Space Battles of the Kafer Invasion

Space Battles of the Kafer Invasion

2nd Battle of Hochbaden
Date: 2nd-8th June 2301
Native: German Empire
Intruder: Kafer
Native Order of Battle:
DSKM Madgeburg (Sachsen class Missile Frigate)
6 Wespe class fighters
Intruder Order of Battle:
Kafer Task Force Zulu:
3 Delta class Battleships
4 Improved Alpha class Battleships
4 Alpha class Battleships
12 Epsilon class Battleships
42+ fighters
Description
The Kafers enter the Hochbaden system 2nd June, discharge without detection by German Navy (although several civilian ships spot them), 4 Betas engage and destroy the German forces, with one Beta damaged in return. Kafers spend 4 days destroying the colony, 2 Alphas and 3 Epsilons are badly damaged in the process, and left as a garrison force.

3rd Battle of Hochbaden
Date: 16th-18th June 2301
Native: Kafer
Intruder: French Empire, German Empire, Russian Federation and United States of America
Native Order of Battle:
Kafer Task Force Hochbaden
2 Alpha class Battleships
1 Beta class Battlecruiser
3 Epsilon class Cruisers
- all damaged
Intruder Order of Battle:
IFS Tallayrand (Tallayrand class Battleship)
IFS Bassompierre (Suffren class Cruiser)
IFS Du Perre (Aconit class Frigate, 2x Ritage-2)
IFS Kersaint (Aconit class Frigate, 2x Ritage-2)
VK Konstantin (Konstantin class Cruiser, 15x Silka)
VK Kirovograd (Aconit class Frigate, 2x Silka)
VK Azov (Aconit class Frigate, 2x Silka)
DSKM Bismarck (Bismarck class Battlecruiser)
DSKM Hamburg (Hamburg class Missile Cruiser)
DSKM Sachsen (Sachsen class Missile Frigate)
DSKM Thuringen (Sachsen class Missile Frigate)
USS Thomas Jefferson (Kennedy class Missile Cruiser)
USS Spitfire (Eagle class Missile Frigate)
USS Temptress (Eagle class Missile Frigate)
Description
The Terran forces enter the system 16th June, discharging at Sturmwelt, and are engaged by Kafer pickets. The French and American ships of the fleet launch a counterattack and are mauled, the flagship Tallayrand destroyed and the frigates Du Perre and Temptress are put out of commission. The Russian and German elements cover the Terrans retreat from the system.

1st Battle of Hesperus
Date: 22nd June 2301
Native: Commonwealth of Australia and French Auxiliaries
Intruder: Kafer
Native Order of Battle:
HMAS Bushranger (Destroyer)
HMAS Kangeroo (Destroyer)
3x Auxiliary Frigates
Intruder Order of Battle:
Improved Alpha class Battleship
Description
The Australian Destroyer Division at Aurore was conducting a probe in the Arcturus system when the Kafers invaded. Detecting one of the incoming fleets, they ran back to Aurore to warn the combined fleet, but found them away at Hochbaden. The Australians conducted a holding action, supported by auxiliary forces, driving off a Kafer Battleship which arrived early.

1st Battle of Aurore
Date: 23rd June 2301
Native: French Empire, German Empire, Russian Federation, United States of America and Commonwealth of Australia
Intruder: Kafer
Native Order of Battle:
IFS Bassompierre (Suffren class Cruiser)
IFS Kersaint (Aconit class Frigate)
VK Konstantin (Konstantin class Cruiser)
VK Kirovograd (Aconit class Frigate)
VK Azov (Aconit class Frigate)
DSKM Bismarck (Bismarck class Battlecruiser)
DSKM Hamburg (Hamburg class Missile Cruiser)
DSKM Sachsen (Sachsen class Missile Frigate)
DSKM Thuringen (Sachsen class Missile Frigate)
USS Thomas Jefferson (Kennedy class Missile Cruiser)
USS Spitfire (Eagle class Missile Frigate)
HMAS Bushranger (Destroyer)
HMAS Kangeroo (Destroyer)
Intruder Order of Battle:
Kafer Task Force Yankee (part)
1 Delta class Battleship
1 Improved Alpha class Battleship
2 Alpha class Battleships
3 Beta class Battlecruisers
6 Epsilon class Cruisers
Description
The combined fleet, now under the Russian Admiral Borodins command, fought off a new Kafer Task Group, forcing the Kafers to withdraw.

