Almata Space; Kuran Defense Enterprises, Inc. Sales Transition Office - Almata Branch, Almata
A combined warfleet 35 ships strong abruptly exited from their slipspace transition as they phased through rips in space and continued onward into the space around Almata. As they neared the planet's exosphere, a Vigilance-Class Supercarrier, KDS Endeavor, aligned itself in a geosynchronous orbit as it prepared to launch dozens of dropships full of KDE soldiers, mercenaries, and vehicles to begin a heavy recovery operation on the surface. As it began to slow its decent, a long, sleek Valiance-Class Cruiser, KDS Graceful Forgoing sped past as the scoop-shaped Shaped Plasma Discharge Array began powering its massively powerful magnets and began to generate a large swathe of plasma.
As a preparation shot, the cruiser fired four weaker bursts into the atmosphere. They wouldn't reach far enough to cause significant damage but burned hot enough to ionize the air and leave a bright flash and stench of ozone. When the time came, Graceful Forgoing would switch to her eight starboard magnetic accelerator cannons and begin to lay waste to any major opposition on the already crumbling surface of the once-glorious capital of the empire.
Once preparations had been set, dropships and fighters spewed from the titanium and carbon-steel alloy hornet's nest that was Endeavor. Making steady headway to reach the ruins of the Almata Transition Office.
As these dropships neared the surface, the ones carrying vehicles opened bay doors as massive tanks and armored personnel carriers dropped from them and impacted on the surface. They aligned themselves into a convoy to move through the streets. A bulldozer-type tank took the lead, and between its massive, earth-gripping treads a large blade began to protrude. Once it was passed the tread-holdings it unfolded on either sides to measure a dozing blade five meters across. The KT-3 lifted its large railgun turret upwards and pushed forward, clearing any debris that came in its way. The 24 vehicles following it soon picking up pace.
The vehicles had finally reached the office, and as reports indicated it was in complete shambles. The normally 6-story, advanced office building was missing two and a half of its floors. There were fires all throughout and the blue-tinted glass was stained black. Columns were crumbling and parts were swaying in the wind. It wouldn't be standing for much longer.
Soldiers rushed from their vehicles and got into the building, making sure to look around and check to make sure there were any survivors. They made sure to act as quickly as possible, but before all of the men could get out the building collapsed in a violent explosion of dust, stone, and steel. Soldiers looked through their HUDs as the life support indicators of three of their own flatlined.
With the remaining KDE employees in tow, the soldiers rendezvoused with the support force that was planetside prior to the sacking. The lead of the convoy, Commander Tarin Kattra, met up with Captain Vaz Kamu to discuss how to handle the relief and evacuation efforts. But remained cautious and hesitant, being sure to make sure that no sudden invaders wold turn up uninvited.
