Battle of the Demus Shipyards

Combatants| * Red Wood Industries
* Crazy North Logistics

Commanders| * Grand Admiral Adam Williams
* Captain Jack Roberts
* Commander Sam Reed
* Commander Craz

Strength| * 1 Daedalus-class Battleship
	+ RWI Apollo
* 1 MK.II Phoenix-class Assault Frigate
	+ RWI Saragossa
* 2 MK.II Defender-class Frigates
	+ RWI Tigris
	+ RWI Fortune
* 2 CNL Frigates
* Several V-203 Interceptors
* Many GDA Falcon-class Fighters

Casualties| * RWI Saragossa
* Several V-203s
* Both CNL Frigates

The **Battle of the Demus Shipyards**, also known as the Battle of the GDA Shipyards, was a battle fought during the Green Drone War. The Allied factions RWI (Red Wood Industries) and CNL (Crazy North Logistics) attacked a shipyard facility belonging to the GDA (Green Drone Armada) in the orbit of the frozen planet Demus in the Amre System. While the battle was a victory for RWI and CNL, the GDA Commander used the absence of RWI's flagship from the RWI capital world of Icarus to send a massive attack fleet to the planet, prompting the RWI fleet to return immediately.

## History

### Prelude

#### Stealing the GDA Destroyer

Soon after escaping the GDA onslaught at the Battle of Outpost Valiant on the surface of Demus, the crew of the RWI *Eclipse* led by Captain Jack Roberts and Commander Sam Reed of RWI ventured to a derelict supply station in an asteroid field. There, Roberts and Reed and two crew members, Castle and Bash, hijacked a GDA cargo transport to sneak to the nearby GDA shipyard station in order to sneak aboard and steal and GDA Destroyer. Meanwhile, Commander Craz, Commander Finn, and the rest of the crew temporarily modified the *Eclipse* with a long-range rotor gun to aid in the escape attempt. They were successful in stealing the Destroyer and quickly fled the system in hopes of rejoining with RWI. After a brief battle over a nearby desert world, Captain Jonathan Hunter of RWI and his battlegroup arrived to escort Roberts' team back to Icarus, the capital world of RWI.

### The Battle

#### Investigating the RWI Station

Once back at Icarus, Roberts and Reed planned with Grand Admiral Adam Williams, leader of RWI's Navy, to attack the shipyards at Demus again and either capture or destroy them. Due to the *Eclipse* sustaining heavy damage during the mission, Roberts and his crew were given command of the RWI *Tigris*, a new MK.II Defender-class Frigate. They were dispatched ahead of the rest of the fleet to investigate an abandoned RWI outpost in the area and secure a staging point for the rest of the fleet.

The *Tigris* dropped out of hyperspace at the station, only to find it partially destroyed with a GDA Destroyer and multiple GDA Falcon-class Fighters lying in wait for them. After sustaining minor damage to the *Tigris*, the area was secured, but more GDA ships arrived to drive them away. Fortunately, Grand Admiral Williams and his flagship, the RWI *Apollo*, along with the rest of the RWI fleet and a few CNL frigates, arrived just in time to assist them.

#### Attacking the Shipyards

Once the area was secure, Admiral Williams let Captain Roberts command the *Apollo* while he oversaw the battle from the CIC. The RWI and CNL fleet then formed up and moved in towards the shipyards. The GDA sent three Destroyers and a squadron of fighters to stop them, and the two sides engaged in battle. The lone Phoenix-class Assault Frigate, the RWI *Saragossa*, was crippled and soon self-destructed and both CNL Frigates took damage, but the Allied fleet was able to break through the GDA lines and push onwards to the shipyards.

From afar, the Commander, the leader of the GDA's military forces, observed the battle and decided not to intervene, but to instead launch his fleet to enact the next part of his Master's plan. As the Commander and his fleet left the system, RWI and CNL arrived at the shipyards and the GDA deployed more Destroyers from the shipyard's docking bays to defend it, but despite destroying the two CNL frigates, the remaining RWI ships destroyed the defending ships and secured the station. Roberts sent Commander Craz aboard the station to try and secure a damaged RWI Defender-class Frigate that the GDA had captured and docked in one of the bays, but the station's defenses disabled the vessel before Craz could liberate it.

### Aftermath

While the *Tigris* and the *Fortune*, the second Defender-class Frigate in the battlegroup, secured the shipyards, Williams met with Roberts and Reed on the bridge, congradulating them on their victory. However, Reed picked up a "priority one" distress signal from Icarus, which was under attack from the Commander's invasion fleet, for the GDA were trying to steal back the Artifact, a powerful ancient device they needed to achieve victory. Although RWI Admiral Isaac Sheppard had organized the Home Fleet to defend Icarus, they were being overwhelmed and needed reinforcements from any available RWI ships. Williams and Roberts quickly mobilized the *Apollo* and the *Tigris* to return to Icarus while the RWI *Fortune* stayed behind at the shipyards to finish securing the area. After rendezvousing with the Phoenix-class Frigates *Aegis Fate* and *Pursuit*, the RWI fleet jumped back to Icarus to fight the battle there.

## Behind-the-Scenes

The Battle of the Demus Shipyards takes place in Episodes 60-62 of 'Space Engineers: Colony Lost,' the third series in the Colony Universe. It is the first time the name 'Isaac Sheppard,' a character who also appears in the Redwood Universe, is mentioned.

The ending cutscene in Episode 62 is reminiscent of *Star Wars: The Clone Wars* Season 7, when Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi receive the news that Coruscant (their capital) is under attack, and they must rush back to help. (\*Whether that is an intentional reference is unknown.)