Strike at Aradan (Infinity War)

The Strike at Aradan was a conflict between the Predecessors and Dark Reach. While it was the third strike in a row upon Dark Reach's allies, Dark Reach was ill-prepared for the assault, and it became a devastating defeat for Dark Reach. The Aradan Sectorate eventually joined the Predecessors.

Prelude
While Dark Reach expected a strike against their allies again, as the strikes at and Cerci IV were only recent, Dark Reach was ill-repared against the Predecessors. In turn the Aradan Sectorate's equipment was largely outdated, and as such it could not protect itself either. The Predecessors were on a conquest to acquire new allies, now having joined the war against Dark Reach.

The battle
When it became apparent that the Predecessors would strike soon, Dark Reach sent a small amount of ships to to help protect it, as the fleet of the Aradan Sectorate had become obselete. When the Dark Reach ships arrived, it was only mere hours until the Predecessor fleet came. While Fiaval Harrsk and Avron Loyaler were stuck deciding on a strategy, the Predecessor fleet had entered the system.

The Predecessor fleet instantly engaged the defence force at Aradan, which consisted of several obselete defence satellites and a few warships. The Aradan fleet even consisted of atleast two s. Other than the Imperial IIs, it consisted primarily of general purpose ships like the Warhammer-class heavy cruisers.

The Predecessor fleet outclassed the entire Sectorate fleet, although the Dark Reach ships were more on par with them. The majority of the Sectorate fleet was crushed with relative ease, within a matter of minutes. The Dark Reach ships had however yet to enter combat, having been delayed by the continued discussions between Avron Loyaler and Fiaval Harrsk. The Predecessors used this to their advantage to regroup.

Acern Aruís, the commanding officer of the Predecessor fleet, called for surrender of the Aradan Sectorate, and they would be spared. However, when Avron was about to surrender to the Predecessors, Fiaval Harrsk took control of the situation and had the Dark Reach ships engage the Predecessor fleet, although leaving one behind to escape in himself.

Like the Sectorate fleet, the Dark Reach fleet was rather easy, losing only a few ships in the destruction of the Reach fleet. Acern proceeded then to ask the Sectorate once again to surrender, to which Avron agreed.

Aftermath
The Aradan Sectorate became an ally of the Predecessors soon after, realising that Dark Reach is essentially doomed against the Predecessors. The Sectorate provided primarily economic support to the Predecessors.