Battle of Bastion Outpost

Combatants| * Colonist Survivors
* Red Wood Industries

Commanders| * Captain Jack Roberts
* Commander Sam Reed

Strength| * 1 Keep-class Mobile Base
	+ CSS Keep
* Several Rovers
	+ 1 MR-2 Ranger-class Rover
	+ Dunebug
	+ Scuttler
* Bastion Outpost defense grid
* 1 Defender-class Frigate MK.II Prototype
	+ RWI Intrepid
* 4 V-203 Interceptors
	+ Green Squadron
* 2 Valkyrie-class Dropships
* Many GDA Falcon-class Fighters
* Many GDA Mako-class Fighters
* Several Sentry Drones

Casualties| * Base defenses
* Many Mako-class Fighters
* All Sentry Drones

The **Battle of Bastion Outpost** was a battle fought on Monus III during the Green Drone War. The forces of the Green Drone Armada (GDA) attempted to destroy the base of the Colonist Survivors (CSS), Bastion Outpost, but with the timely arrival of Red Wood Industries (RWI) starships, the GDA retreated and the CSS and RWI forces began working together.

## History

### Prelude

Shortly after the outbreak of the Green Drone War in 2733, most RWI forces in the Monus System were either destroyed or forced to retreat by the GDA fleet led by The Commander, leader of the GDA's military, during the Battle of Monus III. One ship, a prototype MK.II Defender-class Frigate, the RWI *Intrepid*, under Commander Sam Reed, hid in high orbit of the planet Monus III on low-power mode, waiting to make their next move.

The stranded Colonist Survivors under ex-RWI Captain Jack Roberts were able to send a distress signal to the Intrepid, the only RWI ship within range, by hijacking a GDA transmitter tower, only to retreat after a brief battle led to the tower's destruction thanks to GDA forces. As the *Intrepid* received the signal and prepared to move in, the Colonists retreated to their ground base, Bastion Outpost.

### The Battle

Upon arriving back at their base, the Colonists found that a handful of of GDA Sentry Drones had invaded the base. They were able to destroy all the drones and began to hastily repair their ransacked base, knowing that the GDA Scourge-class Carrier they had faced at the transmitter tower may have followed them.

This prediction turned out to be true. Soon after their return, the carrier arrived and hovered over the nearby ice lake, and deployed numerous GDA Falcon- and Mako-class Fighters to swarm the outpost. Many fighters were shot down by the Colonists, who manned the base's defense turrets and their collection of small rovers in an effort to protect the Bastion and the *Keep*, their stolen mobile base. Unfortunately, the GDA's superior numbers soon overwhelmed them, taking out the base's turrets one by one and forcing the Colonists to take cover in the underground garage complex.

Captain Roberts considered loading everyone and as many supplies as they could carry aboard their MR-2 Ranger-class Rover and fleeing the base in their small rovers, but at that moment, the RWI *Intrepid* arrived. Commander Reed sent a transmission to the Colonists to stay underground until the battle was won. He then launched his squadron of V-203 Interceptors, Green Squadron, who dealt with the remaining GDA fighters with help from the *Intrepid*'s point-defense cannons. The *Intrepid* then fired a single barrage from its main Mk3 Battleship Cannon, which damaged one of the engine nacelles of the GDA carrier. The carrier then fled, and any remaining fighters were either shot down or also retreated. Reed and a ground team landed on the base's doorstep in two Valkyrie-class Dropships and unloaded supplies to assist with repairs. Roberts and the team emerged from the garage and thanked the RWI personnel.

### Aftermath

Roberts and Reed held a meeting to discuss their next move, and the state of RWI as a whole due to the war unfolding all over the galaxy. Roberts proposed they combined their forces and prepared to strike at the GDA's main headquarters on the planet in order to rescue Commander Craz, Roberts' second-in-command, who had been captured several weeks prior. Meanwhile, RWI personnel helped the Colonists rebuild their defenses, and CSS members Finn and Castle met with some RWI engineers to expand their underground hangar to include four more bays. Soon, the RWI personnel departed to set up a forward operating base, leaving a few crates of supplies behind for the Colonists.

Meanwhile, the GDA carrier had retreated to the GDA's main HQ. The ship's commander, a GDA Lieutenant, met with The Commander, who reprimanded him for his failure to destroy the Colonists. The lieutenant informed him that an RWI ship had arrived and rescued them at the last minute. The Commander dismissed the threat of RWI and order them to accelerate their efforts to locate the Artifact, an ancient monolith that the GDA worshipped and sought power from.

A few days after this battle, the CSS and RWI forces joined up for an attack on the base, leaving Bastion Outpost behind for good. They were able to rescue Craz, but failed to steal the Artifact, and most of their forces, including the *Intrepid*, were destroyed. Fortunately, more RWI reinforcements arrived and shuttled the survivors to safety, leaving Monus III in the GDA's hands.

## Behind The Scenes

The Battle of Bastion Outpost takes place in Episodes 13-14 of 'Space Engineers: Colony Lost', the third series of the Colony Universe.