User:Imperial Misanthrope/First Battle of Te

The First Battle of Te was a major naval engagement that took place in the Lekgolo home system of Svir between a combined Fleet of the Allies, comprising the ISE Fleet of Imperial Victory, and the Fleet of Decisive Judgment, the Human Theta-Force Fleet, 8th Fleet, and Delta Force Fleet, and the Mgalekgolo Fleets of Exacting, Hope and Divinity against the Combined Marionette Fleets of Horrendous Knowledge, Particular Decision, and Remnants of the Fleet of Vengful Justice, part of the Vicicitum Invasionary Task Force. The Battle took place in 2600CE, the 1st Age of Realization, and is considered one of the major battle of the Accidental War

Battle Specification


Date: 28th December, 2600CE

Area: Svir System

Forces

 * Sangheili
 * Fleet of Imperial Victory
 * Fleet of Decisive Judgment


 * Human
 * Theta-Force Fleet
 * 8th Fleet
 * Delta-Force Fleet


 * Mgalekgolo
 * Te Defense Fleet (Ships supplied by the ISE)
 * Fleet of Exacting
 * Fleet of Hope
 * Fleet of Divinity


 * Marionette
 * Fleet of Horrendous Knowledge
 * Fleet of Particular Decision
 * Remnants of The Fleet of Vengeful Justice

Commanders
Sangheili: Imperial Admiral V’thi ‘Raman and Fleet Mistress Yamn ‘Zealonf

Human: Admiral G. Montgomery, Vice Admiral H. Denver, and Vice Admiral R. Hingley

Grand Mastermind Erunus Mio, and Mind Uphemia Him

Outcome
The single largest space battle of the war, the Battle of Te marked as one of the single most heated and sacrificial battles for the UNSC, the ISE, and their allies, and one of the largest assaults by the Marionette Fleets.

Eventual Stalemate

The Battle
The Battle began near the Lekgolo homeworld of Te, which lies in the Svir system. A Combined Fleet of humans and Sangheili had assembled in the system to design a search-and-destroy plan on the Marionette forces, based on their last intended vectors, which had once again been around several Unggoy owned planets.

The meeting of the combined Fleet took part several parsecs away from the Lekgolo homeworld. Merely 10 minutes after the Fleets had met, a large Marionette force broke from Slipspace several hundred kilometres from the conferring Fleet’s kill-zone.

Taking near immediate notice, the Sangheili and Human Fleets began to form up a line against the rapidly inbound Marionette hoard. The Sangheili Super-Carrier Projected Reasoning, the meeting place of the Sangheili and Human Admiralty, and the Sangheili Flagship, received a message of sorts. Instead of the usual transmission, all of the crew upon the Flagship heard what they report as “a deep, resonating, melodious voice” speak into their minds, accompanied by one that was “softer and more light spoke”, and was also described to be a female voice:


 * Ahh, now we see! You plot against us! Against our grand design!


 * It is against us that you develop your plans, when against the speaker we directed our vengeance


 * But now, your interference is unacceptable! The Forerunner had more sense than you, and the Speaker had more than enough of them!


 * We must remove you to proceed onto his destruction, we are sincerely sorry for this, however you have brought upon yourselves this folly when you interrupted our great work

The cryptic message was documented by the Admiralty, however its meaning and logic at the time was questionable.

The battle however, had already begun, the Vanguard ships of each side had engaged each other, and desperately tried to force the other back. Through their superior durability and knowledge of the allied forces ship designs, the Marionette Combined Fleet was able to cut a deep hole into the middle of the Allies. Sensing what was coming, Imperial Admiral V’thi ‘Raman ordered his Battlecruisers to form a semi-circle formation over the upper half of the Marionette forces. In a deft and clever display of power, around 40-55 Battlecruisers unleashed a continuous barrage of energy projectors onto the enemy ships. Several of the Marionette ships seemed to be incapacitated, and their formation began to divide. Seizing the opportunity, the Human Fleets began the classic human “hammer” formation, concentrating all of their larger ships to the centre and firing continuously ahead.

Bloodied but not beaten, the Marionettes recovered quickly, utilizing a previously unseen tactic. To the utter horror of the Allied fleets, entire ships, broken or disabled began to hurtle into them indiscriminately, knocking and breaking ships upon impact, as their usual onslaught of telekinetically crushing vessels continued.

The Imperial Admiral and Admiral Montgomery wracked their minds for a solution to this, until finally Vice Admiral Hingley and Fleet Mistress Yamn ‘Zealonf proposed something. Taking the idea as the only thing they had at the moment, the Admiralty ordered the Fleets to take up defencive formations. In a shocking display of desperation, the Allied Fleet unleashed waves of fighters and drop ships, swarming the Marionette ships while the Fleets themselves kept up a barrage to occupy the Marionette defenders. Utilizing the same tactic Covenant forces had done during the First Battle of Earth, human and Sangheili forces deployed onto Marionette ships, leaving several Anti-Matter bombs within each one they boarded.

Once again the Marionette vessels seemed to break formation in panic, as the Allied vessels began to set up various formations to confuse and derange the enemy as they regrouped. After 7 hours of fighting, neither side showed any sign of giving up, the Marionette Fleets remained stubbornly intent on the Allied Fleet’s destruction, and the UNSC-ISE Combined Fleets remained steadfast the same. At approximately this time, records show that three Mgalekgolo Fleets, the Fleets of Exacting, Hope and Divinity appeared from Slipspace.

The battle lasted a total of 23 hours, both sides engaged in new, more flexible strategies that seemed to be undone by the other side as they too adapted eagerly. In the end the supremacy of marionette technology and unified attempts were stalemated by the Allies superior numbers and numerous strategic formations. At this time, the Marionette Combined Fleet entered Slipspace, as the Allied Admiralty also began to consider retreat. The Sangheili had been against it however, as they still raged with anger over their previous losses, Yamn ‘Zealonf especially embittered by the Death of her Father two years prior.

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