>>6131917“Not yet. No deep-diving fast attack boats, no wire-guided or wake-homing torpedoes, although with how hard that kind of capability is to get good data on we’re not completely sure. They may have tube-launched cruise missiles, but that’s not certain either - we’ve only recorded a handful of incidents of missile attacks without an identifiable source.”
You nod, pausing a moment to digest everything she’s said. It’s really not surprising that this enemy has the world by the delicates - the sheer effort alone of trying to patrol the global ocean against these monsters would be murderous on the world’s navies and air forces. The Abyssals wouldn’t even have to be dangerous in and of themselves or particularly numerous - the threat of them alone would be a huge problem. They might be able to defeat the world by sheer attrition.
But they are indeed dangerous. Perhaps not to the USN of the twenty-first century, most of the time, at least, but to the hundreds of nations without advanced militaries, they represent a grave threat.
>Time for one more good question, then you’ll need to launch, recover, and brief your strike group. >[1] Ask more about the Enemy and what they can do. >[2] Ask more about shipgirls, your own capabilities, biology, and so on. >[3] Ask about the general course of the war, current fleet disposition, et c. >[4] Other. (Write-in.) 