Appendix A: Battle of Gliese 1 Report and Assessment
The full Battle of Gliese 1 Report and Assessment added up to 27,249 pages across twenty-one volumes. As a full presentation would clearly be excessive, selected excerpts are quoted below which convey the gist of the report committee’s perspective.
Report of the Legion Battle Assessment Committee on Naval and Ground Force Performances at the Battle of Gliese 1: Table of Contents (abridged)
- Volume I. Abstract, Outline, Summary, Synopsis, and Introduction
- Volume II. An Historical Perspective on the Evolution of Duranium Legion Naval and Ground Combat Doctrines
- Volume III. Operations-Focused Review of Duranium Legion Naval and Ground Combat Doctrines
- Volume IV. Implementation of Duranium Legion Naval Combat Doctrine as the Battle Plan at Gliese 1: An Illuminating Case Study
- Volume V. Comparative Assessment of Gliese 1 Alien Naval Combat Doctrine via Extrapolation from the Battle of Gliese 1
- Volume VI. Comprehensive Assessment of Duranium Legion Naval Losses Suffered During the Battle of Gliese 1
- Volume VII. Causative Assessment of Duranium Legion Naval Losses Suffered During the Battle of Gliese 1
- Volume VIII. Exhaustive Review of Those Sacked for Assessed Roles in Causation of Duranium Legion Naval Combat Losses
- Volume IX. Comprehensive Assessment of Gliese 1 Alien Naval Losses Suffered During the Battle of Gliese 1
- Volume X. Comparative Analysis of Duranium Legion and Gliese 1 Alien Naval Warfare Technologies Present at the Battle of Gliese 1
- Volume XI. Post-Facto Assessment and Validation of Duranium Legion Naval Combat Doctrine at the Battle of Gliese 1: Conclusions and Recommendations
- Volume XII. Implementation of Duranium Legion Ground Combat Doctrine as the Battle Plan as Gliese 1: An Illuminating Case Study
- Volume XIII. Comparative Assessment of Gliese 1 Alien Ground Combat Doctrine via Extrapolation from the Battle of Gliese 1
- Volume XIV. After-Action Assessment of Ground Combat Battlefield Tactics and Causes of Losses During the Battle of Gliese 1
- Volume XV. Comparative Analysis of Duranium Legion and Gliese 1 Alien Ground Warfare Technologies Present at the Battle of Gliese 1
- Volume XVI. Post-Facto Assessment and Validation of Duranium Legion Ground Combat Doctrine at the Battle of Gliese 1: Conclusions and Recommendations
- Volume XVII. Personnel Assessments Including Collected Personal Narratives, Interviews, and Medals Awarded
- Volume XVIII. Conclusions, Summary, Restatement, and Closing Remarks
- Volume XIX. Appendices
- Volume XX. Endnotes and References
- Volume XXI. Topical Index
Excerpts on overall assessment of the naval battle outcome
Volume I, Chapter I, Section XIII, Paragraph 487: “In light of this, while Legion Navy forces suffered greater losses in terms of raw tonnage, proper accounting will show that the Gliese 1 Aliens suffered greater losses in terms of effective tonnage.”
Volume III, Chapter XXIV, Section LII, Paragraph 4: “Duranium Legion Naval doctrine therefore considers an unknown class of enemy vessel to have dedicated fully one-half of its void tonnage to the propulsion its and ancillary systems, including engine crew berthing, structural and armoring materials for the engine mounts, …”
Volume III, Chapter XXIV, Section LII, Paragraph 33: “An immobile space station, lacking self-propulsion, is therefore marked as equal to a self-propelled warship displacing twice the void tonnage of the station itself for the purposes of assessing an enemy fleet composed, wholly or in part, of unknown vessel classes.”
Volume VI, Chapter IV, Section IX, Paragraph 117: “Duranium Legion Navy ship losses therefore are assessed at a total of 67,500 void tons irrecoverable.”
Volume IX, Chapter VI, Section IX, Paragraph 42: “Gliese 1 Alien naval losses therefore are assessed at a raw total of 35,482 void tons irrecoverable once expended ordnance has been properly tallied… Under thus-cited Legion doctrine, Gliese 1 Alien naval losses therefore are assessed at a total of 70,864 effective void tons irrecoverable.”
Volume XVIII, Chapter III, Section I, Paragraph 6: “According to the most rigorous and objective application of Duranium Legion Naval combat doctrine, the committee finds that in terms of effective naval void tonnage rendered irrecoverable, the Duranium Legion Navy First Fleet achieved a modest, though significant, battlefield victory.”
Excerpts on Legion Navy losses and causes thereof
Volume IV, Chapter IV, Section XXXI, Paragraph 17: “Critical to the battle planning was a series of assessments by the Duranium Legion Department of Point Defense Computation, indicating that two full Charybdis-class destroyer squadrons would provide a sufficient and overwhelming volume of point defense fire.”
