ABS FIESTA REDUX

[NoZoner]

"Snowman," Lorens acknowledges. He throws the scrambler toggle on the countermeasures panel and keeps his finger primed over the button. The Tukreb's IRST picks up the heat signatures of the incoming bandits as they approach the missile envelope.

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[Qwepir]

Markus fires two more RGMs to finish off Tukreb 1, keeping them in the tracking circle as best as he can, then holds position at radar range relative to the hostile flight.

Holding position at radar range relative to enemy planes flying at you would involve turning around and losing your lock, so you just slow down instead.

"Areo, Letterman. Time for you two to work together and combine your chaff packages."

Fulcrum base EV 75
RGM 1 provides penalty of 45
RGM 2 provides penalty of 45
Chaff provides bonus of 80
Test taken at 65
Rolls: 93, 26
Result: Failure, Success
Aero becomes the first human casualty of the battle as his plane turns into a fireball.

Eremit punches his squadron's scrambler to save the rest of his team.
Scrambler rolls to destroy missiles
RGM 1: 78 - EV penalty halved
RGM 2: 53 - Missile destroyed
RGM 3: 28 - Missile destroyed
RGM 4: 17 - Missile destroyed
RGM 5: 53 - Missile destroyed
RGM 6: 10 - Missile destroyed
RGM 7: 16 - Missile destroyed
RGM 8: 45 - Missile destroyed

Corsair base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of 6
RGM provides penalty of 23
Chaff provides bonus of 40
Test taken at 98
Roll: 15 - success
Pansar doesn't blow up.

Enemy planes are now at missile range.

[Operator¹]

Ellie fires two AAMs at Typhoon-7.

[Badger]

Walter shakes his head and blows some air out his nose while clenching his jaw, he then begins aiming on Culex-12

"Targeting C12. Letterman, you target some of the other drones with some missiles."

[Gojira]

Markus keeps the Tukreb in his sights.

[Mr. Hurricane]

Jaakko drops a string of flares to throw off any locks.

"No ejection from Aero," he reports.

Jaakko fires an AAM at Culex 25 and 26.

[NoZoner]

"stuff! Airman down!"

Lorens steels himself, acquires the second Tukreb on radar and arms the laser cannon. The lens gyrates to focus on the target. Trusting the laser bore is stabilized, Lorens pulls the trigger.

[Qwepir]

Ellie fires two AAMs at Typhoon-7.

Typhoon base EV 84
Experience provides bonus of 4
AAM 1 provides penalty of 35
AAM 2 provides penalty of 35
Flares provide bonus of 40
Test tkaen at 58
Roll: 78 - failure
Test failed
The two AAMs reach their target and the Typhoon drops out of formation.

Walter shakes his head and blows some air out his nose while clenching his jaw, he then begins aiming on Culex-12

"Targeting C12. Letterman, you target some of the other drones with some missiles."

Letterman fires one heatseeker at two separate drones.
Culex base EV 60
Mothership guidance provides bonus of 20
HSM provides penalty of 25
Test taken at 55
Rolls: 90, 76
Result: failure, failure
There are now two less to deal with.

Jaakko drops a string of flares to throw off any locks.

"No ejection from Aero," he reports.

Jaakko fires an AAM at Culex 25 and 26.

Culex base EV 60
Mothership guidance provides bonus of 20
AAM provides penalty of 35
Test taken at 45
Rolls: 5, 87
Result: Success, failure

"stuff! Airman down!"

Lorens steels himself, acquires the second Tukreb on radar and arms the laser cannon. The lens gyrates to focus on the target. Trusting the laser bore is stabilized, Lorens pulls the trigger.

LCB accuracy 60
Aim provides bonus of 10
Test taken at 70
Roll: 44 - success
1 hit to fuselage
The Tukreb remains unfazed by the damage.

The Imperials fire their opening salvo.

[Gojira]

Markus briefly celebrates his kill before spotting the incoming missiles. He drops four strings of flares and goes evasive, turning tail and punching the burners to remain at radar range.

[Badger]

Walter fires his flak cannon after on culex-12 then hastily begins to evade by dropping two flare packages

[Operator¹]

Ellie drops four flares and fires two AAMs at Typhoon-10 while she evades.

"We could use that G-scram right now!"

