Evacuation of Destus

Evacuation of Destus
Part of the Milky Way Conflict
Concordium Valkyries hold off Oderran forces with support from a Concordium Army Behemoth.
Date December 19, 3251 – January 1, 3252 (1 week and 6 days) Location Destus, Alpha-Sinclair System Result Successful evacuation of most civilians and military forces from Destus. Destus is reclaimed by the Oderrans.
Combatants
Terran Concordium	Oderran Confederation
Commanders and leaders
High Captain Rosa Kucher Colonel Richard Kinnd	Commodore Nathan Gints
Units involved
Naval units Perseus Fleet Battlegroup Essex Ground units 1st Marine Corps 11th Marine Division 7th Shock Division Valkyrie Division "Star Dragons"	Naval units 5th Confederate Fleet 99th Attack Flotilla 12th Strike Flotilla Ground Units 10th Infantry Corps 7th Armoured Corps 2nd Strike Corps
Strength
Concordium 25 starships 1.2 million total personnel 668,000 combat personnel 150 Valkyries ~1.1-1.9 million civilians ~ 55,000-87,000 armed militia	Confederate 522 starships 5.1 million total personnel 3,9 million combat personnel 66,000 vehicles 20,000 armoured fighting vehicles 40,000 artillery pieces 6,000 space craft and aircraft
Casualties and losses
12,000 killed or wounded ~ 5000 captured ~ 21 Valkyries killed ~ 55 Valkyries wounded Material 2 starships destroyed 5 starships damaged ~ 2,000 vehicles destroyed ~ 10,000 vehicles lost or captured	9.7 million injured or killed Material 11 starships destroyed >5000 vehicles destroyed
Estimates of civilian casualties are between 11,000 - 19,000

The Evacuation of Destus, code named Operation Fastrise was a large evacuation of Concordium military personnel and civilians from the planet of Destus after a surprise assault on the planet by the Oderran Confederacy during Operation Broomhandle had left no hope of repulsing the attack.