Talk:Aneph Enterprises Consolidated Fleet/@comment-12161342-20140929145046

Restricted Area, east of Aneph Archipelago

''A small grouping of islands iles under a fully overcast sky. Ten ANF naval tugboats are moored to one of the islands, rolling in the long, low swells. A major hurricane, brewing to the east, is bearing down on the smattering of islets, providing the perfect cover for what is about to happen next. For seemingly no reason, all ten tugboats begin pulling at their moorings, propellers and thrusters pointlessly thrashing at the water. Then a deep, massive rumble begins emanating from deep within the island, slowly building up into a throaty roar of immensely powerful machinery. For only the third time ever, and for the first time since the ISAF/UR war, the scenery shifts as the entire 5km long, 1km wide island begins to move, almost imperceptibly at first. Within an hour, the tugboats and the island have attained a top speed of 15 kts, headed towards the AIF homeland for its first combat mission. A holographic projection springs up behind them, creating a fake replica of the island. Meanwhile, holographic projectors on the island flicker to life, giving it the appearance of a fogbank which obscures the ships and the island. The powerful Category 5 hurricane, packing 250kt winds, bears down on the flotilla, but has zero effect on the specially built tugs and the island. But since the flotilla passes through the southern eyewall of the storm, the 200kt winds help accelerate the massive island to 35 kts, which it could have never attained by itself. This is the first part of a complex route designed to take advantage of winds, currents, and storms, along with dozens more tugboats stationed along the path, to get the uberweapon to its destination in a timeframe that would have otherwise been impossible to maintain. But the planning is paying off, and the ANF is deploying its own massive uberweapon, one whose true nature is known only to one person.''