The Sector 300 Battle occurred during the Earth Alliance Civil War in November 2261.
Sector 300 was to be used as a final rendezvous point for rebel ships before they were to attack occupied Mars, but unfortunately for the liberation fleet spies were feeding information back to the Earth Alliance and President Clark. Clark arranged for a fleet of advanced model destroyers, using Shadow technology, to ambush the rebels upon their arrival. Their plan was to destroy all human rebel ships, making it appear that the rebellion is, in fact, an Alien invasion, in line with Clark's propaganda.
Having received information about the ambush, acting fleet commander Susan Ivanova took the White Star fleet to Sector 300 to attack the advanced model destroyers before the rest of the fleet arrived. She estimated that even if this were a suicide mission, the White Star fleet had a better chance on taking on the advanced destroyers than any other rebel Human vessels. When the advanced destroyers revealed themselves, arriving from Hyperspace, the captain of the task force demanded the White Star fleet's surrender. Ivanova flatly refused and opened fire on the destroyers.
The Advanced destroyers proved to be formidable foes, inflicting damage or destruction upon many White Stars. However, the White Star fleet managed to outmaneuver and destroy the enemy task force one ship at a time until every advanced destroyer was taken out. Towards the end of the battle, Ivanova's command White Star crashed into a piece of debris. The ship was badly damaged and Ivanova herself received life-threatening injuries. Marcus Cole carried her off the bridge and they escaped just before the ship exploded.[1]
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