Operations inside the Shivan Nebula
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After the Knossos device was discovered at Gamma Draconis, GTVA Command sent the GTD Aquitaine to scout the area where the Knossos subspace portal leads.
Upon arrival, the Aquitaine discovered that where they were sent to is a nebula, a vast ionized field that was interfering with sensors and caused a minimal field of sight. Fighter wings were deployed to further scout the vicinity more quickly. One wing suddenly disappeared from sensors and the others encountered Shivan fighters. Dogfights were fought all around the Aquitaine. Alpha wing discovered a Terran cruiser not far away from the Aquitaine, designated at the NTC Trinity. The Trinity had defected to the NTF and was considered hostile. The crew offered surrender and begged for assistance. Terran Command have agreed that the Trinity must be rescued. The rescue was a failure as Shivan Dragon-class fighters emerged from subspace who outnumbered and outgunned the Terran taskforce. The Trinity was destroyed along with a number of Terran fighters.
The Aqiutaine continoued to scout the nebula and discovered two Shivan cruisers nearby. Two Deimos-class corvettes, the GTCv Lysander and the GTCv Actium, assisted by a wing of Hercules Mark II fighters hunted down these targets. The Lysander was then vaporized by a Ravana-class destroyer, which jumped in too late to defend her cruiser aides, but before the Terrans withdrew their forces.
A squadron of bombers were launched from the Aquitaine to hunt down the SD Ravana. At high cost, the mission succeeded. The destruction of the Ravana was "the most significant victory over the Shivans since the end of the Great War". After the mission the operations in the nebula were halted when word was received that Admiral Bosch had commenced his assault on Epsilon Pegasi.
