In the first 24 hours after the start of the Red Tide Offensive, both sides suffered enormous losses!
The humans found themselves unable to preserve orbital supremacy over the fortified planets located in the 1st defensive band.
This did not immediately spell the fall of the human-controlled fortifications built on the planet.
Depending on how extensively the humans had dug in and how many forces the native aliens were willing to commit to planetary cleansing, it could take weeks if not months to effectively root out all human presence!
One of the advantages of the total state of war between red humanity and the native aliens was that neither side sought to subjugate each other's populations.
