Effie rubbed her face, and then wrapped her arm around her shoulders. "It's a little odd, I suppose, but then again, ever since the Fleet gained these Mental Models, odd is the order of the day." she said with a weak chuckle, before going stiff as her sensor suite chirped out.<br/><br/>"Multiple contacts detected!" she then yelled out over the Squadron Comms, as her ship form picked up steam and swung in front of<em>Arizona</em>.<br/><br/>"Registering 15 vessels on bearing 1-0-5; commencing IFF scan....." she said, as she then walked to the windows of the battleship's bridge, her facial marks and eyes glowing as she did her thing.<br/><br/>"IFF Scan shows.... Fog ID's confirmed.... Cross-checking." she said, as further back in the formation<em>Zara</em>began to steam forwards from her position to provide cover for<em>Ranger</em>and<em>Abbeydale</em>if need be; she also began to start scanning, and with her assistance, the ID's were confirmed.<br/><br/>"Cross-check complete; vessels identified as<em>Courbet</em>-class battleships<em>Courbet</em>and<em>Jean Bart</em>....<em>Alaska</em>-class battlecruisers<em>Alaska</em>and<em>Hawaii</em>...<em>Baltimore</em>-class heavy cruisers<em>Chicago, Canberra</em>and<em>Helena</em>... and<em>Atlanta</em>-class light cruisers<em>Atlanta, Juneau, San Diego, San Juan, Oakland, Reno, Flint</em>and<em>Tuscon</em>...."<br/><br/>A screen popped up, showing the disposition of the other fleet, with the two battleships in the centre of the formation, the<em>Alaskas</em>and the<em>Baltimores</em>forming a pentagon-shaped cordon around the two battleships, and the eight<em>Atlantas</em>forming a screen.<br/><br/>She turned to Ari with a worried look. "They've readied weapons, ma'am, but no target locks on us..."