Sea-Wing/Sky-Wing

The Sea-Wing/Sky-Wing is a very special unit in the Empire's arsenal. First seen in World War III, it is a powerful ground attack aircraft equipped with quadruple plasma relays. However, because of the influence from anime, it is far more advanced than the crude Soviet or the tested and tried Allied aircraft. It attacks by flying circles around its target, much like dogfighting. But the most important aspect of the Sea Wing is its ability to transform into an anti-aircraft submarine. This makes it nearly invulnerable to most attacks, because no vehicle in the Allied arsenal is able to hit subs and aircraft at the same time.

Tactics and Counters
But the Wings are not without their flaws. Being a ground attack plane, they are not able to hit flying targets unless they submerge. Air superiority fighters like the MiG Fighter and the Apollo Fighter are surprisingly effective against the Sky Wing. Bullfrogs, Hydrofoils, Flak Troopers, Multigunner IFVs and anything else able to hit flying targets is an immediate threat to it. To avoid this, the Sea Wing can dive under water. From there, they're safe from anti-aircraft attacks. But while under water, other naval vessels are a great threat to the Sea Wing. The Sea Wing is only vulnerable to enemy Subs, Assault Destroyers,and Naginata Cruisers while it's submerged. Due to low armour and high construction prices, Imperial commanders shouldn't be reckless with these units.

More information on this new unit can be found here.

Battlefield reconnaissance has revealed at least these facts about the Sea-Wing:

• Air emerge -- In its base form, the Sea-Wing is a relatively quick-moving submarine armed with an anti-air rocket system specially designed to track and destroy flying targets. While it has no way of attacking other surface craft, it can burst from the waves into the flight-capable sky-wing form seemingly anytime.

• Sea submerge -- While in Sky-Wing form, this vehicle's kinetic pulse-shot weapon can rapidly overwhelm unarmored targets, with results arguably superior even to the machine guns of the Soviet Twinblade gunships. Unlike a helicopter, however, the Sky-Wing must remain constantly in flight, and unlike any known vehicle, it may simply dive back into the water to avoid harm.

• Nearly undetectable underwater -- While underwater, the Sea-Wing is undetectable to most radar scans, and cannot be attacked directly by common weapons. It does become vulnerable when surfacing to fire, though having first-attack advantage has proven to be essential to Imperial battle tactics.

• Target spotting -- While the Sea-Wing is extremely capable on its own, it seems designed to work even better in concert with other Imperial forces, including naval forces such as the feared Shogun-class battleships. In Sky-Wing form, these craft can help the Shoguns' main battery guns track inland targets.

The Sky-Wing/Sea-Wing requires a combination of units for the Allies and Soviets to effectively deal with. Using only fighter aircraft could lead to disaster, as an unfortunate ace-squadron of MiGs found out when they encountered a Sea-Wing patrol. Using only Assault Destroyers without Hydrofoil support would only lead to slow destruction at the hands of the Sky-Wing.

Behind the scenes
This Transforming Vehicle is similar to Transformers due to it can turn into a sub or bomber.

In flight mode, the Sky-Wing is very similar to the Scrin Stormrider in TWIII, sharing the same attack profile and very similar weaponry. However, it is better against infantry but worse against tanks and buildings.