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ZAR Taskforce
Command Bridge Excalibur

"Incomming Missile Barrage!" A techofficer shouted from the bridge as the missiles raced toward the ZAR ships.

Will looked out as the missiles streaked through space, the SEC was playing it close using their missiles at this range but the ZAR would play as well. "Launch All primed Missiles at the enemy then deploy anti missile countermeasures and Divert power from the engines to the shields. Have 1st Wing form up and attack after the missile Barrage." Zar snapped as his orders seemed to be carried out to the letter.

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SEC Battle Fleet Olympus
Command Bridge Vengeance

Grandmoff Tarin expected the counter barrage, but he had a new tactic to employ. "Launch Counter measures and Power down the main reactor divert battery power to life support and ESF Generators fleet wide." He ordered, throughout the fleet SEC ships powered down their reactors leaving them seemingly helpless, it was a baffling tactic but soon each ship was surrounded by an electron stabilization field. This was the largest scale the new defense weapon had been deployed and it would also be the first field test.
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The SEC missiles hit the ZAR fleet first, many missiles were lost to the defensive measures but still 10 medium yield and one high yield missile got through. The ZAR taskforce was ripped apart by the missiles as many of the ships went down some vaporized on the spot. Triumph had taken part of the force of a warhead and it ripped a hole in the front and it was clear the ship was going down. Will looked out at his former flagship with a pang of guilt. The bridge was gone he knew Williams would surely be dead the ship spiraled. It appeared to stabilize most likely done in engineering, Her hangers were still in tact and while the battle raged on her transports were seen streaming from the vessel along with escape pods. The Casualties were still high, 25,765 of her 68,174 were dead and 2986 of her 12500 troops had perished as well.

The ZAR Barrage carried many more missiles but still many got through the countermeasures. But as the clouds of Nuclear inferno all of the Vessels with ESF Remained intact. Still the smaller vessels didn't posses this tech and most were destroyed or engulfed. Behind the fleet the troop transports and medical frigates were completely unscathed the ZAR had programmed the blast of avoid the support vessels, they hated the SEC but they would not resort to unorthodox measures.

But as the inferno cleared the Bombers and fighters of the ZAR were close behind as the bombers came screaming at the SEC capital ships. The fleet raced to restart reactors and fire point defense but for most it was too late. The SEC fighters that survived raced to defend the ships but they could only hit so many as they took defensive fire from the ZAR fighter escorts. Most of the fighters were ordered to defend the Vengeance. The attack was a complete success, 11 Capital ships were destroyed and another 10 Crippled, Vengeance was moderately damaged along with 4 others, 3 ships remained completely intact.
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Both the ZAR and SEC fleets were crippled but then out of hyperspace came another fleet, 15 Capital ships escorted by over 30 smaller vessels and destroyers, battleships and fast attack ships. A message was Transmitted to Grand-Moff Tarin, This is
TOC-ZAR battle fleet Eyre, You will cease your attack on the ZAR vessels. The Talus Ordo Confederation is granting the forces of the Former ZAR republic asylum and taking them into refuge. The entire SEC operation against the ZAR republic is being placed in question and will be addressed in the Tribunal facing Luke Sullen on charges of Conspiracy for a military coup.
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There was no response from the SEC to the TOC-ZAR forces but the crippled ships limped away those that were too wounded were abandoned and destructed. Then the remaining vessels left the system. It was clear the ZAR had been victorious, though the price for victory was high.


After the SEC began to leave another message was transmitted to the Cybrans, We ask that you do not fire upon our fleet we wish to collect the ZAR Taskforce and we will be on our way. If the Cybrans wish to further discuss diplomacy with the Confederation we will send our diplomat to meet with a Cybran representatives

After the SEC left a few ZAR and TOC vessels transited though the bulk of the force remained to await a Cybran response.