At first, the sailors thought that the thing was just a distant splash, because there was nothing on the radar.
Next, they suspected it was a school of sailfish, but 300 knots or whatever seemed too outrageous.
It wasn't until those things leaped out of the water within visual range that everyone realized they were actually torpedoes skipping across the water.
And at the same time, the Federation's world-leading, fully automated intelligent coastal defense system, Fire God Cannon interceptors, this shield and that shield fleet defense system, didn't react at all.
Everything was too late.
"Dong!"
"Boom!"
Seven shots hit, supersonic torpedoes bouncing between water and sky, like a runaway dump truck headed for a different world, smashing through the hull and flight deck, launching a fierce assault on the Federation carrier cruising along the South American coastline.