2nd Battle of Laodemon
Date: 29th June 2301
Native: French Empire, German Empire, Russian Federation, United States of America and Commonwealth of Australia
Intruder: Kafer
Native Order of Battle:
IFS Bassompierre (Suffren class Cruiser)
IFS Kersaint (Aconit class Frigate)
VK Konstantin (Konstantin class Cruiser)
VK Kirovograd (Aconit class Frigate)
VK Azov (Aconit class Frigate)
DSKM Bismarck (Bismarck class Battlecruiser)
DSKM Hamburg (Hamburg class Missile Cruiser)
DSKM Sachsen (Sachsen class Missile Frigate)
DSKM Thuringen (Sachsen class Missile Frigate)
USS Thomas Jefferson (Kennedy class Missile Cruiser)
USS Spitfire (Eagle class Missile Frigate)
HMAS Bushranger (Destroyer)
HMAS Kangeroo (Destroyer)
Intruder Order of Battle:
Kafer Task Force X-Ray
1 Delta class Battleship
1 Improved Alpha class Battleship
3 Beta class Battlecruisers
6 Epsilon class Cruisers
Description
The next Kafer group to enter the system was TF X-Ray, the Kafer garrison/ reserve force. Borodin had laid an ambush, his ships laying in the rings of Laodemon (so not even black globes are visible), each with a missile salvo powered down in a killing area. The Cruiser IFS Bassompierre and Frigate Kersaint were the bait, leading the Kafers into the prepared killing area. The entire Kafer force was destroyed.

2nd Battle of Aurore
Date: 9th July 2301
Native: French Empire, German Empire, Russian Federation and United States of America
Intruder: Kafer
Native Order of Battle:
IFS Kersaint (Aconit class Frigate)
VK Kirovograd (Aconit class Frigate)
VK Azov (Aconit class Frigate)
DSKM Sachsen (Sachsen class Missile Frigate)
DSKM Thuringen (Sachsen class Missile Frigate)
USS Spitfire (Eagle class Missile Frigate)
Intruder Order of Battle:
Improved Alpha class Battleship
Description
As soon as his ships were recovered from the ambush at Laodemon Borodin took his heavy ships and the Australians in an raid on Arcturus. Finding several Kafer merchants insystem, but failing to meet any major Kafer fleet units. Meanwhile a lone Kafer Improved Alpha entered the Aurore system, transiting to Hochbaden, and was engaged by the light forces left to defend the system, and withdrew, pursued by the USS Spitfire, which fought a separate action a few days later when the Kafer turned on her in the DM+18 2776 system, escaping back to Aurore.

Battle of Christmas Day (Arcturus System)
Date: 25th December 2301
Native: French Empire, German Empire, Russian Federation, United States of America and Commonwealth of Australia
Intruder: Kafer
Native Order of Battle:
IFS Bassompierre (Suffren class Cruiser)
VK Konstantin (Konstantin class Cruiser)
DSKM Bismarck (Bismarck class Battlecruiser)
DSKM Hamburg (Hamburg class Missile Cruiser)
USS Thomas Jefferson (Kennedy class Missile Cruiser)
HMAS Bushranger (Destroyer)
HMAS Kangeroo (Destroyer)
Intruder Order of Battle:
Kafer Task Force Victor
1 Delta class Battleship
3 Improved Alpha class Battleships
3 Beta class Battleships
6 Epsilon class Cruisers
Description
As the the Kafers prepared a coordinated offensive against Aurore, Borodins heavy ships launched another raid at Arcturus, finally meeting fleet elements. IN the running battle, the Kafers lost a Beta and 3 Epsilons, before withdrawing.

