Quaritch's air fleet arrived near the Tree of Souls in the early morning, centered around the Valkyrie shuttle. Escorting the shuttle were a large squadron of Scorpion gunships led by Quaritch's Dragon Assault Ship, complemented by dozens of Samson transports armed with door guns and missiles. Quaritch had his Dragon and the Valkyrie deploy ground forces into the forest, consisting of over a dozen AMP suits accompanied by a few hundred infantrymen. Jake, driving his avatar remotely from the relocated Site 26 link shack, rode his great leonopteryx and commanded the Na'vi aerial forces (made up of hundreds of ikran riders on mountain banshees) along with Neytiri and Tsu'tey. When the RDA fleet came into view, Jake ordered his riders to start diving and attack from above, with himself serving as a spearhead firing a machine gun from atop his leonopteryx.
Other Na'vi riders followed to tear through the RDA fleet by surprise. The Na'vi direhorse riders mounted a frontal forest charge against the RDA ground forces, with Norm's avatar riding alongside them. However, the AMP suits' radars detected ground movements and the RDA infantry and AMP suits quickly formed firing lines to unleash a devastating hail of fire towards the incoming Na'vi warriors. The Na'vi charge soon collapsed into disarray when Scorpion Gunships arrived to provide air support. Norm's avatar was shot during the chaotic retreat, causing him to severe the avatar link in pain.
Despite the Na'vi aerial forces having some initial success in destroying several RDA aircraft, they quickly succumbed to the SecOps' superior firepower. The RDA Scorpions, despite being put at a disadvantage due to the flux vortex, were still effective in pursuing the ikran riders with machine guns and rockets, while Samsons and SecOps troops aboard the Valkyrie acted as aerial gun platforms.
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11 окт 2024
