Escalation of Urstberg Incident
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Escalation of Urstberg Incident
by dogon11 Sun Sep 21, 2014 3:01 am
Dull gunfire is heard through what must be yards upon yards of steel. Thud, thud, thud, powpowpowpow, blam, blam, blam… it echoes in your ears. Rings your head. The steel takes the edge off, but instead of a knife in your ears, it’s a sledgehammer. Banging away…
Suddenly, the knife returns, plunging into your ear. You’re thrown off your feet, and you cartwheel across the enclosed area. Your ears are ringing. The knife slices deep.
As you shake off the pain of the explosion in your head, you feel water go with it. You open your eyes.
Water water everywhere.
You were taught what might work, but panic sets in and any idea of survival is thrown out the window.
But not a drop to drink.
Every workstation is now submerged, and small items float on the water, oil down in it, tools sinking to the floor.
Water water everywhere.
The ship lists under your feet. Port? Starboard? No. The one direction the rear end of a ship should never list.
And so the boards did shrink.
The ship slips beneath the waves after taking the most brutal of hits, splitting it in two. Crew jump overboard where they can, but it’s obvious so many couldn’t. At first, the Kyuxians celebrate. They cheer, and applaud. The sound of jets screaming overhead joins into the bloody chorus.
It hits them. It being a torpedo.
The middle of the three light cruisers takes a hit, amidships. The torpedo blasts quite the hole, and the ship begins listing. Out of panic, the ships try to scramble, but the middle one’s impact means it’s just panicking in a circle. The four hidden subs score two more easy hits before the crew of the cruiser begin jumping.
The light cruisers begin dropping depth charges behind them as the two Kyuxian subs go on the hunt. They detect the signatures of subs firing, and return fire. One of the IKN subs takes a hit directly to the front, and the subs go into their silent warfare while the cruisers flee forces no longer engaging them.
Over the horizon, four streaks appear. Before anyone can even open their mouths, at Mach 3, they impact. The heavily damaged light cruiser takes one hit, the other skimming into the water and disintegrating. The other light cruiser takes two hits, but the missiles only deal minimal damage as they hit high. The front two deck guns are jammed. The other light cruiser begins to take on heavy water, and its crew evacuates while the other light cruiser circles back to pick up survivors.
Two more streaks appear. The crew is too busy firefighting or conducting damage control to notice, except when a good portion of their friends are vaporized. One streak trails off over the ship into the water on the far side, and the second slams into the ship just above the water line. The third light cruiser begins evacuating, and sinks as well.
The IKN subs have escaped, all alive, no more extra hits taken, but with no kills. They surface and fire two Vampire ASMs from each sub. Suddenly, a blast of water erupts from the side of the damaged one. A torpedo! Taking water heavily, and being surfaced, some kerbals try to escape the vessel, but many do not. The other three subs emergency dive and go back to hunting game beneath the waves.
The eight ASMs complete their boost phase, and drop the SRB, igniting the ramjet to power them. They streak over the ocean and over an island, dropping down into the New Spoori naval harbor. The first two streak over the target, coming down in the civilian section of the bay. The third finds its target, and streaks into the side of a destroyer, just on its way out of the harbor. The impact is so violent on the small ship, it capsizes within the hour, flames erupting everywhere from the ship. The next missile scores a hit on a missile cruiser being armed at dock, detonating many of the missiles in their tubes, putting a crater in the front of the vehicle, but somehow staying afloat. The fifth and sixth missiles streak into the side of an aircraft carrier going with the destroyer, turning the hangar deck into an inferno, roasting 2 Western air superiority squadrons inside the ship, and causing the carrier to list so heavily it leans against the dock and grinds to a halt. The seventh plunks straight into the middle of the harbor, while the eighth catches a heavy cruiser just beyond the harbor’s mouth. The third deck turret is jammed, but the ship takes little extra damage off the glancing blow.
12 IKN destroyers and 4 sub escorts enter the straight. They begin to patrol, searching for the Kyuxian submarines, trying to force them south.
The three air superiority squadrons and two air attack squadrons from before on the Kyuxian side spot the ships. They radio back to base immediately. “Large cluster of ships entering our waters, Kahlawian in origin. Permission to engage?” “Permission granted, fire at will.”