1st Battle of Eta Bootis
Date: 12th January 2302
Native: French Empire, German Empire, Russian Federation, United States of America and Commonwealth of Australia
Intruder: Kafer
Native Order of Battle:
IFS Napoleon (Napoleon class Battleship)
IFS Bassompierre (Suffren class Cruiser)
IFS Dunkerque (Paris class Missile Destroyer)
IFS Lorraine (Paris class Missile Destroyer)
IFS Kersaint (Aconit class Frigate)
VK Konstantin (Konstantin class Cruiser)
VK Kirovograd (Aconit class Frigate)
VK Azov (Aconit class Frigate)
DSKM Bismarck (Bismarck class Battlecruiser)
DSKM Guderian (Bismarck class Battlecruiser)
DSKM Hamburg (Hamburg class Missile Cruiser)
DSKM Sachsen (Sachsen class Missile Frigate)
DSKM Thuringen (Sachsen class Missile Frigate)
DSKM Pommern (Sachsen class Missile Frigate)
DSKM Oldenburg (Sachsen class Missile Frigate)
USS Thomas Jefferson (Kennedy class Missile Cruiser)
USS Spitfire (Eagle class Missile Frigate)
HMAS Bushranger (Destroyer)
HMAS Kangeroo (Destroyer)
Intruder Order of Battle:
Kafer Task Force Victor
1 Delta class Battleship
3 Improved Alpha class Battleships
2 Beta class Battleships
3 Epsilon class Cruisers
Description
Kafer command had planned a coordinated offensive, but "Smasher of Skull" left early to avenge itself for the Christmas Day raid. In a standup fight, the Kafers were defeated and withdrew, losing several ships. The Bismarck and the light ships were dispatched in pursuit.

The Battle of Rubis (2nd Battle of Eta Bootis)
Date: 13th January 2302
Native: French Empire, German Empire, Russian Federation, United States of America
Intruder: Kafer
Native Order of Battle:
IFS Napoleon (Napoleon class Battleship)
IFS Bassompierre (Suffren class Cruiser)
IFS Dunkerque (Paris class Missile Destroyer)
IFS Lorraine (Paris class Missile Destroyer)
VK Konstantin (Konstantin class Cruiser)
DSKM Guderian (Bismarck class Battlecruiser)
DSKM Hamburg (Hamburg class Missile Cruiser)
DSKM Pommern (Sachsen class Missile Frigate)
DSKM Oldenburg (Sachsen class Missile Frigate)
USS Thomas Jefferson (Kennedy class Missile Cruiser)
Intruder Order of Battle:
Kafer Task Force Yankee
2 Delta class Battleships
1 Improved Alpha class Battleship
5 Alpha class Battleships
5 Beta class Battleships
12 Epsilon class Cruisers
Description
Caught with much of his force away, Borodin mounted an ambush in the vicinity of the star Rubis, hitting the flagship early and destroying it, the rest of the Kafer force withdrew intact.

3rd Battle of Tithonus (3rd Battle of Eta Bootis)
Date: 15th January 2302
Native: French Empire, German Empire, Russian Federation, United States of America
Intruder: Kafer
Native Order of Battle:
IFS Napoleon (Napoleon class Battleship)
IFS Bassompierre (Suffren class Cruiser)
IFS Dunkerque (Paris class Missile Destroyer)
IFS Lorraine (Paris class Missile Destroyer)
IFS Kersaint (Aconit class Frigate)
VK Konstantin (Konstantin class Cruiser)
VK Kirovograd (Aconit class Frigate)
VK Azov (Aconit class Frigate)
DSKM Bismarck (Bismarck class Battlecruiser)
DSKM Guderian (Bismarck class Battlecruiser)
DSKM Hamburg (Hamburg class Missile Cruiser)
DSKM Sachsen (Sachsen class Missile Frigate)
DSKM Thuringen (Sachsen class Missile Frigate)
DSKM Pommern (Sachsen class Missile Frigate)
DSKM Oldenburg (Sachsen class Missile Frigate)
USS Thomas Jefferson (Kennedy class Missile Cruiser)
USS Spitfire (Eagle class Missile Frigate)
HMAS Bushranger (Destroyer)
HMAS Kangeroo (Destroyer)
Intruder Order of Battle:
Kafer Task Force X-Ray
1 Delta class Battleships
1 Improved Alpha class Battleship
3 Beta class Battleships
6 Epsilon class Cruisers
Description
The final Kafer fleet left late, and found Aurore unguarded, the Bismarck squadron returning from Pursuit, and the main fleet returning from Rubis. They achieved orbital superiority, bombed the surface installations, but were caught in close orbit and destroyed utterly.

