Battle of the Outer Grid

James Coleman: "If we falter here.."Cobadarama: "We won't."The Battle of the Outer Grid, also known as the Outer Grid Campaign, was a major, prolonged series of engagements within the Forefather War, taking place between the 30th of December 2560 and the 3rd of May, 2561.
== Background ==
Following the decisive Alliance victory at Khaife, the Galactic Alliance hastily established a series of inner defenses guarding key Krythenan systems while essentially abandoning it's outer regions. The established defenses had two major sections, with another minor section. The outermost section of the defense grid, the Outer Grid, was heavily militiarised and guarded the Inner Rim of the Krythenan Empire, which was almost invaluable to the Krythenan war effort.
Regardless of this fact, the S'southi intended to punch their way through these systems with brute force, not intending as much to capture key worlds so much as to obliterate their defenses. 
== Engagement ==
Beginning on the 30th of December, 2560, the S'southi Armada began it's relentless attacks on the Outer Grid. Despite initial success, the sheer numbers of the S'southi began to overwhelm the grid, and one-by-one planets and systems would go dark. 
The S'southi would assert their dominance in space during the Battle of Selis' Ring, which would see the defeat of a Krythenan-led Alliance taskforce. The S'southi would have achieved victory in the battle by the 3rd of May, 2561, after five months of engagements.
== Aftermath ==
Despite the Alliance having lost the battle, it had taken drastically fewer casualties than the S'southi, a trend that was starting to become apparent following the Battle of Installation 01. Following S'southi attacks on the Inner Grid, while ultimately successful, would be extremely costly for the Armada.