User blog comment:USS Enterprise CVN-65/The New (And Improved) Official Roleplay Room/@comment-12161342-20151205042241/@comment-14850713-20151205161450

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A major formation from the 3rd Aerospace Fleet warps beyond weapons range opposite the Soviets. 20 Dismal Regard heavy battleships, 20 Venator carriers (with 1,440 Cobra and 480 Durandal), 20 Devastation battle carriers (with 1,800 Vautour FB-10DS), 60 Toxin heavy and 60 Scimitar light escorts, and 120 Paladin heavy fighters deploy in combat formation but do not approach. The combined enemy fleet being too strong, they remain only long enough to be detected, then they start warping away in sections. Last to leave are the Paladins, and as a parting gift they launch 240 FBW-T hypersonic missiles each with 4 independent low-yield nuclear warheads.

As the Soviet escorts turn to face the missile threat, 12 Dark Wolf strike fighters emerge from warp just below the Red Star. Approaching the underside of the huge ship at top speed, they launch their powered aerial mines at almost point blank range before twisting and warping out. Over 30 hits tear a massive gash in the hull, and the Red Star is crippled, it Turbolaser snuffed out. Then the FBW-T warheads (as more than half were able to get though the Soviet anti-missile screen) slam into multiple vessels, some hitting the heavily damaged capital ship. The Paladin flight leader remains long enough to see it plummet to the surface of Tenelapis in his long-range radar screen. "Chalk one for the Coalition", he mutters to himself as several Soviet escorts explode, before guiding his craft into hyperspace.