Battle of Tousoclo 1

### outcome

Snake/Bessini decisive victory, Guragon is destroyed, Death of General Hazkan, Death of Bandy

### commanders

Forest tribe: Rainbow, Ekerslithery Bessini: Corxan Parxons: Hazkan, Guragon

### strength

Forest tribe:•1 B-16 light cruiser "Impenetrable"

•1 modified spacecraft "Lunocarrier"

•14 Skyviper fighters

•6 Skyviper bombers

•Rainbow serpent

•At least 100 snakes

•At least 12 ground turrets

•1 Bessini anti-bombardment shield

Bessini fleet:

•Corxan's B-35 heavy cruiser "Regulator"

•4 S-15 cruisers

•78 Bessini AG-RL fighters

•8 Bessini cargo shuttles

•at least 2000 crew

•Guragon

•2 TC-17 command cruisers

•3 TC-18 frigates

•4 DM-1 assault ships

•71 JF-R1 fighters

•95 AI-6 drones

•Hazkan's fighter (O-T3Y fighter)

•6 O-T3Y fighters

•at least 3000 crew

### casualties

Forest tribe:•6 skyviper fighters

•1 skyviper bomber

•Bandy

Bessini:

•several Bessini fighters

•2 S-15 cruisers

1 celestial:

•Guragon

Hazkan's fleet:

•Both TC17 cruisers

•2 TC18 frigates

•all assault ships

•most JF-R1 fighters

•most AI-6 drones

•most O-T3Y fighters

•Hazkan

After the attack on the snake temple, the survivors escaped to Jinx's cave where they hid and planned their evacuation of the island. Jinx lended them an unused spacecraft module that could be refitted with snake and Bessini technology. Eker took a team to the temple's wreckage and rescued all other survivors that were trapped under debris. Also, the team recovered several boson engines and 2 intact skyvipers. Immediately, constructors began to fix up Jinx's spaceship, named it "Lunocarrier" and brought it outside to board. After all snakes were inside they took off and set course for Tousoclo 1. After landing, the snakes immediately began to build a new settlement and contacted Corxan. Soon, Corxan arrived with his fleet of Bessini cruisers, and deployed cargo shuttles loaded with useful materials to the surface, along with blueprints for a light cruiser that would suit the snakes' need for a new flagship perfectly. Before leaving, Corxan reminded the snakes that they would need a shield generator in case the Parxons attacked again. The Rainbow serpent, Eker and many other snake engineers assembled the *Impenetrable* and the Bessini shield generator while the rest of forest tribe built nests, bunkers and defence turrets around the village. After less than a month, the new snake village was complete and well defended, and the snakes had replenished their Skyviper fleet to 20 total fighters. The Impenetrable was also ready for flight and was parked outside the village. Meanwhile, Parxon scouts had discovered the new snake base and had also recovered the plasma crystal and the orb of life from the temple wreckage. General Hazkan took a fleet of 2 Parxon command cruisers, 3 frigates and several smaller ships to Tousoclo 1 and Hazkan had discovered a way to resurrect Guragon.

### The battle

Using his ship's experimental beam weapon loaded with the orb and crystal, Hazkan ordered for the cruiser to fire just outside the snake village, which sacrificed the orb to bring Guragon back to life. Guragon realized he was alive and at full strength, and began to advance on the snake village. Forest tribe scrambled to activate their defences, sent a distress signal to Corxan and deployed their fleet. Just before Hazkan's fleet entered range, the snakes activated their shield and their fleet began to battle Hazkan's cruisers. Despite being smaller than most of Hazkan's ships, the Impenetrable was incredibly durable and well shielded, allowing it to take on even the biggest Parxon cruisers. A Parxon frigate under heavy fire eventually moved into range of the village and fired a beam weapon on the shield. Just before the shield was disabled, Skyviper bombers destroyed the beam weapon, allowing the shield to recover. Hazkan became unhappy with the battle's progress and ordered his personal fighter to be prepared, which he used then to attack snake fighters. To the snake's horror, Guragon used his tentacle lightning to overcharge the shield, which would not hold very long. Rainbow recognized the urgency of this situation and moved in to absorb the lightning, but soon also felt the overwhelming force of the attack. Corxan's fleet had finally made it and Bessini fighters distracted Guragon and stopped him firing on the shield, meanwhile, the Impenetrable's shields were low and the ship had taken hits from Parxon Jellyship attacks. Corxan sent a parts resupply to the Impenetrable keeping it in the fight. Bandy located the crystal from his fighter and attempted to recover it. Unfortunately, Hazkan found his ship and destroyed him, taking the crystal for himself intent on bringing it to Guragon to kill the Rainbow serpent. Meanwhile, the combined forces of Forest tribe's fleet and Corxan's ship the *Regulator,* assaulted a parxon command ship causing it to explode. While Hazkan was flying to Guragon, he was ambushed by Eker and Corxan, destroying him and obtaining the crystal, to be reunited with the Rainbow serpent. River and Dacko attempted to escort Eker to Rainbow but were intercepted by Guragon, who used tentacle lightning to disable the skyvipers, which he snagged with a tentacle. Guragon took the crystal while the trio of snakes abandoned their Skyvipers in parachutes. On the debris-littered ground, Eker, Dacko and River hitched a ride on Rainbow's back, who knew something Guragon had yet to learn. Guragon was confident in destroying the snakes once and for all and activated the plasma crystal, sending a beam of hot plasma directed at the Rainbow serpent, who opened wide as to consume all the plasma, which in turn simply charged up the Rainbow serpent with energy, which was also shared with Eker, River and Dacko who also became charged with Rainbow's power. Guragon finally realized this was a mistake and could only watch in horror as the plasma beam fired upon the Rainbow serpent was redirected right back to him. The power from the crystal caused an enormous explosion, atomizing Guragon and the surrounding surface, conveniently launching chunks of Tousoclo 1 into the sky, colliding with Parxon ships. Forest tribe and Corxan's fleet cleaned up the sky, with only one Parxon TC-18 frigate and some of its compliment escaping into space. The remaining command cruiser and escorts fell to the surface, inoperable. The *Impenetrable,* the *Lunocarrier,* Corxan and surviving skyvipers returned to the village for celebration, knowing that Guragon would never return again and the Parxons would not dare attack again. Knowing it was safe to return to earth, the snakes boarded their hundred meter long cruiser and launched into space once again. When they returned to the island, it seemed that the temple was completely unfixable, but the Rainbow serpent flew over the ruins, with the Plasma crystal and used its energy, to undo the destruction, returning the temple to its former glory. Every snake cheered, they landed the cruiser and skyvipers on a field behind the restored waterpark, slithered off the boarding ramp and raced into the temple, which smelled of home. Finally, all was well for Forest tribe and they could enjoy their peaceful lives on their beautiful island haven.