Dilrik finally retaliated; they attacked before dawn.
Surbrind's coastal defense stations detected movement first: dozens of warships in the water, dark military silhouettes cutting through the early morning waters under heavy fog while electronic interference flooded the radar systems. The operators immediately sounded alarms across the naval command centers, but before proper coordination could even begin, the first explosions hit.
Anti-ship missiles tore through Surbrind's eastern naval docks with horrifying precision. Fuel depots exploded into towering pillars of fire that lit up the coastline like daylight. Military ships still anchored at the ports were ripped apart before they could be mobilized, metal hulls splitting open while sailors jumped desperately into burning black water.
Then the air raid sirens began screaming across multiple Surbrind cities.
People barely woke before the second wave of attack arrived. Dilrik's missiles targeting infrastructure filled the sky.
