Post by Darth Kairos on Oct 4, 2019 23:49:28 GMT
General Armitage Hux was enjoying the intoxicating feeling of effortless victory.
After a brief rendezvous with the forces massed at Onderon, Hux had turned his ships on the Separatist's homeland territory. Splitting into fingers of attack that closed around their enemy like a clenching fist, his warships had effortlessly swept aside the insurgent defenses at Sarka, Metalorn, and Abhean. The battles had been brutally swift, the rusting droid warships no match for the First Order's superior firepower, and a sizeable invasion force had been left at Abhean to secure its orbital shipyards. From there, Hux himself had launched the assault on Centares, where the Separatists had given him the pleasure of fleeing mid-battle. Some had escaped, but Hux had savoured the moment his flagship, the Finalizer, had swept several fleeing warships with its cannons and disabled them before they could jump away. Their destruction had come swiftly after, and now Hux had regathered his fleets in preparation for the decisive push into the heart of the Separatist homeland.
The Supreme Leader would be pleased, he knew. Dawnstar had spread his forces too thinly in an effort to protect every possible avenue of attack, a incompetent mistake Hux would never have made. Instead, he would have left only token forces at each planet as bait to draw out the attacker's overconfidence, before meeting them in strength and encircling them at a more advantageous location.
Now that Centares was under their control, the Coreward portions of Separatist territory would pose little threat. Hux had then stationed a Star Destroyer, the Retribution, over Centares, along with a few support vessels to establish a blockade and begin the planetary invasion of the major population center. Now his combined fleet hurtled through hyperspace towards Columex, intent on obliterating the few holdouts on the way and securing it and Lianna in preparation for the final assault on the Separatist capital at Raxus.
A scant few thousand lightyears ahead, Darth Xaos, Exolus, and Lucifer were communicating via hologram.
((This opening round is Xaos' opportunity to describe the planet/battlefield/etc. he will engage Hux at and what defenses/fleet he has assembled, as well as give orders to Exolus and advise Lucifer on which planet (Abhean or Centares) Lucifer should go and rescue.))
After a brief rendezvous with the forces massed at Onderon, Hux had turned his ships on the Separatist's homeland territory. Splitting into fingers of attack that closed around their enemy like a clenching fist, his warships had effortlessly swept aside the insurgent defenses at Sarka, Metalorn, and Abhean. The battles had been brutally swift, the rusting droid warships no match for the First Order's superior firepower, and a sizeable invasion force had been left at Abhean to secure its orbital shipyards. From there, Hux himself had launched the assault on Centares, where the Separatists had given him the pleasure of fleeing mid-battle. Some had escaped, but Hux had savoured the moment his flagship, the Finalizer, had swept several fleeing warships with its cannons and disabled them before they could jump away. Their destruction had come swiftly after, and now Hux had regathered his fleets in preparation for the decisive push into the heart of the Separatist homeland.
The Supreme Leader would be pleased, he knew. Dawnstar had spread his forces too thinly in an effort to protect every possible avenue of attack, a incompetent mistake Hux would never have made. Instead, he would have left only token forces at each planet as bait to draw out the attacker's overconfidence, before meeting them in strength and encircling them at a more advantageous location.
Now that Centares was under their control, the Coreward portions of Separatist territory would pose little threat. Hux had then stationed a Star Destroyer, the Retribution, over Centares, along with a few support vessels to establish a blockade and begin the planetary invasion of the major population center. Now his combined fleet hurtled through hyperspace towards Columex, intent on obliterating the few holdouts on the way and securing it and Lianna in preparation for the final assault on the Separatist capital at Raxus.
A scant few thousand lightyears ahead, Darth Xaos, Exolus, and Lucifer were communicating via hologram.
((This opening round is Xaos' opportunity to describe the planet/battlefield/etc. he will engage Hux at and what defenses/fleet he has assembled, as well as give orders to Exolus and advise Lucifer on which planet (Abhean or Centares) Lucifer should go and rescue.))