>>5592419Opting to chance the ballistic approach, your Long Range Fusion torpedoes split into four even groups, blending in with your conventional counterbattery volley as they peel off towards their assigned targets. As fairings split and each of the conventionals disgorge their three sprint missiles, the carefully programmed LRFs cut power and coast among the discarded 1st stage debris. After a brief moment, sprint drives ignite and seekers go live, the missiles darting off to home in on acquired targets.
Amidst the bright flare of chemical propellants, eight ion drives reignite, adjusting course surreptitiously — just enough to realign each torpedo's trajectory to intercept that of the unknown enemy vessel. Distant explosions light up the void as the four groups of enemy munitions are engaged with exacting precision, each sprinting missile placing itself in the predicted path of their targets and detonating to produce a brief flash of heat and destruction. With any luck, all the background noise and radiation has drawn the attention of your foe's sensors away from what now amounts to a nuclear minefield drifting inexorably towards their flight path.
