Operation Tin Can

Operation Tin Can was an joint task force operation conducted by Federation Starfleet , ESRO , Deniksol Starfleet and SBIC against the Romulan Star Empire. It targeted a major shipbuilding system in romulan territory. The goal was to capture or destroy the shipyard, thus crippling the romulan starfleet. The operation was a success, as the shipyard was successfully taken.
== History ==
=== Pre-Battle ===
AliG1972 began planning the attack, in private, the day before. After the information leak of the plans for Operation Target Shooting was discovered, he decided to take great care in keeping it secret. Information was given out to only faction leaders, admirals and captains, and everything was given on a need-to-know basis. The captains did not even know what orders to expect, they were simply told to warp to the given coordinates, then await orders. Coordinates were encrypted so that not even the captains or helmsmen could understand it, and only allied computer programs could read it.
=== The Attack ===
The attacking ships dropped out of warp 0.000000025 light years away from the shipyard, and were then given all needed details. They immediately started firing on the station, and took it by complete surprise. They took out the comms array, weapons system, sensors, shield generators and auxiliary power within seconds without warning, and then boarded the shipyard with Deniksol Marines and ESRO Commandoes, and the shipyard‘s unarmed personnel were quickly neutralised by the heavily armed squads that transported on.
Meanwhile, the attacking ships were picking the defensive fleet apart. This time, the number of ships was much greater, but the attacking ships still prevailed over them. The defending ships were outsmarted, outgunned, outmanoeuvred and outlasted.
=== The Aftermath ===
The attack crippled romulan shipbuilding efforts, slashing it in half and also accidentally blocking cargo routes that supplied other shipyards, which meant that shipbuilding capacity was only 15% of what it was before the attack. It also made some in the romulan senate call for peace talks, but they were outspoken by the majority of senators who argued that the defensive efforts should still go on.
== Numbers ==
The battle was much more large scale than Operation Target Shooting, with over 400 ships involved in the battle. It also involved ground combat this time, with around 400 troops across all factions.
Federation Starfleet Ships:
* U.S.S. Enterprise (Universe Class)
* 2 Sovereign Class Cruisers 
* 9 Defiant Class Escorts
* 18 Galaxy Class Cruisers
* 37 Norway Classes
* 38 Steamrunner Classes
* 45 Nebula Classes
* 47 Intrepid Classes
* 78 Akira Classes
Deniksol Starfleet Ships
*13 Loli Class Heavy Battlecruisers
*31 Kobayashi Class Cruisers
*79 Nomisma Class Frigates
ESRO Ships
* S.S. Endeavour
* 55 Raptor Class Raiders
Romulan Star Empire Ships
* 165 Kerchan G’derik classes
* 122 Telazort classes
* 130 Valdore classes
* 17 D’deridex classes
The Ground forces include:
ESRO
* 200 Elite Commandoes (Top-level Elite Marine Soldiers, like navy seals but more elite)
* 12 Boarding Drones
* AliG1972 (in heavy combat suit with guns on the shoulders, worthy of movies!!!)
Deniksol High Command
* 700 Mercenary Marines (Hired)
Romulan Star Empire
* 200 Troops
Category:Battles
Category:SBIC-Romulan War