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| partof      = [[Terran-Kilrathi War]]
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| date        = 2629.105 {{#set:date=April 15 2629}}
| place       = [[Vega Sector]]
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| result      = [[Kilrathi]] Victory
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| combatant1  = Terran Confederation
| combatant2  = Empire of Kilrah
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| commander1  = Commander [[Jedora Andropolos]] {{KIA|alt=yes}}
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''[[Iason]]'' encounters a spacecraft of unknown origin on [[2629.105]]. Commander [[Jedora Andropolos]] on board Iason transmits a wide-band, non-verbal greeting and waits for a response. Less than twenty minutes later, the still-unidentified ship opens fire with full lasers, completely destroying Iason and its crew. Although the identity of the attacking ship is never definitively established, Confederation space tracking computers point to a possible point of origin from a previously unexplored planet, soon to be known by its native name, [[Kilrah]].

==[[source:=Voices of War]]==

===2629.105 (Confederation)===
The Terran Confederation expands exploration and colonization efforts and penetrates Vega Sector. On 2629.105 (March 16, 2629 Terran time) the ''Iason'' encounters a spacecraft of unknown origin. Commander Jedora Andropolos transmits an international wide-band, non-verbal greeting designed by the [[Committee for Interaction with Alien Intelligences]].

Andropolos keeps ''Iason'''s guns off-line for the TCN-recommended 20 minutes and awaits a response from the alien vessel. Finally, without warning, the unidentified ship opens fire with full lasers, utterly destroying ''Iason'' and all hands.

===Orbit 151, Sun 5105 (Kilrathi)===

While establishing footholds in the recently explored [[Vega Sector|Krat'na Sector]], the destroyer K'rath'kan detects an intruder. Leader Brath'kar nar Caxki reports that the unidentified ship is attempting to neutralize his shields with wide-band radiation. When the enemy fails to leave the area of trespass after three-eighths of an hour, the destroyer opens its guns to eliminate the threatening vessel.

[[Category:Battles of the Terran-Kilrathi War]]