Talk:AFOH/@comment-14850713-20141214090316

IC: To fulfill alliance commitments, a squadron of 6 Oraborus sub-carriers escorted by 2 Shadow Hawk III hunter-killers slip out of the top secret AFOH submarine base in New Syracuse. (OOC: It's the island in the eastern part of the AFOH cluster. The name is a flimsy attempt to establish a historical connection with the Archimedes Dominion in the AoS wiki.)

Silent and undetectable, the subs will be on-station off the US West Coast. They embark 12 Cobra II attack bombers equipped with aerial mines (for use against flying ships and heavy surface ships) and 6 Durandal fighter-bombers with fuel-air bombs, each with the explosive power of a low-yield nuclear weapon (for use against light ships and "soft" ground targets like troop concentrations, towed artillery and command vehicles). As they can pop anywhere and quickly launch their aircraft, they can be devastating to an invading force.

A second squadron is being fitted-out and will conduct a similar "deterrence patrol" in the Mediterranean.