First Battle Over Earth (White Star Jupiter)

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The First Battle Over Earth was a naval engagement above the Earth, Earth's Moon, and the interplanetary space between them. The belligerents were the Russian Fleet of Planetary Defense; the Martian 1st and 3rd Fleet of Interplanetary Peacekeeping; the Venucian 2nd Fleet of Interplanetary Peacekeeping; and the USR's 7th Fleet of Holy Vengeance. The battle began when the remaining USR forces came out from hiding on the dark side of the Moon, in an attempt to attack the weakened Earth from their first attack. The Russians, however, had preemptivley sent their forces into Earth Orbit, hoping to intercept the second attack. Though they fought valiantly, the Russians were no match for the USR's level of technology. After only an hour of fighting, the Russian fleet had been reduced to half its original size, and were in full retreat to the far side of the planet.

The USR fleet split into two seperate groups; one going clockwise around the planet, and one going counterclockwise. This is exactly what Vladmir Putin wanted them to do, as he, and every other crew member aboard the Volga, as well as every other Russian spacecraft still in the fleet, and they locked hands, and slowly approached Earth, in their camouflage space suits. The USR was puzzled when they found the entire Russian fleet abandoned, but not for long; the Nuclear Fusion engine in the Volga went critical, destroying the ships closest to the abandoned fleet: those leading the fleet, or the largest and most important. However, a good number of smaller ships escaped, and were headed for the Moon, presumably so they could escape the Earth's gravity well and retreat home as soon as possible.

The USR, was headed off, however, by the Martian and Venucian fleets, at which point the second part of the engagement began, though it only lasted ten minutes.

Aftermath
In all, it was a victory for the IPC, who were not only able to destroy a massive and technologically superior fleet, but were also able to capture and reverse-engineer some of their technology. The Inner planets were left alone for about a month after the engagement