Earlier today the DDS Centre fleet met an ABBO fleet in battle just outside of the Proxima Centauri system (the home of DDS GHQ of course). The battle was a close one and victory was only assured by the timely intervention of a new ally of which more later.
With an ABBO fleet also approaching Liberation it was clear the ABBOs planned simultaneous attacks. DDS Commander Orchid therefore decided to force the battle at Proxima early and hope a victory would deter the ABBOs from attacking Liberation too. Around 130 ABBO ships were employed in the battle, their tactics subtly changing to negate the DDS' initial salvo of MRMs. The ABBOs kept their fleet more spaced out as to limit the effect of the MRMs warheads. The DDS did not use their EM dampening weapon (it is thought all available stocks had already been sent to Liberation).
The battle when it started was fierce, although DDS shields upgrades generally held there were still 5 ships destroyed : C102 Australasia, D152 Advance, F115 Cainozoic, F138 Java Sea and K110 Nero. 62 Ferret UCVs were also destroyed and many ships damaged. The DDS began to pull back to Proxima 7 to make a last stand. Although the ABBOs had lost a lot of ships they had the advantage.
But then a fleet of Porquatian warships decloaked behind the ABBOs and proceeded to pound the ABBOs! Confused the ABBOs fled, they lost around 92 ships in total during the battle. The Porquatians said they wished to join the DDS' fight against the ABBOs. They said they had already attacked the ABBO troop convoy en route to Malau destroying many of the troop ships and 16 further ABBO warships.
The ABBO fleet approaching Liberation is now returning to Malau. After the unexpected events of the last few hours it seems the ABBOs need to regroup.
