Talk:P.A.N.Z.E.R./@comment-24142455-20161020014101/@comment-14850713-20161105145619

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Spain

The movement of SR killsats is detected by TF 1.1's Dragon Eye-equipped pickets, but only a few are locked-on by the Tiger Arc network after they decloak to unload their deadly pods. While accurate 240cm railgun fire take out some pods (but not the killsats that carried them), the majority release their tungsten rods, which plummet down to German bases and troop concentrations, as well as to Force Z-1 (4 super-warships, 4 attack carriers with 600 strike/multi-role fighters, 10 heavy battleships, 10 battlecruisers, 6 air/aerospace defense cruisers, 16 heavy cruisers, 30 destroyers and 30 attack submarines) cruising in the Bay of Biscay.

The fleet, already forewarned, disperses it's ships, while Harpoon hypersonic missiles are guided by the AAW cruisers to intercept the incoming bogeys. A few rods are knocked out of their trajectory, and none score a direct hit, but those that get through prove devastating. Multiple water impacts generate massive waves that capsize several cruisers and destroyers, and deal severe hull damage to some of the bigger ships. Despite this, Force Z-1 is ordered to stay put as its firepower, albeit slightly reduced, will be needed to blunt the SR onslaught when it comes.

The blow, however, deserves a response. As the SR aerospace fleet gets engaged by its German counterpart, a formation of light units from TF 1.1 (15 Revanche cruisers with 300 Vautour aerospace fighters, 30 Scimitar frigates, and 75 Paladin heavy fighters) warp in to unleash a torrent of 240 Hyperion and 195 Hades missiles (half of their payload; each of the latter with 4 warheads) down on enemy-controlled southwestern Spain. The counterstrike is intended to be surgical, targeting airfields, tank parks, command & control nodes and support infrastructure.