06 AUGUST 2011
00:30 HRS
WESTERN AIR DEFENCE COMMAND (WADC)
It has had been a quite night noticed the night duty officer, Maj. Raynard Deville as he took a sip of the coffee. A mild Radilo blend in which he realized would likely become very expensive or even next to impossible to obtain now that the Republican government has collapsed and the King has had to appoint a Viceroy in its place. Well, if things did go to hell down there, he could always buy the Anglysh stuff. Sitting down, Raynard is about to when one of begin his usual rutine of filling out the nightly paperwork when one of the supervisors comes up to him.
"Major, sir, for the past ten minutes we have received three reports from three different radar stations detecting a higher than usual number of aircraft over Engellex airspace. I was about to inform you when we received and additional call from Western Region Air Traffic Control saying they are also picking up additional aircraft, and they aren't sporting civilian recognition."
A look of concern comes to the major's face. Any trouble was suppose to be far away in Lorraine or from the sea, not from Engellex, but because Montelimar was at war, Deville had to follow procedures.
"SPA.5, 9, 23 and BE.16 are on ready status tonight, contact their bases and have them scramble their alert aircraft. I will notify Central as well as the General."
01:00 HRS
THE SAXON MARCHES
Began to be refered to as such during the reign of Emperor Charles I, the region called the Saxon Marches eventually became the region bordering Engellex and is still referred to as such by the military. It is from this region, from three different bases and from three border sectors, twelve aircraft launched, four Be.202C Mirage 2000 each from Escadrille SPA.5 and 23 and four Be.231C Rafale from SPA.9 while a single E-2067 AWAC from BE.16 in central Montelimar have taken to the skies. Though these aircrft are to cover the entire area from the coast to the Vistrasian border, they are the first line of defence if there is an attack on Western Montelimar.
By this time though, WADC has been receiving added info from radar istallations and civilian air traffic control of far more aircraft approaching the Montelimarian border than was first indicated, though the exact number is impossible to tell, it is taking on the looks of a massive air assault, this has given Gen. Henri Landreu, Commanding General Western Air Defence Command, no option but to order a general alert, an alert, though there is little time, it will alert Valmy as well as all military bases of possible air attack. The alert, late as it may be, will bring additional escadrilles and anti-aircraft batteries on-line, only time and training will determine just how much of a defence can be mounted before the enemy aircraft reach their targets.
<RED ALERT....ATTENTION ALL COMMANDS: AIRCRAFT BELEIVED TO BE ENGELLEX WARPLANES ARE APPROACHING MONTELIMARIAN AIRSPACE....RED ALERT>
01:30 HRS
FECAMP NAVAL BASE
The radar station at Forsyth Point had already been tracking all shipping and aircraft coming within its radar range when the alert sounded and had turned their attention to those naval vessels of the Engellex navy that had taken up positions west of Fecamp. It was the operators monitoring these vessels that were the first to notice the distict radar signature.
"We have multiple misslie launches."
Twelve minutes later Forsyth Point Naval Radar Station was hit.
01:42 HRS
TERRITORIAL WATERS,
WEST OF FECAMP NAVAL BASE
The corvette RNN Jacoubet, along with other patrol vessels, is on picket duty outside Fecamp keeping track of the foreign shipping and standing guard against any Solaren attack that gets by the Royal naval vessels and Alliance warships further out to sea. The claxston was still sounding when a flash was seen in on the eastern horizon approximately where Forsyth Point is located as the Jacoubet changes course towards the radar contact due west of Fecamp.
MORMANT
North of Fecamp is the city of Mormant and its massive commercial harbour. The air raid sirens barely begin to wail when the first missile hits its target. Though it was expected that Mormant would be attacked, it was thought it would be from Solaren missile strike from the sea not from Engellex missile and and attack planes. As the missiles find their targets, the lights begin to go out in Mormant City.
IN THE SKIES OF WESTERN MONTELIMAR
Though SAM batteries will also be a factor in the battle, it is the total of twenty-four fighters from three escadrilles stationed in western Montelimar that will be the first to engage what is to be estimated to be two hundred plus Engellex warplanes. Though in time more friendly fighters will eventually join the fight from other parts of the country, it is these planes, outnumbered nearly ten-to-one that will fearlessly defend their homeland from the dastardly attack mounted from a nation that, until now had declared its neutrality in Solaren's war against its neighbor.
