First Battle of Sol

"There will be many unsung heroes and unremembered villains in the twilight hours of the human race, and it is humanity’s twilight."

The First Battle of Sol was the final major battle of the Compact-Confederacy War. Following the battle between Task Force 97 and Expansion Fleet Bankala, the Compact of Species had obtained the location of Sol from the databanks of CSFWV Curse of Prophesy and become incensed over both the loss of the Triarch aboard CSFWV Bringer of Light and the creation of the AI used aboard the ship that destroyed it, UECNS Nemesis.

Taking place just under a month after that battle, the Compact organised a beheading strike against the Confederacy in order to destroy any shipyard in which another of the Nemesis-class deep space fleet engagement vessels might be being constructed, as these were the only Confederate ships capable of going toe-to-toe with a Compact Chariot and have any hope of victory. Deeming humanity too dangerous to allow to exist after the construction of an AI, total species death was ordered under the pretext of "racial insanity" and it was this order that resulted in the deaths of nearly every human inhabitant of the Sol system - 22 billion people, in total. Faced with extermination, many human ships chose to stand and fight, regardless of their combat capability or prior allegiances. Liners and freighters attempted to ram Compact ships or merely take shots meant for Confederate warships, while former pirates used their skills at hit-and-run tactics to pick off seperated Compact ships. Others attempted to run the blockade as the Compact's forces closed in, with very few escaping and even fewer lasting beyond another year of being hunted.

The battle served mostly as an attempt by the Confederacy to draw Compact units away from other human worlds while they launched refugee ships with the hope some might escape. These colonies were themselves destroyed- by a mix of orbital bombardment and bioweapons- within several weeks of the battle, likely resulting in several billion more deaths.