Talk:Enceladus Aerospace Fleet/@comment-27820070-20140829195755/@comment-11135771-20141014040427

OOC: Fair point about the UAC not existing at the time. I'll just disregard the posts regarding them then. By the way, there are no orbital defenses, only ground based ones in a ring around the base.

IC: Due to the Blackbird's position on the opposite side of the base from the main Prometheus force, the attacking vessels were forced to fly over the base in order to engage it. Now having a clear line of sight to the enemy ships, the defenses on the far side of the base opened fire as well, taking down two Watchers and a Sentinel, as well as damaging some of the others. The Blackbird itself turned to face the Prometheus fleet while applying retrograde thrust, moving further back from the base. This maneuver had the effect of angling the ship so that only the small surface area of its bow was exposed to the enemy, making it a harder target to hit in combination with its EW suite working to scramble the enemy's targeting systems slightly.

The other EAF capital ships moved to provide cover for both the flagship and the central part of the base, breaking into two groups which performed a pincer attack on the Prometheus fleet. They targeted the larger ships first, knowing that the defense turrets could more easily hold their own against the smaller vessels. The Tranquility II-class carriers stayed out of primary weapon range from the enemy fleet, allowing their fighters to do most of the work while taking shots with their particle beams.