Subterrel Strike Force

The Subterrel Strike Force (SSF) is the mobile force created in response to the Imperial assault of the Battle of Blerthmore. It is primarily a strike group of vessels that are charged with the task of hunting down Imperial forces in the Subterrel Sector and defeating them, to ensure that such devastation as suffered at Blerthmore will never happen again. The SSF is therefore a subsection of the main RS fleet, operating beyond the normal RS range of operations. The Vigilance Starfighter Group are assigned to the three greatest vessels in the strike force, and the elite ground forces of the Commando Division are based on the Redemption.

Ships

• Imperial-class Star Destroyer Redemption
• MC80 Star Cruiser Ad Astra
• Victory-class Star Destroyer Resurrection II
• Assault-class frigate Chiin'tal
• Assault-class frigate Titan
• EF76-B Nebulon-class escort frigate Unforgiven
• EF76-B Nebulon-class escort frigate Horizon
• EF76-B Nebulon-class escort frigate Crimson Ghost
• DP-20 Corellian gunship Bayonet
• DP-20 Corellian gunship Stinger
• CR90 Corellian corvette Warden

Lost ships

• EF76-B Nebulon-class escort frigate Echo Hawk
• DP-20 Corellian gunship Starflare
• DP-20 Corellian gunship Nova
• CR90 Corellian corvette Steward
• CR90 Corellian corvette Apollo
• CR90 Corellian corvette Crescent

Leadership

The Head of the SSF is the RS Executive Officer, Commodore Michael Raven. Other important figures in the strike force include General David "Heavy" Pasiechnyk, CO of VSG, Commander Luren "DaLe" Ketan, CO of the CD and RID, and Fleet Admiral Kaz Falcion, captain of the Redemption.

Origin

The Battle of Blerthmore was the most devastating defeat ever suffered by the RS. The task force's fleet was decimated. Despite this, and also in response to this, RS Command decided to strike back at the enemy that had struck them this blow. Within a month of the battle, the RS had repaired the ships that it could afford to repair and grouped them together into a new task group christened the Subterrel Strike Force. RS Intel had discovered that the Imperial attackers from Blerthmore had originated from the Subterrel Sector, and had returned there after abruptly withdrawing from the battle. The SSF was therefore dispatched to find the Imperials, take revenge upon them, and find out what they were doing in Subterrel in the first place. FC Dave Trebonious-Astoris had planned to lead this strike force, but was convinced that the RS home systems needed his presence, especially after the devastating battle. Therefore RSXO Michael Raven was selected to lead the SSF.

Operational history

The SSF at full strength departed RS space on 44:3:13. From there it slowly traversed the largely uncharted routes to the Subterrel Sector, where it arrived on 44:3:21 and began scouting out the sector border.

Battle of the Azemin Corridor

The initial forays into the Subterel Sector by the SSF were extensive reconnaissance operations by A-wings from the VSG, which scouted out suspected locations of outposts and enemy holdings. Their operations revealed curious complications — in a number of locations there were evidence of Imperial forces fighting against Imperial forces, showing that the enemy forces based in the Subterrel Sector were not a unified force, but consisted of at least two different factions. The most prominent battle was witnessed by Major Olith Hesto, who scanned and recorded the battle was between two Imperial task elements. One force, led by the Star Destroyer Mammoth, was part of the attack force that hammered RS forces in the Battle of Blerthmore. The Mammoth 's appeared to be in the process of being ambushed by a second Imperial force led by the Star Destroyer Wyrm. The battle ended as the Mammoth 's forces destroyed the Wyrm 's Interdictor Hunter, which allowed the ambushed forces to retreat. Both sides suffered heavy losses, with the ambushed Mammoth 's forces losing the Strike Cruisers Bogatyr and Boyarin, and the Frigate Hatchet, with the Frigate Shuriken and the Mammoth itself limping from the ambush zone heavily damaged. The attacking forces were hit hard, too, with the loss of the Interdictor Hunter and the Carrack Cruiser Orion, and the remainder of the attack force suffering extensive damage, including the Wyrm itself.

However, while the reconnaissance forces were gathering their valuable data, an Imperial attack force led by the Star Destroyer Anguish ambushed the Subterrel Strike Force as they travelled through the narrow channel into the Subterrel Sector called the Azemin Corridor. The RS forces led by the Redemption were caught in the corridor, with nebulae and asteroids to either side, with the only options between to awkwardly retreat back the way they had come, or to stand fast and fight. The SSF chose the latter option, and the battle was joined.

In the battle the SSF suffered some extensive losses, including the Frigate Echo Hawk, the gunships Nova and Starflare, and the corvettes Apollo, Steward and Crescent, along with a fair number of freighter craft who disobeyed orders and engaged the enemy forces, instead of remaining in the protective midst of the SSF formation. The majority of the strike force also suffered varying levels of damage, from the 7% damage to the Frigate Crimson Ghost, to the 13% damage levels of the Star Destroyer Redemption and the gunship Stinger, to the more serious 53% damage to the Assault Frigate Titan, and the crippling 87% damage to the last remaining corvette Warden. The Calamari Cruiser Ad Astra, Victory Star Destroyer Resurrection II, Assault Frigate Chiin'tal and the gunship Bayonet all managed to survive the battle without any serious damage.

But the crippling damage inflicted to the SSF formation was not without merit, as the entire Imperial attack force, including two Star Destroyers, three Victory Star Destroyers, four Acclamators, two Broadside cruiers and hundreds of TIE starfighters were completely annihilated.

Battle of Aphene

(info about the siege of Aphene, then information from VSG/RID/CD103)

Current status

(explain what has been happening between VSG/RID/CD103 and the upcoming VSG/RID/CD104)

Losses

The following ships were lost during the Battle of the Azemin Corridor on 44:3:21:

• Frigate Echo Hawk
• Gunship Starflare
• Gunship Nova
• Corvette Steward
• Corvette Apollo
• Corvette Crescent

At this point the strike force has suffered ____ casulties.

Links

• RS OoB

Warships of the Subterrel Strike Force:

Redemption

Ad Astra - Resurrection II

Chiin'tal - Titan

Unforgiven - Horizon - Crimson Ghost

Bayonet - Stinger

Warden - Skifter - Grozarra - Typhoon