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===Hildian Campaign and the Fortuna Plummet=== | ===Hildian Campaign and the Fortuna Plummet=== | ||
To try and break the siege at Pallas, the Queen ordered Paladins Abra Zire and Kamala Rior to hunt for Skolas, | To try and break the siege at Pallas, the Queen ordered Paladins Abra Zire and Kamala Rior to hunt for Skolas. However, this eventually proved fruitless after he disappeared into the Hildian Asteroids with the help of [[Beltrik, the Veiled]]. Beltrik eventually left the Hildians to gather Ether from the asteroid ''19-Fortuna'', positioning the bulk of his forces above the resupply area in order to form a defensive screen against any potential attack from Abra Zire. Unbeknownst to Beltrik however, following the ''Battle of Bamberga's Wrath'', Paladin Zire had been developing a powerful gravity weapon called ''Carybdis''. | ||
After the battle, the Crows made contact with [[Variks]] of [[House Judgment]]. Variks was displeased with Skolas, as he was too vicious and hateful for him to withstand, so he was willing to side with the Reef to stop him. | Knowing that Beltrik expected Paladin Zire to throw her forces against this defensive fleet, Abra devised a strategy to make him believe she was doing just that, by dividing her own forces and sending a portion of them to engage Beltrik's screen with long range missiles & torpedoes. While her feint kept his forces contained at Fortuna, Paladin Zire then gathered the rest of her fleet at asteroid ''687-Tinette'', which was making a close pass by Fortuna at the time. With the remainder of her fleet safely hidden within Tinette's shadow, she activated Carybdis. | ||
The weapon's beam pushed Tinette out of its orbit and sent it hurtling into Fortuna, destroying both asteroids and devastating Beltrik's fleet, which was still positioned in a defensive screen above the resupply area on Fortuna. In the ensuing chaos, Beltrik's shattered and disarrayed forces were quickly neutralized by the full might of Zire's now-recombined fleet and Beltrik himself was captured and taken to the Queen. | |||
After the battle, the [[Crow (title)|Crows]] made contact with [[Variks]] of [[House Judgment]]. Variks was displeased with Skolas, as he was too vicious and hateful for him to withstand, so he was willing to side with the Reef to stop him. | |||
===Cybele Uprising=== | ===Cybele Uprising=== | ||