Iserlohn Fortress
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| - | '''Iserlohn Fortress''' (Japanese: '''イゼルローン要塞''') was an [[Galactic Empire|Imperial]] fortress located near the [[Tiamat Starzone]]. Existing within the eponymously named [[Iserlohn Corridor]], one of only two navigable star routes between the Empire and the [[Free Planets Alliance]] (the other being the [[Fezzan Corridor]]), Iserlohn kept the territories of the Galactic Empire safe from Alliance invasion. | + | The '''{{i|Iserlohn Fortress}}''' (Japanese: '''イゼルローン要塞''') was an [[Galactic Empire|Imperial]] fortress located near the [[Tiamat Starzone]]. Existing within the eponymously named [[Iserlohn Corridor]], one of only two navigable star routes between the Empire and the [[Free Planets Alliance]] (the other being the [[Fezzan Corridor]]), Iserlohn kept the territories of the Galactic Empire safe from Alliance invasion. |
The fortress had a diameter of 60 kilometres and a mass of nearly 60 trillion tonnes. Its primary weapon was an enormous X-ray beam cannon, the [[Thor Hammer]], which was capable of destroying large numbers of enemy vessels in a single shot. Its docks could berth more than 16,000 ships, and its dedicated agriculture blocks could sustain both its garrison and a population of several million indefinitely. The fortress exterior was several-layer-thick coating of liquid metal, which absorbed solid projectiles and reflected directed energy; hundreds of cannon turrets floated in this liquid and would rise to fire at approaching enemies. | The fortress had a diameter of 60 kilometres and a mass of nearly 60 trillion tonnes. Its primary weapon was an enormous X-ray beam cannon, the [[Thor Hammer]], which was capable of destroying large numbers of enemy vessels in a single shot. Its docks could berth more than 16,000 ships, and its dedicated agriculture blocks could sustain both its garrison and a population of several million indefinitely. The fortress exterior was several-layer-thick coating of liquid metal, which absorbed solid projectiles and reflected directed energy; hundreds of cannon turrets floated in this liquid and would rise to fire at approaching enemies. | ||
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The Iserlohn Fortress (Japanese: イゼルローン要塞) was an Imperial fortress located near the Tiamat Starzone. Existing within the eponymously named Iserlohn Corridor, one of only two navigable star routes between the Empire and the Free Planets Alliance (the other being the Fezzan Corridor), Iserlohn kept the territories of the Galactic Empire safe from Alliance invasion.
The fortress had a diameter of 60 kilometres and a mass of nearly 60 trillion tonnes. Its primary weapon was an enormous X-ray beam cannon, the Thor Hammer, which was capable of destroying large numbers of enemy vessels in a single shot. Its docks could berth more than 16,000 ships, and its dedicated agriculture blocks could sustain both its garrison and a population of several million indefinitely. The fortress exterior was several-layer-thick coating of liquid metal, which absorbed solid projectiles and reflected directed energy; hundreds of cannon turrets floated in this liquid and would rise to fire at approaching enemies.
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History
Goldenbaum Dynasty
When the Galactic Empire discovered the existence of the Free Planets Alliance in 640 UC (331 IC / 3440 CE), they immediately declared the FPA a rebel government, and dispatched the Imperial fleet to deal with the 'rebels'. At the time, there was only one known navigable route between the Galactic Empire and the Free Planets Alliance — through a narrow band of star systems that would later become known as the Iserlohn Corridor. Naturally seeing the significance of the choke point, the Empire constructed a massive space fortress along the Corridor, in orbit of the Tiamat star, in 766 UC (457 IC / 3566 CE). Based on the Geiersburg Fortress, they named it the Iserlohn Fortress. It would both guard against the possibility of FPA warships entering Imperial territory and serve as a base of operations for the Empire's own excursions through the Corridor.
Among the FPA admirals that tried and failed to take Iserlohn was Fleet Admiral Sidney Sithole, who led the 5th Iserlohn Offensive. Sithole showed ingenuity during his campaign against Iserlohn, determining the range of the Thor Hammer and then luring the Iserlohn Fleet outside of its range. He then exercised a continuous pursuit, following the Iserlohn Fleet in firing range but always leaving it between his fleet and the Fortress, as to neutralise the Thor Hammer. His aim was to force the Imperial Fleet inside the Fortress, and then follow suit before anything could be fired at them. The plan eventually failed, because Sithole did not have enough ships to sustain the pursuit long enough, but it was by far the most effective FPA campaign against Iserlohn.[citation needed]
Free Planets Alliance
Yang Wen-li never considered Iserlohn Fortress the pinnacle of imperial power, but merely an over-reliance on technology. He understood the fortress's limitations from the 5th Iserlohn Offensive. Sithole had determined the precise ranges of the Thor Hammer, but his fleet was undermanned to carry out a decisive victory. Yang's tactic was the opposite — to infiltrate the fortress with the Rosen Ritter whilst the garrison fleet was chasing a decoy. The 7th Iserlohn Offensive, with merely 6000 ships, successfully won Iserlohn Fortress for the FPA. Yang hoped Iserlohn would be the FPA's bargaining posture in deciding a favourable treaty with the Empire.[clean-up needed]
Yang felt the fortress was disposable, since it was not at all a location of political or economical importance. When the Goldenlöwe Empire used the Fezzan Corridor to invade alliance territory, Iserlohn lost all strategic value. Yang deceptively 'lost' the fortress to Oskar von Reuenthal, but regained it from Admiral Cornelius Lutz. Yang Wen Li is the only commander to truly conquer Iserlohn Fortress at all, as well as multiple times.[clean-up needed]
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Background information
The name Iserlohn is a reference to the city of the same name in western Germany.
