The Unseen Freedom

[Eichann Rush]

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~The Unseen Freedom, chapter seven, page 104.

We will not fight fair. Fair is for those who can afford it, and we cannot. We shall use every advantage, every tactic, every method, to win. There are only two ways to Free Dublin. One is to decimate the BAF to the point where they simply cannot hold the system effectively. The second is to reduce support for the BAF's efforts to the point where the Crown must pull them out.
Both of these will be difficult, but they are not impossible. The use of mines has already proven highly effective in preventing the BAF from taking what we already hold, but their superior numbers mean that any straight offensive is repelled.
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His Barghest dipped in under the stream of fire from the Essex's port turrets. Turning hard right, he loosed a SNAC at the assembly and immediately flipped around, thrust out of range. In his rearview panel he saw the brilliant jeweled flash of the impact and cheered to himself. Once the blue particulate smoke dissapated he groaned as four of the five turrets sent green plasma flashing at him. He flipped his Barghest around again for another run and began to barrel ro-an emerald flash enveloped his sight and then all went dark.
A red light lit on his dash, and Rush groaned.
Gorramit, there's just no way past the Essex's defenses!
He climbed out of the simulator, slamming the pods hatch open to show his displeasure.
He had been running the same scenario over and over again, and every time the Essex slaughtered everything he threw at it.
Not that it really mattered. He didn't even have anything that could take down the Essex anyways, but those gorram miners hiding there, and their escorts and freelancers and mercenaries....
Rush stopped cold.
No way it's that simple. It can't be.
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~The Unseen Freedom, chapter twenty, page 513.

"The most effective way to fight a superior enemy is to split his forces without splitting yours. In order to do this, you must convince him that splitting his forces will in fact give him the advantage, when it will most certainly not.
To do this, you must give him the illusion of multiple enemy forces. Surround him with your picket screens, show his recon fighters the occassional tasty morsel, and then go into retreat. He will panick, thinking his prey will escape, and send forces after all available targets to ensure none do.
Once his forces are seperated and chasing your ghosts, you must find the enemy commander and eliminate him. Deny your enemy coordination or command while giving them a target, and they will follow it to the end of Sirius.
But you cannot lead them to the end of Sirius. To this, your targets escape route must be well planned, in order to give your main force a chance to intercept the enemies seperate components. But the physical restrictions on this make it all but impossible, so you must also make your enemys parts come to you.
When you do attack, do not hold back. Strike with everything you have, no matter the odds or numbers, for remember, more of them are coming, and if you do not end the engagement quickly, you will find yourself fighting a battle of attrittion.
In actual battle, tactics are hard to communicate, but there are two forms of strategy that allow navies to win over others. First, the classic concentration. For this, you need a strong leader, who's orders are well followed. You must first determine the biggest threat, and the easiest target to kill. Send all of your bombers after the gunboats first, one at a time, and send all of your fighters against the ones attacking your bombers.
Gunboats should concentrate on enemy capitals, using their superior mobility to stay out of range and confuse the tracking.

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