The Red Cabal established two strongholds in the Screed Tanner System.
The first was the fortified starbase along with a string of defensive platforms that orbited Screed Tanner VI-F.
The second was the base built on the surface of the moon.
These defenses ensured that even if a mishap occurred to the alien warships or gods, they could still withdraw to a position of relative safety.
Sure, a powerful and determined human force could lay siege on the strongholds and topple them eventually, but this was bound to take a lot of time.
This was also the last reliance of the jureg-led fleet that served the Protector of Karnak.
Yet even as their surviving phasefighters and warships retreated to an orbital position that they assumed was safe, the alien soldiers found to their horror that their bases were already on the verge of collapse!
