On a bleak evening of October 2372, the Caribbean armed itself for its largest war yet, against the Kobitoko nation. There was more justification than would ever have been needed to declare such a war, as they had attacked numerous Solar League allies. The Caribbean was now looking too soft to counter their advances, so, in a desperate attempt to restore its geopolitical status, it issued this declaration of war. Caribbean warfare relies almost entirely on an endless swarm of drone jets: tiny, undetectable machines with no limitations of travel in the skies. These jets, however, are precise and deadly. Each one contains a microscopic supercomputer made possible by hundreds of years of nanotechnology research. These supercomputers contain incredibly detailed grid scans of the Earth’s surface from Caribbean satellites, which is inputted in them upon their creation. Their in-built artificial intelligence softwares use these grids to pinpoint exactly the targets of bombardment. These targets are mainly industrial buildings such as factories, powerplants, mines, energy supplies and generally resource extraction & refinement centres. If a nation’s entire industrial output is ground to a halt, it faces severe repercussions on its economy, welfare and capacity for war, and thus it will have little way to counter its enemy. Key military positions such as bases, armouries, fortifications, and, in rare cases, monuments, would also be targeted by the jets. ==How they bombard the surface== The jets are able to intensely focus the rays of the sun into jolts which are used to set fire to the targeted areas, after which hydrogen is sprayed over the fires to expand them so that they make the infrastructure unusable. To do this, they use a lens perfectly shaped for purpose which is in-built with the design of the jet. ==How they avoid detection== Drone jets are perfectly engineered so as to manipulate the spread of light, creating an optical illusion that renders them almost invisible to the average eye, as well as telescopes and radar systems that rely on visuals. Additionally, they operate on very brief but potent bursts of solar energy, which are able to propel them a long distance and run the in-built supercomputers for a few moments before having to use another burst. Therefore, radar systems using energy patterns & frequencies would struggle to even find one in the first place, and even if they did, the jets move fast enough for the recorded position to be outdated. In the incredibly slim chance that a jet is actually struck, it wouldn’t especially matter anyway since there are thousands more on the loose and they’re easily mass-produced. It would also be near impossible to hack them (which is the Kobitoko speciality, as I gather). They do have transmission nodes, but these are for emergency purposes and usually remain turned off to conserve energy. Even when they are turned on, they are still insanely difficult to contact due to the jets’ aforementioned speed and the irregularity of their energy footprints. ==How they’ve been employed against Poland== The drone jets would strike the target areas of Poland as outlined earlier. They do not stray from range, since the satellite grid maps also factor in international borders; the jets are simply coded to remain within the perimeter of the Kobitoko nation. The initial strikes and lit fires against Kobitoko infrastructure would be devastating and incredibly difficult to repair, so it is too late even by the time they’re able to find a counter to them. It should be quite obvious what the consequences of this industrial deficit are, so I don’t think I need to elaborate on them in detail. Mass blackouts would roll over the nation, with its landlines and communication being sabotaged by the fires. This would almost destroy the capacity of Poland to continue cyber-warfare against its enemy nations, considering that its underground wiring would already have been cut off by the Russians. ==Why cyber-warfare wouldn’t work on the Caribbean (unless Poland finds some loophole in my logic)== Ever since the Year of Isolation, the Caribbean internet network has been built up to be incredibly self-contained, with almost no connections to other countries (with the exception of a few Solar League member states who have earned our trust). All important/confidential government information is exclusively printed on paper, and even relatively low-security sites are mandated by law to operate extreme and excessive firewall defences to prevent data leaks.
Rodrigo Martínez, Chancellor of the Caribbean, has made a public statement emphasising that “This is not a war on the Kobitoko people, of whom there are numerous in our nation, and the rights of whom we respect and uphold. This is a war against a corrupt and evil government, which has devastated the face of Eastern Europe for its own narrow geopolitical interests.”
