Estanu

Estanu is a planet in the Draco Sector. It is the planet to have been liberated the most times out of any others in the Terminid front, with a total of 6 liberation campaigns (of which 3 have been part of Major Orders) and an infamous 5 consecutive successful defenses during Operation Enduring Bulwark.
==Topography==
Estanu is a cold, hostile planet. Its surface consists of large, snow-covered regions, broken up by rocky mountains and crevasses. The planet's surface is windswept and barren. It has little flora, with only small patches of plant life able to withstand the winds and frigid temperatures.
== History ==
=== Special Military Operations ===
==== Operation CBCT Protection ====
Merely days after the successul deployment of the Terminid Control System (TCS) on the neighboring Barrier Planets, several Civilian Biomass Collection Teams (BCTs) were deployed to Estanu, Hellmire, Fori Prime, and Crimsica in order to collect and process inert Terminids. The Helldivers successfully liberated and defended each of these planets until operation completion.
==== Operation Rearing ====
Following Operation CBCT Protection, Estanu remained relatively peaceful outside of small-scale Terminid raids.
Following the success of Operation Swift Disassembly and the eradication of the Automaton Expeditionary Forces, Helldivers were re-routed to this planet, alongside with Hellmire and Crimsica, in order to build safer, more efficient E-710 farms and refineries.
==== Invasion of Cyberstan ====
When the Automatons resurged in the Valdis Sector, SEAF forces had to be diverted away from the Terminid front, leaving Estanu and the rest of the Draco sector under-defended. Despite this shortage of manpower, the colonial defenses stood against the Terminid raids, resilient in their commitment to protecting the spread of Freedom.
==== Operation Harvest ====
As the war against the Automatons raged on in the Menkent Line, logistical challenges began to emerge. The righteous campaigns of the Helldivers had depleted Super Earth's E-710 reserves down to untolerable levels. As such, Super Earth High Command issued an order to exterminate 2,000,000,000 Terminids through the week of April 14 - April 20, 2184, in order to replenish the depleted reserves. The Helldivers, boundless in their loyalty and commitment to the cause of Liberty, managed to accomplish this order in under 24 hours, making it one of the fastest operations in Super Earth History.
The Ministry of Truth hereby reminds the reader that any rumours of "accounting errors in the kill-count" are the result of Automaton-sponsored dissidents and can be safely disregarded. Reporting any and all dissemination of these rumours to your local Democracy Officers is highly encouraged
==== Operation Enduring Bulwark ====
Immediately after the replenishing of the E-710 reserves, the Terminids, in a cowardly demonstration of treachery and evil innate to their species, managed to launch a coordinated assault on Super Earth-controlled planets alongside the Automaton assault on their respective front. The battle was fierce, with the heroic personnel on Estanu withstanding 5 consecutive assaults.
Despite massive losses and countless heroic sacrifices, the Helldivers valiantly defended their positions against the massive onslaughts on both fronts, securing Estanu firmly into Democracy's protection.
==== Failure of the Terminid Control System ====
Shortly after Operation Enduring Bulwark came to an end, the Terminid Control System began to cause dangerous mutations on the Terminid populations of the Barrier Planets. As Meridia fell to the Terminid tide and became a Supercolony, chaos spread to the neighboring planets of the Umlaut Sector and into Estanu. While it has been spared the fate of Meridia thanks to the deactivation of the TCS infrastructure in the Umlaut Sector, Estanu fell to the Terminid onslaught, alongside the rest of the Draco Sector.
The Ministry of Humanity requests that all citizens set aside one minute of silence during lunch breaks in remembrance of all the lives lost on Estanu.
=== Second Galactic War ===
During the first weeks of the Second Galactic War, Estanu remained under Terminid control, enduring horrendous cruelty brought onto it by the bugs. However, their toil was not going to go unheard for much longer. Scientists on Moradesh were beginning to prepare experimental Dark Fluid for deployment on Meridia. A decision was reached to deploy the Dark Fluid and collapse Meridia into a Black Hole.
==== Operation Enduring Peace ====
Operation Enduring Peace began on May 28th, 2184 and concluded on the afternoon of June 2nd, 2184, with Meridia being successfully destroyed. Without the Supercolony and with the black hole now siphoning away all of the remaining supercolony spores, new fronts began to immediately open, with Estanu and Crimsica now being open for liberation once more.
==== Operation Hive Breaker ====
With the securing of Database One in Wasat and the valiant rescue of the trapped children in Super Citizen Anne's Hospital for the Very Sick Children at Vernen Wells, Super Earth High Command now had more breathing room to divert manpower back against the Terminids. Even though the Supercolony had been destroyed, Terminid population levels remained at unmanageable levels, demanding an unsustainable cost of lives and munitions for its adequate containment. As such, a Major Order was given out on June 14th to capture Hellmire, Nivel 43, and all 3 planets in the Draco Sector (Estanu, Crimsica and Fori Prime). Crimsica was liberated first on June 16th, with Estanu quickly following on June 17th after a quick but devastating battle.
==== Operation Andromeda ====
However, Estanu's liberty would be short lived. With Fori Prime failing to be secured, Estanu's colonists were living on borrowed time. One by one, slowly but surely, the Terminids in Fori Prime would take back all the planets lost. First Gacrux, from which they would then go on to infest the rest of the Jin Xi Sector. Then, Crimsica during Operation Starslayer. And then, on July 13th, Estanu once more. Due to the ongoing Operation Andromeda, the Helldivers were unable to answer to its call for aid and, understandably, it fell to the Terminid assault.
==FTL Lines==
*Crimsica
*Fori Prime
*Hellmire - Mirin Sector
*Meridia - Umlaut Sector (Re-established on June 2, 2184)
==Gallery==
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Category:Draco Sector
Category:Operation Hive Breaker