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== History ==
Prior toIn the Battlebeginning, Alta Base had been cloaked to hide it from the Krell, in an attempt to build up a defense force against the aliens using theship machineryfactories thatIgneous hadCavern beenbelow found beneath the base in Igneous Cavernit. The Krell, however, discovered the base and sent a large force to attack and destroy the humans. The DDF won the battleBattle of Alta, chasing off the Krell and saving Alta Base. Following the battle they removed the cloaking from Alta Base and further fortified their position.
ShortlyThe afterSecond Battle of Alta took place on the day of Skyward Flight's graduation,. Ironsides sent the entire fleet of the [[Defiant Defense Force]] to a falling shipyard to recover its acclivity rings, 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. Spensa's ship crash-landed before she is able to take down the Lifebuster. [[Cobb]], piloting [[M-Bot]], found Spensa and gave her control of the shipM-Bot so she could rejoin the battle. When the Lifebuster dropped its bomb, Spensa uses her light-line to pull 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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