War of the Belt
The conflict fought between the newly formed Triad Alliance and the entrenched Turtle Skull fleet. The fighting was ultimately brought on as raiding and ambushes grew worse, and began to expand into Umanian space from the Kamchatka System.
The first few years were spent by the alliance playing a balancing act, attempting to push back occupation of the Umanian system while still attempting to bolster their fledgling navy. These early years marked a grueling war of attrition, the alliance barely able to maintain their navy against a seemingly endless enemy fleet.
The stalemate was finally broken when the Alliance formed a partnership with salvagers and ship yards in the Jinzhou System. The alliance commissioned multiple patchwork squadrons of scavenged and rebuilt ships, nearly doubling their available ships. This allowed them to push the Fleet back out of Uman, and begin their incursion into Kamchatka and the Vesta Belt.
The belt proved a logistical nightmare - the unusually dense, and dangerous asteroid belt made it easy to hide large structures, whole squadrons, and even entire settlements.
Battles raged in the belt, the Alliance attempting to root out Fleet strongholds and hideaways, even as the Fleet continued to build more. This continued for multiple years, and was later called the Long Hunt by veterans of the countless skirmishes that took place.
In 3120, the Alliance had amassed enough resources to begin a project that would tip the tides: and late into 3123, their plan came to fruition. 3 capital class ships, on par with the Fleet's main flagship, were launched from Uman into Kamchatkan space. Their capabilities vastly outstripped the Fleet's, and began to turn the tide of the war.
While they were indeed more powerful, the capital ships were no more suited for searching for Fleet strongholds. It took many long years to finally track the Fleet back to their main base of operations, Provenance Station. It was here that the final, decisive battle for the belt was fought. The full might of both fleets were deployed, including the Fleet flagship and all Alliance capital ships.
After a hard fought battle, the Fleet was driven away from the station. The fate of the Fleet's admiral and her flagship are unknown, having disappeared in its final skirmish with the Tongan Dignity. The remaining Fleet forces scattered, to be hunted down in the coming months. This dislodging was ultimately conclusive; it's believed the majority of the Fleet escaped the region into the Gironda Strip.
Belligerents
The Triad Alliance
The Turtle Skull Fleet
Strength
Casualties
Objectives
Unseat the Turtle Skull fleet from the Vesta Belt.
Defend their foothold in the Vesta Belt.
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