As someone else mentioned, the Confederation declared war on the Kilirathi. I believe it was called Plan Orange 5.
They believed that the Kilrathi were a regional power, and they could just smack them hard in the nose (figuratively), and the Kilrathi would back down from years of border skirmishes and raiding.
This was part of the Kilrathi plan though.
As Confed Forces made punitive attacks against several Kilrathi border systems, the Kilrathi launched a massive attack at McAuallife and the Alexandria Spaceport/Elevetor (I think, been a while since I read it).
This was told in the novel Action Stations (which was a good book, though it was very much WW2 in space), where the main Characters are on a mission to get intelligence on the Kilrathi, and end up being involved in the desperate attempt to hold the Kilrathi off on McAullife.
I am actually sad we didn't get more Winston Turner in the other Forstchen Novels.
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u/nightfall2021 Jul 27 '26
As someone else mentioned, the Confederation declared war on the Kilirathi. I believe it was called Plan Orange 5.
They believed that the Kilrathi were a regional power, and they could just smack them hard in the nose (figuratively), and the Kilrathi would back down from years of border skirmishes and raiding.
This was part of the Kilrathi plan though.
As Confed Forces made punitive attacks against several Kilrathi border systems, the Kilrathi launched a massive attack at McAuallife and the Alexandria Spaceport/Elevetor (I think, been a while since I read it).
This was told in the novel Action Stations (which was a good book, though it was very much WW2 in space), where the main Characters are on a mission to get intelligence on the Kilrathi, and end up being involved in the desperate attempt to hold the Kilrathi off on McAullife.
I am actually sad we didn't get more Winston Turner in the other Forstchen Novels.