OOC- Couldn't think of where else to put this but figured here is as good as any.
OOC- Agreed with Dave
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Taha took off early in the morning, it headed first east across the Kyne towards Floodwater where it RV'd with a tanker aircraft. It next turned North utilising its drop tanks before overflying the Maori aircraft carrier Arawa where two fighters circled ready to donate fuel from their own tanks to fill up the Taha's drop tanks. It was then a final run in. With details of where the ship was parked being given out by the Seleucid themselves it had been very easy to get the ships co-ordinates. Some 550km outside Ipsus and staying low to the sea the crew knew they'd just about be beginning to show up on Seleucid radars, they imagined a Seleucid fighter scrambling to head their way but it would have little chance of catching them thanks to the Kh-59 carried slung under their aircraft. The co-pilot checked the co-ordinates and satisfied with his Triple check fired the missile. It would take around 30 minutes to reach its target and its sea skimming nature making it a nice surprise, hopefully the Seleucid would see this just as the Maori playing silly games, testing air defences until it was too late. King Piripi would rather lose a tanker and its cargo than give a single penny to the Seleucid. The pilot confirmed the missile was on course, pulled the nose south and hit the afterburners putting as much distance between them and any Seleucid fighter as possible, they retrace their journey, top up from the Arawa, then a tanker and home in time for tea and medals.
In Ipsus they didn't get thirty minutes notice, more like 5, counter measures fired from the a fighter sent up to try and distract the missile however the Kh-59 was more interested in a ship than anything in the air. With the heightened security of the Kyne becoming an issue most ships were out of dock so not even a nice burst of CWIS could stop it striking home and igniting the tanker into a huge fireball.
INSERT FANCY SEAL HERE
A few days ago pirates from Royal Seleucid saw fit to steal a Commonwealth flagged gas tanker and hold it ransom. Like many nations across Mundus we do not negotiate with terrorists and as such have taken action to ensure that the pirate leader, Heydar Soter, does not profit from his ill gotten gains. As a result we have taken measures to ensure that the tanker is inoperable and as such have destroyed our own property.
