Battle of the Pentagon Run

The Battle of Pentagon Run (July 2821-December 2821) was a series of small naval engagements fought during Operation Klondike against fleeing elements of the spacefarers who resided above the various Pentagon Worlds.

Summary of Events

Initial Engagements

When Operation Klondike was launched, the first order of business was the securing of jumppoints and approaches in each system above the Pentagon Worlds.

Each planetary system was host to bands of independent spacefarers who remained aloof to the plight of the people on the ground, with many never having set foot on a terrestrial body.

The jump into Arcadia and engagement of naval forces was completely successful due to impeccable planning by Clan Star Adder's Khan Absalom Truscott and his team of strategists. No JumpShips made it out that were not immediately accounted for at other Clan-held locations in systems nearby. At Dagda, the blockades of Clan Burrock and Clan Widowmaker successfully stopped all escape attempts, in spite of some spectacular events during the course of the engagement. But this was not to be the case at the rest of the Pentagon Worlds.

At Babylon, two JumpShips and four DropShips escaped that were never accounted for in after action reports. At Circe, a Quixote class Destroyer and four JumpShips escaped at the zenith jumppoint. At an orbital space station called Outpost One (Part of the Circe system), three JumpShips and a massive Potemkin class Transport Cruiser escaped capture as well. And at Eden one JumpShip made it out, but was found some time later with all hands dead due to actions of a Clan boarding party that had already breached the hull before the jump.

The Chase

The spacefarers of Circe had set up another colony well in advance, to help ensure survival. Located 23 light years anti-spinward of Circe, an airless planetary body with abundant water and minerals dubbed Fasa was their secret redoubt.

Most of the JumpShips from Circe had made it to Fasa. But when the Potemkin class transport appeared in-system, all of them new it was only a short matter of time until the invaders located their enclave. In only 2 months, the spacefarers packed up what they could take and fled.

Under orders from ilKhan [[Nicholas Kerensky] to bring the rebels back under the aegis of Clan rule], Clan Snow Raven saKhan Rafe Kardaan set out in pursuit of the fleeing spacefarers. Though it took months to accomplish, due to a lack of cohesion in his fleet which was made up of contingents from most of the Clans, slowly the task force tracked the spacefarers to their various hideouts.

Capturing small, scattered groups at first, a breakthough came in September of 2821. After learning of several key spacefarer locations from salvaged navigation computers from a cripple Riga class Destroyer, Rafe Kardaan and his fleet won the next three engagements, capturing many JumpShips and DropDhips from each battle. While in an unnamed system 110 light years from Circe, the spacefarers mustered a counter-attack, but succeeded only in handing the Clan task force a one-sided victory over most of the rebel's few remaining WarShips.

The Catch

After more running engagements, the rebels combined their remaining forces. The larger fleet may have offered the hope of better protection, but was impossible to hide. Finally cornered at a system marked simply EC821-387D

Bibliography

Historical: Operation Klondike