Battle of Phoenian Station 2

The Battle of Phoenian Station Two was an engagement in 2142 over Minmus fought over control of a Phoenian space station orbiting 10 kilometers over the moon. The engagement pitted the forces of the Neo-Tyrillis Front (NTF) against the combined forces of the Second Federal Union of Phoenia and the Galactic Tyrillis Alliance (GTA) and ended in a victory for the latter, who were able to retain control of the station with little cost in lives. The battle marked the first time that the GTA and NTF had engaged each other since 2127, thus resuming the conflict known as the NTF rebellion and saw the return of both powers to relevance in the geopolitics of the Kerbol System.

Background

NTF Rebellion

In 2125, a separatist movement known as the Neo-Tyrillis Front defected from the Galactic Tyrillis Alliance after growing disillusioned with the latter. Half of the GTA fleet defected including the GTA flagship GTJ Hades, and engaged over Kyris, an asteroid base towed into orbit of Kerbin between Mun and Minmus serving as their capital. With the remaining GTA and allied fleets of Orion and Phoenia too spread out across the system to provide any meaningful assistance, the GTA home fleet was quickly overwhelmed and destroyed or captured by the NTF. The NTF set Kyris and their fleet on a course for the outer reaches of the Kerbol System. The remnants of the GTA fleets were able to intercept the NTF at Duna and scored a pyrrhic victory. The GTA fleet regrouped and set a course for Dres where they would rebuild and live in secrecy for 15 years until supplies ran out and they were forced to return to Kerbin. The NTF, thought to be completely wiped out fled to Eeloo and later Laythe, faced with the same supply problems. From there, they too rebuilt their fleet and achieved a sustainable presence on the Joolian moon unbeknownst to the GTA.