1st Battle of Beta Comae Berenices
Date: 22nd-25th August 2301
Native: French Empire, German Empire and British Commonwealth
Intruder: Kafer
Native Order of Battle:
IFS Richeleiu (Richeleiu class Battleship)
IFS Marechel Suchet (Marechel class Destroyer)
IFS Marechel Ney (Marechel class Destroyer)
IFS Marechel Foch (Marechel class Destroyer)
IFS Austerlitz (Aconit class Frigate)
IFS Imperieuse (Aconit class Frigate)
IFS Tonnant (Aconit class Frigate)
IFS Castiglione (Aconit class Frigate)
DSKM Admiral Hipper (Hamburg class Missile Cruiser)
DSKM Seydlitz (Seydlitz class Missile Destroyer)
DSKM Lutzow (Seydlitz class Missile Destroyer)
DSKM Brandenburg (Sachsen class Missile Frigate)
DSKM Leipzig (Sachsen class Missile Frigate)
HMS Defiance (Invincible class Missile Destroyer)
HMS Indefatigable (Invincible class Missile Destroyer)
HMS Renown (Resolution class Missile Destroyer)
HMS Achates (Leander class Missile Frigate)
HMS Ulysses (Leander class Missile Frigate)
HMS Andomeda (Leander class Missile Frigate)
HMS Medea (Leander class Missile Frigate)
Intruder Order of Battle:
Kafer Task Force Yankee (elements)
2 Improved Alpha class Battleships
2 Beta class Battleships
4 Epsilon class Cruisers
Description
The Terrans reacted to the invasion by concentrating fleet elements from Beta Canum Venticorum, Beta Comae Berenices and DM+36 2393, creating a formidable fleet. The Kafers entered the BCB system on the 21st August, and was first engaged on the 22nd. In a series of small actions, an Improved Alpha and an Epsilon were destroyed, and a Beta and Epsilon damaged and forced to flee.

2nd Battle of Beta Comae Berenices
Date: 8th-10th September 2301
Native: German Empire and British Commonwealth
Intruder: Kafer
Native Order of Battle:
DSKM Admiral Hipper (Hamburg class Missile Cruiser)
DSKM Seydlitz (Seydlitz class Missile Destroyer)
DSKM Lutzow (Seydlitz class Missile Destroyer)
HMS Defiance (Invincible class Missile Destroyer)
HMS Indefatigable (Invincible class Missile Destroyer)
HMS Achates (Leander class Missile Frigate)
HMS Ulysses (Leander class Missile Frigate)
Intruder Order of Battle:
Kafer Task Force Yankee (main body)
2 Delta class Battleships
1 Improved Alpha class Battleships
3 Alpha class Battleships
4 Beta class Battleships
7 Epsilon class Cruisers
Description
The French decided to push on Aurore, while the main body of the Kafer fleet fell on the Anglo-German fleet. Kommodore Waldermann, the fleet commander massed the fleet against a Kafer Delta, damaging it, but the Kafers destroyed his flag, Admiral Hipper along with Seydlitz, Brandenburg, Leipzig and Defiance, the British flag. The survivors withdrew to the Grosshiddenfaden system.

1st Battle of Kimanjano
Date: 5th-18th December 2301
Native: German Empire and Japanese Commonwealth
Intruder: Kafer
Native Order of Battle:
DSKM Bayern (Bayern class Battleship)
DSKM Admiral Scheer (Hamburg class Missile Cruiser)
DSKM Hannover (Sachsen class Missile Frigate)
DSKM Kassel (Sachsen class Missile Frigate)
DSKM Holstein (Sachsen class Missile Frigate)
JSDF Agano (Suffren class Cruiser)
JSDF Terutsuki (Destroyer)
JSDF Hibiki (Destroyer)
JSDF Sendai (Aconit class Frigate)
JSDF Inadzuma (Aconit class Frigate)
JSDF Natsutsuki (Aconit class Frigate)
Intruder Order of Battle:
Kafer Task Force Yankee
2 Delta class Battleships
1 Improved Alpha class Battleships
3 Alpha class Battleships
5 Beta class Battleships
8 Epsilon class Cruisers
Description
The Germans allowed the weaker Japanese to bear the brunt of the fighting, holding themselves back as a reserve. The Japanese found their position untenable, and withdrew, the Hibiki completely out of commission. The Kafers then fell on the Germans, who withdrew with the loss of the Hannover.

1st Battle of Beta Canum Venticorum
Date: 7th February 2302
Native: German Empire
Intruder: Kafer
Native Order of Battle:
DSKM Bayern (Bayern class Battleship)
DSKM Admiral Scheer (Hamburg class Missile Cruiser)
DSKM Kassel (Sachsen class Missile Frigate)
DSKM Holstein (Sachsen class Missile Frigate)
Intruder Order of Battle:
Kafer Task Force Yankee (elements)
3 Beta class Battlecruisers
Description
The Kafers mount a recon in force, but only the battle scarred German squadron, fresh from their defeat at Kimanjano are left and withdraw with the loss of the Kassel. The Kafer mount an orbital bombardment and then withdraw.

