It has only been three days since the Phoenix Pact was signed. The RCA and EU decided to form a different name for their alliance. The United Coalition (UC) was now the name for one half of the whole world. On the other half, the AE was preparing for war. They were unaware of the pact between the RCA and EU and expect this mission to be easy. Victor assumed that the EU was already planning an attack on the RCA for all the citizens they lost so he didn't even bother telling them he was attacking. Victor was the one to decide what city in the RCA would be attacked. He didn't want to attack the capital, Beijing. He thought that would be too hot of a target and would make the RCA attack Washington D.C. as a response. The second best option was Moscow. The former capital of Russia was a major population center with about 25 million people in and around the city.
"Sir, please listen to me for a second. If we attack Moscow, we will be the same as the RCA. Tens of millions of civilian lives will be lost as a result of this. How could we do something like this? It's not the American way!" A member of the War Cabinet pleaded. Victor gave a blank expression. "Did the RCA consider the Israeli civilians when they attacked? They should be prepared to face the same thing. Too many American families are in mourning and there is not much we can do. Do you really want to bring up the American way? Because let me tell you, this is THE American way. We show our enemies no mercy. If something happens to us we give it back a thousandfold. I will not stop this attack. If you are against this, you can try to stop me and the rest of the AE." Sparks started flying everywhere from Victor's eyes.
The cabinet member quietly sat down with his head lowered. "Good. Does anyone else have anything to say before the operation begins? I'm all ears." Victor looked around the room with a smile seeing if anyone else would question him. No response was given. "Excellent. Then let Operation Solar Storm begin!"
-Moscow, April 15th, 2031-
Moscow developed to be a futuristic metropolitan city. Flying cars zipped between buildings on designated paths. The streets filled with people going about their day. A little girl walked up to an ice cream stand on a street corner. She had been used to this noisy city and happily made her way to the stand. She waited in line dreaming about what flavor she would pick this time. Her train of thought was broken by something that suddenly covered the sun. She always loved watching the ParaShips that patrolled the skies. She looked up seeing a massive ParaShip. She had never seen a ship so big and mighty. She was in awe. "What's that?" A nearby man said. Everyone around the girl was looking at the behemoth too. Everyone was just as confused as she was. No one could recognize the ship.
*BRRRRRR-BEEEEEP-BRRRRRRR*
A loud siren rang throughout all of Moscow. The little girl held her hands over her ears trying to block out the sound of the sirens. She looked up again and a light was getting closer. "What's that?" She pointed at the sky prompting everyone else around to look in that direction. "AHHHHHHHHHHH" screamed a woman who began running away. Everyone else followed suit except the little girl. She liked the pretty red light.
*PPHHSHHHH*
A wide laser hits the area disintegrating everything in its path. In an instant, thousands of lives were lost with many more injured. The only thing remaining of the girl was ashes. They blew away leaving nothing behind. An area of 50 meters around the girl was obliterated.
*PHHSHHH* *PPHHHSSHH* *PHHSHH*
The American Empire ParaCarrier started its laser assault. Hundreds of lasers shoot from the sides of the ship. They were usually used for air defense but they were also extremely lethal on the ground. Each laser swept up and down through neighborhoods and skyscrapers. It didn't take long for a whole square kilometer around the carrier to evaporate. Hundreds of thousands of people died in about a minute. The lasers finally stopped, revealing a desert in the middle of a bustling city. Seconds later, two more ParaCarriers teleport above Moscow. These ships practically shaded all of Moscow from the sun.
RCA psionic air defenses finally activate. Hundreds of electromagnetic anti-air guns fire at the three massive ships. Each projectile is absorbed by the psionic shield surrounding the ships. The ParaCarriers return fire with thousands of elemental projectiles firing from all sides. They targeted the anti-air guns and military bases to prevent any resistance. The carriers started to overwhelm the RCA defenses.
