Today I am ecstatic to report the details of our glorious victory over our Corsair rivals. It was a difficult, but well-fought battle on the part of our pilots, with light losses in comparison to the nearly full-scale destruction of the Corsair fleet. I had captured the entirety of the fray on my ship's guncam, unfortunately an ion storm prematurely ended the battle before the Corsair scum could be fully routed, thus the remainder of the footage was corrupted due to intense interference from the storm. The order of battle follows.
The battle began with our forces evenly matched, a 10 ship versus 10 ship matchup, a surprise as it is highly unlike the Corsairs to not crowd the field with overwhelming numbers. Perhaps their women are tired of sleeping with their defeated husks? Hah. In any case, I felt a clear advantage from the very beginning as our pilots unmatched prowess was on full display. Rarely have I ever been prouder to be aligned with the Rotfront. Our battleships pounded the enemy dreadnought with a flurry of rocket attacks, as well as pressuring the larger Consul-class battlecruisers. The first blood split by the Corsairs, as one of their snubcraft found itself on the wrong end of one of our own's guns one too many times.
Then, It was not long before their Praefect-class vessels started to falter, their hulls bubbling and melting away from the relentless strikes of plasma dispatched by our vessels. As for the Rotes Feld, I had direction for my ship to act as screening for the larger vessels - a duty I had little trouble in carrying out as our snubcraft easily wiped away the enemy snubcraft, even outnumbered. We primarily sought out vessels whose shields had been overloaded, failing that, Cruisers vessels whom had such little hull integrity remaining they had might be but a plank of wood and a paddle in the ocean. We did not score any critical, final hits on any vessel, but we did manage to assist fairly well with harassing the larger enemy vessels, causing chaos and confusion, drawing shots away from our more vulnerable ships. I had also assisted our snubcraft with attempting to destroy the enemy Gunboat, the Manticore. It is a shame this ship escaped into the ion storm. Some of the last vessels to be destroyed were the recently-seen Consul-classes. No doubt we will be seeing more of this admittedly threatening ship in the future.
Post battle commentary & strategic analysis
We had hoped to test our newly built IFRIT type turrets on the Corsairs, as the Rotes Feld had been recently refit with them as our primary heavy armament on Wolfsburg. We had ample opportunity to do so, yet they seem to have underperformed our expectations. We will report back our findings on their performance to the shipwrights and experts at Wolfsburg.
The main threat of the Corsairs in the past had been their fearsome Legate-class Dreadnoughts, whom outmatches our venerable Jorm-class in size, armament and armor. This would seem to be no longer true, as the Corsairs have been employing more and more of the Consul-class battlecruisers into their fleets and raiding parties, leaving the Dreadnoughts to rarer and more selective deployments. It is without a doubt a dangerous class to face, but it is not without its weaknesses as we had found. The Hessians do not possess a ship of a similar caliber, unfortunately, and I believe this will be a significant challenge for us should we not face it quickly. Our dear kameraden in the Coalition had requisitioned us several of their Hurricane-class ships, which are a useful addition to our fleets, but, in the end I feel, are an inadequate stopgap measure for our lack of coverage in this area.
Nonetheless, the battle was an overwhelming victory for our Front, and to our allies, we are forever thankful.
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