Talk:AIF/@comment-13740085-20150409223648/@comment-10905876-20150410000421

OOC: @ derp, guy has been under near constant fire from the shore batteries, so I figure that he's fairly close to the city. Glad this is ended, but retribution will be swift.

IC: Had the Federation ships not warped home, they would have been astonished at what they saw. Nearly 40% of the 204cm shells fired at the city detonate mid arc, which soon reveal the elements of the aerospace fleet that had been waiting for an opportunity to strike. Now they serve as a protective barrier to the city, and incidentally protect most of the commercial areas of the harbor, though port facilities are still damaged. The shipyards still take the brunt of the damage, and many of the ships under construction are damaged or destroyed.

The surface fleet does manage to intercept a good deal of the incoming missiles, but multiple ships are still lost. As soon as the Federation fleet clears out, minesweepers move to clear the mines blocking the channel. The IKN fleet begins to limp towards Pittshaven, where the intact dockyards will provide some room to repair, while other ships wait for their Hypersail engines to recharge enough to warp to the shipyard facilities at the Pillar Olympus Shipyards on Tenelapis.

In the Imperial Palace strategic command bunker, Emperor William III gets a message from various missile bases in the Empire: "Strategic Command reports arsenal available for firing on coordinates. Awaiting target location for primary objectives, secondary objectives located if necessary. Partial or full launch of arsenal ready at your command. Airborne and submerged strike options are on standby." Word is sent to the UAC that Imperial ICBMs are ready to strike the Federation base once target information is received.

OOC: I've had that aerospace fleet waiting around for nearly the whole battle, it's about time they did something! Also, fairly powerful ICBMs, 13 MIRVs per missile, along with various counter measures against missile defenses. Probably in the 1-2MT range, though there are more powerful 8MT warheads that could be used if the missile had only two warheads.