Battle of Semal-Marivan

The was a naval battle fought in Fialta Space in during the Second Coalition War.
==Background==
After the invasion of the Thalranese Marches by the Second Fialta Imperium in early the other Imperial great powers intervened on the side of the Marches.
=== Location ===
The Battle of Semal-Marivan took place along Ley Line 7 (the "Fialta Line"), with Aeldman and Thalranese naval forces advancing on Marivan from Semal and the Shantine navy approaching Marivan from Korinth and Zanevuela. The majority of the fighting during the battle took place between Semal and Marivan.
== Summary ==
Though outnumbered and surrounded, the Fialta Imperium navy made use of a combination of null bombs, translane navigation, and stealth technology to great effect making Semal-Marivan a hard-won victory for the Coalition.
=== Shantine Front ===
While the Shantine and Aeldman/Thalranese forces had intended for a coordinated pincer maneuver, the Fialta Imperium secretly detonated three null bombs in the ether causing etheric storms at Korinth and Zanevuela, which prevented Shantine passage onto Ley Line 7. Due to the greater distance from Semal to the target, the Thalranese and Aeldman forces were already well on their way to the rendezvous before receiving word of Shantine delays.
=== Aeldman-Thalranese Front ===
The Aeldman and Thalranese navy faced off against Fialta Imperial navy in a brutal week-long engagement, at the end of which the Imperial forces were forced to retreat off-lane and toward Marivan ahead of the arrival of Aeldman reinforcements, giving victory to the Coalition.
=== KoA Hijacking ===
In what was afterwards called an act of "bizarre heroism", Knights of Adarnum forces hijacked a Fialta stealth warship during the battle with the apparent intention of delivering it to the Shantine Empire for study, but instead rammed the warship to force the premature detonation of a fourth Fialta null bomb, dealing significant damage to the Fialta fleet.
== Aftermath ==
The Battle of Semal-Marivan was the deadliest naval battle in recorded history, with estimates of the number of ships engaged exceeding 5,000 and ranging as high as 10,000. The Thalranese navy saw the destruction or disabling of 88% of its ships. After the battle, Aeldman and Thalranese crews trawled enormous quantities of Imperial materiel and naval wrecks from the ether around the Semal-Marivan battlesites. Aeldman officers issued orders to destroy any wrecks which could not be towed.
Fialta defeat at Semal-Marivan led directly to the Imperium's surrender and the signing of the Treaty of Tar'Thalran in .
Category:Battles