00:30 HRS
WESTERN AIR DEFENCE COMMAND (WADC)
It has had been a quite night noticed the night duty officer, Maj. Raynard Deville as he took a sip of the coffee. A mild Radilo blend in which he realized would likely become very expensive or even next to impossible to obtain now that the Republican government has collapsed and the King has had to appoint a Viceroy in its place. Well, if things did go to hell down there, he could always buy the Anglysh stuff. Sitting down, Raynard is about to when one of begin his usual rutine of filling out the nightly paperwork when one of the supervisors comes up to him.
"Major, sir, for the past ten minutes we have received three reports from three different radar stations detecting a higher than usual number of aircraft over Engellex airspace. I was about to inform you when we received and additional call from Western Region Air Traffic Control saying they are also picking up additional aircraft, and they aren't sporting civilian recognition."
A look of concern comes to the major's face. Any trouble was suppose to be far away in Lorraine or from the sea, not from Engellex, but because Montelimar was at war, Deville had to follow procedures.
"SPA.5, 9, 23 and BE.16 are on ready status tonight, contact their bases and have them scramble their alert aircraft. I will notify Central as well as the General."
01:00 HRS
THE SAXON MARCHES
Began to be refered to as such during the reign of Emperor Charles I, the region called the Saxon Marches eventually became the region bordering Engellex and is still referred to as such by the military. It is from this region, from three different bases and from three border sectors, twelve aircraft launched, four Be.202C Mirage 2000 each from Escadrille SPA.5 and 23 and four Be.231C Rafale from SPA.9 while a single E-2067 AWAC from BE.16 in central Montelimar have taken to the skies. Though these aircrft are to cover the entire area from the coast to the Vistrasian border, they are the first line of defence if there is an attack on Western Montelimar.
By this time though, WADC has been receiving added info from radar istallations and civilian air traffic control of far more aircraft approaching the Montelimarian border than was first indicated, though the exact number is impossible to tell, it is taking on the looks of a massive air assault, this has given Gen. Henri Landreu, Commanding General Western Air Defence Command, no option but to order a general alert, an alert, though there is little time, it will alert Valmy as well as all military bases of possible air attack. The alert, late as it may be, will bring additional escadrilles and anti-aircraft batteries on-line, only time and training will determine just how much of a defence can be mounted before the enemy aircraft reach their targets.
<RED ALERT....ATTENTION ALL COMMANDS: AIRCRAFT BELEIVED TO BE ENGELLEX WARPLANES ARE APPROACHING MONTELIMARIAN AIRSPACE....RED ALERT>
01:30 HRS
FECAMP NAVAL BASE
The radar station at Forsyth Point had already been tracking all shipping and aircraft coming within its radar range when the alert sounded and had turned their attention to those naval vessels of the Engellex navy that had taken up positions west of Fecamp. It was the operators monitoring these vessels that were the first to notice the distict radar signature.
"We have multiple misslie launches."
Twelve minutes later Forsyth Point Naval Radar Station was hit.
01:42 HRS
TERRITORIAL WATERS,
WEST OF FECAMP NAVAL BASE
The corvette RNN Jacoubet, along with other patrol vessels, is on picket duty outside Fecamp keeping track of the foreign shipping and standing guard against any Solaren attack that gets by the Royal naval vessels and Alliance warships further out to sea. The claxston was still sounding when a flash was seen in on the eastern horizon approximately where Forsyth Point is located as the Jacoubet changes course towards the radar contact due west of Fecamp.
MORMANT
North of Fecamp is the city of Mormant and its massive commercial harbour. The air raid sirens barely begin to wail when the first missile hits its target. Though it was expected that Mormant would be attacked, it was thought it would be from Solaren missile strike from the sea not from Engellex missile and and attack planes. As the missiles find their targets, the lights begin to go out in Mormant City.
IN THE SKIES OF WESTERN MONTELIMAR
Though SAM batteries will also be a factor in the battle, it is the total of twenty-four fighters from three escadrilles stationed in western Montelimar that will be the first to engage what is to be estimated to be two hundred plus Engellex warplanes. Though in time more friendly fighters will eventually join the fight from other parts of the country, it is these planes, outnumbered nearly ten-to-one that will fearlessly defend their homeland from the dastardly attack mounted from a nation that, until now had declared its neutrality in Solaren's war against its neighbor.