Battle of Goslauth

The Battle of Area Itoum 533 (aka Battle of Gosroth) was the first major battle of the war between the Star Forces Patrol Ship Goslauth (Gosroth) and the United Mankind's 10 assault ships in Operation Hercules. The battle was by all intents a disastrous victory for the United Mankind and the Four Nations Alliance but served the purpose for them at least to give them a Casus Belli against the Humankind Empire of Abh and further to use later in the war as propaganda within the Alliance territories to paint the Empire as the aggressors.

Prelude to Battle
Prior to the engagement, the Nova-Sicilia Treaty had been signed for create a flexible alliance between all nations in the galaxy to compete against the only nation not present to sign the treaty, the Humankind Empire of Abh. The United Mankind and its allies wished to conduct extragalactic exploration to attempt to acquire new resources and/or further the development of humanity in general. That objective was impossible since Kingdom Ilysr formed a border that encompassed the entire galaxy and the Empire restricted access to its space solely to its own vessels.

Additionally, Count Hyde was to be escorted to Lakfakalle by Princess Abriel; both of whom would be using Patrol Ship Goslauth to arrive there. Unknown to any among them, the United Mankind wished to stage an assault which they may score a quick overwhelming victory with no survivors and claim that the Empire attacked a small military contingent of the Alliance and thus demand reparations in the form of military access for Kingdom Ilysr.