Operation ASTRAPÍ

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To help defeat Verak and Galra in the Silk Sea, and open the path to a naval invasion of Abaddon and delivery of support to Diria, Amali deploys several of her carrier fleets to support Kumosenkan's operations. What Amali's naval forces lacked in battleships and raw naval firepower was well made up in her CV fleet, a perfect cover for Kumosenkan's smaller air carrier fleet but numerous battleships. Amali's carriers are modern and sleek, able to carry more than enough fighters and bombers to support.

Amali's Light Bombers are able to be fitted with either three 1000KG torpedoes or between four and twelve regular bombs, depending on the assignment. They could be fitted with more lighter torpedoes at the cost of raw armor penetration, but a precise strike could cripple a vessel. However, Amali's naval bomber squadrons were to try a different technique against Galra and Verak's vessels. While the Sovereign Union had preferred higher flying bombers attempting to drop torpedoes into the water that would blow up underneath the hull like a regular submarine-fired torpedo, a few of Amali's bombers would focus on "skipping" the bombs across the ocean. This will require naval bombers to fly lower in altitude and expose them to more direct AA fire, to which the fighter pilots offered to support in suppressing fire against Galra and Verak's anti-air weapons. Though, given Kumosenkan's reluctance to invest in carrier vehicles, the Amalian admiralty believed that the battleships, and more importantly, carriers, would be lighter in air defenses than against their counterparts in the Shawbalt Sea.

While more would enter the field as they were deployed, and barring any major disruptions, Amali deploys the following to the Silk Sea:

3rd Fleet - Andriká Fterá (Man's Wings)

• 2 Katáktisi (Conquest)-class CVs (50/50) [Fleet Carriers]
  
• [Four Light Carriers are to be deployed by the end of the season to 3rd Fleet]
  
• 2 Battleships
• 4 Heavy Cruisers
  
• 6 Light Cruisers
  
• 12 Destroyers
  

4th Fleet - Chéri tou Imel (Hand of Imel)

• 2 Katáktisi (Conquest)-class CVs (50/50) [Fleet Carriers]
  
• 4 Fídi (Snake)-class Light CVs (40/60, 50/50) [Light Carriers]
  
• 2 Battleships
• 4 Heavy Cruisers
• 6 Light Cruisers
• 12 Destroyers

The requisite number of supply ships are also to be deployed to keep the ships fueled, fed, and capable of running bombing missions. In total this season, Amali is deploying 4 Fleet Carriers and 4 Light Carriers for total of 275 aircraft.

To be deployed next season:

5th Fleet - Neró Fídia (Water Serpents)

• 1 Katáktisi (Conquest)-class CVs (50/50) [Fleet Carriers]
  
• 1 Orízontas (Horizon)-class CVs (50/50) [Fleet Carriers]
• 4 Fídi (Snake)-class Light CVs (40/60, 50/50) [Light Carriers]
• 2 Battleships
• 4 Heavy Cruisers
• 6 Light Cruisers
• 12 Destroyers