2242 January 3rd, Serpent Nebula, ARS Destiny Accension
"Have the patrols arrived back yet?" asked Matriarch Lidanya
"No matriarch, they are 30 minutes late. Perhaps they encountered a setback?" reported her officer.
"Or a Human Battlegroup, they have been skirmishing around the citadel for months now" said Lidanya.
Sitting in her captains chair she listened to the various reports until something caught her attention. "Why are the Turians breaking formation?!" she yelled out as all of the Turian ships protecting the Citadel started flying at full power towards the Mass Relay "Tell them to get back into position or they will get in trouble!"
"Matriarch they are not responding!" replied the Communications officer just as all Turian ships jumped out of system.
"Contact Councilor Tevos tell her what happened-" Lidanya started speaking but was interrupted once the first officer of the Night Crew ran in
"Matriarch! Turn on the News!" yelled the officer
Lidanya was annoyed by this but obliged, turning on the news on her Omni-tool just like everyone else on the Bridge and across the ship.
Grainy image of a reported apreared with the Headline 'Palaven under Attack' "I just received word that the Human Force consists of Many Fleets, the Infamous 2nd and 5th Fleet markings were spotted before our Ship was destroyed. Turian officials stopped reporting after over 800 Ships were reported to have entered system and more entering by the second. Ladies and Gentlemen the Battle of Palaven has began, we will try our best to-" the Transmission was cut as the signal was lost
"Matriarch, we received Reports from our other Patrols. All Turian Ships have been recalled to defend Palaven. We already received several reports of Attacks from the Terminus Systems!" reported communications.
"Goddess" was all Lidanya could say.
Orbit of Palaven
Admiral Kandros watched her tactical display of the System, her eyes locked on the 12 Ships that just jumped into system. "What can you tell me about them?" she asked
"They are clearly Human, ma'am. Why they send just 12 I have no idea" reported her Sensors officer
"Tell the fleet to prepare for battle, they aren't so stupid as to only send 12 cruisers at us" ordered Kandros
The sensors officer station exploded in red lights as he fantically started working on the screen "Admiral! The 12 cruisers just generated the Gravitational signature of a Star, all 12 of them!"
Kandros eyes widened as a theory took place in her head. Human Ships were incapable of in system jumps and always exited at the outskirts of a planets gravitational signature out of safety. Yet those 12 Cruisers kept flying at Palaven and at her Fleet without even as much as deploying Fighters, something that Human ships loved to do. "General alert to Palaven, Human attack imminent! Send out the order to surrounding systems, Palaven under Attack!"
Her worst fears came true as the first Human Ship jumped into system right next to one of the 12 new cruisers. Then another, and another. They kept jumping into system one after another. As the number reached 400 Ships she frantically opened a communications channel to Primarch Fedorian "Primarch! Humans are arriving in force 500 ships and counting! You need to send the Alert to all Ships and Fleets!"
Fedorian was shocked for a moment, the reason behind the Human retreat became so obvious to him now "It will be done Admiral, Make sure that the reinforcements have a force to reinforce and a Homeworld to defend!"
"Yes Primarch!" Kandros disconnected as she turned to the Tactical display and froze in place. A 12 Kilometer Behemoth just jumped into System. "Spirits"
"1st Fleet Reporting in, show these Birds what the 1st is made of!"
"3rd Fleet Reporting in, time to teach them a leason"
"5th Fleet Reporting in, lets kick some Turian ass"
"6th Fleet Reporting in, Ready to bruise"
"4th Fleet Reporting in, All ships accounted for"
"7th Fleet Reporting in, time for some revenge"
"8th Fleet reporting in, this is for Shanxi"
"9th Fleet Reporting in, people of Harmony are counting on us"
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25th Fleet Reporting in, time to show the Turians what Arcadias Shield can do"
"All Fleets are reporting in Admiral, second wave is incoming in 3 hours, we have until then to clear them a path to the surface" reported the Communications officer.
Drescher watched the Holo projection of the System and felt a sense of accomplishment. Years ago she was there to break the siege of Shanxi, today she would break Palaven and end the war once and for all.
