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Prior to the Battle, Alta Base had been cloaked to hide it from the Krell, in an attempt to build up a defense force against the aliens using the machinery that had been found beneath the base in Igneous Cavern. The Krell, however, discovered the base and sent a large force to attack and destroy the humans. The DDF won the battle, chasing off the Krell and saving Alta Base. Following the battle they removed the cloaking from Alta Base and further fortified their position.
Shortly after the graduation, Ironsides sent the entire fleet of the [[Defiant Defense Force]] to protect a falling shipyard, into therecover hope of preserving and havesting the shipyardsits acclivity rings, thus leaving the base vulnerable. As expected, the Krell attack the DDF ships, attempting to destroy the shipyard and acclivity rings. This attack, however, was a diversion planned by the Krell so they could gain an opening to directly attack and destroy Alta Base. A second force of Krell, including a [[Lifebuster]], went to attack Alta Base while it was undefended. [[Spensa]] defended the base in a damaged [[Poco]] by anticipating the movement of the Krell using her [[Cytonic]] abilities,. however,Spensa's wasship eventuallycrash-landed shotbefore down.she Sheis managedable to landtake her ship successfully, despitedown the damage it had takenLifebuster. [[Cobb]], piloting [[M-Bot]], found Spensa and gave her control of the ship so she could rejoin the battle. When the Lifebuster dropped its bomb, Spensa jumpeduses ither awaylight-line to savepull it safely away from [[Alta Base]] and [[Igneous Cavern]].{{book ref|sky1|48}}{{book ref|sky1|49}}{{book ref|sky1|50}}{{book ref|sky1|51}}{{book ref|sky1|52}}{{book ref|sky1|53}}{{book ref|sky1|54}}{{book ref|sky1|55}}{{book ref|sky1|epilogue}}
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