
2700 Havenite LACs attempted to fight off the Manticoran LACs with Cimeterre Alphas and Betas. The Manticoran LACs attacked the remaining 33 BCs and 41 CAs of 2nd Fleet, but had a closing velocity of over 50,000 kps. LAC element of the Home Fleet, RMN vs screening elements of the 2nd Fleet, RHN (concurrent with 3rd Fleet hyperspace movements).Ģ300 LACs came in to attack 2nd Fleet, with the 2nd Fleet's screen detailed to fight them off. 2nd Fleet aimed for the fastest course to get beyond the hyper limit, in order to avoid penetrating deep into Sphinx's defensive missile envelope and to get to missile resupply ships.Ģ. 10 minutes after the end of the engagement, Tourville decided to abandon any ship that could not make 370gs of acceleration. 2nd was unable to keep its in-system acceleration, and changed course to angle away from Sphinx. 2nd Fleet took substantial damage, losing 97 ships of the wall completely, with another 19 losing at least a single impeller ring, and of the remaining 124 SD(P)s, only 11 of them were undamaged. Home Fleet was completely destroyed, along with almost 3000 LACs. Home Fleet launched over 150,000 missiles at 2nd Fleet, and 2nd Fleet launched over 524,000 missiles in return. The entire battle lasted only 11.9 minutes from the moment the first missile launched. The RMN and Alliance partners sortied out to meet 2nd Fleet outside of RHNs missile engament range for the planet of Sphinx. 2nd Fleet, RHN vs Home Fleet, RMN (Alliance).
Cruiser Squadron 12 - commanded by Commodore Charise Fanaafiġ. Cruiser Squadron 7 - commanded by Rear Admiral Winston Bradshaw. Battlecruiser Squadron 81 - commanded by Rear Admiral Michael Oversteegen. screening element - commanded by Rear Admiral Michael Oversteegen:. CLAC Squadron 6 - commanded by Vice Admiral Samuel Miklos. Task Force 16, IAN - commanded by Vizeadmiral Lyou-yung Hasselberg.
Battle Squadron 23 - commanded by Vice Admiral Morris Baez.
Battle Squadron 15, GSN - commanded by Admiral Judah Yanakov. Eighth Fleet - commanded by Admiral Honor Harrington - originally stationed at Trevor's Star. CLAC element - including CLAC Squadron 3, detached from the Eighth Fleet - commanded by Vice Admiral Alice Truman. wall of battle - probably 9-10 battlesquadrons, including Battle Squadron 61, detached from the Eighth Fleet - commanded by Rear Admiral Alistair McKeon †. Third Fleet - commanded by Admiral Theodosia Kuzak † - originally stationed at Trevor's Star. Manticore Junction Defence Command - commanded by Rear Admiral Thurston Havlicek. wall of battle - probably 13 battlesquadrons, including:. Home Fleet - commanded by Fleet Admiral Sebastian D'Orville †. The battle ended in a costly Manticoran victory, leaving at least 2.2 million people dead and hundreds of starships destroyed, and effectively wiped out the offensive capabilities of both sides of the Second Havenite-Manticoran War.ĭetailed strength Manticoran Alliance It was fought in the Manticore System after the Republic of Haven Navy initiated Operation Beatrice, which called for several fleets to strike at the heart of the Star Kingdom of Manticore itself. The Battle of Manticore was the single largest space battle in human history up to that point. Home FLT and 3rd FLT rendered combat ineffective.