1st Battle of Horra

Overview
The First Battle of Horra was fought between the Corrundian Empire and the Khaersite Empire (also known as the Zealots). Before the battle, a single Khaersite corvette arrived in low orbit over the Corrundian homeworld, Horra, via conventional FTL. It deployed a beacon allowing a Dreadnought Assault Fleet to rapidly deploy into the system using their advanced, experimental jump drive. The fleet then demanded the Corrundian Empire surrender. Unwilling to do so, the Imperial Navy prepared for battle.

Battle
The initial response of the Imperial Navy was to begin deploying strike craft, while the attack vessels took aim. In response, the Zealot force launched a salvo of missiles and opened fire with railguns. The Corrundian strike craft pressed the attack, but were swarmed. Though the Bakatu Area Defence frigates and Telaya Science Destroyers made valiant efforts against the Darts and missiles, but there were simply too many. The Silo destroyers alone could fire 12300 missiles in a single volley. The defenders were rapidly worn down and broken up, until none remained. They did not survive to get close enough to destroy any Zealot vessels.

Aftermath
The battle was a crippling blow for the Corrundian Empire, wiping out a large part of their navy and denying them their homeworld at the same time. If they had not had the vassal Kingdom of Astrakhan to retreat to, they may have had no industrial capacity left with which to rebuild.

A week after the battle, a League of Allied Nations relief force arrived in Horra. However, after determining that there were no friendly forces present and a significant Zealot blockade force over the Corrundian homeworld, the relief force returned to LAN space.

The 1st Battle of Horra would result in the formation of the Coalition to fight the 2nd Battle of Horra, which would result in the system's liberation.