cloaked ships almost jeopardized it. It took another couple of minutes for the cloaked ships to jump, and by then the Maryland and Rasset were taking fire.
At the last moment, Cata and Battleship.Melinda, decloaked behind of RNC-Siberischetiger unleashing all guns. She went down quickly but the Maryland also went down after taking a enormous amount of beating.
It seemed that the appearance of two Dreadnaughts decloaking stunned the Rheinland Captains momentarily... but this was short-lived as right after the destruction of Maryland, the Rasset followed suit.
I ordered everyone to fire at the next best target, Project: "Dragon". She already took a beating from both the Maryland and Rasset. The Dragon was almost vanquished when suddenly it warped out of the battlefield... To our amazement.
By the situation was quickly deteriorating... The cloaking Dreadnaughts were forced to retreat leaving the fight temporarily to make quick repairs. But this was negated by the timely arrival of two bombers, Pain.Bringer and Armanda.Soledad. They quickly assessed the situation and targeted the most vulnerable cruiser, RNC-Zerstorer. Captain Xiger himself managed to defeat the enemy gunboat that was chasing me.
All of us remaining in the carnage managed to evade destruction until the arrival of the Carrier, Macross.Police, and its escorts, LNS-Mt.Wyatt, fighter and LNS-Polaris, LABC. Cata and Battleship.Melinda, also managed to return to the field. With their combined firepower, one by one the Rheinlanders fell.
A full ship list of our fleet is as follows:
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Battleship.Melinda: Liberty Dreadnaught
Rasset: Liberty Dreadnaught (DESTROYED)
Cata: Liberty Dreadnaught
[LN]-LNS-Maryland: Liberty Dreadnaught (DESTROYED)
SDF-Macross_Police: Liberty Carrier
LNS-Polaris: Liberty Assault Battlecruiser
SFC|Assault1: Liberty Gunboat
LNS-Vitoniz: Upholder Bomber
Pain.Bringer: Upholder Bomber
Armanda.Soledad: Roc Bomber
LNS-Mt.Wyatt: Guardian Fighter
[LN]-Remus.Sius: Guardian Fighter
A full ship list of the enemy fleet is as follows:
LNS-Vitoniz, Pain.Bringer and Armanda.Soledad: Destruction of a Cruiser while under heavy fire
Captain Xiger: Destruction of a Gunboat while under fire from several enemy Cruisers
Cata and Battleship.Melinda: Destruction of atleast 3 capital ships
Macross.Police: Destruction of atleast 3 capital ships with careful and precise Mortar shots
Recovery of pods fell to Lieutenant Richard Dallison, onboard the LPT-Greenville who arrived in the middle of the battlefield. I would to also commend Lieutenant Dallison for bravery under fire in recovering the pods of the crew members of both the Maryland and Rasset.
Overall, a great victory for Liberty.
For Freedom and Justice, Lieutenant Commander Remus Sius
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