Thala Home engagement

Thala Home Engagement

This is the first official skirmish between Union forces and Shiss forces. Fourty Shiss capital ships against two Union Fighter Carriers. (The USS Hornetand the USS Antigua) On March 22nd, 2242 OTT two Union Carriers enter the Thala home system by invitation of the Thala who consider Union membership. The carriers had been part of an exercise 83 light years distant and on their way back to their fleet base, when they came across a Thala ship and colony. Both the Thala ship and the young colony were in need of help. The Thala, in onstant battle with the Shiss lost many colonies and individuals against the relentless Shiss. The two carriers were almost immideatly engaged by a large group of Shiss capital ships. (Fourty Shiss Battle ships and 15 Raiders). The Union Carriers had 20 wings of Wolfcraft II aboard. After an intense battle that saw the destruction of the USS Antigua and the loss of 122 Wolfcraft. The Shiss force was almost completley destroyed, only two capital ships fled the system, both ships with considerable damage. The Thala cheered the victory and immideatly begun their PUMA process. (They joined later the same year) The Thala Home engagement is historic significant in many ways as it saw the first Shiss - Union fight. It also cemented the value of small single seat fighter craft. The battle engagement also marks the first Union fleet admiral as a casualty. Admiral Herbert Taylor Moore who made the USS Antigua his flag ship died along with 1445 crew members of the carrier. Only 212 crew members of the ship managed to escape the final explosion.