Battle of World Fountain

Prototypes
~1 super-dreadnought

The **Battle of World Fountain** is the finale battle of Sunrider 4: Captain's Return. It was the first major engagement between PACT and present day Ryuvia. With the help of the Prototype super-dreadnought Cathedral, the battle culminated in the Ryuvian flagship Maray launching a graviton torpedo into the World Fountain, causing a massive uncontrolled fusion explosion and destroying half of PACT's entire fleet in the process, as well as any hope of PACT recovering Lost Technology from Crow Harbor's Lost Fleet.

## Story

### Background

Following PACT's victory over Crow Harbor and his Lost Fleet, Veniczar Fontana has moored his nation's entire fleet over the World Fountain to secure the area and recover Crow's Lost Technology from the debris of the Lost Fleet.

Knowing that PACT will become too powerful to stop if they get their hands on said technology, Asaga vi Ryuvia and Kayto Shields concocted a plan to wipe out PACT's entire fleet, by launching a graviton torpedo into the World Fountain, destabilizing the ancient Ryuvian artifice and causing a massive explosion that will destroy all nearby PACT ships as well any remains of the Lost Fleet.

Before carrying out the plan, Kayto shared the plan with the Solar Alliance in hopes that they send an expeditionary force to assist them. Alliance Admiral Alan Grey pledged to do what he can but made no promises, as the Alliance is still in an armistice with PACT.

### The Battle

When the Maray arrived at the World Fountain, the Alliance did not show up for battle, forcing it to carry out the battle alone. Kayto, having expected this, instead invoked his backup plan - summon the Prototypes, PACT's sworn enemy, into the area to help fight the PACT ships for them. This plan worked - the Prototype super-dreadnought Cathedral warped right next to the Maray, proceeding to immediately attack the PACT fleet, causing their defensive line to go into complete disarray.

With PACT forces distracted by the surprise Prototype assault, Maray made its way towards the World Fountain to get into position for firing the graviton torpedo. However, they were stopped by High Admiral Emil Kuushana and her Wolf Brigade ryder squad. After a lengthy battle, Maray and its ryder squad managed to defeat the Wolf Brigade, causing Kuushana to retreat to her personal flagship, the Huntress. Here, Kuushana made her last stand to prevent the Maray from firing the torpedo. Despite her efforts, the Maray came out victorious, managing to finally sink the Huntress. The graviton torpedo is fired, causing a massive Lillium detonation, creating a new star in its wake and ensuring the destruction of PACT's fleet.

The Maray's attempt to escape the blast was thwarted by the Prototypes, who are apparently infatuated by Kayto. The Maray now has to fight numerous advanced Prototype ryders, lead by the Widow, whose ryder possesses nanomachine technology, allowing it to restore itself to full health even after being destroyed. They were soon dispatched by Asaga and her ryder squad, and now the Maray's path to escape is clear. At this point, the Prototype leader Omega realized that they were taking too many loses and decided to retreat before the Cathedral also gets destroyed by the newly formed star. Meanwhile, Kuushana ordered two nearby PACT ships to stop chasing the Maray and instead rescue her and the rest of the Huntress' crew.

Fontana, having watched the Cathedral and the Maray making a run for it, furiously ordered his remaining ships to block the Maray from escaping. The Maray then makes a stunning move - it starts moving closer to the star to perform a gravity assisted escape. Fontana, without regard of the lives of his ship's crew, ordered them to also do the same thing. Many of Fontana's ships burned up into the star as a result. The Maray would have burned up too if it wasn't for its Twin Drives suddenly performing at 450 percent efficiency - a feat that even Lynn Ashada, a Prototype thought was technologically impossible. With the Maray now out of the star's gravity well, they are greeted by an Alliance expeditionary fleet which came a little too late for the battle. They gladly take up Kayto's request to escort the Maray out of the area in case more PACT ships decide to pursue it, leaving a furious Fontana and Kuushana to rescue and salvage what was left of their fleet.