The destroyers AA guns fire at the aircraft while the subs submerge. The air superiority squadrons fall back and let the air attack groups engage. They drop munitions on the destroyers, and three ships take heavy damage, their minimal deck weaponry heavily damaged. One is incapacitated with a bomb directly to the bridge after its weaponry is entirely destroyed. Three Kyuxian aircraft tumble from the sky. The fighters turn and strafe the decks and towers of the destroyers with their guns, trying to drop their droptanks like fuel bombs. One catches a damaged destroyer, and starts a large fire aboard. The crew begins to abandon ship as it’s obvious it has begun to list. The air superiority squadrons only lose three planes. The air attack group turns back on a second pass, and hits the remaining vessels hard. Two more destroyers take damage, this time to the rear end of the ship. A third has its deck gun ammunition detonate, and sinks quickly. The air superiority strafe by again, shooting both at ship crew and survivors in the water. Three more air attack are lost, and four air superiority go down.
Suddenly, the aircraft break off and engage in twisting maneuvers. The distanced missile cruisers have fired AA missiles. Six of the fighters are lost, and four air attack are blown apart. The aircraft begin to retreat, but a lone air attack drops the last of its bombs on an un-damaged destroyer. The vessel takes heavy hits, but stays afloat, with minimal offensive capabilities left.
Satellite intelligence allows for precise targeting of Vampire missiles from land batteries to Kyuxian targets. Air and naval radars up and down the coasts of both the Colonial territory and the island north of it are hit severely. Air bases are cratered, but it’s too late. A majority of the aircraft are airborne after the early warning from the naval blunder south. Of the West air force, all that is left on the ground are two bomber squadrons. On the colonial side, two bomber squadrons remain on the ground, and an air attack squadron’s wreckage lay on the flaming runway after a poorly-timed takeoff attempt.
The aircraft flying in are not detected by the AA radars, but more by naval-based and air-based radars. The air superiority aircraft engage each other while the air attack aircraft attempt to sneak through. The superior Kyuxian numbers allow them to emerge with less losses, taking down three Kahlawian AS squadrons and two ground attack squadrons, while only suffering a loss of two squadrons. The airborne Colonial aircraft, fleeing from airbases to northern landings, are easy prey. Both of the Western bomber squadrons are lost, and 3 of the colonial bomber squadrons are massacred. Only the air attacks escape, by their superior maneuverability and speed over the bombers.
The airfields are heavily cratered by the surviving Kahlawian aircraft, although another ground attack squadron is lost to AA. The Kyuxian aircraft are not damaged on the ground, but have absolutely no place to take off from, so their crews are forced to abandon the aircraft for bomb shelters.
The northern air force is scrambled to attempt to intercept any more aircraft from Kahlawia. The second Kahlawian wave is too fast, and makes it to the Colonial targets first, severely disrupting command lines by hitting high-profile bases within the Colonial region. The western islands aren’t hit so hard, but the second wave is done by the time the northern aircraft are in position.
The third wave is not so lucky. Reinforced by the survivors of the first wave, they attempt to gain air superiority, and take out remaining AA. Some pilots, afraid of the AA, miss their targets, but most are accomplished with no issue. The northern aircraft intercept just as the ground attack aircraft begin to turn back. The six Kyuxian air superiority squadrons gets some heavy hits in, but the Kahlawians, slightly closer to home, provide quite the fight. Both sides lose 3 AS squadrons, and the Kahlawians lose no extra ground attack planes.
With the conclusion of both EARLY HAMMER and FAST HAMMER, the word is out. Kahlawia (with Segerlinian help) and Kyux are at war. The sun sinks on a bloody day, but the fight has just begun.
LOSSES:
Kyux:
3 Light Cruisers
1 Destroyer
1 Missile Cruiser (barely afloat, 85% chance to sink within 12 hours)
1 Aircraft Carrier (partially beached at dock)
1 Heavy Cruiser (no aft deck guns)
2 Ground Attack Squadrons
6 Air Superiority Squadrons
9 Bomber Squadrons (4 of 9 abandoned at cratered airfields)
Kahlawia:
1 Submarine
3 Destroyers (a 4th heavily damaged, useless for offensive purposes)
3 Ground Attack Squadrons
6 Air Superiority Squadrons
Suddenly, the knife returns, plunging into your ear. You’re thrown off your feet, and you cartwheel across the enclosed area. Your ears are ringing. The knife slices deep.
