Talk:AIF/@comment-13740085-20150409223648

OOC: figured someone was gonna have to end this.

The American fleet was reorganized, the troops and transports evacuated. Guy wouldn't had wanted to execute the final phase of the operation now, but there was no choice. The casualties from the thermobaric explosion have put his total losses at 57%. Now his ships had successfully repositioned to face towards the city of Neviston.

"Sir, all ships report ready. But as your second in command, I must ask, does the second part of this phase violate the NYP?"

"No," Guy replied, "the treaty allows the targeting of legitimate objectives, while excluding the overt target of civilian centers. Combined with the fact that we detected the evacuation of civilians earlier in the battle, any civilian casualties will be collateral, and thus overlooked."

Final targeting was complete, all was needed was the final command.

"We'll be back. . . Fire," Guy gave it.

From the surviving ships of the American fleet, over 500 strong, a literal sun-blocking Storm of missiles is unleashed. Tens upon tens of thousands of missiles are fired as the command to empty the magazines is given. The missiles swarm off towards the enemy ships.

The second part of the order, meant specifically for the super-warships, are for those remaining 9 super-warships to fire on Neviston. The shells fly towards military, government, and economic facilities. Port areas are prioritized. Command centers burst into flames, loading cranes collapse, Drydock doors are destroyed, flooding said drydocks, docks broken up, and warehouses wiped away. Another 2040 shell flys through the front door of City Hall. Devastator shells form giant craters in the dock yards, sending shipping containers flying in every direction.

But almost none of that was seen by the American sailors. Because as the shells were flying, and as the first missiles truck their targets, a series of Devices activated beneath the fleet. Their designated ships were reached out by streaks of lightning. A split-second later, the entire American fleet disappeared from view, leaving the coalition fleet to the storm of missiles, and Neviston to the hurricane of shells.

The next view from the flag bridge of USS Pennsylvania was the coastline on either side of the entrance to his own personal harbor. Of course, that coast was behind a series of Ft. Liberty class forts, among numerous other defensive ships.

"Get your coats back out, fellas. We're home."

OOC: if Owl is ok with it then the Prometheus fleet withdrew with the Americans.