Defeat for the League!
Game 5PT Raid: Space battle: No debris.
Note: Drakh duty subtracted 1 PT from League.
With 20% of their forces re-assigned to deal with a Drakh incursion elsewere the League forces were concerned
This was a dangerous mission. Seek out and destroy a Minbari Sharlin warcruiser.
The League fleet of Raid/Skirm/Patrol ships encountered ths Sharlin using the abilities of their Vaarl scouts .
However, scanners detected 2 ships, a Sharlin and a Centauri Dargan Cruiser!
Much time was lost as the League ships considered a response to this suprise.
Withdraw? Fight? Run away?
Before an answer was agreed the Minbari/Centauri lasers opened up!
The initial stages of fire in the first 3 Turns resulted in the destruction of a Brikorta, crippling of a Vaarl and a Drazi Strikehawk.
The League ships, confused from the start, and failing Stealth offered no response. The Battlewagons were still out of range and appeared reluctant to enter the fight.
The League fighters didn't advance, the Nials/Rutarians putting them off.
Turn 4 and the pain continued. The battlewagon Lenin suffered a no speed and no special actions critical. The Kaiser, a second wagon, suffered moderate damage.
Both targeted the Sharlin, only one hit and caused light damage.
The Brakiri fighter pilots enraged at the destruction of a Brikorta attacked and were annihilated by the Minbari fighters.
The battle couldn't be won. The second in command urged withdrawal.His plea was rejected.
" This is a holy war! We stay, we fight and we die! But we'll take as many of the enemy with us as we can!"
Both sides closed range. The disabled battlewagon Lenin, unable to respond was hit repeatedly with Centauri lasers. The crew continually failing damage control!
Raider fighters swarmed in to their destruction against the Nials.
The Strikehawk was destroyed and the crew of the final Brikorta killed, leaving their severly damaged ship a burning hulk.
The Sharlin and Kaiser exchanged beams, the Vaarl scout lowering the enemy stealth. The Wagon took heavy damage and mulitple criticals over several of the next turns but kept firing.
The Sharlin suffered moderate damage and heavy crew losses as it entered point blank range with the Raider Kaiser Wagon.
The Unholy proceeded to destroy the Battlewagons. The final League ship, a Vree Vaarl, opened a jump point and hit hyperspace.