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Zach couldn't help smiling. “Can you do the last one?”
“Nah, I just made that one up. But anyhow, what are you looking for?”
“Have they told you about our next prospective adventure?”
“What the one where you're going to drop way behind enemy territory, take a district and then hold it until they relieve you?” Yusuf asked. “Well, I think it's completely crazy, but yeah, I heard about it.”
“Yeah, you're not the only one that thinks it's crazy. That's why I'm here, actually. I don't think we have enough firepower for a sustained fight within the district, especially if we have to do it on our own.”
“Your air power is something that can make up for a lot.”
“Yeah, except we can't exactly rely on it if Ragnarok doesn't want to allow it,” he pointed out. “Unless we're going to be able to seriously challenge them before we launch the attack. Any progress on your end?”
“There's no way,” Yusuf replied, shaking his head. “We're going as fast as we can, but we need to make sure we get every detail right. Otherwise, our pilots are going to get up in the air and then find out they're flying very complicated, very expensive rocks.”
“OK, that's what I thought.”
The Hydra Alliance might have an airbase near the front lines right now, but they still had to rely on their Gales for air to air combat, and that remained a losing prospect against veteran pilots with better equipment. The new jet fighters might be able to turn the tables, using their superior speed and power to overwhelm the enemy.
There was just one problem. Ghost Battalion had found only six fighters within the airport district, and worse, there was no schematic. In fact, the schematic they had discovered was for an antiaircraft mount, and they already had the design, making it effectively worthless. The fighters themselves were a good find, but right now the alliance had no way to replicate them, so risking them in combat was a huge gamble.
It was like the powered exoskeletons they had found in Central City so long ago, Zach thought to himself. They were powerful and gave Ghost Battalion a significant amount of mobile firepower, but they weren't invincible and they had no way to replicate them. One had been destroyed at Green Bay, and the rest were currently in storage, only to be activated in a dire emergency.
Zach would have loved to bring them along for their assault into the Shorewood District, but he didn't think it would constitute as an emergency. But he still didn't believe they'd be able to take the district in their current state, not without suffering heavy, even crippling casualties in the process.
“Here's the thing. We're going to be out of range of our artillery, and air support is probably going to be spotty at times. We're not going to be able to bring a Bull along with us, so we'll need something to give us some backbone. Otherwise we're going to get stuck attacking strongpoints with infantry weapons, and that's going to be dangerous. We're good and all, but we're still vulnerable to small arms fire or getting sniped.”
Yusuf stood up and wiped the grease off his hands with a rag. “OK, so you want something like an airborne tank? Or something of that nature?”
“That would be good,” Zach nodded. “Something we could drop into the battle zone from a Colossus. It doesn't have to be as powerful as a Bull or one of Ragnarok's tanks. Just enough so we can have a little more oomph when we fight.”
“OK then. Let's see, so it has to be transportable, easy to operate, since you're probably not going to have a ton of time to train with them, capable of carrying decent firepower and having decent protection.”
“Yeah. We don't ask for a lot, do we?” Zach said jokingly. “But in all seriousness, we need something that can give us a little extra punch. That's all.”
“Hmm, and it has to be relatively reliable, otherwise you and the rest are going to get stuck spending a
Zach couldn't help smiling. “Can you do the last one?”
“Nah, I just made that one up. But anyhow, what are you looking for?”
“Have they told you about our next prospective adventure?”
“What the one where you're going to drop way behind enemy territory, take a district and then hold it until they relieve you?” Yusuf asked. “Well, I think it's completely crazy, but yeah, I heard about it.”
“Yeah, you're not the only one that thinks it's crazy. That's why I'm here, actually. I don't think we have enough firepower for a sustained fight within the district, especially if we have to do it on our own.”
“Your air power is something that can make up for a lot.”
“Yeah, except we can't exactly rely on it if Ragnarok doesn't want to allow it,” he pointed out. “Unless we're going to be able to seriously challenge them before we launch the attack. Any progress on your end?”
“There's no way,” Yusuf replied, shaking his head. “We're going as fast as we can, but we need to make sure we get every detail right. Otherwise, our pilots are going to get up in the air and then find out they're flying very complicated, very expensive rocks.”
“OK, that's what I thought.”
The Hydra Alliance might have an airbase near the front lines right now, but they still had to rely on their Gales for air to air combat, and that remained a losing prospect against veteran pilots with better equipment. The new jet fighters might be able to turn the tables, using their superior speed and power to overwhelm the enemy.
There was just one problem. Ghost Battalion had found only six fighters within the airport district, and worse, there was no schematic. In fact, the schematic they had discovered was for an antiaircraft mount, and they already had the design, making it effectively worthless. The fighters themselves were a good find, but right now the alliance had no way to replicate them, so risking them in combat was a huge gamble.
It was like the powered exoskeletons they had found in Central City so long ago, Zach thought to himself. They were powerful and gave Ghost Battalion a significant amount of mobile firepower, but they weren't invincible and they had no way to replicate them. One had been destroyed at Green Bay, and the rest were currently in storage, only to be activated in a dire emergency.
Zach would have loved to bring them along for their assault into the Shorewood District, but he didn't think it would constitute as an emergency. But he still didn't believe they'd be able to take the district in their current state, not without suffering heavy, even crippling casualties in the process.
“Here's the thing. We're going to be out of range of our artillery, and air support is probably going to be spotty at times. We're not going to be able to bring a Bull along with us, so we'll need something to give us some backbone. Otherwise we're going to get stuck attacking strongpoints with infantry weapons, and that's going to be dangerous. We're good and all, but we're still vulnerable to small arms fire or getting sniped.”
Yusuf stood up and wiped the grease off his hands with a rag. “OK, so you want something like an airborne tank? Or something of that nature?”
“That would be good,” Zach nodded. “Something we could drop into the battle zone from a Colossus. It doesn't have to be as powerful as a Bull or one of Ragnarok's tanks. Just enough so we can have a little more oomph when we fight.”
“OK then. Let's see, so it has to be transportable, easy to operate, since you're probably not going to have a ton of time to train with them, capable of carrying decent firepower and having decent protection.”
“Yeah. We don't ask for a lot, do we?” Zach said jokingly. “But in all seriousness, we need something that can give us a little extra punch. That's all.”
“Hmm, and it has to be relatively reliable, otherwise you and the rest are going to get stuck spending a
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