This clears the way for the arrival of a sizable Terran reinforcement fleet through the jump point. Kilrathi ships stay clear of the mined region, allowing the inception of Phase Two of the operation in which a scrambled radio signal detonates certain specially modified mines. Simultaneously, TCN fighters drop porcupine mines in a region of space near Enyo where a principal jump point is located. The Confederation regroups under the leadership of then-Captain Geoffrey Tolwyn and brings in an attack force of new Raptor-class heavy fighters. Kilrathi occupation forces land on Enyo and hold a quarter of a million Terrans hostage, reinforced by orbital guns. The Kilrathi retreat but over 70% of the entire Confederation Navy is destroyed.
Several days of bloody fighting all but obliterate the defensive forces. When the Kilrathi fleet arrives, however, it is quadruple the expected size and they deploy a new anti-capital ship weapon. Confederation High Command orders a counteroffensive twice the size of the anticipated fleet, hoping to reach McAuliffe first and ambush the attackers.Īfter a tense rush to McAullife, the entire Confederation 7th Fleet establishes a formidable defensive position around the planet. Penney intercepts and decodes a stray Kilrathi cipher implying that a strike will soon be launched against the planet McAuliffe and its orbiting space station, Alexandria. In retaliation for this and the five-year string of equally heinous abuses of all known laws of civility, the Terran Confederation officially declares war on the Empire of Kilrah. The Anna Magdelena, a refitted transport ship ferrying orphans to their new homes on Dieno, is openly attacked by a pair of Kilrathi fighters.
The leaders of Kilrah are warned that their next transgression could lead to military reprisals. In retaliation, the Terran Confederation Congress votes unanimously to enforce a strict non-aggression policy by the Kilrathi. Frequent attempts to meet with Kilrathi High Command are rejected without explanation. The Terran Confederation receives numerous reports of unwarranted assault, space piracy, kidnapping and interplanetary plundering, all taking place at an increasingly expanding distance from the planet Kilrah. Although the identity of the attacking ship is never definitively established, Confederation deep space tracking computers point to a possible point of origin from a previously unexplored planet, soon to be known by its native name, Kilrah.
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Less than twenty minutes later, the still-unidentified ship opens fire with full lasers, completely destroying Iason and its crew.
Commander Jedora Andropolos on board Iason transmits a wide-band, non-verbal greeting and waits for a response. The patrol craft Iason encounters a spacecraft of unknown origin. Enter here to browse some of the historical information pertinent to the story in Wing Commander Saga.
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