Battle of Neu Bremen

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Here's what is set in concrete (the soft kind)

BACKGROUND
Neu Bremen shadows its German namesake in that it is an important
shipping
and ship building nexus. Due to its heavy metal crust planetside and the
two
iron/nickel rich belts the system has become a jewel in NSL's crown. 
Many
of the NSL's major war efforts are concentrated here.  Because of this
there
tends to be major fleet elements concentrated in and around the system.

In 2182 L'Astromarine was under enormous pressure to justify the
incredible
cost of the new capital ships coming online.  Fleet command came up with
the
stunning idea of hitting the NSL where they thought they were safe.  A
full
four battle groups were slated for the attack which was to be a raid
aiming
at crippling ship building based around the gas giant Rathaus, ore
mining in
one if not both belts and if possible land a raiding force planet side
to
destroy the under ground industrial plants based around the capital.
Another six cruiser groups with attached destroyer groups were to attack
the
fleet outpost of Halle a number of days earlier in a diversionary attack
designed to draw a large portion of the fleet elements away from Neu
Bremen
The Clemenceau and Animoso battle groups were to hit the belt planetoid
ore
processing plants in two separate thrusts.  Fleet command felt that one
battle group each would more than overwhelm the defences known to be
found
here.
The Charlemagne and the Dreyfus carrier groups were to engage the heaver
defended mini system of  the gas giant Rathaus.  Found here were major
navy
yards of the Kriegsraumflotte.	This is where the diversionary attack on
Halle was hoped to bleed away vital defenders.

HISTORICAL OUTCOME
On July 14th 2182 a large FSE fleet warped in to the Neu Bremen system
high
above the orbital plane of the primary.  Two smaller elements broke away
and
proceeded to burn towards the systems two asteroid belts, the third and
larger group moved on towards the systems largest navigational point
apart
from the primary.

The two smaller battle groups engaged light resistance and moved into
and
then through the target areas with medium to high successes on primary
targets.  They then proceeded to executed a high energy burn to
disengage
below the orbital plane to safe FTL distance.  As they were about to
disengage from the system reports started to come through as the third
battle group engaged.

All fighter groups along with main battle line ships moved to engage the
orbital fortresses surrounding the navy yards.	The CVAs and CVLs hung
back
with a light escort.  Resistance was heavier than expected.  The NSL had
not
fallen for the bait at Halle.  As the main FSE battle group moved around
the
gas giants equatorial plane a large NSL fleet slipped over the north
pole
behind them.  This caused the main FSE fleet to divert away from their
primary targets to engage the NSL fleet.  The vector that the FSE fleet
was
travelling along only allowed a passing quick battle.  During this short
but
vicious fight the Commander of the FSE carrier groups detected another
fast
moving NSL group moving up from the south pole of the gas giant on a
direct
intercept with the  near defenceless FSE carriers.  What ensued was a
catastrophic tactical and strategic loss for the FSE.
Two FSE CVAs were lost and the Nue Bremen navy yards were left intact.
The
Ambush at Neu Bremen had been sprung.

Well that's all so far. Needs a bit of fleshing out

Cheers
Nik Linnell Tasmania Australia

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