-EU Parliament-
"Madam Chancellor, we have just received word that the American Empire is attacking Moscow. Our advanced intelligence teams say there are three massive flying carriers raining hell from above. They say they haven't seen anything like it before. What should we do?" A parliament member urgently asked. "Send all available teleportation squads to help with rescue efforts. Send our new shield disruptors. We can use this as the first field test for them. After its shields are down, use the elemental accelerator to try to do as much damage as possible. Send ParaJets for air support and ParaTanks for ground forces. The rest of the force will take the teleportation infantry vehicles and evacuate as many people as possible." Every member immediately gets to work. Elena looked at the busy members wondering if they all would be here in the future.
-Beijing, RCA Headquarters-
"Sir, the American Empire is attacking Moscow!" The leader of the RCA, Liang Zhao is listening to an emergency call. "Wow, that was pretty fast. I'm sure the EU already knows with their quantum intelligence networks so don't worry about contacting them. Send all active troops to Moscow now land, sea, and air. We will show them what happens when you attack the RCA." One of Liang Zhao's abilities is electromagnetic manipulation. He played a massive role in the development of their EMP weapons. Liang Zhao figured out a way to physically attack with concentrated EMP blasts. Thousands of these cannons could be used without damaging any friendly electronics. It was a technological marvel that could carry them to military dominance. Most of the RCA fleet used this new EMP technology. It was hard to find something that didn't have an EMP concentrator on it.
-Moscow, RCA-
*BOOM* *BOOOM* *BOOOOOM*
All three ParaCarriers were bombarding Moscow with lasers, elemental munitions, and quantum AI drone swarms. ParaJets teleport in and out to vital targets instantly destroying them with precise strikes. ParaTanks ripped through the RCA defensive ParaTech decimating whatever vehicles were left standing. AE troops armed with the newest generation elemental rifles, teleport all over the battlefield. Civilians and combatants alike are vaporized, electrocuted, frozen, and blown apart.
Most of Moscow was now flattened. Only a few military bases survived protected by electromagnetic and psionic shields. EMP blasts burst out from each base attempting to disable any ParaTech nearby. These blasts already destroyed over a hundred ParaJets and countless drones. All three ParaCarriers start concentrating fire at these bases. Some shots pierce through the shields but the base defenses are working. They needed to buy a little more time for the United Coalition reinforcements to arrive.
A few minutes went by and the shields started to flicker. Beams of bright blue light shoot out from the west of Moscow. Four different beams violently connected to the westmost ParaCarrier's psionic shield. In a matter of seconds, the psionic shield breaks exposing the elemental shield. When the beams clash the elemental shield different elements spew from the impact. The beams were quickly breaking through but suddenly slowed down. The ParaCarriers had an emergency temporal shield that drained a significant amount of power. They can slow down time all around the outside of the ship significantly.
The targeted ParaCarrier stops its bombardment of the base and targets the direction of the beams. This was just enough time for the base below to fire a directed EMP blast to disable the temporal shield. The ParaCarrier was now completely exposed. In a matter of seconds, UC ParaJets teleport in and bombard the carrier. Hundreds of elemental cannons and PCLS are destroyed. Elemental cannons fire at the ship from the west and the nearby port. The waves of ParaJet attacks, hundreds of elemental cannons, the shield disruptors, and the concentrated EMP blasts the ParaCarrier couldn't teleport away. It didn't take long for the carrier to start falling out of the sky. The ~2.7 km ship plummeted down into the ground. As the hull of the carrier crashed into the ground the carrier exploded. The explosion was intensified by all the awakened energy stored on board.
It eviscerated an area of about 5 km destroying any AE forces and RCA bases. The two ParaCarriers' psionic shields break forcing them to retreat immediately and teleport out. Abandoning all troops that were deployed. The EU and RCA ParaTech clean up any remaining AE forces. In five minutes the once chaotic battlefield is silent. EU transport ParaTech teleport in bringing medical staff and search teams. Tens of thousands of people wait in line to be teleported to a safer place. A massive teleportation array was set up to teleport hundreds of people at a time. RCA ParaCopters bring more medical supplies and transportation. It didn't take very long for the rescue efforts to start giving some relief to the survivors. This attack will strengthen the bonds between the RCA and the EU. This was the real start of the United Coalition.