On 5th February, the Special Task Force 46 (Abbreviated as STF.46) has set for the open seas. Operation Pale Rider aimed to launch a lethal blow on NAS's capital.

At 12th February, the STF.46.1 battleship division composed of HNS Aurora and HNS Eclipse and 4 other destroyers bombarded the airfield of NAS after supressing their coastal artillery during night. The 431.8mm HE shells completely reduce the airport to rubble, and destroyed over 100 aircrafts there.

The next morning, the STF.46.2 carrier division with all 4 Spizaetus class armoured carrier (HNS Urocolius was repairing and refitting) and 12 Fog class destroyer launched an airstrike at all AA batteries, radar station and stronghold of the military. At the mean time, the torpedo bombers loaded with special torpedos managed to sink over 30 ships at port. The port facilities and the dock were destroyed by the destroyers. With the heavy lost from Operation Eclipse, no organised counterattack was seen. With the support from Z-army's land-based bombers, the entire capital was turned into a burning furnace.

The fleet returned to Snowstone on the same day, and requested the capitulation of NAS, or any other cities will be destroyed with unmeasurable casualties.