Red Vulture has succeeded at the second attempt, more or less. Following another battle near Delta 9 the DDS managed to break through ABBO lines and were able to get the amphibious warfare squadron into orbit over the planet where 4 brigades of troops were landed along with a large quantity of equipment and ammunition and several hundred wounded troops were evacuated. The ABBOs counterattacked forcing the DDS to abandon part of the operation though the ground troops on the planet have been greatly reinforced.
The success was not without cost, the DDS lost 4 warships in the battle. The Panther 35A D104 Leopard, the Isometric 41A F111 Pleistocene, the Freedom 41B F172 Fearless and the Rome 46A K118 Constantine. The landing ship L112 Gondwana was also destroyed by the ABBO counterattack though the rest of the amphibious fleet managed to get away unscathed. 36 Ferret UCVs were also lost. The ABBOs lost 62 warships.
The DDS are confident now the Delta 9 forces can hold out into next year now which buys the DDS time as to their next move.
