Talk:AIF/@comment-24142455-20160315221552/@comment-10905876-20160316034010

OOC: hmm, ground forces too, fun.

IC: Warping in over the cold forests of the northern AIF are two Battle Clusters of AIF capital ships. They move to attack the incoming aerospace fleets, firing their main lasers and ion cannons while the frigates fire missile barrages of comet heavy missiles. Warping in via warp corridors are frigates and gunships, which station themselves over cities and factories, waiting for incoming aircraft with their point-defense lasers.

At cities across the AIF, warp disruption systems come on line, ready to prevent more incoming aerospace fleets. City area defense batteries prepare for attacks, and the defensive systems in the northern territories open fire. Heavier weapons open fire on the RoD forces, using warship grade laser weaponry designed to fight capital ships on the Earthquake assault platforms. Civilians are meanwhile evacuated to municipal bunkers, and local militia prepare to fight off any invading troops.

As thousands of fighters of all types in AIF service take to the skies, three Carrier Battle Clusters warp to an area near the battle, but out of weapons range. They also launch their compliment of fighters, many of which include the newest aerospace fighter, the less aerodynamic, but very deadly with their potent laser cannons, P-300 Crossfire. The fighters fly towards the battle, with different aircraft tackling different targets. The P-300s and some P-114s go for the Seraphs, the specialized anti-bomber P-99Es (big lasers) are sent against the Luftwaffe bombers, with older model Spitfire IIs flying cover for them, the other, more advanced fighters engage the other hostile aircraft. Flying in low are some propeller driven ground attack Hurricane II MK IVs, which go for the RoD tanks and mechs, blasting them with their 17-pounder antitank cannons.

Responding on the ground to the RoD ground assault is a relatively small force, as most of the AIF's ground forces are further south. However, certain older, less mobile forces are on hand, which will prove just as deadly a foe. Plodding across the frozen landscape, is a Battle Herd of 60 Camel class, and 30 Elephant class, assault platforms. The massive behemoths open fire with their 53cm laser turrets, which begin to burn their way through the Dragonscale composite armoring the invaders. Most fire is concentrated on the legs of the Earthquake platforms, with the the rest firing on other vehicles. But the walkers are not the only responders, several units of other, more conventional tanks are also responding. Around 200 T5B Juggernauts, 60 of which are of the improved MKII version, 300 N-27 Gremlins, 500 Challenger 3s, 20 T2B mediums, and 100 extremely fast T-3B Specters engage the Grizzly IIs in a furious counterattack. Most of the tank crews know the land well, and use that knowledge to their advantage to gain tactical superiorities over the invaders, which know little of the terrain. Railgun rounds and lasers impact the Grizzly tanks, many of them of the unusually high caliber the IMG tank corps are fond of....