First Battle of Earth


 * Seen in: “Hidden Terrors”, “Blitzkrieg”
 * Previous: Battle of Tethys
 * Concurrent: First Battle of Mercury, First Battle of Venus
 * Next: Second Battle of Earth
 * War: Neosapien War
 * Year: 2119
 * Location: Earth
 * Tactical victory: Neosapien Commonwealth
 * Strategic victory: Neosapien Commonwealth
 * Objective
 * Exofleet: defend Earth
 * Neosapien Commonwealth: capture Earth
 * Factions
 * Exofleet
 * Neosapien Commonwealth
 * Commanding officer
 * Exofleet: Romero
 * Neosapien Commonwealth: Phaeton, Shiva
 * Units
 * Exofleet:
 * Neosapien Commonwealth:
 * Casualties
 * Exofleet: all units
 * Neosapien Commonwealth:

History
The advantage of surprise was so overwhelming that the remaining defenses were shattered on the first wave of the invasion. The objective was to eliminate any possible organized resistence from the Terran population.

In addition to military targets, such as Exofleet Academy and the command center where Romero was stationed; dozens of landmarks were destroyed to symbolize the destruction of Terran history.

Several targets, such as Rangoon Station, were left intact until the armed resistence had been destroyed. Other locations, such as the University of Chicago and Phaeton City suffered varying degrees of damage since Phaeton wanted them easily rebuilt.