Afara orbit, 12th January (year yet to be determined)AD

Afara, moon of Afridor (1st world of Hondur), one of the most important inner Hondur system mining sites under the guise as a mere research outpost. within the Unified Territories of Reminor was surprised by a Hepheastian Confederecy Carrier entering its orbit. The Hepheastian Confederacy, the UTR's main rival seem to want to prove that Afara wasn't just an insignificant research outpost, yet rather an important militirised mining moon, if not just take over the outpost...their intention wasn't clear, yet their actions surely did ignite the years worth of tensions into a heated conflict...

Ships: 1 Fire Hawk Class Orbital Patrol Frigate "Orion" (piloted by Captain Johannes Moor)
1 UTR Skail class Carrier fighter "Slickback" (pilotted by Henry Martins)
2 Longrunner class Carrier (Pilotted by Lara D.Hutchins) "Whale"

(UTR)"This is Ground control of the Afara research outpost, we demand you state your intentions Confederate warship"

(Captain)(HC)(in the carrier)(Whale)"Hmm... you see that frigate there in orbit?"

(Crew)(HC)(Whale)" Yes Captain, we sure do, what's our course of action?"

(Captain)(HC)(Whale)"I don't want to see it, our orders were clear, blow this ship to components and take note of the defence garrison launched our way"

(Captain)(UTR)(Orion)"This is the Orion to Confederate military vessel, explain your intent or risk detention, any form of aggression will result in a hot fight"

(Captain)(HC)(Whale)"Ready the missile bay, launch when target locked on...Fire!"

Javelin-A anti capital warship missile (topic still debated whether it's a torpedo or heavy missile) fired, the missile aims for external fuel tanks

(Captain)(UTR)(Orion)"Ground Control! we are being locked on, This vessel is hostile, I repeat the vessel is hostile, the war has begun! Enemy missile heading our way!"

(Captain)(UTR)(Orion)" Ready the CIWS, heck even the Leander turrets, whatever blows that thing out the way!"

The missile B-lines toward the fuel tanks, below the CIWS turrets depression and too fast for the ship to turn to shoot, with either turrets, it destroys the solar panel array seamlessly, and hits one of the fuel tanks, its heavy warhead penetrates the tank deeply, before a massive explosion obliterates it, the brief heat generated from the explosion causes the neighboring tanks to explode too, causing the ship to be split in half...no one survived...

(UTR)(ground control)"Sending another frigate up there, readying the surface-space missile"

(Captain)(HC)(Whale)"Enemy down, noting the defences, Gunners, take out those missiles, by whatever means nessecery, even if it means using the primary kinetic turrets"

The UTR are currently readying another Firehawk frigate, while firing surface-space missiles, not exactly what the Confederate reconnaissance branch expected nor hoped for...they are only using what they need to repel the current threat

(Captain)(HC)(Whale)"Damnit! Those B●stards! They aren't using the full Garrison, mission failed...set heading Velocity prograde, we are heading back to the barracks"

UTR Fire Hawk Orbital patrol frigate "Mallet" Joined the battle after successfully getting into orbit, Pilotted by Captain Greg C Johnson

As the engines ignited, one Anti capital ship missile was intercepted by the CIWS, unfortunately it wasn't entirely destroyed, the warhead survived and hurled toward the engines instead of the central hull thanks to the force exerted by the bullets, damaging the engines severely, the Carrier couldn't really do much, it only has its Auxiliary engines left, of which, wouldn't really do anything significant, thus, Marooning the Carrier in Enemy territory

(Pilot)(UTR)(Slickback)"Enemy Carrier marooned, heading to take out vital systems"

The small fighter, armed with 2 light missiles and 2 twin barrelled Nikonov M2 fighter guns gets into an attack run position

(Captain)(HC)(Whale)"What the hell was that!? Shi- Auxiliary engine status?"

(Crew)(HC)(Whale)"Auxiliary engines are undamaged...yet they wont be able to retreat"

(Captain)(UTR)(Mallet)"Lets blow this thing outta the sky, missiles, lock on to hostile carrier"

(Crew)(UTR)(Mallet)"Target locked, salvo spacebourne, salvo away!"