2nd Battle of Beta Canum Venticorum
Date: 18th February 2302
Native: German Empire
Intruder: Kafer
Native Order of Battle:
DSKM Bayern (Bayern class Battleship)
DSKM Admiral Scheer (Hamburg class Missile Cruiser)
DSKM Holstein (Sachsen class Missile Frigate)
Intruder Order of Battle:
Kafer Task Force Yankee
2 Delta class Battleships
1 Improved Alpha class Battleships
3 Alpha class Battleships
5 Beta class Battleships
8 Epsilon class Cruisers
Description
Totally outclassed, the Germans withdrew in good order, fighting a running battle and then left the system, returning to their base at Joi.

Battle of Grosshiddenfaden
Date: 3rd March 2302
Native: German Empire and British Commonwealth, later including French Empire
Intruder: Kafer
Native Order of Battle:
DSKM Graf Zeppelin (Fighter Carrier, with mixed Anglo-German fighter group)
DSKM Berlin (Hamburg class Missile Cruiser)
DSKM Leipizg (Seydlitz class Missile Destroyer)
DSKM Westfalen (Sachsen class Missile Frigate)
DSKM Mecklenburg (Sachsen class Missile Frigate)
HMS Revenge (Revenge class Cruiser)
HMS Indefatigable (Invincible class Missile Destroyer)
HMS Orion (Leander class Missile Frigate)
HMS Charybdis (Leander class Missile Frigate)
HMS Achates (Leander class Missile Frigate)
HMS Ulysses (Leander class Missile Frigate)
Reinforcements
IFS Richeleiu (Richeleiu class Battleship)
IFS DeGaulle (DeGaulle class Battleship)
IFS Gloire (Improved Suffren class Cruiser)
IFS Tourville (Suffren class Cruiser)
IFS Colbert (Suffren class Cruiser)
IFS Foudroyant (Ypres class Cruiser)
IFS Marechel Suchet (Marechel class Destroyer)
IFS Marechel Ney (Marechel class Destroyer)
IFS Marechel Foch (Marechel class Destroyer)
IFS Austerlitz (Aconit class Frigate)
IFS Imperieuse (Aconit class Frigate)
IFS Tonnant (Aconit class Frigate)
IFS Castiglione (Aconit class Frigate)
HMS Renown (Resolution class Missile Destroyer)
HMS Camperdown (Resolution class Missile Destroyer)
HMS Andomeda (Leander class Missile Frigate)
HMS Medea (Leander class Missile Frigate)
HMAS Brisbane (Aconit class Frigate)
USS Ronald Reagan (Kennedy class Missile Cruiser)
Intruder Order of Battle:
Kafer Task Force Yankee
2 Delta class Battleships
1 Improved Alpha class Battleships
3 Alpha class Battleships
5 Beta class Battleships
8 Epsilon class Cruisers
Description
The details are vague, but this battle smashed TF Yankee.

