Chapter XII - Hostage Crisis

In the aftermath of the massive, asteroid bombardment. The strategic battle formations of the Inner Planetary Defense Forces, lay haphazardly scattered, along the fringes of the Martian sector.

They were rallying back to their defensive formations. Outfitting their Starships, heavy gun placements , and missile counter batteries. For re-instatement, back to full combat efficiency.

While a thorough investigation, is being carried out, to determine the radical de-coupling, of the asteroids from their celestial orbit.

The recent event, was an under-hand tactic, carefully crafted by the invading coalition's Imperial High Command. In order to determine, evaluate the counter strategies, and fighting tactics, employed by the Inner Planetary Defense Forces. Measuring the strenght of their military assets, truiangulate the positions of powerful Starships, then map the location of rail-gun emplacements, and SAM (Surface To Air) missile batteries.