Second Shivan Incursion

This event has never been named in FreeSpace canon. The name "Second Shivan Incursion" is conjectural.

The Second Shivan Incursion was the second invasion by the Shivans on Galactic Terran-Vasudan space.

Shortly after the discovery of the Knossos subspace portal, a Rakshasa-class Shivan cruiser emerged. A short-lived offensive against the Shivans in the nebula beyond the portal also saw the end of the NTF Rebellion with the deployment of the GTVA Colossus. Bosch, however, made contact with the Shivans and vanished into the nebula. Meanwhile, dozens of six-kilometer long Shivan Sathanas juggernauts began pouring from the portal, and started converging on the Capella star. A plan to collapse the jump nodes to Capella using Meson Bombs was hatched and technically successful, but during the final stages of evacuation, the Sathanas juggernauts triggered a supernova in Capella. This timeline will give a battle-by-battle account of the offensive and defensive action against the Shivans.

Because FS2 command briefings provide no dates, all events are simply listed in sequential order.

2367

• Rakshasa-class Shivan cruiser and several wings of Maras appear through the Knossos portal, destroying the GTC Vigilant. GTVA command deploys the GTD Carthage and the GVCv Dashor to neutralize the immediate threat.

• NTC Trinity discovered adrift in the nebula.

• GTCv Lysander destroyed by SD Ravana.

• The SD Ravana takes down the GTD Delacroix and damages the rest of the task force sent to neutralize it.

• SD Ravana destroyed by bombers in the nebula.

• NTF launches a major offensive in Epsilon Pegasi. Rear Admiral Koth and the NTF 6th Fleet inflict 75% causalties to the GTVA forces. First nebular retreat.

• First combat deployment of the GTVA Colossus at the Battle of Enif Station.

• NTD Repulse, under Koth, attempts to ward off a Galactic Terran raiding party but is stopped by the GTVA Colossus. Koth refuses to surrender, forcing the Colossus to open fire at the Repulse. Rear Admiral Koth dies after fearlessly crashing his destroyer into the Colossus, but to little avail. Epsilon Pegasi is liberated.

• With Epsion Pegasi secured, the GTD Aquitaine spearheads the exploration of the nebula.

• Sirius falls to the GTVA. Bosch orders the rest of the NTF fleet to Gamma Draconis and the nebula to make contact with the Shivans. End of the NTF Rebellion.

• First appearance of the SJ Sathanas. Second nebular retreat.

• The Knossos portal is destroyed by Meson Bombs, but the SJ Sathanas emerges in Gamma Draconis through the now-stabilized node.

• Sathanas main beams and the SD Beleth destroyed by Bakha bombers near the Gamma Draconis-Capella node. Destruction of the SJ Sathanas by the GTVA Colossus in Capella.

• Admiral Bosch and his immediate subordinates captured by the Shivans. GTVA recovers the schematics for the ETAK device. NTF Iceni self-destructs.

• Discovery of the second Knossos portal by the GVD Psamtik. Multiple Sathanas juggernauts encountered in the nebula. GVD Psamtik destroyed by the second Sathanas. Third nebular retreat.

• Terran SOC pilots, flying captured Mara fighters, scout the system beyond the second Knossos, and encounter a third Knossos as well as several additional juggernauts.

• Massive evacuations of the densely-populated Capella system begin. Millions of refugees flood into Epsilon Pegasi and Vega.

• 80 Sathanas juggernauts surround the Capella sun and begin emitting quantum subspace pulses of increasing intensity. GTVA Colossus destroyed by Sathanas 17 while defending the Capella-Gamma Draconis node.

• GTD Nereid and GTD Bastion, packed with Meson Bombs, detonate inside the Vega-Capella and Epsilon Pegasi-Capella nodes. Sathanas juggernauts destabilize the Capella star. Capella goes supernova.

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