Battle of Minark

The Battle of Minark was a battle between the and So'ja Coalition that took place in 2382. (🇸🇹: "Torment and Woe")

Preparation

 * The CWS and the 3rd Command Group attack the planet of Minark to attract the Federation attention.
 * A Federation fleet masses in orbit of the planet Paos and prepares to warp to Minark.

The battle
Once the Starfleet Third Fleet warps into the Minark system, the USS Crockett and USS Ulysses are destroyed by the So'jan fleet. The first thing that the Third noticed was that the planet was not destroyed, just heavily damaged. Tellening breaks the fleet into four groups, one with the Skyfox in command, the other with the Pioneer, and the other two under the Ticonderoga and José Mendez.

Commander L'mar watches the battle from a distance on the Mass Driver, hidden behind the dark side of the planet.

The José Mendez and its group takes the right flank. The Endeavor and the Panama became damaged.

The Ticonderoga and its group takes the left flank, and engages fifteen hybrid-battleships, ten destroyers, and five warships. The Omaha was damaged during the first meeting between the two opposing fleets.

Skyfox 's group and the Pioneer 's group attacks the center of the enemy line. The Horatio is hit while protecting the Skyfox. The Fleming and Kransnowsky destroy one of the so'ja battleships. The Fortune rams another battleship and the Shadowcat, Lincoln, and Ticonderoga takes it out.

Meanwhile the Pioneer and her group swarm around twelve battleships, five destroyers, and four warships. The Repulse and the Jefferson take out two warships, while the Pioneer, Hood, and Marques take out a battleship. Calok orders the Revenge to fire upon the Merrimack, destroying it with a pulse cannon. The Merrimack 's saucer section strikes the Fleming 's right nacelle.

The Independence and the Pinafore, along with the Wellington try and destroy a destroyer, but fighter crafts disable the Wellington, causing the ship to impact shields with the Panama. The Panama then loses containment of their hull breaches, began rolling out of control, and then rams into the port side of a so'jan warship. The Ticonderoga and Sutherland get attacked by a battleship, and the Sutherland looses a nacelle in the exchange. The Lincoln swoopes in and tries to save the Sutherland, but is destroyed when two destroyers ram into her.

The Skyfox, Horatio, and Brittany try and attack the Revenge, but a warships, along with fighters intercept them and stall their advance. The Brittany stalls and its nacelles and deflector are damaged.

Meanwhile, Calok sends L'mar orders to target the planet with the Mass Driver and finish the job of destroying the Minark.

The Zhukov and Pinafore, along with the Independence and José Mendez destroy three destroyers and two warships. While the Horatio spins out of control, Tellening orders Horatio to withdrawal. The Charleston takes the Horatio's place in the Third's lines. The Omaha and Ticonderoga destroy a battleship, but a flanking battleship fires upon them and damages the Omaha.

Meanwhile the Zhukov is struck in the deflector dish by a fighter. The Zhukov is then bombard by enemy fire and is destroyed. The Crazy Horse, Repulse and Pioneer, along with the Persephone break through the lines. During the attack the Persephone is damaged. While they battle above, the Fleming burns up in the Minark atmosphere.

The Skyfox, and Kransnowsky break through the lines, and head towards the Mass Driver. But two warships engage them and damage the Kransnowsky. The José Mendez and Pinafore strike at two battleships, with the Thomas Paine. The Pioneer, Crazy Horse, and Jefferson rush to assist, and the later two are damaged in the melee.

The Third Fleet begins to fall apart.

In an attempt to stop the Mass Driver, the Repulse attempts to ram the firing chamber, only to be obliterated by a plasma projectile.

Captain Tellening orders a retreat after seeing the Repulse get destroyed.

Calok turns the Revenge onto the Pioneer. Just as he is about to fire his primary weapon, the Stefansson warps in and takes most of the plasma discharge.

Aftermath
The planet of Minark is completely bombarded by the Mass Driver, and the Coalition takes the upper hand, taking the Tealuian territory surrounding Minark.

Federation

 * USS Charleston (NCC-42285)
 * USS Crazy Horse (NCC-50446)
 * USS Crockett (NCC-38955)
 * USS Brittany (NCC-10198)
 * USS Endeavor (NCC-71805)
 * USS Fleming (NCC-20316)
 * USS Fortune (NCC-78109)
 * USS Horatio (NCC-10532-B)
 * USS Hood (NCC-42296)
 * USS Independence (NCC-70459)
 * USS Jefferson (NCC-45019)
 * USS José Mendez (NCC-18910)
 * USS Kransnowsky (NCC-17834)
 * USS Lincoln (NCC-19018)
 * USS Marques (NCC-19018)
 * USS Merrimack (NCC-61827)
 * USS Omaha (NCC-1809)
 * USS Panama (NCC-29280)
 * USS Persephone (NCC-19808)
 * USS Pinafore (NCC-1642)
 * USS Pioneer (NCC-1084)
 * USS Repulse (NCC-2544)
 * USS Shadowcat (NCC-88900)
 * USS Skyfox (NCC-19030)
 * USS Stefansson (NCC-2818)
 * USS Sutherland (NCC-72015)
 * USS Thomas Paine (NCC-65530)
 * USS Ticonderoga (NCC-71837)
 * USS Ulysses (NCC-66808)
 * USS Wellington (NCC-28473-C)
 * USS Zhukov (NCC-26136)

So'ja Coalition

 * CWS
 * 3rd Command Group

Also see

 * "Torment and Woe" from 🇸🇹.