As you shake off the pain of the explosion in your head, you feel water go with it. You open your eyes.
Water water everywhere.
You were taught what might work, but panic sets in and any idea of survival is thrown out the window.
But not a drop to drink.
Every workstation is now submerged, and small items float on the water, oil down in it, tools sinking to the floor.
Water water everywhere.
The ship lists under your feet. Port? Starboard? No. The one direction the rear end of a ship should never list.
And so the boards did shrink.
The ship slips beneath the waves after taking the most brutal of hits, splitting it in two. Crew jump overboard where they can, but it’s obvious so many couldn’t. At first, the Kyuxians celebrate. They cheer, and applaud. The sound of jets screaming overhead joins into the bloody chorus.
It hits them. It being a torpedo.
The middle of the three light cruisers takes a hit, amidships. The torpedo blasts quite the hole, and the ship begins listing. Out of panic, the ships try to scramble, but the middle one’s impact means it’s just panicking in a circle. The four hidden subs score two more easy hits before the crew of the cruiser begin jumping.
The light cruisers begin dropping depth charges behind them as the two Kyuxian subs go on the hunt. They detect the signatures of subs firing, and return fire. One of the IKN subs takes a hit directly to the front, and the subs go into their silent warfare while the cruisers flee forces no longer engaging them.
Over the horizon, four streaks appear. Before anyone can even open their mouths, at Mach 3, they impact. The heavily damaged light cruiser takes one hit, the other skimming into the water and disintegrating. The other light cruiser takes two hits, but the missiles only deal minimal damage as they hit high. The front two deck guns are jammed. The other light cruiser begins to take on heavy water, and its crew evacuates while the other light cruiser circles back to pick up survivors.
Two more streaks appear. The crew is too busy firefighting or conducting damage control to notice, except when a good portion of their friends are vaporized. One streak trails off over the ship into the water on the far side, and the second slams into the ship just above the water line. The third light cruiser begins evacuating, and sinks as well.
The IKN subs have escaped, all alive, no more extra hits taken, but with no kills. They surface and fire two Vampire ASMs from each sub. Suddenly, a blast of water erupts from the side of the damaged one. A torpedo! Taking water heavily, and being surfaced, some kerbals try to escape the vessel, but many do not. The other three subs emergency dive and go back to hunting game beneath the waves.
The eight ASMs complete their boost phase, and drop the SRB, igniting the ramjet to power them. They streak over the ocean and over an island, dropping down into the New Spoori naval harbor. The first two streak over the target, coming down in the civilian section of the bay. The third finds its target, and streaks into the side of a destroyer, just on its way out of the harbor. The impact is so violent on the small ship, it capsizes within the hour, flames erupting everywhere from the ship. The next missile scores a hit on a missile cruiser being armed at dock, detonating many of the missiles in their tubes, putting a crater in the front of the vehicle, but somehow staying afloat. The fifth and sixth missiles streak into the side of an aircraft carrier going with the destroyer, turning the hangar deck into an inferno, roasting 2 Western air superiority squadrons inside the ship, and causing the carrier to list so heavily it leans against the dock and grinds to a halt. The seventh plunks straight into the middle of the harbor, while the eighth catches a heavy cruiser just beyond the harbor’s mouth. The third deck turret is jammed, but the ship takes little extra damage off the glancing blow.
12 IKN destroyers and 4 sub escorts enter the straight. They begin to patrol, searching for the Kyuxian submarines, trying to force them south.
The three air superiority squadrons and two air attack squadrons from before on the Kyuxian side spot the ships. They radio back to base immediately. “Large cluster of ships entering our waters, Kahlawian in origin. Permission to engage?” “Permission granted, fire at will.”