[NoZoner]

"... Scrambler on! Defend!" Lorens thumbs the button and releases two of his own flare strings before taking evasive maneuvers. In retaliation, he uses his HMD to cue Tukreb 2 and fire three all-aspect missiles off-bore.

[Mr. Hurricane]

Crash drops a string of flares and evades, and keeps jinking, holding his last AAM.

"We need to thin out the drones more or else we're going to get pelted to death,"

[Qwepir]

"... Scrambler on! Defend!" Lorens thumbs the button and releases two of his own flare strings before taking evasive maneuvers. In retaliation, he uses his HMD to cue Tukreb 2 and fire three all-aspect missiles off-bore.

The scrambler fires
Scrambler rolls to destroy missiles
HSM 1: 49 - success
HSM 2: 87 - failure
HSM 3: 84 - failure
HSM 4: 94 - failure
HSM 5: 38 - success
HSM 6: 94 - failure
HSM 7: 33 - success
HSM 8: 57 - success
HSM 9: 1 - success
HSM 10: 66 - penalty halved
HSM 11: 7 - success
HSM 12: 19 - success
AAM 1: 19 - success
AAM 2: 54 - success
AAM 3: 58 - success
AAM 4: 51 - success
AAM 5: 54 - success
AAM 6: 30 - success
AAM 7: 79 - penalty halved
AAM 8: 85 - failure
AAM 9: 46 - success
AAM 10: 44 - success
AAM 11: 61 - penalty halved
AAM 12: 90 - failure
AAM 13: 81 - failure
AAM 14: 21 - success
AAM 15: 75 - penalty halved
AAM 16: 3 - success
AAM 17: 71 - penalty halved
AAM 18: 47 - success
AAM 19: 53 - success
AAM 20: 33 - success

Tukreb base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of 2
AAM 1 provides penalty of 35
AAM 2 provides penalty of 18
HSM 1 provides penalty of 25
Flares provide bonus of 80
Test taken at 79
Roll: 64 - success

In retaliation, he uses his HMD to cue Tukreb 2 and fire three all-aspect missiles off-bore.

Tukreb base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of 6
AAM 1 provides penalty of 35
AAM 2 provides penalty of 35
AAM 3 provides penalty of 35
Flares provide bonus of 80
Test taken at 56
Roll: 98 - failure

Ellie drops four flares and fires two AAMs at Typhoon-10 while she evades.

Fenrir base EV 91
Experience provides bonus of 4
AAM 1 provides 18
HSM 1 provides penalty of 25
HSM 2 provides penalty of 25
Flares provide bonus of 120
Test passed

Typhoon base EV 82
AAM 1 provides penalty of 35
AAM 2 provides penalty of 35
Flares provide bonus of 40
Test taken at 52
Roll: 51 - success
You evade the incoming missiles, and so does the Typhoon.

Crash drops a string of flares and evades, and keeps jinking, holding his last AAM.

"We need to thin out the drones more or else we're going to get pelted to death,"

The scrambler handles the missiles for you.

Walter fires his flak cannon after on culex-12 then hastily begins to evade by dropping two flare packages

FLK Accuracy 50
Aim provides bonus of 20
Test taken at 70
Roll: 35 - success
Test passed
The Culex is taken out.

Sabre base EV 73
HSM provides penalty of 25
Flares provide bonus of 80
Test passed
Nobody else dies to missiles this turn.

The Imperial fighters open fire.
LCB base accuracy 55
Experience provides bonus of 4
Aim provides bonus of 20
Test taken at 79
Rolls: 30, 40, 63, 94, 67
Results:
Hit Virvel in roosterpit
Hit Djuriskas 6 in roosterpit
Hit Skytracer in fuselage
Missed Crash
Hit Djuriskas 7 in left wing

LCB base accuracy 55
Experience provides bonus of 6
Aim provides bonus of 20
Test taken at 81
Rolls: 97, 39, 92, 46, 52
Results:
Missed Snowman
Hit Scorch in right wing
Missed Pansar
Missed Crash
Hit Walt in right rear quarter
Walter takes a shot to the engine and Scorch gets his wing clipped, but other than that no major damage is sustained.

[Operator¹]

"I'm gonna see if I can't get into a better position, cloaking right now."

Ellie cloaks this turn.