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* <font color=goldenrod><center><strong>''Stardate: 2407.07.05''</strong></center></font> | * <font color=goldenrod><center><strong>''Stardate: 2407.07.05''</strong></center></font> | ||
** | **1410 HRS: The order to "Cross the River Acheron" is given by Admiral Sevant, the [[Commanding Officer]] of Task Force 19. Lead elements of the taskforce begin their journey to [[sector 001]] and the final engagement of the civil war. | ||
** | **1414 HRS: Captain Rivers Orders the USS Champlain and Battle Group C to set course for Sector 001. | ||
** | **1415 HRS: Battlegroup Theta commanded by Captain Sarah Smithers orders her specialized assault group underway. | ||
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* <font color=goldenrod><center><strong>''Stardate: 2407.07.09''</strong></center></font> | * <font color=goldenrod><center><strong>''Stardate: 2407.07.09''</strong></center></font> | ||
** | **1328 HRS: The [[USS Champlain]] and her accompanying battlegroup drop out of warp and steam towards the MDF. Battle Group A consisting of 20 ships, 4 of which are [[Klingon]] [[Negh'Var Class]] vessels, break formation and begin assaulting the MDF at long range. | ||
** | **1400 HRS: The enemy sends out skirmishing vessels to harass battlegroup A with mixed results. | ||
** | **1407 HRS: The [[USS Boudicca]] begins her run towards the MDF | ||
** | **1410 HRS: Battlegroup Laredo (D) attacks the USS Champlain and her associated Battle Group. The raiders uncloak, fire a volley of modified torpedoes into the flank of the C-Group then make a strafing run. Both sides take casualties. The C-Group falls back from B-Group to protect the latter's flanks from attack. | ||
** | **1415 HRS: The [[USS Hades]] and [[USS Nimitz]] reach [[Sector 001]]. The Hades goes into Tri-Vector Assault mode. | ||
** | **1417 HRS: Group Theta arrives at Sector 001 and begins their assault on a weapons repository located just inside the MDF. | ||
** | **1418 HRS: Battle Group D engage enemy fighters and their support ships. | ||
** | **1425 HRS: Battle group Laredo makes a second attack run against C-Group then retreats from the battlefield behind the protection of the MDF | ||
** | **1449 HRS: The USS Boudicca and her Battlegroup make contact with the MDF. | ||
** | **1455 HRS: The [[USS Spectre]] arrives in sector 001 with a [[Klingon]] Task force and a group of Ex-Doenitz ships that have defected to the [[52nd Fleet]]. | ||
** | **1750 HRS: The USS Boudicca and her battle group finally break through the MDF. | ||
** | **1755 HRS: The USS Champlain and the remnants of Battle Group C breach the MDF while being pursued by the [[USS Majesty]] and her Battle group (D) | ||
** | **1800 HRS: Captain Rivers orders Battle group C to form a battle line behind Battlegroup B to guard the Boudicca's rear flank. The C-Group turns about 180-degrees and forms a battle line to handle the Majesty and her battle group. | ||
** | **1815 HRS: The USS Majesty and her battlegroup form a wedge formation to better split through the battle line established by Captain Susan Rivers and the remnants of Battlegroup-C. | ||
** | **1820 HRS: The two battle groups led by the USS Majesty and the USS Champlain clash. The battle formations are broken and the battle devolves into complete chaos for the two battle groups. | ||
** | **1822 HRS: After taking fire from Negh'Vars of Battlegroup-A, [[Uru Mtenga]] orders the [[USS Hercules]] and the [[USS Persephone]] to split off from the rest of his battlegroup and deal with the Klingon ships. They destroy all three remaining Ngh'Vars and return to the battle with the Champlain. | ||
** | **1825 HRS: The [[USS Dennison]] and a small battle group arrive at Sector 001 to aid Task Force 19. | ||
** | **1830 HRS: The USS Boudicca realizes that they are facing the Black Watch led by Admiral Lydia Stakes as well as elements of the 53rd Heavy Assault Fleet. Captain Archibald Stakes appeals to the morality of the enemy battle group and the majority of the Night watch and the 53rd Heavy defect or stand aside. Those resisting are engaged and subdued by the remainder of Battlegroup-B. | ||
** | **1900: The USS Nimitz is destroyed in battle when she rams an enemy ship during a warp core breach. Several members of her crew managed to abandon ship just prior to her destruction. | ||
** | **1907 HRS: The battle between the Majesty and Champlain Battle groups has depleted both sides resources significantly. The [[USS Hypatia]] from the Black Watch joins the battle. Her captain convinces Captain M'tega that they are still loyal to [[Admiral Doenitz]], then ambushes their former ally. The Majesty is crippled, giving the heavily damaged Champlain a short respite. | ||
** | **1910 HRS: The [[USS Dennison]] joins the [[USS Hades]] as a defensive screening force while the Hades reintegrates from Tri-Vector mode and begins rescue operations of the surviving Nimitz Crew. | ||
** | **1911 HRS: The Champlain engages the enemy [[Prometheus Class]] starship, [[USS Persephone]]. The Champlain loses her dorsal nacelle and an unstoppable warp core breach begins. Once Rivers realizes the ship is lost, she orders the abandon ship. The Persephone begins firing on the life boats from the Champlain. | ||
** | **1920 HRS: The USS Boudicca, press their shields against those of [[Starbase Valhalla]]. This action causes severe damage to the [[Keltoi Class]] ship, but causes the Stations dorsal shields to fail. Stakes orders the abandon ship and the crew of the Boudicca use transporters or life pods to get aboard Valhalla following the Marine assault ships. | ||
** | **1922 HRS: Several senior officers "volunteer" to stay aboard while the Champlain is guided towards her enemy like a massive missile. | ||
** | **1930 HRS: In an attempt to give their comrades time to get clear of the Persephone's violent onslaught, the [[USS Wyvern]] draws the larger vessel away from the dying Champlain. The Wyvern is knocked out of commission and all her crew killed. | ||
** | **1949 HRS: The USS Champlain manned only by a handful of volunteers use the [[Galaxy Class]] vessel to ram the [[USS Persephone]]. Both ships are completely destroyed. The skeleton crew on the Champlain is rescued by the [[USS Hypatia]]. | ||
** | **2055 HRS: The rest of [[Task Force 19]] is ordered to go "To Earth!" The offensive for the planet itself begins in earnest. [[Starbase Valhalla]] is secured by the [[52nd Fleet]]. | ||
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* <font color=goldenrod><center><strong>''Stardate: 2407.07.09''</strong></center></font> | * <font color=goldenrod><center><strong>''Stardate: 2407.07.09''</strong></center></font> | ||
** | **0127 HRS: The [[USS Dennison]] and her support ships destroy the [[USS Caesar Regnum]] | ||
** | **0130 HRS: Reports surface that ex-president and dictator Rodrigo Doenitz is captured by Resistance forces in Geneva Switzerland. | ||
** | **0205 HRS: The former president of the [[United Federation of Planets]] is restored and the Civil War and the Battle for [[sector 001|Sector 001]] is finally ended. | ||
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