Talk:AFOH/@comment-14850713-20150328161806

IC:

Bouexic enters the High Command Operations Center. He wasn't in a good mood. It may be because of the losses the fleet has suffered. But reinforcements have arrived from Adm. Joshninja's powerful O Force, the super warships Eviscerator, Somber Shade and Desolate Hue, with 6 heavy battleships (3 Sedition and 3 Indomptable) and 12 destroyers. Before leaving, he had already instructed his second-in-command to move the fleet back to its position after the battle but not to engage the USN.

It may be because he was forced to accept a surface battle in violation of the AFOH sea-air warfare doctrine due to the American fleet's formidable air defense. He knew the High Command and specially the AFOH people would not have accepted heavy air losses like in the previous battles. Having a thousand planes shot down with many highly-trained pilots dead was acceptable if its in defense of the homeland but not to prop up the AIF.

But his uneasiness is not due to these, but to news from the other side of the globe. A Cobra/Durandal unit has reported that IRF flying ships are hovering over Baltic League cities, threatening nuclear destruction. It's as if they are helping the PANZER-led Germans in their offensive against alleged Federation strongholds in Europe. How much does the AIF or the UAC, the 2 leading Coalition powers, know about this "alliance"? While AFOH itself is not a member of the Coalition and has attacked the USN only because of its alliance with the AIF, it is still against the Federation. It is thus of great concern if indeed they are fighting on the same side as their sworn enemy.

But they can't do anything about it for now, as the AIF commitment, Antarctic operations and growing presence in Tenelapis have stretched AFOH resources and capabilities. Maybe he'll give Adm. Hodston a call once the battle dies down.