Attack on New Elysium

Attack on New Elysium
Part of the Great Intergalactic War
Date March 1, 3252 Location New Elysium, Vanguard system, Terran Concordium Result Decisive Oderran victory Severe damage to New Elysium Disruption of Concordian offensive operations for several months
Combatants
Terran Concordium	Oderran Commonwealth
Commanders and leaders
Fleet Admiral Manfred Kives Admiral Luis Malenta	Field Admiral Jackson Rufus
Units involved
Naval units War Fleet Perseus Battlegroup Indiana Battlegroup California Battlegroup Queensland Battlegroup Zhejiang Battlegroup Exeter New Elysium Defence Fleet Manoeuvre Action Groups 1 - 5	Naval units Combined Grand Fleet 1st Attack Flotilla 4th Attack Flotilla 5th Attack Flotilla 6th Guard Flotilla 7th Guard Flotilla 2nd Auxiliary Fleet 1st Siege Flotilla 12th Guard Flotilla 55th Titan Squadron
Strength
1775 starships	1227 starships
Casualties and losses
115 battleships destroyed or damaged 335 cruisers destroyed or damaged Fleetbases Alpha 5-1, Echo 1-1 and Romeo 2-5 are destroyed Multiple fuel depots destroyed 10 shipyards destroyed	15 battleships destroyed 155 other ships destroyed 661 ships damaged
Estimates of civilian casualties are between 11,000 and 33,000

The Attack on New Elysium was a decisive naval battle between the Concordian Navy and Oderran Navy during the Great Intergalactic War that preempted the Oderran 3252 counteroffensive, whereby the Oderran navy conducted a surprise and debilitating naval strike against strategic naval base of New Elysium in the Vanguard system. The Oderran Commonwealth's intention was to weaken the defensive posture of the Concordium in the Perseus Arm, allowing for a rapid offensive push into core Concordian territory.