![]() ![]() ![]() The sun oddly rises in the west rather than the east despite Sawaiiki's location and the mission time.The yacht is a possible reference to the time travel film The Final Countdown, where a yacht is sunk by Japanese Zeroes right before the Attack on Pearl Harbor.When the mission starts, a group of MG-29s with Stardust's livery can be seen, but with mercenary roundels.Despite Assassin Team and Gunsel and Master Goose Squadron being implied to be present during the raid, they are not visually identified at any time during the mission.Ironically, the attack is orchestrated by a US analog ( Cascadia) against a more powerful Asian adversary (the Federation), a reversal of the World War II attack.The difference is that the Japanese only targeted the ships while the mercenaries also targeted industrial facilities. Both are a morning surprise attack against a military superpower with the goal of taking out a major fleet.Both take place in the Hawaiian region.This mission has been compared by fans to the Attack on Pearl Harbor. ![]() Diplomat's message to the Sawaiiki port authority is taken almost word-for-word from one given in the Rhodesian Bush War's Operation Gatling by Rhodesian squadron leader Chris Dixon ("Green Leader") to the Lusaka Airport tower.HEAVY CRUISER ARCION MK.III " TF-01 - FISHMONGER"īATTLECRUISER LITTORIA MK.II " FSN MASSO"īATTLECRUISER LITTORIA MK.II " TF-01 - VERMILLION" ![]() The mission ends when all targets are destroyed.Īn extra Littoria is added to the returning airships.īATTLECRUISER LITTORIA MK.I " TF-01 - SALVATION" F/C-16s will accompany an Arcion-class in one formation and Sk.37s will do so with the other. Once all non-airborne targets are destroyed, four more airships arrive along with fighter escorts as secondaries. Recommend bringing in heavy anti-ground weaponry such as rockets and bombs, or a gunpod for strafing runs. The port is protected by numerous ground defenses, including AA guns, SAMs, and railguns, as well as F/C-15s. Other PRIORITY targets include containers and refineries. Two of the airships will takeoff at the start and some of the grounded (air)ships will be mobile and operational, but most will be immobile and have no weapons that need to be destroyed before targeting the hull. The player is presented with a massive number of surface targets, primarily landed airships and docked naval ships. ![]()
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