Talk:United States Arctic Fleet (USAF)/@comment-27820070-20140128230006/@comment-11135771-20140129033054

Five of the newly arrived Order planes go down, blown apart by bright blue shafts of light from above. Several of the Locusts are taken out as well, though they are able to take a few more hits due to their heavier armor.

-bridge of the SAA Peregrine, high orbit over the US-

David Riles: "Wow. How many of our sats did you send? That's an awful lot of fire coming down."

Harrison Eltis: "Everything that's not stationed on Titan."

Riles: "All of them? You know they're going to get shot down, don't you? The lasers on those Order airships are scarily effective, and I doubt we can take them out in time."

Harrison Eltis: "I know, but we can't afford to let the US fall. I've activated the satellites' evasive procedures though, so that should let them last a little longer."

Riles: "Huh. I take it those are new, I hadn't known they were even capable of doing that."

The SAA strike satellites can be seen firing their ion beams, cloaking, moving to a different location and then firing again, in an attempt to make them harder to hit.

Harrison Eltis: "I only had them implemented a few days ago when the Order attacked Charleston."

Riles: "Well, it's a good thing we have that functionality now. Still, they won't last forever."

Harrison Eltis: "Indeed. I have half the fleet on standby though, they have orders to approach and engage with Order forces if necessary."

Riles: "We're investing an awful lot in this."

Harrison Eltis: "We are. But we can't maintain our neutrality to all when faced with a faction that is hostile to all."