Small point of Order correction
@Nixeu . It's not Liberty's rebels, as they are OUR outpost and for them to be rebels they would need to be against us.
Liberty would more accurately be described as Expatriate freedom fighters with strong former ties to the rebels they aid.
There are Charleston rebels that are aided by Liberty; the reason this distinction is important is Liberty will have minimal control over these rebels actions as they are only
advisors and the ones handing out arms, food, and medicinals as foreign aid. They may have the rebels ear, but other than the respect they've earned for that help they have no
control.
So forces in play on our side are:
Our troops
Liberty's Guerrillas (nominally under our control, but used to operating independently and NOT part of our military. True militia forces)
The various SOCOM equivalent teams at Liberty's disposal I think will excel at disruption of sensors and maybe if equipped with target acquisition gear could spot S.A.M. sites for our Drones for near guaranteed hits with their anti-radar missiles.
Charleston Rebels - Wild Card element, that have a serious hate on for Charleston. Our only coordination with these people are through Liberty's contacts and whatever influence the Pirate Radio broadcasts of 'Liberty's Toll' exert.
On to other things. I think we should go more for feints and hit and run tactics than protracted battles for punishing or crippling Charleston.
This attack is IMHO more a probe to actually gauge what do they have and how do they use it? Primary goal is Bracer Retrieval, secondary is the distraction of a
feigned invasion. If we destroy targets of opportunity and weaken their defenses so much the better. We haven't the intel or amassed forces to suffer the attritions likely to occur if we overcommit.
We'll be in a much better position for a stand up WAR, with a Mk. 5 jaeger added to the roster.
Our conventional military is not massive (unless you count our AKP presence; then omg we're swimming in them.
) Our powered armor troops are our core forces, Having so many in the field as border guard has made for a ton of Elite powered armor at our disposal.
Naval Element -
I back the idea of Whitecap Triton acting as a heavy blocker to the Staurolite as it rains down hell from a relatively safe distance with Cruise Missiles, but it would be prudent IMHO to have a PT boat escort as well. (Protective detail in case Triton is engaged & we're Zerged by swarms of Deep Ones.)
Damaging or destroying their Sub, Aircraft Carrier, & Destroyer should be high priority targets if we want to cripple their naval forces.
I would want to leave a decent element of PT boats at Home for Savannah Harbor defense as well.
Air Element -
I envision two distinct doctrines here.
The rapid destruction of AA capabilities as a priority, followed by using resultant air superiority to control all ground force engagements.
Drones and whatever forces may equip the anti-radar missiles and Hellfires
Air Supremacy, Strike Eagles assigned to eliminate ANY Charleston air presence. It may be prudent however to keep some of the mine laying ordnance to hem up their armor (including their Mk. Zero's).
Having no real idea of the potential of Mk. Zeros has me on edge, I wish we knew how many they possess and what their capabilities are...
Hard to plan vs an unknown, but limiting their movement seems like a good start.
I will detail my thoughts on other Elements later; I'm not
@Smithsguild so writing treatise length post sap my will to live
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