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Consisting primarily of Clan WarShips and under the overall command of Admiral [[Alex Douglas]], Task Force CRONUS was charged with the neutralization of the Blakists' [[Titan Yards]]. While viewed by many as a relatively easy precursor for the heavy fighting to come, the seat of the Word's WarShip and aerospace production and maintenance facility in the Terran system was equipped with a fully functional [[Caspar II]] Drone network and a number of the deadly [["Dragon's Breath" Multiple Capital Missile Launch System]]s.
 
Consisting primarily of Clan WarShips and under the overall command of Admiral [[Alex Douglas]], Task Force CRONUS was charged with the neutralization of the Blakists' [[Titan Yards]]. While viewed by many as a relatively easy precursor for the heavy fighting to come, the seat of the Word's WarShip and aerospace production and maintenance facility in the Terran system was equipped with a fully functional [[Caspar II]] Drone network and a number of the deadly [["Dragon's Breath" Multiple Capital Missile Launch System]]s.
  
Jumping into a Pirate Point near the yards, with the Lyran and Combine vessels serving as reserve command ships and the Clan forces split into two naval "[[Star]]s", one consisting of the Ghost Bears and Ravens, the other the Jade Falcons and Wolves, the Coalition forces came under attack almost immediately. Initially facing waves of manned and drone aerospace fighters and long-range missile attacks, the Coalition ships soon came under fire from a horde of manned and drone Pocket WarShips, as well as the ''[[Essex]]''-class destroyer [[Deathblow|WoBS ''Deathblow'']], the ''[[Dante (system)|Dante]]''-class frigate [[Narbonne|WoBS ''Narbonne'']] and the ''[[Suffren]]''-class destroyer [[Manchester|WoBS ''Manchester'']] - three Com Guard WarShips salvaged from Case White.
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Jumping into a Pirate Point near the yards, with the Lyran and Combine vessels serving as reserve command ships and the Clan forces split into two naval "[[Star]]s", one consisting of the Ghost Bears and Ravens, the other the Jade Falcons and Wolves, the Coalition forces came under attack almost immediately. Initially facing waves of manned and drone aerospace fighters and long-range missile attacks, the Coalition ships soon came under fire from a horde of manned and drone Pocket WarShips, as well as the ''[[Essex]]''-class destroyer [[Deathblow|WoBS ''Deathblow'']], the ''[[Dante (planet)|Dante]]''-class frigate [[Narbonne|WoBS ''Narbonne'']] and the ''[[Suffren]]''-class destroyer [[Manchester|WoBS ''Manchester'']] - three Com Guard WarShips salvaged from Case White.
  
 
While losing the ''Blue Quest'' and ''Green Lantern'' during the height of the initial Caspar drones' assault, the Coalition forces were able to steadily advance on the shipyard's facilities with the Combine's ''Lair of Mighty Wyrms'' and Dominion's massive ''Great Bear'' able to get their fighters within striking distance of the main aerospace docks. Unfortunately, what appeared to be the crippled remains of an ore processing facility was in fact the Blakists' attempt to take their Q-Ship concept to the next level, with a "Dragon's Breath" multi-missile station unleashing multiple waves of nuclear-tipped and ECM-equipped [[Killer Whale#Variants|Peacemaker]] missiles at virtually point-blank range, with the mighty ''Leviathan'' overwhelmed and destroyed within moments. With the Coalition continuing its assault, the ''Hawker'' fell prey to another hidden station, while the ''Corvidae'' and ''Stealthy Kill'' went down in the face of continued Caspar drone attack groups.
 
While losing the ''Blue Quest'' and ''Green Lantern'' during the height of the initial Caspar drones' assault, the Coalition forces were able to steadily advance on the shipyard's facilities with the Combine's ''Lair of Mighty Wyrms'' and Dominion's massive ''Great Bear'' able to get their fighters within striking distance of the main aerospace docks. Unfortunately, what appeared to be the crippled remains of an ore processing facility was in fact the Blakists' attempt to take their Q-Ship concept to the next level, with a "Dragon's Breath" multi-missile station unleashing multiple waves of nuclear-tipped and ECM-equipped [[Killer Whale#Variants|Peacemaker]] missiles at virtually point-blank range, with the mighty ''Leviathan'' overwhelmed and destroyed within moments. With the Coalition continuing its assault, the ''Hawker'' fell prey to another hidden station, while the ''Corvidae'' and ''Stealthy Kill'' went down in the face of continued Caspar drone attack groups.

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