Volume VII, Chapter XIV, Section II, Paragraph 218: “Initial battlefield assessments supposed that the Gliese 1 Aliens had equipped their missiles with electronic counter-measures designed to interfere with the point defense fire control systems.”
Volume VII, Chapter XLIV, Section XXVII, Paragraph 47: “These computations had been erroneously conducted using simulated fire controls configured with 12,000 km/s tracking speeds, well in excess of the 5,000 km/s tracking speed which is standard for Duranium Legion Naval vessels.”
Volume VIII, Front Matter, Section VIII, Paragraph 1: “The number of those sacked includes 12,409 personnel formerly of the Duranium Legion Department of Point Defence Computation…”
Volume XI, Chapter II, Section XIX, Paragraph 4: “The reporting committee therefore recommends that future point defense computations be carried out using the correct fleet-standard fire control tracking speed, as defined in…”
Volume VII, Chapter XXI, Section XIV, Paragraph 1,148: “Greater caution in approaching the enemy contacts once within the firing range of the 152 mm medium batteries may have prevented the loss of the frigate Bellerophon.”
Volume VII, Chapter XXI, Section XIV, Paragraph 1,153: “However, given the obvious benefit of bringing the considerable mass of 102 mm defense batteries possessed by First Fleet to bear, the reporting committee is not, in good conscience, able to assign fault for this bold and aggressive maneuver.”
Excerpts on proposed recommendations for future Legion Navy doctrine and battle planning
Volume XI, Chapter LXXVII, Section II, Paragraph 98: “It is clear that a critical mass of point defense fire, principally delivered by 102 mm defense batteries, will be the single greatest multiplier of naval force in future engagements of the Duranium Legion Navy.”
Volume XVIII, Chapter XV, Section XXXIX, Paragraph 34: “To accomplish this most directly, the reporting committee advises the expansion of naval shipbuilding capacity for the Charybdis-class destroyer and its future follow-on classes to eight slipways, divided between two naval shipbuilding yards and capable of laying down hulls of up to 10,000 void tons displacement.”
Volume XI, Chapter C, Section IV, Paragraph 11: “An enlarged cruiser class displacing 15,000 void tons, while retaining the Light Cruiser designation, shall be able to mount an equal number of 152 mm and 102 mm weapon batteries, thus supplementing destroyer-based point defenses while maintaining independent striking power…”
Volume XI, Chapter XII, Section III, Paragraph 79: “The utility of including jump-capable warships organic to combat squadrons is seriously called into question in light of this demonstrated combat ineffectiveness in-theater.”
Volume IV, Chapter XXIV, Section I, Paragraph 3: “In fact, the expressed tendency of Duranium Legion Navy battle planners has been to overestimate the combat capabilities of squadrons composed with jump-capable vessels. Elimination of these vessels from the squadron composition would, it follows, eliminate this tendency…”
Volume XVIII, Chapter II, Section IX, Paragraph 80: “In spite of these concerns, the reporting committee readily concedes that further technological advancements are necessary to facilitate this proposed revision of fleet squadron doctrine.”
Excerpts on Duranium Legion Ground Forces composition
Volume XII, Chapter XIV, Section IV, Paragraph 30: “The Mark III Devastator Anti-Infantry Tank (AIT) therefore replaces the traditional foot infantry in this doctrine, eliminating the critical weakness of conventional combined arms tactics.”
Volume XIV, Chapter X, Section II, Paragraph 69: “The screening effect of the infantry, having fallen out of consideration with the introduction of AIT doctrine, is in the assessment of the reporting committee sorely missed.”
Volume XVI, Chapter LIV, Section XLV, Paragraph 23: “However, losses of hypothetical infantry elements would likely have outmassed those suffered in reality.”
Volume XVI, Chapter LXVII, Section III, Paragraph 21: “Transitioning the current mechanized infantry arm to a re-equipped heavy power armor infantry force will close this capability gap, and…”
Excerpts on Duranium Legion Tank Battalion battlefield tactics
Volume II, Chapter CIII, Section I, Paragraph 57: “The advent of uridium-based targeting systems revolutionized urban warfare tactics, granting heavy armor the capability of detecting stealthy anti-tank ambushes created by the light infantry guerilla forces.”
Volume XVIII, Chapter XXI, Section VII, Paragraph 1: “The doctrine of tank-based urban-style warfare was therefore completely vindicated on the field of battle.”
Excerpts on comparisons between Duranium Legion and Gliese 1 Alien technologies
Volume XV, Chapter XI, Section XII, Paragraph 16: “Metallurgical analysis indicates that the Gliese 1 Alien mechs were armored with a laminate material approximately two generations beyond current Duranium Legion materials science and technology.”
Volume XV, Chapter XII, Section III, Paragraph 2: “Several Praetorians wrecks included largely-undamaged weapons modules. Post-battle assessment indicated that there were probably electromagnetic radiation emitters of approximately 254 mm…”
Volume X, Chapter VII, Section LVI, Paragraph 4: “This class of missiles is exceedingly quick.”