Operation Pesticide

Operation Pesticide was a joint task force operation conducted by SBIC , ESRO , Federation Starfleet and Deniksol Starfleet against the Romulan Star Empire . The goal was to use small, highly manoeuvrable ships to attack 3 different romulan shipyards and destroy them all. The attacks would nearly nullify their ability to produce new ships, and would further spiral the romulan senate and the romulan people into chaos. The attack was a success, as all 3 shipyards were destroyed.
==History==
===Shipyard Alpha===
The attacking force dropped out of warp less than a kilometre away from the first shipyard. This shipyard was the largest of the 3, and thus was the most heavily protected.
Nevertheless, they were caught by surprise, and were outmanoeuvred, outgunned and outsmarted by the terrifyingly fast ships that were attacking the shipyard. There were 122 defending ships, all of which were destroyed by the superior raptor class raiders of ESRO, while the station was destroyed using the speed and firepower of the defiant class escorts and nomisma class frigates.
===Shipyard Beta===
The fleet dropped out of warp around a kilometre away from shipyard beta. However, this time the shipyard was ready, after hearing of the attack on the previous shipyard. They had already raised their shields and powered their weapons, and called for reinforcements. However, this was all futile, as they were still heavily outgunned, and again outnumbered, by the attacking fleet. The shipyard was destroyed with no remains of the defending fleet left in sight.
===Shipyard Gamma===
Again, the fleet dropped out of warp a kilometre away from the shipyard. This one was the smallest of the three, but not by much. This time, reinforcements had already arrived, and were ready for battle immediately. There was also a scimitar present, however a lucky shot on a weak spot in the shields disabled not only the first shield, but the second as well. The superior technology and manoeuvrability of SBIC proved their efforts useless, and the battle was won by SBIC with no losses.
==Numbers==
The attack was medium-scale, with an attacking force of 200 ships and a similarly sized defending fleet.
ESRO
*S.S. Aotearoa "The waka of death" (Raptor Class)
*S.S. Sydney "The harbour bridge obliterator" (Raptor Class)
*S.S. Hyberia "The blue human widow maker" (Raptor Class)
*S.S. Fury "The indestructible" (Raptor Class)
*S.S. Samsung "The smart device slash killing machine" (Raptor Class)
*45 Raptor Class Raiders
Deniksol Starfleet
*125 Nomisma Class Frigates
Federation Starfleet
*U.S.S. Defiant (Defiant Class)
*24 Defiant Class Escorts
Romulan Star Empire (Shipyard Alpha)
*45 G'derik Classes
*12 Telazort Classes
*27 Valdore Classes
Romulan Star Empire (Shipyard Beta)
*23 G'derik Classes
*17 Telazort Classes
*20 Valdore Classes
Romulan Star Empire (Shipyard Gamma)
*112 G'derik Classes
*59 Telazort Classes
*80 Valdore Classes
*1 Scimitar