Hunt for the SJ Sathanas

The Hunt for the SJ Sathanas was a series of missions which resulted in a direct confrontation between the GTVA Colossus and the Shivan juggernaut.

Encounter with the Sathanas

The Neo-Terran Front was defeated, and Admiral Aken Bosch escaped to the nebula and disappeared. The GTVA put more effort into combatting the Shivan menace.

The GVD Psamptik led an assault against Shivan gas miners and sentry guns. The craft which assisted was the GVCv Tatenen, a Sobek-class corvette. The fighters of the 203rd Scorpions carried out the task and destroyed the primary targets. Shivan bombers then attacked the Thebes. The Scorpions were fast enough to successfully protect the Tatenen. The SJ Sathanas arrived immediately after the attack and destroyed the Tatenen in seconds.

In order to determine the threat the GTVA was facing, Alpha 1 was sent to scan subsystems. The new GVF Ptah was invisible to Shivan sensors, making Alpha 1's job easier.

Luring the Sathanas

Only the GTVA Colossus could compete with the firepower of the Shivan juggernaut. Command knew this and prepared the bulk of the 3rd Fleet and the Colossus at the jump node of Gamma Draconis-Vega. Inside the nebula, the 3rd Fleet launched attacks against cruisers in the hope that the Shivans would divert the Sathanas to help. Instead, news surfaced that the Sathanas, instead of moving to defend the cruisers under assault, set course for the Gamma Draconis system.

Destruction of the Knossos device

Command was worried about the threat of the Sathanas. Even though the Colossus was thought to be a fair match for the Sathanas, Command didn't want to risk battle. A bold plan was put in motion to stop the Sathanas from proceeding into Terran space: the Knossos device was to be destroyed to seal off Gamma Draconis.

Three meson bombs were sent into the grinder of enemy fire. The plan was to detonate the bombs in the middle of the device to destroy it. This did not proceed as planned. The explosion of the bomb was too short and only did a minor amount of damage at the device. To ensure success for the second attempt, the remaining two meson bombs were sent in, carried by Triton-class freighters. The bombs were now set near the diameter of the device and detonated. The device was destroyed, and it seemed Terran-Vasudan space was in safe. The Sathanas entered the system regardless soon after; the jump node had stabilized to a point where it could not be destroyed.

The Ultimate Duel

Terran and Vasudan forces co-operated against the Sathanas; bomber pilots from the GVD Psamtik received orders to use the newly developed Helios bombs to neutralize the forward beam weapons on the Sathanas. The mission partially succeeded. The Sathanas made the jump to the location of the Colossus to confront her. The Beleth, a Demon-class destroyer, jumped in after the Sathanas escaped the GTVA bomber attack, and was destroyed by Vasudan fighters and bombers with help from the GVCv Thebes.

The two titans met at the Gamma Draconis jump node in Capella. The Colossus destroyed the Sathanas with help from Alpha wing.

The Sathanas was destroyed and it seemed the Shivans would be defeated for the second time in galactic history.