Admiral Stark chases down chaos fleet

If general Kutuzov was finding the going hard on the ground in the Mordecai campaign, one imperial commander who was enjoying unparalleled success was admiral Stark. Not content with his overwhelming victory against the Emerald Serpent and its allies, the aggressive admiral, clearly with an eye on promotion to overall commander of the Aleph Sector fleet, launched a pursuit action against the remnants of the chaos fleet.

Gathering up whatever intact ships he could, the imperial admiral set about finding the badly damaged chaos fleet, eventually bringing a smaller division to battle on 1711.019M42. The action that followed led to the loss of two more chaos capital ships, both devastation class, but Stark was unable to gain a second decisive victory, and lost six of his viper class escorts in the second action. Although the imperial fleet now dominated the system, Stark decided not to push his luck any further for the time being, as his fleet was now badly lacking in ammunition and barely had enough escorts to guard his flank and rear from a surprise assault from the ships that still lay under the guns of the mighty Mordecai fortress.