Ages of the Federation is a new total conversion mod for Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion. This mod takes place in the Enterprise and Original series eras, focusing on the conflict between the early Federation and Klingon Empire. A resurgent Romulan Star Empire, angry and still licking its wounds after their defeat to Earth and her allies waits in the shadows, ready to take advantage of any of misstep by either the warring powers. The Xindi, new to the galactic stage are also eager to forge their own path.
A Klingon war party attacks the Starfleet battle group defending the first moon of Inverness V.
The battle for the Inverness system began in earnest. Abandoning the smaller settlements and outposts throughout the system, Starfleet established a perimeter around the main colony on Inverness V, while smaller strike groups harrassed advancing Klingon forces in an effort to keep the Klingon fleet off-balance.
The heaviest fighting occurred in the area surrounding Inverness V itself. Starfleet's defence was tenacious. Despite being outnumbered and outgunned at almost every turn, Starfleet had a home field advantage, with repair facilities and ample supplies close at hand. Forces that until recently had been routed at every major engagement now held their ground, boosting morale across the fleet. For a time, at least.
The Klingons were equally determined in their assault, and would not be swayed from their objective. Starfleet was no match for the Imperial fleet, and the Klingons knew that their enemies could not hold forever. Employing a strategy of attrition against the defenders of Inverness, Klingon forces began isolating and destroying Federation forces piecemeal, often leaving survivors in an (often succesful) attempt to lure more Starfleet ships into a trap. Starfleet reinforcements would arrive to find nothing remaining of their comrades but burning debris. Outnumbered and outgunned, Starfleet was now also outmanoeuvred.
Eighteen Federation starships were lost in a matter of days to Klingon ambushes. With a dwindling number of ships on hand and in fighting condition, and with reinforcements coming under immediate fire on arrival, Starfleet finally accepted that its position in the Inverness system was untenable. After weeks of fighting and sustaining heavy losses, the Federation finally withdrew from the Inverness system. The Klingon Empire had won.
i really like where this is heading because it shows the tactical side to Klingons and that they are smart obviously they are smart because they have warp tech and advanced tech but in the series and movies you always see them as warrior race that only knows how to attack without any real strategy etc idk if what im saying makes any sense
I know what you mean, it shows that the klingons are a much more smarter and tactical race than they appear to be in the Movies and Shows.
Klingons are sort of Space Japanese, and portrayed with all the weird misconceptions of 'stubborn, brazen Samurai obsessed with boneheaded honor' that the Japanese are often shown as, especially in regards to WW2.
The way the Klingons are portrayed in Axanar is quite similar to what really happened. I mean, the Japanese routed the Americans from the Western pacific early in the war, but once the Yanks were able to organise and turn their industrial might towards war production, Japan stood little chance. Admiral Yamamoto, having studied in the US, knew this would happen and tried to warn his superiors.
When it comes to the Klingon/Japanese comparison as a people. I don't see the Klingons being portrayed as "boneheaded" at all. They are stubborn and obsessed with honour, but so were large elements of the Japanese population at the time of the war. Decades of militarist propaganda tends to do that to people. Had the Japanese focussed on striking the infrastructure of Pearl Harbour rather than the navy ships themselves, they at least could have prolonged the war. Likewise, they tended to focus on attacking military ships rather than supply lines. They weren't stupid people, but they did let their ideology get in the way warfighting in the most efficient way possible.
I'm inclined to say that maybe the Klingons might be similar to the Japanese (Except that they actually had a solid chance, Unlike Japan who were just conclusively screwed), but Starfleet definitely aren't America. Not only do they lack the kind of existing navy America had, but have far looser internal connections and an infinitely smaller focus on military affairs.
And in the end, Starfleet are the best we could be ideologically. While America wasn't at all above just committing war crimes on the tremendous scale for the sake of simple efficiency.
I'm not sure there is a good example, After all, morals always seem to take a step back when modern war gets involved.
I didn't intend to make any comparison between the USA and Federation, and I agree that would be a crappy comparison to make. Starfleet would never use weapons of mass destruction on innocent civilians for starters. The only way I might argue a similarity is that they were both sleeping giants.
I'm not sure the writers of Axanar intended the comparison with the pacific war and its combatants to be taken so far, or if they were being a bit myopic with history.
Fair enough, I get the feeling they mightn't have been aiming for the comparison at all. But hey that's just me!
The Federation wouldn't. But Star Fleet absolutely would. Their Admirals have a giant ******* streak in them.
The Japanese also knew they were screwed if they didn't hit sufficiently hard from the start. The goal was always to beat up the US enough that it would agree to a negotiated armistice, one of the conditions being that America would end its resource blockade. They never had any illusions (nor desire) about outright crushing the United States, or of conquering it.
From the Japanese perspective they couldn't hold onto their empire, particularly China, without oil. After the embargo started they were basically forced, from a strategic point of view, to seize the Dutch East-Indies, which meant war with the US and UK.