The Third Battle of Vulcanis was a battle that took place between Federation Alliance and Dominion forces in the Vulcan System on stardate 51893.2.
A few days after the second destruction of the Seventh Fleet at the Tibor Nebula, Dominion forces began its third assault on Vulcan. Determined to spare the Vulcan System any further damage and keep his beleuagered fleet intact, he set his primary defense perimeter outside of the system's Oort Cloud.
Eris' rebuilt fleet, almost 400 vessels strong, foudn what they expected: a badly outnumbered and apparently demoralized Starfleet force. However, the 72 ships from the 31st Fleet and twenty-one vessels from the Sixth Fleet were hiding in the Oort Cloud. Five cloaked Klingon vessels running quiet lurked four minutes out.
The initial clash lit up the nighttime skies of Vulcan. Aboard the Gibraltar Salok analyzed the interplay with fabled Vulcan calmness, moving his wings like pieces on a kal-toh board. After several hours, he judged the time roght and ordered a partial withdraw to Vulcan.
Eris, determined to chase them all the way to the steps of Shir'Kahr's capitals after two defeats, took the bait. That's when the ships 93 ships hidden in teh Oort cloud punced, catching the Dominion in a crossfire and taking forty-seven ships out of the fight in the first nine minutes. The Klingons decloaked behind them with a photon torpedo volley targeted by the runabout Trakhue. Another six ships were taken down. The retreating forces reversed course, lead by the Kludy, which accounted for five ships during the battle, two of them battlecruisers.
Cut into peices and unable to quickly regroup, Eris' forces borke off anf retreated after an hour. Destoryer and fighter wings harassed the retreating Dominion forces until they reached the safety og their won lines in Betazoid space. Less than half of their fleet survived, where as the Federation Alliance suffered only 37% casualties. Never again would the Dominion directly threaten Vulcan.
Commanders
Fleet Admiral Salok - Fifth Fleet
Vice Admiral - 31st Fleet
Commodore Nikolas Stone - Sixth Fleet
HoD K'temoc - Cloaked Klingon vessels
Eris - Dominion Forces
Starships
USS Lionheart * USS Halstatt * USS Indar *USS Kludy * USS Gibraltar *USS Midway *USS San Marino *USS Red Cloud * USS Cuirassier *USS Gorgophone *USS Mattis * USS Blackthorne * USS Zulu * USS Jackelope * USS Chivalry * USS Thunderbolt * USS Phoenix * USS Kirishima *USS Horatio *USS Lakota *USS Kirtland *USS Hancock * USS Eowyn *USS Caras * IKS Hurg'ragh *USS Arizona * USS Lee * USS Onizuka * USS Heracles * USS Earhart * USS Beowulf * USS Augustus * IKS PoTH * IKS Kov'iX * IKS Soo'peTH * IKS K'stav * USS Kludy * USS Pompey