The Rubicon Sea

"The glimmering lights of the Rubicon Sea fill the viewports. Scanners see nothing past the jammers and an aurora of helium shrouds the advance. On the bridge of the Godhunter and on the Astra flagship, now advancing independently with their squadrons, Blues wait at their stations. The Rubicon Beacons blink around them, drifting along in synchronous orbit one million kilometers from Earth's core." 
The Rubicon Sea, (also known as the "Rubicon Beacons", or simply "The Rubicon"), is a early-warning network of signal beacons orbiting Luna and the Earth, first built several centuries before the Solar War. They remained relatively unaltered for several centuries, serving as a small protection in the unlikely event Luna ever came under attack from an outside force. After the Fall of Luna to the Rising, the newly established Solar Republic set to work modifying the beacons, installing numerous jammers and atomics throughout the sea, creating an area known as "the Deadzone" - where ships larger than a corvette were unable to pass through unhindered by the bombs, and all communications both through or inside the Sea were cut off. 
== Composition ==
== History ==
=== 1st Deadzone Foray ===
=== 2nd Deadzone Foray ===
Judus au Sejanus, then Praetor 1st Class of the Ash Armada, was given Imperium of a fleet, composed primarily of Sejanus, Astra, Ceranna, and Votum forces. With knowledge of the Deadzone and it's aforementioned effects, he was tasked with attempting to breach the Rubicons, both as a probe to test their challenges, and as a distraction while a joint force composed of Gorgons, Praetorians, and Shatterheart infiltrated the Beacons, in an effort to take command of a Rubicon control center.
With Judus given operational clearance to divide and direct his forces as he saw fit, he elected to split the fleet into four distinct battlegroups, each one passing through the Rubicon in different places so as to maximize the chaos and space on the frontlines against the Republic. Unbeknownst to the Society however, Operation Promethus had been put into place, and several black-ops teams were waiting amidst the beacons to infiltrate the ships. Infiltration attempts against Astra and Ceranna were mostly successful, with the former especially burdensome for the Society, as Jericho au Astra, Primus of House Astra, was murdered atop their bridge while their fleet was stolen by the Republic. Votum forces bringing up the rear were also ambushed while crossing the beacons, and suffered significant losses. 
However, the Sejanus battlegroup held firm, and managed to ward off multiple ripWing attacks, whilst simultaneously fighting a tense battle on the Godhunter bridge, which saw the deaths of multiple Peerless including Margaery au Rosas, a prominent Republic stealth operative, and Yavin au Parecis, ex-Reaver. With both sides sporting significant wounds, the Republic and the Society each opted to retreat, leaving behind the Deadzone for their respective sides of the Rubicon once more.