Talk:AFOH/@comment-27510151-20161126004335/@comment-14850713-20161204065923

IC:

Prometheus Base, Saturn

The officer enters a secure communications room and composes himself as the guard closes the door behind him. As the holographic screen lights up, Vice Admiral Ej salutes.

"So how's the report on this "Blackrock?", asks the officer projected on the screen. "Does everything check out?"

"The thing is composed of several wrecks fused together. AIS analysis indicates that it may have been mistaken for one of the thousands of Protoss and allied remnants scattered in the area, and thus escaped detection."

"And the people? Is it the work of a PCV mind-control device?"

"We need to capture one so we can know for sure, but they're clearly hostile. There's nothing we can do for them at this point," Ej replies. "And one more thing, we've detected an AIF frigate observing under cloak, although the task force doesn't know this yet."

"Alright. Your call," came the answer. "But end this. We don't want our allies to be too concerned."

Ej salutes as Admiral Bouexic's hologram disappears, but his mind is somewhere else. On his orders and based on the analysis of his intelligence team, his operations staff has already put together a plan to swiftly conclude the matter.

Minutes later, on the bridge of the battleship Dante, a transmission is received from Saturn Command.

''To     : Commander, ATF Viking

Re    : Operation Oblivion

For the quick reduction of the Blackrock stronghold, you are to employ the forces and execute the plan as follows:

1. The ATF escorts will employ a full blockade. No ships are to come in or out of the exclusion zone. The capital ships are to be massed on the side previously secured by your initial attack ("Target Area").

2. Special Forces (currently on their way) escorted by your troops will deploy massive thermobaric explosive devices (MTEDs) on key parts of the Target Area. These parts have been identified by our engineers as possible weak points of the fused wrecks in that area. This ground force will pull out and then remotely detonate the MTEDs, which are expected to detach some of the wrecks from the Blackrock.

3. A squadron of 30 Paladin fighters will engage the newly-exposed parts of the Target Area with Hades N missiles to further detach or weaken them. Once this is done, the battleships will engage the same area with the concentrated fire of their OB-1s and Mk 16s.

4. The battleships will continue to fire until the core is destroyed. Any ship that tries to escape is to be engaged by the task force's blockading escorts. We don't expect any survivors.

Saturn Command''