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| style="border-right: #aaa 1px dotted;" colspan="1" | [[File:Simurgh logo.jpg|25px]] SMS ''Surfrir'' | | style="border-right: #aaa 1px dotted;" colspan="1" | [[File:Simurgh logo.jpg|25px]] SMS ''Surfrir'' | ||
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| style="border-right: #aaa 1px dotted;" colspan="1" | [[File:Simurgh logo.jpg|25px]] 131 Flotilla | | style="border-right: #aaa 1px dotted;" colspan="1" | [[File:Simurgh logo.jpg|25px]] 131 Flotilla | ||
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| style="border-right: #aaa 1px dotted;" colspan="1" | [[File:Simurgh logo.jpg|25px]] | | style="border-right: #aaa 1px dotted;" colspan="1" | [[File:Simurgh logo.jpg|25px]] 9 Ships | ||
| colspan="1" | [[File:Azadistan flag.gif|25px]] 12 Ships | | colspan="1" | [[File:Azadistan flag.gif|25px]] 12 Ships | ||
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Revision as of 01:04, 31 May 2015
| Battle of Desolation Moon | |
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| Part of the Phoenix Republican Uprising | |
| Date | March 5322 A.E. |
| Location | [Some System] |
| Result | Pyrrhic Imperial Victory |
| Belligerents | |
 Phoenix Empire
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 Jardin Republic
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| Commanders and Leaders | |
| Fairika Ettiene bint Dunyazade al Lasalle
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Jean-Emmanuel Killy
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| Roger Eric de Brightstar
| |
| Otto Alfons Krecek-Zervina
| |
| Units Involved | |
| SMS Surfrir
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Gardenia Fleet
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| 131 Flotilla
| |
| Strength | |
| 9 Ships
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12 Ships
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| Casualties & Losses | |
| 1,000+ Killed | 1,000+ Killed |
| 2 Heavy Cruisers Foundered | 3 Cruisers Foundered |
| 4 Destroyers Foundered | 8 Destroyers Foundered |
The Battle of Desolation Moon was a naval battle of the Phoenix Republican Uprising between ships of the Imperial Navy and Starforce and the Jardin Navy, fought on March 5322 A.E. A pursuit group under the command of Commodore Jean-Emmanuel Killy translated in-system with the intent of scattering the Imperial forces regrouping at Port Hampton and return the escaped P.O.W. Colonel Fairika Ettiene bint Dunyazade al-Lasalle - commanding the liberated armored cruiser Surfrir - to custody. The assembled scratch force of Imperial stragglers attempted to escape through the Starways deeper into the Empire but were intercepted in the orbit of Desolation Moon.
The two forces's destroyers engaging in a spectacularly violent close quarters melee on the moon's far side. Outnumbered, the Imperial screen was destroyed in a matter of minutes as their Jardin counterparts hurled themselves nigh-suicidally upon the cruisers behind. Fending off their attacks the Imperial cruisers formed up line abreast and, yielding to the pressure, retreated in a clockwise orbit around Desolation Moon, slingshotting themselves to the Starway. During the resulting stern chase three Jardin and two Imperial Cruisers foundered in rapid secession, including Commodore Killy's flagship. In the aftermath, Colonel Fairika extended a ceasefire to JNS Fantine in order for both sides to conduct SAR and leave the system.
Background
Deployment
Battle
Destroyer Melee
Stern Chase
Aftermath
References
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