Once all able Aesthian pilots are in the ready room, Sky Marshal Tarkirov enters to give the briefing.
: As you know, the Goths have landed a carrier in Ozolin Park, near downtown. I have authorized four cruisers to bombard its position and destroy it, but the carrier is still armed and operational. It can't launch planes from where it's at, but it still possesses enough firepower to fend off our attack force almost singlehandedly.
A top-down schematic-like view of the Dictator-class is brought up, with weapons systems highlighted.
10x Dorsal Vertical-launch heavy silos (Orange)
6x Prow horizontal-launch heavy silos (Red)
12x Broadside horizontal-launch medium silos (Also red)
3x Heavy particle cannon single turrets (Yellow)
2x Heavy particle cannon dual turrets (Also yellow)
31x Laser anti-missile systems (Blue)
12x SAM silos (Purple)
7x Beam laser arrays (Green)
: Those ten cruise missile silos carry the potential to blow our cruisers away one after another as they close the distance, and as the park it's in is surrounded by buildings we won't even be able to accurately return fire without exposing ourselves to the particle cannons. Even if all four cruisers get to release their payloads, the thirty-one LAMS installations provide a nearly impenetrable shield over the central superstructure. They won't be able to stop every single bomb, but they could shoot down enough that we would need another attack run to finally take it down, and under that sort of anti-ship firepower that is simply not an option. We need you to destroy at least half of the point-defense and anti-ship weapons for this attack to have even a remote chance of success.
: Engaging it from above is Self Delete. Plain and simple. The sheer number of LAMS will destroy any incoming missiles or bombs, you'll be under constant SAM locks, and if you try to get close enough to use guns the LAMS will tear you to pieces. Our only shot at declawing this monster before the fleet arrives lies at the end of some seriously dangerous piloting.
Tarkirov points at a map display on a separate screen. Specifically, to a wide boulevard terminating at the park.
: Volk street. A two mile long straightaway of arterial road stretching from the business district to Ozolin Park and giving you a straight shot at the carrier's starboard side. At altitudes this low and with buildings all around, SAMs will have a difficult time targeting you; and at the angle you're approaching you will only be under fire from the forward dual turret, one beam laser, and half as many LAMS and SAMS as you would be if you were attacking from above.
: I know you're tired, you've all worked your asses off these past few days. But if we fail here, the fleet will have to withdraw, Imperial reinforcements will arrive, and
everything we have accomplished here will be undone. Make it happen.
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