Battle of Adobe
Quadrant 6, Grid 623937, Stardate 3197.295

Situation: The Martian 'Panther' Fleet of Quarant 6, under Admiral Hojo engages a single ESB near the inner planet of Adobe III.

Martian Fleet: Battleships Baldar and Fenris, Heavy Cruisers Roarer, Firebreather and Hornet, Light Cruiser Daredevil, Carrier Defender. Station pacifier defence squadron from Adobe Station

Mission Briefing
The orbital station, Adobe Station, should be on the map, as a launcher for the 4 flights of station defence pacifiers. This is also a target for the ESB.

The Fleet has just one objective - destroy the Exterminator.
At this stage of the war nuclear missiles are available at an increased scale of 24 missile warheads per capital ship.
A policy decision must be taken as to whether these are in the active missile loads of each warship. Each ship-mounted missile launcher holds 6 missiles - reloading missiles requires a lot of time (about 20 minutes).

Historical Result: Utilising extreme aggressiveness, and large numbers of nuclear armed pacifiers, the fleet, whilst badly mauled, managed to destroy the enemy before it could ravage the inhabited colony. Losses: Destroyed Baldar, Roarer, Firebreather, Daredevil
Damaged Defender, Hornet and Fenris