Third Battle of Yeltsin's Star

The Third Battle of Yeltsin's Star was a battle between a People's Navy force under the command of Admiral Amos Parnell and the Second Fleet of the Royal Manticoran Navy under the command of Admiral White Haven.
== Prelude ==
In anticipation of the impending First Havenite-Manticoran War, Second Space Lord Vice Admiral Patricia Givens suggested a plan to her superior, Admiral Thomas Caparelli, to deceive the People's Navy into believing Admiral Sebastian D'Orville's Second Fleet in the Yeltsin's Star System had sent four battle squadrons to Talbot Station and entice the PN to attack Grayson.
In fact, four battle squadrons under Admiral White Haven were surreptitiously detached from Home Fleet under the deception of being sent to reinforce Grendelsbane Station and sent to reinforce Second Fleet instead.
Prime Minister Allen Summervale approved the plan after consulting with Lord Michael Mayhew, Protector Benjamin IX's heir. ()
== Order of Battle ==
=== Manticoran Alliance ===
* Second Fleet with approximately 12 battle squadronsincluding HMS Queen Caitrin, CO - Captain (SG) Frederick Goldstein, fleet flag - Admiral White Haven
* Screen of RMN and GSN unitsincluding HMS Prince Adrian, CO - Captain (JG) Alistair McKeon; Lieutenant (SG) Tremaine and Senior Chief Petty Officer Harkness served aboard Prince Adrian during Third Yeltsin
=== People's Navy ===
* Admiral Parnell's Task Force with approximately 11 battle squadronsDuring battles of Hancock and Yeltsin the People's Navy lost 16% its wall of battle, which makes 74 ships of wall. With 31 lost ships of wall assigned to the Seaford Nine station Admiral Parnell losses should be equal to 43 ships of wall and his whole strength should be ca. 86 ships of wall (HH3). On the other hand the eleven surrendered Havenite superdreadnoughts were about 25% of Admiral Parnell's wall of battle, that should be rather 25% of the lost wall of battle. (HH5)Eighty-six ships of the wall.
== Course of Battle ==
White Haven used his stealth systems and low-powered wedges to keep the Havenites from detecting his additional units. ()
The battle was fought at the same time as the First Battle of Hancock. Admiral Parnell's units were savagely mauled by the Allied forces in the ambush prepared by the Second Fleet: the People's Navy task force lost half of its ships of the wall. ()
Analyzing the course of battle later, Admiral Jackson Kriangsak confirmed that had Admiral Parnell been any lesser of a tactician in the course of battle, the entire invading force would have been lost, but easily evaded the Manticoran screening units best in position to complete the envelopment. ()
== Aftermath ==
Shortly after the surviving Havenite units' escape from Yeltsin's Star, the Harris Assassination took place and Admiral Parnell was subsequently arrested as one of the supposed conspirators. ()
Eleven of the captured Havenite superdreadnaughts were taken as prizes and given to the Grayson Space Navy.These were DuQuesne class ships, called Manticore's Gift class after their refit.Adm. White Haven gave up 13.2 billion Manticoran dollars in Prize money for Second Fleet in turning over the ships to Grayson. ()
With the Havenites reeling from their defeats in Yeltsin and Hancock, Admiral White Haven moved immediately against Mendoza and Chelsea. (EH1)
== References ==
Yeltsin's Star, Third Battle of
Yeltsin's Star, Third Battle of
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