Battle of Earth (Clone Wars)

## Strength

	+ SF-4 Vipers
	+ Z-95 Headhunters
* 1 Valkyrie-class battlecarrier
	+ TSS Valkyrie
* 5 Dreadnaught-class heavy cruisers
	+ TSS Cleveland
	+ TSS Kongō
	+ TSS Belfast
	+ TSS Exeter
	+ TSS Northampton
* 14 Consular-class cruisers
	+ TSS Deadlock
	+ TSS Spirit
	+ TSS Center
	+ TSS Breakpoint
	+ TSS Unbroken
	+ TSS Skyline
	+ TSS Royalty
	+ TSS Poetry
	+ TSS Wonder
	+ TSS Venom
	+ TSS Grandiose
	+ TSS Autumn
	+ TSS Spring
	+ TSS Fall
* 3 Gladiator-class frigates
	+ TSS Gladiator
* 2 Lightning-class destroyers
	+ TSS Lightning
* 6 Berlin-class corvettes
	+ TSS Berlin
	+ TSS Tampa
	+ TSS San Diego
	+ TSS Yokosuka
	+ TSS Bristol
	+ TSS Marseille
* 32 defense platforms

Galactic Republic (late battle)* Hundreds of Starfighters
* 12 Venator-class Star destroyers
	+ RSD Resolute
	+ RSD Negotiator
	+ RSD Valiant
	+ RSD Renown
	+ RSD Triumphant
* 16 Acclamator-class assault ships
* 24 Consular-class cruisers
* 12 Arquitens-class cruisers
* 3 Providence-class cruiser/carriers
	+ Cato’s Wrath
	+ Yunome
* 16 Lucrahulk-class battleships
* 12 Recuscant-class destroyers
* 32 Munificent-class frigates
* several dozen supply vessels

## Casualties

* Dozens of Starfighters
* 2 Berlin-class corvettes damaged
	+ TSS Berlin
	+ TSS Tampa
* 1 Gladiator-class frigate destroyed
	+ TSS Gladiator
* 2 Gladiator-class frigates damaged
* 2 Lightning-class destroyers damaged
	+ TSS Lightning
* 7 Consular-class cruisers destroyed
	+ TSS Poetry
	+ TSS Wonder
	+ TSS Venom
	+ TSS Grandiose
	+ TSS Autumn
	+ TSS Spring
	+ TSS Fall
* 3 Consular-class cruisers damaged
	+ TSS Deadlock
	+ TSS Spirit
	+ TSS Center
* 3 Dreadnaught-class heavy cruisers destroyed
	+ TSS Belfast
	+ TSS Exeter
	+ TSS Northampton
* 2 Dreadnaught-class heavy cruisers damaged
	+ TSS Cleveland
	+ TSS Kongō
* 25 defense platforms destroyed
* 7 defense platforms damaged
* 1 Valkyrie-class battlecarrier damaged
	+ TSS Valkyrie

Galactic Republic* dozens of Starfighters
* 4 Venator-class Star destroyers destroyed
	+ RSD Renown
	+ RSD Triumphant
* 4 Venator-class Star destroyers damaged
	+ RSD Negotiator
	+ RSD Valiant
* 2 Acclamator-class assault ships damaged
* 8 Consular-class cruisers destroyed
* 6 Consular-class cruisers damaged
* 3 Arquitens-class cruisers
* 2 Arquitens-class cruisers damaged
* almost all droid Vulture droids and Hyena bombers
* 2 Providence-class cruiser/carriers destroyed
	+ Yunome
* 13 Lucrahulk-class battleships destroyed
* 10 Recuscant-class destroyers destroyed
* 28 Munificent-class frigates destroyed
* all but 3 supply vessels destroyed
* 1 Lucrahulk-class battleship captured

The ***Battle of Earth*** was the orbital battle over Earth during the Sol Campaign of the Clone Wars. It saw to the destruction of much of the planets defense grid, but also the almost the complete destruction of the force sent to destroy it in return.

