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This campaign follows the story of the North Atlantic-Martian Entente, or NAME for short. Unfortunately, I haven't quite finished the generation of two NPEs, so the folder won't be up until Wednesday, by which time it will already, of course, be obsolete. However, when I've generated the NPEs, the folder will be up and I'll edit in a link to the folder here:
This is also an attempt to downsize my vessels. Most of the time, I have been playing with dreadnoughts/battleships of hull size 20 in S:X scale, and heavy cruisers at hull 12. This time, however, heavy cruisers are hull 7-8, battleships hull 12 and dreadnoughts hull 16. I'm also attempting to deploy fleets apart from one massive fleet and just defensive squadrons in the rest of the systems--the NAME, at least, has a defensive fleet of three squadrons in each of their systems--not large squadrons, but enough to actually pose a threat.
The NAME started off as an INT-1 power, with a peacetime income of 72, a trade of 14 and maintenance of 76 with all ground forces in reserve. They had already encountered a splinter colony, the New Lunar Alliance, who were in a state of Partnership. The NLA had a peacetime income of 12, a trade of 2, and a maintenance of 13 with its ground forces and defensive base in reserve.
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The first scout squadron encountered a splinter colony, the New Neptunian Imperium. However, the NAME and NNI were former enemies and the Imperator of the Imperium had a long memory. Luckily, the scout squadron left before shots were fired.
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In a move hardly surprising, the Imperator dismissed the 'doves' and announced a declaration of hostilities, which was broadcasted via the hastily placed communication beacon.
The second scout squadron discovered a Minor Colony system with 4 RAW.
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The NAME sent 1st Fleet to Neptunia, and both sides activated their reserve units.
BATTLE OF NEPTUNIA
In the first of two battles, the NAME 1st Fleet engaged the NNI Battle Fleet
NAME forces
1 Iapetus CV
2 Tethys CVL
2 Vulcan CG
3 Alliance DN
4 Union BB
2 Daedalus ECA
3 Icarus ECL
6 Formidable CA
36 Starfury
NNI forces
1 Triton BCV
2 Polyphemus ECA
8 Proteus FF
18 Trident
The vastly superior numbers, ELINT, surprise (+1 vs -4) and fighters of the NAME made this a very short affair. While one Daedalus provided blanket defensive protection, the second and two Icarus jammed the Polyphemus' own ELINT. The Starfury flights were sent to engage the squadron, but the NAME ships stole their thunder, destroying all NNI vessels (AS of 206 x (4+1)/10=103, versus a total of 62 damage the NNI fleet could take). The NNI fighters, meanwhile, on orders from the Triton, moved to engage the squadron were almost all of the ELINT vessels were, but a withering hail of AF fire destroyed them all (AF of 31 x (2+1)/5=18, just enough to destroy them all).
BATTLE OF NEPTUNIA III
After the turkey shoot in the outskirts of the system, 1st Fleet then moved to engage the defensive fleet around Neptunia III, the 'homeworld'
NNI forces
2 Nereid CL
12 Larissa LR fighter flights
Surprisingly, the two light cruiser-sized opponents were useless against the main fleet.
As a result of the two battles, morale fell (Neptunia failed the Hostile Forces check), and the Neptunians rebelled. All remaining fleet and ground units joined the rebellion, and the New Neptunian Republic was born
(CM note: The NNI was a Totalitarian government, so it lost 6 morale when it failed the check, and the rebels lucked out on the secession rolls.)
The rest of the campaign notes will appear soon
EDIT: For some reason I forgot to type the date of the Battles of Neptunia. This has been corrected.