Lifetime of War
Chapter 7: General Williams
It seemed and eternity before the Human Fleets met us at The Round Table. Unlike previous engagements; their ships could hold up infinitely longer than before. It was a wonder we were able to gain superiority in the star system.
In the final push into The Round Table our fleets surround the Humans and picked them apart. Three months passed before the news came; The Round Table was ours. Or that is what everyone believed at least. In truth, our ships only took roughly ninety percent of the Round Table. For three months any human ships left stubbornly held on and launched hit and run attacks against ours from hidden positions in the asteroid belts.
A majority of the shuttles were sent to the planet known as Albion. One of the largest Industrial worlds, Albion's water table was poisoned by industrial run-off and strip mined for its resources. The soil dangerous to walk on without any kind of protection on ones feet. The air itself lethal if it was inhaled without a mask or filter. This planet was also special, not because of its location in human space but because it was here that we faced the legions for the first time.
As the first landing shuttles entered the atmosphere our armadas were still fighting the Humans in space. The second they entered the planet's atmosphere they were met with an ocean of anti-air fire from the ground below. By the time our troops could exit their craft, thirty percent of the landings ships were destroyed or lost.
Once the AA sites were gone then so were the Humans. Too bad I didn't know about the stubbornness of the legions or General Williams.