Battle of Presidia Alenarith
| Battle of Presidia Alenarith | |||||||
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 Cortesian and Novan fleets exchange fire underneath Presidia Alenarith | |||||||
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| Participants | |||||||
 Separatist Alliance |
 Orovika | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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16 Ships (88,550 Blocks)
12k Destroyer (3)
6.5k Attack Frigate (1) 2k Gunship (7)
500 Tackle Gunship (6)
350 Starfighter (3)
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14 Ships (132,800 Blocks)
20k Barge (1)
9.7k Attack Destroyer (2) 8k Frigate (1) 2k Gunship (2) 350 Starfighter (3)
350 Interceptor (1) | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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13 Ships (50,050 blocks)
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8 Ships (42,800 blocks)
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The Battle of Presidia Alenarith was a major military engagement between Imperial Nova and Cortesia Del Mar and their respective allies, and is to date the largest battle (by block count) and the only battle involving the loss of two Supercapital class ships.
Context
Earlier TSA Fight I guess
Summary of Events
Times are listed in 24-hour BST / UTC+1 (British Summer Time) unless specified otherwise.
Start of the Battle
At 23:30 while mining for Uranium in the Barge CDMS Blobfox, Astralchroma was alerted by Yodabird19 to a potential incoming attack from Longy (piloting a Destroyer) and begun to return to Presidia Alenarith (PA); Cortesia Del Mar's primary base of operations. While Astralchroma was en route to PA, Yodabird19 piloted the Battlecruiser CDM Centradia in order to defend the incoming fleeing Barge. Upon returning to PA, Astralchroma piloted the Battlecruiser CDMN Rainier, with Longy jumping to PA shortly after, and thus the fight began.
The Battle
Shortly after the fight began, NovaManGood2110 joined the fight in the Battlecruiser NIF Absolution, and came under immediate attack by Astralchroma piloting the CDMN Rainier, with assistance from Yodabird19. At 23:52 the NIF Absolution was destroyed in the area immediately below Presidia Alenarith, dealing significant damage to the CDMN Rainier (which remained in the fight) in the process.
With the CDMN Rainier's shields significantly drained and having sustained block damage following its direct engagement with the NIF Absolution, the ship was effectively crippled. As it was within the bounds of Presidia Alenarith, unpiloting the ship and switching to an alternate ship was considered; this was decided against, and was ultimately a tactical error which lead to the later death of the ship.
The CDMN Rainier continued to be attacked by various ships, primarily Separatist Alliance Gunships, preventing it from regenerating.
At 00:07, potentially seeing an opportunity to score a Battlecruiser kill, Z4nityy joined the fight in the Vask Authority Battlecruiser CALAMITY, and targeted the CDMN Rainier, ultimately sinking it, causing the 2nd Battlecruiser sink of the fight, killing Astralchroma, who respawned at Presidia Alenarith, and piloted the CDMN Windswept to continue the fight. The Battlecruiser CALAMITY left the fight shortly after.
Towards the end of the fight, two Separatist Alliance members, having lost their ships (Gabrielhulk10 and TheGamingBananaV) took refuge in a nearby asteroid. Some CDM members, being unwilling to engage in ground combat, set personal defense turrets, and began firing on the asteroid. Realizing the inefficiency of this, Yodabird19 switched to the Barge CDMN Westeria, and began to mine the asteroid. This is possibly the only case of a Barge intentionally being used an in offensive capacity.
Aftermath
Legacy
Big Fight?
Victory Dispute
Maybe Nova Vs CDM War?