3rd Battle of Joi
Date: 12th-20th March 2302
Native: German Empire and Japanese Commonwealth
Intruder: Kafer
Native Order of Battle:
DSKM Graf Zeppelin (Fighter Carrier, with mixed Anglo-German fighter group)
DSKM Bayern (Bayern class Battleship)
DSKM Berlin (Hamburg class Missile Cruiser)
DSKM Admiral Scheer (Hamburg class Missile Cruiser)
DSKM Leipizg (Seydlitz class Missile Destroyer)
DSKM Westfalen (Sachsen class Missile Frigate)
DSKM Mecklenburg (Sachsen class Missile Frigate)
DSKM Holstein (Sachsen class Missile Frigate)
JSDF Agano (Suffren class Cruiser)
JSDF Terutsuki (Destroyer)
JSDF Sendai (Aconit class Frigate)
JSDF Inadzuma (Aconit class Frigate)
JSDF Natsutsuki (Aconit class Frigate)
ES Liberte (Tunghu class Missile Frigate)
ES Peuple Sovereign (Tunghu class Missile Frigate)
HMS Revenge (Revenge class Cruiser)
HMS Indefatigable (Invincible class Missile Destroyer)
HMS Renown (Resolution class Missile Destroyer)
HMS Camperdown (Resolution class Missile Destroyer)
HMS Andomeda (Leander class Missile Frigate)
HMS Medea (Leander class Missile Frigate)
HMS Orion (Leander class Missile Frigate)
HMS Charybdis (Leander class Missile Frigate)
HMS Achates (Leander class Missile Frigate)
HMS Ulysses (Leander class Missile Frigate)
Reinforcements
IFS Richeleiu (Richeleiu class Battleship)
IFS DeGaulle (DeGaulle class Battleship)
IFS Gloire (Improved Suffren class Cruiser)
IFS Tourville (Suffren class Cruiser)
IFS Colbert (Suffren class Cruiser)
IFS Foudroyant (Ypres class Cruiser)
IFS Marechel Suchet (Marechel class Destroyer)
IFS Marechel Ney (Marechel class Destroyer)
IFS Marechel Foch (Marechel class Destroyer)
IFS Austerlitz (Aconit class Frigate)
IFS Imperieuse (Aconit class Frigate)
IFS Tonnant (Aconit class Frigate)
IFS Castiglione (Aconit class Frigate)
HMAS Brisbane (Aconit class Frigate)
USS Ronald Reagan (Kennedy class Missile Cruiser)
Intruder Order of Battle:
Kafer Task Force X-Ray
2 Delta class Battleships
4 Improved Alpha class Battleships
3 Alpha class Battleships
12 Beta class Battleships
20 Epsilon class Cruisers
Description
The Terran forces allow the Kafers to invest Joi, bombarding and invading the German and Japanese colonies. This was on Rochemonts express orders, and shows his limitations as a fleet commander. From 12-19th there are a series of running actions involving a few ships at a time, on the 20th, Rochemonts second wing arrives from Sans Souci and a major fleet action is fought near Joi. The Kafers lost a Delta, Improved Alpha, Beta and 3 Epsilons at 3rd Joi, and withdrew at BCV.

Battle of Beowulf
Date: 12th July 2302
Native: British Commonwealth, French Empire, German Empire, Soviet Union and United States of America
Intruder: Kafer
Native Order of Battle:
HMS Ark Royal (Fighter Carrier)
HMS Victory (Victory class Battleship)
HMS Britannia (Victory class Battleship)
HMS Prince of Wales (Prince of Wales class Battlecruiser)
HMS King Christian (King Christian class Missile Cruiser)
HMS Queen Margaret (King Christian class Missile Cruiser)
HMS Hood (Hood class Missile Cruiser)
HMS Nelson (Nelson class Missile Cruiser)
HMS Montrose (Nelson class Missile Cruiser)
HMS Ramage (Nelson class Missile Cruiser)
HMS Rodney (Nelson class Missile Cruiser)
HMS Invincible (Invincible class Missile Destroyer)
HMS Illustrious (Invincible class Missile Destroyer)
HMS Resolution (Resolution class Missile Destroyer)
HMS Conquerer (Resolution class Missile Destroyer)
HMS Churchill (Resolution class Missile Destroyer)
HMS Dreadnought (Resolution class Missile Destroyer)
HMS Calliope (Leander class Missile Frigate)
HMS Ariadne (Leander class Missile Frigate)
HMS Dido (Leander class Missile Frigate)
HMS Neptune (Leander class Missile Frigate)
HMS Cassiopea (Leander class Missile Frigate)
HMS Ariadne (Leander class Missile Frigate)
HMS Athena (Leander class Missile Frigate)
HMS Penelope (Leander class Missile Frigate)
HMS Achilles (Leander class Missile Frigate)
HMS Ajax (Leander class Missile Frigate)
IFS Joffre (Fighter Carrier)
IFS Charlemagne (DeGaulle class Battleship)
IFS Jean Bart(Suffren class Cruiser)
IFS Georges Leygues (Suffren class Cruiser)
IFS Marechel Bouvier (Marechel class Destroyer)
IFS Marechel Marsin (Marechel class Destroyer)
IFS Patrie (Patrie class Missile Destroyer)
IFS Republique (Patrie class Missile Destroyer)
IFS France (Patrie class Missile Destroyer)
IFS Marianne (Patrie class Missile Destroyer)
IFS Fantasque (Aconit class Frigate)
IFS Triomphant (Aconit class Frigate)
IFS Temeraire (Aconit class Frigate)
IFS Malin (Aconit class Frigate)
IFS Cassard (Aconit class Frigate)
IFS Surcouf (Aconit class Frigate)
IFS Lobellia (Aconit class Frigate)
IFS Gerfaut (Aconit class Frigate)
VK Moskva (Konstantin class Cruiser)
VK Orel (Kiev class Destroyer)
VK Borodino (Kiev class Destroyer)
VK Zhdanov (Aconit class Frigate)
VK Dzerzhynskiy (Aconit class Frigate)
VK Suvorov (Aconit class Frigate)
DSKM Munchen (Hamburg class Missile Cruiser)
DSKM Augsburg (Hamburg class Missile Cruiser)
DSKM Blucher (Seydlitz class Missile Destroyer)
DSKM Derfflinger (Seydlitz class Missile Destroyer)
DSKM Braunschweig (Sachsen class Missile Frigate)
DSKM Hessen (Sachsen class Missile Frigate)
USS Columbia (Columbia class Battleship)
USS John F. Kennedy (Kennedy class Missile Cruiser)
USS George Washington (Kennedy class Missile Cruiser)
USS Midway (Midway class Missile Destroyer)
USS Lexington (Midway class Missile Destroyer)
USS Saratoga (Midway class Missile Destroyer)
USS Hanford (Midway class Missile Destroyer)
USS Eagle (Eagle class Missile Frigate)
USS Odyssey (Eagle class Missile Frigate)
USS Endeavour (Eagle class Missile Frigate)
USS Atlantis (Eagle class Missile Frigate)
Intruder Order of Battle:
Kafer Task Force Yankee
2 Delta class Battleships
2 Improved Alpha class Battleships
5 Alpha class Battleships
5 Beta class Battleships
10 Epsilon class Cruisers
Description

