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| The residents of Phoenix Base, feeling the threat of imminent conquest, begin the radical step of converting their two orbital habitats into giant spacecraft. The resulting structures are massive and have poor handling, and will rely on fighter pods and other spacecraft for protection. | The residents of Phoenix Base, feeling the threat of imminent conquest, begin the radical step of converting their two orbital habitats into giant spacecraft. The resulting structures are massive and have poor handling, and will rely on fighter pods and other spacecraft for protection. |
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| Other craft are built, relying on [[https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Mass_driver#Spacecraft-based_mass_drivers|mass-driver engines]]. Built on modified Old Earth frigate hulls, these 'impact drive assembly'-powered spacecraft are capable of slow but 'stealthy' propulsion when compared with their fusion-drive cousins. These craft are sent out into the asteroid belt with the intention of building small beehive colonies, each one small but self-sustaining, deep in the heart of its host asteroid. A large group of //Manticore//-class medium transports are reported missing at this time, as well. | Other craft are built, relying on [[https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Mass_driver#Spacecraft-based_mass_drivers|mass-driver engines]]. Built on modified Old Earth frigate hulls, these 'impact drive assembly'-powered spacecraft are capable of slow but 'stealthy' propulsion when compared with their fusion-drive cousins. These craft are sent out into the asteroid belt with the intention of building small beehive colonies, each one small but self-sustaining, deep in the heart of its host asteroid. |
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| | A large group of //Manticore//-class medium transports are reported missing at this time. Witnesses will note that a number of them were on minimum-energy courses for a number of trans-Neptunian objects in Sol System, such as Sedna and Eris, effectively placing them beyond the reach of the Inner Planets. |
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| **2085** - The Inner Planets fleet arrives at Saturn. A furious firefight erupts, with the defense fleet of Phoenix Base fighting a holding action while the habitat ships' drives power up. //Habitat One// is destroyed when a salvo of enemy missiles - intended for the defense pickets positioned between the hostile ship and the habitat - lose their guidance tracking and strike the much-larger habitat, scoring multiple hits on the drive system. The ship responsible, a Lunar defense force cruiser, immediately leaves the field of battle, its crew horrified at the loss of life. The remaining capital ship, the MDFS //Ares//, breaks off its attack when //Habitat Two//'s drives finally come online, destroying a cluster of MDF fighter pods caught in the exhaust wake. | **2085** - The Inner Planets fleet arrives at Saturn. A furious firefight erupts, with the defense fleet of Phoenix Base fighting a holding action while the habitat ships' drives power up. //Habitat One// is destroyed when a salvo of enemy missiles - intended for the defense pickets positioned between the hostile ship and the habitat - lose their guidance tracking and strike the much-larger habitat, scoring multiple hits on the drive system. The ship responsible, a Lunar defense force cruiser, immediately leaves the field of battle, its crew horrified at the loss of life. The remaining capital ship, the MDFS //Ares//, breaks off its attack when //Habitat Two//'s drives finally come online, destroying a cluster of MDF fighter pods caught in the exhaust wake. |