A salvo of 8 Orion light missiles (each Firehawk frigate containing 24 each) fire from the frigate, they lock onto the carrier and make their way toward it

(Captain)(HC)(Whale)"What about the combined propulsion of our auxiliary engines as well as 4 of our fighters?"

(Crew)(HC)(Whale)"Thatd at best get us in Afridor orbit at best before we get shredded, out one frying pan into the next...Hostile signature, target coming in hot, appears to be a carrier fighter"

(UTR)(Ground Control)"Target has moved beyond our range...we are unable to attack for now"

(Captain)(UTR)(Mallet)"This is the Mallet, I believe we have this situation under control"

(Pilot)(UTR)(Slickback)"Heading locked pro target, here we go! Wooooh! "

The slickback fires 1 light missile toward a comm hub and sensor array turning it into fragments, while it fires its Nikonov M2's toward turret placements, nearly emptying out its mags, the turret placements, mainly the CIWS, dealt significant damage"

(Captain)(HC)(Whale)"Grrgh...right, ok, launch the fighters, launch squadron Alpha first, let them do their attack run, Alpha will cripple this ships CIWS and kinetic weaponry, then Beta, Beta targets the ships sensors and comms, lastly gamma, gamma focuses fire on their engines and rear missile silo's, after the attack runs are over, we punch that thing with a Javelin, shredding it just like the previous one, once our fighters return, Alpha and Gamma dock, Beta follows, we exit Afara and Afridorian orbit, we enter the orbit of Hondur, once on course, Beta docks...that way we increase our odds of survival, should we have comms, power and our solar panels we could try reach the barracks and call for a rescue vessel, and potentially scuttle this ship..."

(Crew)(HC)(Whale)"Roger that"

The squadrons are readied, each one containing 2 fighters each, Alpha undocks and begins its attack run, yet the salvo from the frigate hurls toward the carrier, only 3 out of 5 missiles survive, yet the damage is bad, some CIWS Placements dealt blast damage from one missile, another missile hit Gamma-2, destroying the ship, while the other missile hit the hangar, rendering it redundant, the pilots of Alpha and beta 2 will have to stay inside their fighters...

(Captain)(HC)(Whale)"How convenient...just launch whatever we got at this thing, its our best option right now"

(Crew)(HC)(Whale)"Understood, firing torpedoes onto enemy ship"

(Captain)(UTR)(Mallet)"I like what I see, hit them again, another salvo of 8!"

(Crew)(UTR)(Mallet)"Salvo spacebourne, Salvo away, sir hostile fighter signatures incoming"

(Captain)(UTR)(Mallet)"Predictable, prepare CIWS and Leander turrets"

(Pilot)(UTR)(Slickback)"This is the slickback to Mallet, im going to lessen your load lads"

The slickback fires its last light missile toward Alpha-1, the missile doesnt hit directly, yet has put the heavily damaged fighter in quite the spin...rendering it inert...

(Pilot)(HC)(Alpha-2)"Stan? Stan are you there? STAN!?"

(Pilot)(HC)(Alpha-1)"Im here im here dont worry... im alive..yet just spinning, the views making me dizzy...crap"

(Pilot)(HC)(Alpha-2)"(sighs) I dont get paid enough for this....(on the radio) This is Alpha-2 we have lost Alpha 1, Stan is alive...yet hes just in a bit of a spin, he cant carry out the attack"

(Crew)(UTR)(Mallet)"Enemy torpedoes sighted, 3"

(Captain)(UTR)(Mallet)"Aim the CIWS and Leanders...changing heading, these guys will approach on starboard, all turrets can fire"

Eventually the 2nd Salvo from the Mallet hits...this time 5 out of the 8 missiles hit, 2 intercepted and 1 missed due to a malfunction...2 have hit a heat panel, tearing it like paper, another hit a solar panel array, the 4th hit a comm and sensor hub, destroying it, while the 5th one, hit a missile silo, causing 2 of the rear ones to explode and the other 4 within the bay to get destroyed into various fragments...the explosion heavily damaged the botton auxiliary thrusters...now the carrier only had 3 more torpedoes left to fire

(Captain)(HC)(Whale)"Well...one more salvo and we are out, well Crew, its been an honour, thank you for standing with me in this risky mission, may our sacrifice not be in vain..."

the 1st salvo sent by the carrier was destroyed (mainly thanks to Leander fire), as well as Alpha 2 on its attack run, which has destroyed the Mallets last solar panel array, the carrier then fires its last salvo...as does the mallet...

