Raid on the Dylarian Shipyards (Episode V)

The Battle of the Dylarian Shipyards was the first major space battle between the United Earth Directorate forces and the Dominion Armada, occurring in and around the Dylarian Shipyards over Dylar IV.

History
Due to the information gained from the Braxis captial, Boralis, Admiral Gerard DuGalle set his sights on more important targets - such as the shipyards of Dylar IV. Dylar had been an important Terran Confederacy world, but was laid waste to by the Zerg. However, the Terran Dominion had reclaimed the planet, constructing a huge shipyard in orbit over it.

DuGalle took an instant dislike to Duran, believing him to be a "turncoat" to the Terran Dominion, even when Duran warned him that the Terran Dominion could respond to any attack made on it within sixteen hours.

DuGalle's plan was for his Captain to lead the forces which would steal a large number of battlecruisers in drydock. A number of pilots would be dispatched to control the battlecruisers after they were stolen. The UED forces descended onto the shipyard and slowly fought their way to the battlecruisers, stealing them from the Terran Dominion. Unfortunately, as the battlecruisers moved to join the UED fleet, they were interrupted by an angry Terran Dominion General Edmund Duke, with his own Dominion fleet. Duran's prediction of a Dominion counterattack had proved true.

Duke was surprised to face a fleet controlled by warriors who had come all the way from Earth to attack them. Nonetheless, he ordered an attack, but was defeated, and the shipyards were destroyed.