## Prelude

Prelude: *(Order of Battle)*

For the first year of the Clone Wars, Terran involvement had been limited to the escorting of trade convoys to and from Earth’s trading partners. During this period several CIS commanders had attempted to raid these convoys to strip them of the supplies destined for Republic worlds which held military value, while no ships fired upon each other, these engagements typically lasted several hours.

This strained relations between the TSA and the CIS, which lead to the TSA Navy conducting freedom of navigation patrols in the spaces between Terran and Separatist territory. This, along with growing military relations with the Galactic Republic, caused the CIS to decide to preemptively attack the Sol System to neutralize the TSA as a threat. To this end they put together of force primarily composed of ground forces with only some heavy cruisers and capital ships for escort, as the TSA didn’t have a navy truly capable of challenging a large combat fleet.

However, the TSA also anticipated an assault by an outside power to occur in the near future, and while their terrestrial forces were considerable, they knew their orbital defenses other than a small amount of warships were lacking. To compensate for this, thirty-two small defensive platforms were placed in orbit. These platforms only had a limited armament of a single C4RT Medium Coil-Gun and three 40mm Static CIWS, but were still considered a potent threat to smaller warships.

## Battle

On August 21st, the Separatist fleet emerged from hyperspace just behind Earth’s moon, upon which they were detected by the Luna defense satellites in orbit. The Terran fleet immediately assumed a position near the cluster of defensive platforms, with the CIS fleet immediately deploying twenty-four frigates, eight destroyers, a single Providence carrier, and 600 Vulture droids to destroy the fleet, while the remainder of their forces provided cover for the ground forces attempting to land planet-side.

As the Separatist fleet advanced and entered firing range, Admiral White ordered his Consular-cruisers to flak the the Munificent's to hit them on their weaker side armor, while the the core battle force remained in close formation.

By this point the CIS force had closed to firing range of the main force, immediately opening fire with their heavy turbolasers. The Terran force quickly returned fire, with the battlecarrier *Valkyrie*, frigate *Gladiator*, and heavy cruiser *Kongō* engaging a trio of frigates. Quickly destroying the frigates, the vessels attempted to form a tighter formation, however *Gladiator* was separated from the rest of the force by two destroyers and a trio of frigates and was quickly overcome and destroyed.

Over the span of the just under forty-five minutes the Separatists would hammer the TSA fleet, eventually breaking fleet cohesion by sheer weight of numbers, destroying the Dreadnaught heavy cruisers *Belfast*, *Northampton*, and *Exeter*, eight Consular cruisers, and most of the defensive satellites, but took heavy casualties in the form of eight frigates and one destroyer destroyed. During this several acts of valor in occurred, including the Vipers of the 12th Fighter-Interceptor Wing saving the cruiser Kongō from a swarm of nearly thirty Hyena droid bombers, at the cost of three of their own fighters. At this point, over 80% of the TSA fleet had been damaged or destroyed, and Admiral White ordered the fleet to withdraw to orbit around Venus.

Two days later on August 23, A Republic fleet emerged from hyperspace consisting of forces under the command of Jedi Generals Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker. This force quickly engaged the CIS force which had placed itself it its entirety in Earth orbit, and punched a hole through their defense screen and deployed a mass of ground forces planet-side.

The fleet then systematically tore their CIS counterparts apart, being assisted in this matter by the Terran navy returning from Venus and attacking their enemy’s flank. Realizing that his situation had become untenable, Admiral Tuuk attempted to ordered an immediate withdrawal, abandoning his ground forces that hadn’t yet evacuated. Tuuk, however, would not live to see his forces escape, with his flagship’s bridge taking a salvo of coil-gun slugs only moments before it entered hyperspace, with the Tactical Droid Kalani assuming command in his place, and carrying out his now deceased commanding officer’s last order.

## Appearances

* *Book One: An Uplifting War* (first appearance)