The destroyers AA guns fire at the aircraft while the subs submerge. The air superiority squadrons fall back and let the air attack groups engage. They drop munitions on the destroyers, and three ships take heavy damage, their minimal deck weaponry heavily damaged. One is incapacitated with a bomb directly to the bridge after its weaponry is entirely destroyed. Three Kyuxian aircraft tumble from the sky. The fighters turn and strafe the decks and towers of the destroyers with their guns, trying to drop their droptanks like fuel bombs. One catches a damaged destroyer, and starts a large fire aboard. The crew begins to abandon ship as it’s obvious it has begun to list. The air superiority squadrons only lose three planes. The air attack group turns back on a second pass, and hits the remaining vessels hard. Two more destroyers take damage, this time to the rear end of the ship. A third has its deck gun ammunition detonate, and sinks quickly. The air superiority strafe by again, shooting both at ship crew and survivors in the water. Three more air attack are lost, and four air superiority go down.
Suddenly, the aircraft break off and engage in twisting maneuvers. The distanced missile cruisers have fired AA missiles. Six of the fighters are lost, and four air attack are blown apart. The aircraft begin to retreat, but a lone air attack drops the last of its bombs on an un-damaged destroyer. The vessel takes heavy hits, but stays afloat, with minimal offensive capabilities left.
Satellite intelligence allows for precise targeting of Vampire missiles from land batteries to Kyuxian targets. Air and naval radars up and down the coasts of both the Colonial territory and the island north of it are hit severely. Air bases are cratered, but it’s too late. A majority of the aircraft are airborne after the early warning from the naval blunder south. Of the West air force, all that is left on the ground are two bomber squadrons. On the colonial side, two bomber squadrons remain on the ground, and an air attack squadron’s wreckage lay on the flaming runway after a poorly-timed takeoff attempt.
The aircraft flying in are not detected by the AA radars, but more by naval-based and air-based radars. The air superiority aircraft engage each other while the air attack aircraft attempt to sneak through. The superior Kyuxian numbers allow them to emerge with less losses, taking down three Kahlawian AS squadrons and two ground attack squadrons, while only suffering a loss of two squadrons. The airborne Colonial aircraft, fleeing from airbases to northern landings, are easy prey. Both of the Western bomber squadrons are lost, and 3 of the colonial bomber squadrons are massacred. Only the air attacks escape, by their superior maneuverability and speed over the bombers.
The airfields are heavily cratered by the surviving Kahlawian aircraft, although another ground attack squadron is lost to AA. The Kyuxian aircraft are not damaged on the ground, but have absolutely no place to take off from, so their crews are forced to abandon the aircraft for bomb shelters.
The northern air force is scrambled to attempt to intercept any more aircraft from Kahlawia. The second Kahlawian wave is too fast, and makes it to the Colonial targets first, severely disrupting command lines by hitting high-profile bases within the Colonial region. The western islands aren’t hit so hard, but the second wave is done by the time the northern aircraft are in position.
The third wave is not so lucky. Reinforced by the survivors of the first wave, they attempt to gain air superiority, and take out remaining AA. Some pilots, afraid of the AA, miss their targets, but most are accomplished with no issue. The northern aircraft intercept just as the ground attack aircraft begin to turn back. The six Kyuxian air superiority squadrons gets some heavy hits in, but the Kahlawians, slightly closer to home, provide quite the fight. Both sides lose 3 AS squadrons, and the Kahlawians lose no extra ground attack planes.
With the conclusion of both EARLY HAMMER and FAST HAMMER, the word is out. Kahlawia (with Segerlinian help) and Kyux are at war. The sun sinks on a bloody day, but the fight has just begun.
LOSSES:
Kyux:
3 Light Cruisers
1 Destroyer
1 Missile Cruiser (barely afloat, 85% chance to sink within 12 hours)
1 Aircraft Carrier (partially beached at dock)
1 Heavy Cruiser (no aft deck guns)
2 Ground Attack Squadrons
6 Air Superiority Squadrons
9 Bomber Squadrons (4 of 9 abandoned at cratered airfields)
Kahlawia:
1 Submarine
3 Destroyers (a 4th heavily damaged, useless for offensive purposes)
3 Ground Attack Squadrons
6 Air Superiority Squadrons
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