Talk:United States of America/@comment-13740085-20160427193954/@comment-14850713-20160514044326

OOC: Is this battle still on? I'm posting just in case something happens.

IC:

Admiral Wittman hears knocking on his cabin door and rises up to open it. The last few days have been less stressful as Force E entered the South Atlantic on its way to the Straits of Magellan. A sailor salutes.

"Yes?"

"First Officer requests your presence in the CC, Sir, " the sailor says nervously. "It's something very important."

Wittman heads for the Combat Center of his flagship, the heavy battleship Convalescence, and no sooner has he entered it when the voice of Admiral Bouexic blares through the intercom.

"Echo, it seems the shooting has started in Norfolk, and UAC and other Coalition forces have entered US territory. You are to rendezvous with CTF Albion and redeploy to the Gulf of Mexico to await further orders. Details are being sent to you now."

"Understood Command." Wittman reads the small screen near the commander's station as details of the combined task force stream in. He turns to the First Officer. "The CTF should be coming up any minute. Reform the fleet to maximize defensive coverage."

"Aye, Sir."

The admiral gazes out to the frigid waters. What High Command didn't say but is unmistakable in the written order is that Force E is being augmented for battle and, when the time comes, launch a land operation. It was already apparent in the heading which, in bold capital letters, read "OPERATION CYCLONE". _____________________________________________________________

CTF Albions surface element includes 3 super warships (3 Redoutable), 4 carriers (3 Colbert, 1 Verdun), 6 heavy battleships (3 Convalescence, 3 Indomptable), 6 battlecruisers (3 Gascogne, 3 Foch), 3 air/aerospace defense cruisers (La Motte - Picquet), 12 cruisers (6 Napoleon CA, 6 Project 25 CG), 24 destroyers (12 Forbin, 12 Suffren) and 24 Shadow Hawk attack submarines. The air complement consists of 210 Aigle FB-14S strike & 660 Diable FA-6M multi-role atmospheric fighters, and 6 Durandal & 12 Cobra aerospace strike fighters.

The aerospace element includes 6 battleships (3 Dececration, 3 Dismal Regard), 6 battle carriers (Devastation), 3 carriers (Venator), 12 heavy escorts (Revanche) and 24 light escorts (Scimitar) with 180 Cobra and 90 Durandal aerospace strike, and 270 Vautour FB-10MS aerospace superiority fighters.

The ground force is ferried by 27 Vulcain amphibious and 12 large surface transports and, ready to warp in with the aerospace element, 12 Pascal heavy and 18 Temeraire medium aerospace transports. These carry the units of X Corps composed of 2 armored cavalry brigades and 6 armored divisions, 200,000 troops (including support; 30,000 combat troops are in T45d power armor), 300 Ardant A5 heavy and 1,800 Martel A3 main battle tanks, 4,200 Cuirassier IFV, 700 Roland mobile artillery and 7 Tiger Arc SSM/SAM batteries.