(Captain)(HC)(Whale)"Gamma squadron, head back to the barracks before they fry you guys too"

(Pilot)(HC)(Gamma 1)"Roger that captain, its been an honour serving under you, thank you, your sacrifice shan't be in vain"

(Pilot)(HC)(Gamma 2)"Goodbye captain...its been an honour...and jeff still owes me his sandwich"

(Captain)(HC)(Whale)"Likewise, squadron and Jeff...give the poor guy your sandwich in heaven...or hell"

(Jeff)(HC)(Whale)"Hell it is Captain!"

After their goodbye...the squadron left for the barracks, the missile Silo from the Mallet came, this time it destroyed many comm and sensor hubs, as well as 2 ciws turrets, the upper auxiliary engines and delivered 1 crucial blow to the explosive cargo contents within Hangar 2, causing many fuel cells to explode in a chain reaction...splidding the ship in 2 violently...unfortunately, no one survived, as for the carriers last salvo, the Frigates combined Leander fire had destroyed the salvo...leading to victory on the UTR's side

-The Afara incident...the event that kicked off the hot war between the UTR and HC, a long, bloody conflict...

The UTR Fire Hawk class Orbital Patrol Frigate

The Fire hawk class Orbital Patrol frigate was meant to be a versatile battle blatform for the Unified Territories of Reminor. Built for spontanious encounters, this ship is built to hold the line until reinforcements from the ground or orbit arrive to help combat the threat, this ship was developed specifically for the Afridor system and mining sites which the UTR Ruled would try be taken by the confederates in the event of a heated war, so far the Firehawk has only seen combat once (as seen above) and has proven successful, although, engineers are expected to make an Mark 2 variant which has reinforced armour on its fuel tanks and possibly better CIWS. This ship comes packed with 24 Orion light attack missiles (fired in Salvo's of 8), 2 Twin barrelled dual purpose medium Leander turrets (fitted with a leander ammo belt system and storage system) as well as 2 rapid fire CIWS Turrets, each with 2 top mounted auxiliary mags.

The Lillith

Look yes I took that post down...yet im sorry, it was overrated and overshadowed much better builds,

Here's the link to the unlisted so you can download it!
https://www.simplerockets.com/c/Y706uH/UTR-Lillith-class-Light-Recon-Vessel

Monthly Competition

I may not be hosting a Monthly Competition but @Livingg017 sure is! Go check it out on his page if you are interested, this time the topic is: Late Cold War Era
Here's the link https://www.simplerockets.com/c/8cwOQr/Juno-montly-contest-2nd-edition

A Huge thank you, to you and to @KaeyaF

I'd like to give a huge thank you to you guys for simply supporting me and getting me to where I am! Every Single One Of you, thank you for downloading, upvoting and commenting on my crafts, even reading the long ahh lore I put there!

"Bible pages of Lore"
-doddy123

With regards to this craft, I'd also like to thank @KaeyaF for helping me nail hard Sci fi with this craft by giving me sources to read on Hard Sci fi as well as what hard Sci fi craft would have (e.g Heat panels to dissipate heat), so I really would like to thank KaeyaF for helping me on Hard Sci fi,

AGS And Inputs

CIWS Inputs: Slider 1: side to side, Slider 2: Elevation

Leander Turrets: Slider 3: side to side; Slider 4: Elevation (note, you may have to disable a corresponding pair of rotors for that to work, gl!)

AG 7: Ship RCS, switch this on before flight

AG 10: Missile RCS, switch off before take off

Alas that's all from me, thank you guys again!

Live Long And Prosper And Thank You! Every Single One Of You!