"All Ships, Open fire. For Earth, For the Alliance!" Drescher said over the Intercom on all ships and every single Crewmember, pilot and Soldier replied with the Battlecry. Venators opened up and their Air Wings took off, Vulture Droids unclamped from the Ship Hulls and Deflector Shiels were concentrated at the ships front while the Turbolasers were powered up to Maximum. The Battle for Palaven had began.
SSV Mandator was first to open fire as it targeted the closest dreadnought to the Armada. Its full Turbolaser and Ion cannon complement ripped the Dreadnought THS Claw to shreds and destroyed the frigate behind it. The first slugs started impacting their shields and some unlucky cruisers were gutted by them, however as both fleets got closer and closer the tight formation that both sides broke apart as all hell broke lose.
"SSV Explorer, reporting cruiser kill"
"This is SSV Reliance, our reactor has been hit! We are-"
"Turian Reinforcements incoming from the relay!"
"SSV Prisoner, we are diverting!"
"Red-7 you have one on your tail!"
"Scratch one Destroyer"
"Shields Failing!"
Being pressed into his seat Jack "Trigger" Fletcher pulled around to save his wingmate from being shot down. His X-Wing almost ripping itself apart due to the momentum as he passed near a burning Turian frigate with 2 Turian Fighters on his back. "Trigger has 2 on his tail! Someone assist" Pulling infront of a cruisers bridge he quickly disabled his Safeties and did a 180 degree Turn and went full power against the Turian fighters that were just now coming into view.
He fired at one destroying it after the second hit while the second fighter pulled to the right "One Down"
"Nice shot Trigger"
"This is SSV Willson, Shields and weapons are down. We are going to ram. For Earth!"
"Another one lost Admiral!"
"Have the fighters move on that Carrier, its wings are destroying our cruiser cover."
"Gold Squadron move on me. We have a flattop to destroy"
"Roger Gold leader"
"Gold Leader, SSV Leningrad moving to assist"
"Gold-2, me and you will hit it with Ion missiles. Gold-3 and 4 finish it of with Proton Torpedoes"
"Copy that Gold Leader"
"Gold leader, we will provide as much cover as we can and diverte attention to ourselves, goodluck"
"You too Leningrad"
Flak fire and lasers flew past them as Slugs almost ripped them apart but the Y-Wing Bombers made it to their Target. "Admiral Drescher, This is Gold Leader, One flattop down, I say again, one flattop down!"
A Venator was split in half by fire from Palaven itself and became a small star for a split second "Why are those gun still Operational?!"
"ARC are reporting stiff resistance from them, they are requesting assistance"
"Sending anything down there will be suicide until those guns are down and a breach has been secured! Tell them to disable those Guns!"
"Admiral, Human ships are moving to intercept our reinforcements from the Relay"
"Tell Octavius that he needs to clear the area fast, we cant allow for the ships to make the Relay Unsafe to use!"
"Thousands die every minute over in orbit while I am stuck in this bunker"
"Primarch, without you the Hiearchy will be leaderless, peace will never return to the Turian people if you die"
"Then what do you want me to do Tevos?! It is my people that are dying by the Thousands while you and your people wanted to talk for all these years" Fedorian yelled back "Whatever you do Tevos, now it will be pointless. We have met out match in war. In these following days we will learn which species is more adept at it. Do as you will, I no longer believe you or your species. I Hope that history will remember how the Asari betrayed their Allies"
Operation Gambit Alliance Naval Strength
25 Fleets.
2631 Ships.
284 Alliance Class Star Destroyers.
322 Venator Class Star Destroyers.
1 Mandator Class Star Dreadnought
8621 X-Wing Starfighters
5281 Y-Wing Bombers
12852 Vulture Droid Starfighters
Turian Space Strength
Entirety of the remaining Turian Navy
6849 Ships.
8 Carriers
42 Dreadnoughts
581 Orbital Defence Platforms
20 Ground-Space Guns. (Total Number much Larger however only 20 are available to fire at a time due to Palavens Rotation)
38721 Pattern III Starfighters
17239 Pattern I Bombers
Menea Fortress Moon –
5 Ground-Space Guns (Total Number much Larger however only 5 can fire at a time)
5 Missile Silos (Total Number much Larger however only 5 can fire at a time)
20 Fighter Bases