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- Yuktobanian Arsenal Ship-
- the Scinfaxi in its dry dock before being deployed -
Information:
Purpose: Submersible Aircraft Carrier / Ballistic Missile Submarine.
Manufacturer(s): Yuktobania
Date Started: 1980s
Date Completed: September of 1991
Date Destroyed: October 4th, 2010 (Scinfaxi), November 14th, 2010 (Hrimfaxi)
Armaments: Anti-Aircraft Guns; SAM Launchers; Burst Missile Launchers
Firing Range: Unknown; However, its Burst Missiles seem to have continental range (about 700-1200 miles)
Energy Source: Nuclear Reactors
Specifications:
Height: Unknown
Width: Unknown
Length: N/A
Weight: 100 kt.+ (estimate)
Development:
Scinfaxi class submarines are relics of the Cold War, an effort to overcome Osea’s Strategic Defense Initiative, which would shoot down Yuktobanian ICBMs. Osean missile defense systems could easily loiter over fixed ICBM launchers and disable every missile they fired. The Yuktobanian military decided to switch to a mobile force of stealthy SSBNs to counter this, allowing them to launch from and strike any position in the world with a lessened vulnerability to defensive systems. The Scinfaxi class was envisioned as the centerpiece of this plan: it could carry a payload of several types of missiles, ranging from ICBMs to theater ballistic missiles, was stealthier than the Typhoon SSBNs in widespread service with the Yuktobanian Navy, and had its own air wing for self defense and power projection.
The ship’s design is based heavily on the FCU’s Dragonet class, though the Yuktobanian government refuses to acknowledge this. The Scinfaxi also finds its roots in a design that has never been fully explored: the Arsenal Ship concept. Imagined by the Yuktobanian Navy’s Admiral Leonov, an Arsenal Ship is an unmanned, floating, mobile missile platform that could operate in support of CVBGs. However, an Arsenal Ship would operate in a tactical role with conventional cruise missiles, whereas the Scinfaxi is a strategic asset.
The lead ship of the class, Scinfaxi, was unveiled to the Yuktobanian public by the state-run news agency in 1991, following trials of her Multi-Purpose Burst Missiles. The MPBM warhead employs Belkan technology with the ability to split into several submunitions and cause numerous explosions over a wide area and varying altitudes. The Scinfaxi incorporated a small hangar and flight deck aft of the bridge to carry aircraft. The second ship of the class, Hrimfaxi, eliminated the flight deck and instead carried Cormorant UCAVs in her vertical launch system.
History:
The first known deployment of the Scinfaxi-class Submarine was on September 30th, 2010 when its crew launched a surprise attack on the OFS Kestrel, Vulture, and Buzzard, Osea’s three carriers. After deploying a squadron of aircraft equipped with anti-ship missiles, the Scinfaxi used its Burst Missiles to sink two of the three carriers – the Vulture and the Buzzard – leaving Osea defenseless.
The Scinfaxi unveiled itself again on October 4th, 2010, backing the Yuktobanian forces that were attempting to land on and capture Sand Island Air Force Base, which was going to be a crucial staging point for an invasion of Osea. However, using data from a sonobuoy, the Oseans turned the tide of battle with the Arkbird, a space plane that had just received a weapons-grade laser the day before. Due to a crucial hit, the Scinfaxi was forced to surface, where it unleashed a firestorm of anti-air, fighters, and even burst missiles. However, it was finally sunk by a combined operation between the Arkbird and the 108th Tactical Fighter Squadron.
While the Hrimfaxi was technically at the battle, it did not partake in supporting the Yutkobanian landing fleet and fled after watching the explosive death of its twin. It resurfaced shortly after the Osean landing at the Bastok Peninsula, using Burst Missiles to rain fire on Osean forces as they began to advance into Yuktobania. In response, the Osean High Command authorized the 108th Tactical Fighter Squadron to engage and sink the Hrimfaxi in the Razgriz Straits of Anea.
On November 14th, 2010, the 108th flew in low to engage the Hrimfaxi while it was being resupplied. However, the squadron was picked up by one of the Hrimfaxi's picket submarines, forcing the resupply operation to be cut short. However, the Hrimfaxi had one fatal flaw: it needed to surface to launch its burst missiles. Timing their attacks to hit the ship when it surfaced, the 108th dealt a lethal blow to the ship, earning them the moniker of: “The Demons of Razgriz”. Without their long-range missile support, the Yuktobanian military quickly began to be rolled up by the Osean advance.
Miscellaneous Notes:
The Hrimfaxi and Scinfaxi submarines take their names from Norse mythology.
In Norse mythology, Skínfaxi and Hrímfaxi are the horses of Dagr (day) and Nótt (night). The names Skínfaxi and Hrímfaxi are bahuvrihis, meaning "sheen mane" and "rime mane" [or "frost mane"], respectively. Skinfaxi pulled Dagr's chariot across the sky every day and his mane lit up the sky and the earth below.
The myth of Scinfaxi is believed to originate in Nordic Bronze Age religion, for which there is strong evidence of beliefs involving a horse pulling the sun across the sky. The Trundholm sun chariot is drawn by a single horse, and was possibly imagined to be pulled back across the sky west to east by a second horse.
SOURCES
Ace Combat 05: The Unsung War (the game itself)
PROJECT ACES: AC5 SITE - Scinfaxi Article
ACCREDITATION
Article by: echo419 and Ribbon-White.
Slight Modifications by: Ribbon-Blue
Stuka for providing a translation of the "Development Information".
Zaku for re-writing the Development section.
Ribbon-Azure for re-writing the History section.