3rd Battle of Hochbaden (1st Aurore Relief Expedition)
Date: 16th September 2301
Native: Kafer
Intruder: British Commonwealth, French Empire and German Empire
Native Order of Battle:
Kafer Task Force X-Ray
1 Delta class Battleships
1 Improved Alpha class Battleship
3 Beta class Battleships
6 Epsilon class Cruisers
Intruder Order of Battle:
IFS Richeleiu (Richeleiu class Battleship)
IFS Marechel Suchet (Marechel class Destroyer)
IFS Marechel Ney (Marechel class Destroyer)
IFS Marechel Foch (Marechel class Destroyer)
IFS Austerlitz (Aconit class Frigate)
IFS Imperieuse (Aconit class Frigate)
IFS Tonnant (Aconit class Frigate)
IFS Castiglione (Aconit class Frigate)
HMS Renown (Resolution class Missile Destroyer)
HMS Andomeda (Leander class Missile Frigate)
HMS Medea (Leander class Missile Frigate)
DSKM Brandenburg (Sachsen class Missile Frigate)
DSKM Leipzig (Sachsen class Missile Frigate)
Description
Detected discharging at Sturmwelt, the Terrans were forced to withdraw, the only contacts were between Terran screening fighters and Kafer heavy ships, delaying the Kafers and allowing the Terrans to escape.

4tf Battle of Hochbaden (2nd Aurore Relief Expedition)
Date: 6th November 2301
Native: Kafer
Intruder: British Commonwealth, French Empire and German Empire
Native Order of Battle:
Kafer Task Force X-Ray
1 Delta class Battleships
1 Improved Alpha class Battleship
3 Beta class Battleships
6 Epsilon class Cruisers
Intruder Order of Battle:
IFS Richeleiu (Richeleiu class Battleship)
IFS Marechel Suchet (Marechel class Destroyer)
IFS Marechel Ney (Marechel class Destroyer)
IFS Marechel Foch (Marechel class Destroyer)
IFS Austerlitz (Aconit class Frigate)
IFS Imperieuse (Aconit class Frigate)
IFS Tonnant (Aconit class Frigate)
IFS Castiglione (Aconit class Frigate)
HMS Renown (Resolution class Missile Destroyer)
HMS Andomeda (Leander class Missile Frigate)
HMS Medea (Leander class Missile Frigate)
DSKM Brandenburg (Sachsen class Missile Frigate)
DSKM Leipzig (Sachsen class Missile Frigate)
Description
The 2nd Aurore Relief Expedition also failed when caught discharging at Sturmwelt and was forced to withdraw. The blockade was finally broken by the Kafers, who drew on the garrison for their attack at the Battles of Aurore.