The Nile Road was one of the last freighters to depart Maya, however she was tracked and fell under attack near Van Gaal VI from a Dakota scouting group as she attempted to leave the system. A Union detachment from the 4^th Fleet was immediately dispatched from the frontlines to assist in protecting the Nile Road.

The small skirmish which came to be known as the infamous Battle of Van Gaal VI was a complete disaster. The discovery of a Dakota super-cannon mounted to the front of their destroyers, the arrival of a Dakota Cruiser and the destruction of the U.S.S. Roanoke (SDD-1081) and two other vessels; saw the surviving two ships – the U.S.S. Patton (SCA-703) and U.S.S. Tigershark (SGB-994) under the new command of Captain Krauer, retreat from the battle, despite protests from the Air Wing Commander of the Patton – Major Caine who’s wife and child were aboard the Nile Road.

Soon after the retreat was given Caine was forced to watch the Nile Road be destroyed, there were no survivors.

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