I recall there's a rule that's not to bring OOC conflicts into the thread, either way I was simply giving you a slight nudge to make a ridiculously easy decision.
Northern and southern naval forces begin savagely bombarding NTA lands without disregard for civilian casualties. Fighters, bombers and the sort and deployed as the Erinamese fleet continues making its way southward, railguns armed and loaded as the AC-130s begin to dawn over in the distance.
Some ships are firing something other than conventional shells, rather these are shells containing blister gas, which causes blister both on the surface of the body and within the lungs if inhaled, but it has been further tampered with to make this blisters violent and bubbling, practically unbearable for even some of the strongest of men.