Battle over Rotterdam II (GXN)

Commander Aceface of the Cobalt Royal Navy was angered over the first failed attempt at attacking the Thryn Monarchy's former home planet Rotterdam. This resulted in the second attack on Rotterdam.
== Event ==
Cobalt Royalty began the assault by sending a Nemesis-class stealth bomber to Rotterdam, unloading swarms on the inhabitants. The inhabitants of Rotterdam survived by hiding in the bunkers. A 2k mass ship exploded after nukes were launched at it.
Commander Aceface, piloting an Omen-class heavy cruiser, then launched a second assault on Rotterdam, this time, with 2 Dragoon-class destroyers as escorts. When CR arrived at Rotterdam, Thryn launched a Gagarin and an Aether. The fighting quickly split up. The Omen and the Gagarin began firing on each other. The two Dragoons then started firing on the Aether. Due to false sensor readings, Ace thought the Gagarin's shields were down, even though they were not. The Gagarin was dealing system damage at this point. Meanwhile, the Aether had extreme difficulty doing damage due to the two Dragoons constantly jumping in and out as soon as their shields dropped. The fighting lasted around 20 minutes. The Aether then overheated after taking multiple nukes to the forward hull, killing the pilot along with it.The Omen at this point had taken hull damage (~ 20% structure damage) from the Gagarin. The Gagarin was outmaneuvering the Omen and had almost fully recharged its shields. However, the Dragoons jumped in shortly after they killed the Aether and began firing on the Gagarin, dropping shields to 15%, wiping the point defence out and damaging a docked battery. Shortly after that, the Gagarin retreated due to being extremely out-massed and outnumbered. 
To respond to the events, a Thryn stealth ship attacked CR space, attempting to suicide bomb CR ships with warheads unsuccessfully until the only undocked victim jumped out of sector on account of being unable to make a missile lock. The stealth ship left after losing its target. 
== Statistics ==
=== Vessels present ===
==== Cobalt Royalty ====
# Omen-class heavy cruiser, CRS Everest, piloted by Aceface, 66k mass units. 80% structure
# Dragoon-class Escort, unknown designation, HolyCookie, 30k mass units. Undamaged.
# Dragoon-class Escort, unknown designation, Avalanche9, 30k mass units. Undamaged.
==== Thryn Monarchy ====
# Aether-class Destroyer, unknown designation, piloted by Azereiah, 28k mass units. Destroyed.
# Gagarin-class Destroyer, unknown designation, piloted by Lecic, approx. 60k mass units. Lightly damaged.
RESULT: Cobalt Royalty Victory.Category:Major Events