Talk:Southern African Union/@comment-32964013-20170515123142/@comment-14850713-20170520173250

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Above Cape Town

The AFOH Tiger Arc installations detect the PCCU fleet even before it exits warp, and the aerospace defense (AD) batteries swing into action. The tungsten-tipped hypersonic projectiles of the 240cm railguns smash into several warships, while the Skysweepers devastate the massed fighter formations. The SAU fighters join in, conducting hit-and-run attacks against isolated groups.

The weight of Cattirian numbers begin to tell, however, as the AD batteries, radar sites, and command & control nodes are knocked-out one by one, and most of the SAU interceptors are shot down. In desperation, and after consulting with the SAU government, the HEDF authorizes the use of Ardent rounds. As the PCCU fleet advances slowly, bombing as it goes, bright flashes erupt in their midst as 4 10 MT warheads detonate, their spread arranged for maximum effect. Several major Cattirian ships are either crippled by the nuclear explosion or disabled by the EMP blast, while hundreds of fighters disintegrate in mid-air.

Task Force 1.1 now deploys with 12 Dronning Margreth and 12 Dismal Regard battleships, 20 Richelieu battlecruisers, 20 Venator carriers (with 1,440 Cobra II and 480 Durandal aerospace strike fighters), 20 Devastation battle carriers (with 900 Curtana FB-20AS and 900 Vautour FB-10DS aerospace fighters), 60 Revanche heavy escorts (with 600 Curtana FB-20AS and 600 Vautour FB-10DS), 80 Scimitar light escorts, and 300 Paladin heavy aerospace fighters. As the first attack wave is launched at extreme range, the heavy warships, escorts and heavy fighters fire a massive salvo of Hades and Hyperion missiles. Traveling at hypersonic speed, and with extensive countermeasures and attack profiles designed to overwhelm enemy defenses, these head straight for the crippled PCCU ships to ensure their destruction.