After a period of relative quiet due to game-breaking bugs, the Helkan Imperium is back in the game and finds itself still the most powerful faction on SS. We had our first taste of combat for a while yesterday, and like all our battles so far, it ended in our overwhelming victory.
For context: there is a faction named Cobalt Vector that has chosen to put their homebase on the system directly adjacent to ours, and after requesting him to relocate outside the Helkan sphere of influence multiple times, we entered into hostilities with Cobalt Vector and its leader, Visknos. Yesterday, Helkan members BDLS and Chevalleis were blockading the enemy's base after CV declined to comply with our ultimatum, when two unrelated players came to his aid and threatened to attack if the Helkan Imperium did not withdraw its troops. In response, we deployed a warfleet of four ships, among them the cruiser Schwarzsonne, and asked the attack force to defeat us if they could. After we had graciously waited for quite a while, they finally showed up and were promptly forced to retreat.
One of the attackers, Firelord, deserves special mention for returning to the field of battle even after losing much of his armour, and bravely withstood our firepower for several minutes before his ships eventually succumbed to the damage dealt to it.
Helkan Imperium attack force:
2x Corax-class destroyers, commanded by Chevalleis and FrankRa
1x Salamis-class destroyer, commanded by BDLS
1x Musaka-class cruiser, commanded by Comr4de
Cobalt Vector and Allies:
2x unidentified ship, commanded by Jagen and Firelord.
1x homebase (no defensive systems)
Casualties:
No Helkan losses
Firelord's ship destroyed, Jagen's ship reduced to 73% armour (within 20 seconds) before he retreated.
Cobalt Vector's pride
We thank our opponents for giving us a good fight.