5
edits
Battle of Sigma Octanus IV: Difference between revisions
→Opening Actions
No edit summary |
|||
| Line 80: | Line 80: | ||
The trailing ordnance was to prove critical to the success of [[Keyes Loop|Keyes' strategy]]. A last minute course correction allowed the ''Iroquois'' to merely "graze" (scrape) the destroyer's shields rather than smash directly into the ship properly, resulting in the destruction of a large portion of the ''Iroquois''' armor (Keyes had torn through 2 meters of titanium and had breached every bottom deck of the ''Iroquois''). However, the tracking plasma was unable to correct for the sudden maneuver of their target and, in consequence, impacted on the destroyer instead. A heavy salvo of [[Archer Missile|Archer missiles]] sent the remaining Covenant warship to its destruction. | The trailing ordnance was to prove critical to the success of [[Keyes Loop|Keyes' strategy]]. A last minute course correction allowed the ''Iroquois'' to merely "graze" (scrape) the destroyer's shields rather than smash directly into the ship properly, resulting in the destruction of a large portion of the ''Iroquois''' armor (Keyes had torn through 2 meters of titanium and had breached every bottom deck of the ''Iroquois''). However, the tracking plasma was unable to correct for the sudden maneuver of their target and, in consequence, impacted on the destroyer instead. A heavy salvo of [[Archer Missile|Archer missiles]] sent the remaining Covenant warship to its destruction. | ||
With the momentum built up during the first phase, the ''Iroquois'' performed a slingshot maneuver around the planet. Once safely away, the nuclear warhead deployed earlier | With the momentum built up during the first phase, the ''Iroquois'' performed a slingshot maneuver around the planet. Once safely away, the nuclear warhead deployed earlier was detonated, completely draining the shields on the two frigates. Having completed its orbit, the ''Iroquois'' resumed its attack and destroyed the two Frigates with two heavy [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC]] rounds and hundreds of [[Archer Missile|Archer missiles]]. | ||
Its escorts destroyed, the carrier then disengaged and escaped out system but not before leaving 34 dropships and a small ship to continue the ground assault. | Its escorts destroyed, the carrier then disengaged and escaped out system, but not before leaving 34 dropships and a small ship to continue the ground assault. | ||
===Ground Battle=== | ===Ground Battle=== | ||