War

The War
Standard Transport Class Vessels move towards an objective during the years of the War
CONFLICT DETAILS
Dates	Season 90 - 93
Location	Core Systems
Combatants (Aggressors)	Combatants (Defenders)
Army and Navy space fleets	First and Second Husnock
STRENGTH OF FORCES
Offensive Commander	Defensive Commander
General Endicott	Rohrbaugh Command
Offensive Strength	Defensive Strength
5,000+ ST Class Vessels	3,200 Husnock warships
Weaponry	Phasers Photon Torpedos Quantum Tachyon Torpedos Megawatt Generator
CONFLICT OUTCOME
Offensive Casualties	Defensive Casualties
1.7 million (military) 1.2 billion (civilian)	2.6 billion
Resolution	Husnock Tactical Victory

The War was a devastating conflict which took place between the Husnock and the Homeworld from Season 90 to Season 93. Casualties of the war included nearly two million dead in armed conflict with the Husnock as well as over a billion civilians killed in the Battle of the Homeworld. Husnock casualties were equally devastating with two and half billion dead as well as the obliteration of the planet Schooler. The War led to the downfall and disbandment of the Army as well as the disgrace and retirement of General Endicott.

Prelude to War (Season 89-90)

In Season 89, it is believed that (then) Colonel Endicott learned of the existence of the Husnock race, prompting a deep space survey mission to SLHS-8993 in the far reaches of the Core Systems. When Endicott returned from the mission, he reported to the Army Central Staff regarding the possibility of an alien race in the proximity of the Homeworld.

The following year, in the eighth month of Standard Date 90, transmissions were intercepted on the Homeworld of apparently alien origin. Assuming these were from the same race Endicott had reported the previous year, Endicott was ordered to take his vessel (Vessel ST-1703) to discover the origins of the transmission. Endicott returned from his mission a month later and, on 12 Standard Date 9 Season 90, announced that a dangerous alien race called the Husnock were preparing to strike against the Homeworld and annihilate the entire Race.

First Strike (Season 90)

In the tenth month of Standard Date 90, Endicott was promoted to General and ordered by the Forum to neutralize the threat of the Husnock. Endicott assembled a large fleet known as the Strike Force against the Husnock and ordered his new command outward bound towards a previously uncharted planet called Schooler. Arriving at Schooler several weeks later, the Strike Force destroyed a garrison of space vessels which were later learned to be Husnock warships. Endicott then ordered his Strike Force to attack the planet Schooler directly with quantum tachyon torpedos.

On 13 Standard Date 11 Season 90, in what became known as the Battle of First Strike, the planet Schooler was all but obliterated by orbital bombardment. During the attack, several Husnock vessels escaped orbit, leading Endicott to order a detached squadron of his strike force to pursue. Meanwhile, Endicott returned to the Homeworld and personally informed the Chairman of the Forum that the Husnock threat had been eliminated.

Husnock Counterattack (Season 91)

In the fourth standard date of Season 91, a garrison squadron in orbit above the planet Schooler as suddenly attacked by a large force of Husnock warships and completely destroyed. General Endicott ordered the remainder of his Strike Force to move towards Schooler to investigate. The Strike Force encountered a large Husnock fleet and was forced to withdraw.

Returning to the Homeworld, Endicott faced an angry censure from the Chairman of the Forum.

"General Endicott! You assured this Forum that your military actions would eliminate the Husnock threat towards our planet. You now stand here reporting that an even greater threat stands against us!"

"Excellency, my original assessment was in the dealing with a a single Husnock planet. We had no way of knowing that there would be a Second Husnock force against which we would face."

In the recorded exchange between Endicott and the Chairman of the Forum, the new Husnock enemy was thereafter referred to as "The Second". The original Husnock of Schooler were likewise quickly dubbed "The First".

Battle of Second Strike (Season 92)

Seeing that the they had no choice, the Forum authorized Endicott to mobilize the entire reserve of both the Army and Navy to strike against the Second Husnock. Endicott was thus appointed Supreme Commander of the Army and ordered to complete neutralize the Second Husnock.

After conducting reconnaissance and probe missions in the fall of Season 91, Endicott was able to determine that the Second Husnock were operating from the planet Rohrbaugh, on the southern edge of the Core Systems. In the spring of Season 92, Endicott ordered the combined Army-Navy fleet to move towards Rohrbaugh. After several skirmishes with Husnock patrols, Endicott entered the Rohrbaugh star system and on 31 Standard 5 Season 92, in what would become known as the Battle of Second Strike, Endicott proceeded to attack the Husnock fleet at Rohrbaugh.

After a space engagement lasting over 136 hours, both sides were forced to withdraw after suffering immense casualties. Endicott ordered his forces to retreat to a defensive perimeter around the Homeworld while the Second Husnock established a defensive line at the border of their own star system.