The Battle of Rendok

"Great. A big battle is just what we need right now."

-- General Hack at the 1164th Terran Conference

Date: 1164:000001

Factions: Heroes, Phantom, Terran Empire, War Council

Leaders: Halexander, Casselon, Daarken, Marcus (Heroes), Paul Ingersoll, Commander Shark (Phantom), Duke Jallu (Terran Empire)

Location: Rendok, Terran Empire, Human Galaxy

Size: Estimated 1,000 soldiers, 0.4% Human (Heroes), 4% Terran (Phantom), 15% Rendoki, 10% Terran (Terran Empire), 70% Scumalien (War Council)

Casualties: 88 Civilians, 18 Phantom, 107 Rendoki, 36 Terran, 432 Scumalien

Gathering the Heroes
This was the first battle Antinor and Halexander would fight for the heroes. After they joined, the group got a distress call from the nearby human planet of Rendok. Its blockade had been breached and scumalien soldiers had made it to the surface and captured Duke Jallu of Rendok.

The group landed with Phantom in the middle of the battlefield, while Casselon and Halexander stayed on the ship to pick the group up after they had freed the Duke.

The Battle
Using the fighting as a distraction, Marcus climbed the Scumalien command tower and killed the Duke's captors. The Heroes determined that the Duke was been a decoy and killed him. The team then fought their way underground to find the true Duke. He perished in the ensuing skirmish, but the group discovered that Scumalien cruisers were flying overhead and dropping reinforcements before getting a chance to bury or cremate him.

They infiltrated a cruiser, and killed two of Drake's followers, which automatically upgraded Drake's robots and gave him a pink spandex jumpsuit to wear into battle. The others were disgusted.

After the Heroes had left the cruiser and planted some bombs, they went to meet up with Casselon and Halexander. When they got the rendezvous point, however, their ship was crashed and Casselon was dead. Halexander was encircled by Scumaliens and got shot in the back a few times before being rescued by Antinor. The rest of the team arrived soon after and beat back the remaining scumaliens, freeing Rendok.