ABS FIESTA REDUX

[Operator¹]

Ellie fires two AAMs at Typhoon-4 and tries to get behind Typhoon-5.

[Ad Bot]

[NoZoner]

Lorens looks out the canopy as he listens to Mjolnir's comm channel.

"Crash, Snowman, what's your status? Do you need assistance?"

[Qwepir]

The worry Jaakko was beginning to feel is eased by Walt's initiative.
"Appreciated, Walt," he replies curtly, given the circumstances.
He fires on Typhoon 2, and quickly evades upwards to avoid a collision, starting the aircraft into a high yo-yo maneuver.

LCB accuracy 55
Experience provides bonus of 3
Point Blank range provides bonus of 10
Test taken at 68
Roll: 23 - success
Result: 2 hits to fuselage
The Typhoon is shot down.

Ellie fires two AAMs at Typhoon-4 and tries to get behind Typhoon-5.

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 taken at 58
Roll: 78 - failure
Test failed
Ellie also picks up a kill. Typhoon 7 simply banks hard to the left, making it trivial for her to fall in behind it.

Kommandant attempts to maneuver himself around to bring Ulrich into his sights.
FLAK FA base EV 78
Experience provides bonus of 8
Test taken at 86
Tukreb base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of 10
Test taken at 85
Kommandant's roll: 94 - failure
Reroll granted by Supermaneuverable: 50 - success by 4 degrees
Ulrich's roll: 10 - success by 7 degrees
Result: Ulrich outmaneuvers Kommandant
He fails.

Virvel, in the meantime, works on trashing the two heatseekers.
Switchblade base EV 89
Experience provides bonus of 10
HSM 1 provides penalty of 25
HSM 2 provides penalty of 25
Flares provide bonus of 40
Test taken at 89
Roll: 43 - success
Test passed

Tukreb base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of 4
Test taken at 79
Roll: 59 - success
With Typhoon 5 leading Ellie on a relatively simple flight path, Tukreb-1 is able to fall right in behind her.

Vespid-1 launches two heatseekers at Crash while attempting to get behind him.
Vespid base EV 55
Mothership guidance provides bonus of 20
Test taken at 75
Tukreb base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of 2
Test taken at 77
Vespid roll: 71 - success by 1 degree
Crash's roll: 89 - failure
Reroll granted by supermaneuverable: 3 - success by like, a lot.
It fails, and just ends up behind him trying to follow his maneuver upwards.

Ulrich attempts to get on Kommandant's tail
Tukreb base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of 10
Test taken at 85
FLAK FA base EV 78
Experience provides bonus of 8
Test taken at 86
Ulrich's roll: 51 - success by 3 degrees
Reroll granted by Supermaneuverable: 95 - failure
Kommandant's roll: 85 - success by 1 degree
Reroll granted by Supermaneuverable: 70 - success by 2 degrees
Result: Ulrich outmaneuvers Kommandant (again)
and succeeds.

Typhoon-3 attempts to swing around and get behind Virvel while she's occupied.
Typhoon base EV 84
Experience provides bonus of 4
Test taken at 88
Switchblade base EV 89
Experience provides bonus of 10
Test taken at 99
Typhoon's roll: 78 - success by 2 degrees
Virvel's roll: 2 - success by 10 degrees
Result: Virvel outmaneuvers Typhoon-3
It goes exactly as well as one would expect.

Skytracer, Tukreb-1, and Typhoon-5 are engaged in a dogfight.
Crash and Vespid-1 are engaged in a dogfight.
Vespid drones 3 and 4 have passed the allied planes and are coming around to put them in their sights.
Ulrich is now pursuing Kommandant
Typhoon-3 and Virvel are engaged in a dogfight

[Badger]

Walter finishes aiming and fires his PPC on turkeb-1, he clues in afterwards to notice a friendly blip on his display has strayed off farther than the rest.

"Taking the scenic route Eremit? I hope that's part of your plan to hit the airships."

[Operator¹]

Ellie hastily aims and fires on Typhoon-5 with her cannon, hoping that Walt is able to take care of Tukreb-1.

"I'm praying to the gods right now.." she muttered into the comm.

[Mr. Hurricane]

"Snowman, if you're up to aiding us it would be much appreciated,"

Jaakko releases two strings of flares and jinks hard before attempting to get on the Vespid's tail.

"Vespid-1 is trying to fall in behind me, defending!"

The aircraft shakes as it approaches its AoA limit, and Jaakko wrestles against the harness and G's to keep the Vespid under watch, as well as keeping situational awareness.

[NoZoner]

"Alright, Snowman turning North! Eremit," Lorens looks at the navigation display and finds the Foxbat has flown in a completely different direction, already well beyond the area of operations. "... Eremit?"

Left in no position to chase after the Foxbat, Lorens heads towards the furball. "AWACS, Snowman, we have an airman leaving the AO, has he stated his intentions?" The roosterpit starts to rumble as Lorens pushes the power lever past the turbocharge detent. He pulls back on the stick and climbs to build energy.

[Qwepir]

Walter finishes aiming and fires his PPC on turkeb-1, he clues in afterwards to notice a friendly blip on his display has strayed off farther than the rest.

"Taking the scenic route Eremit? I hope that's part of your plan to hit the airships."

PPC accuracy 60
Experience provides bonus of 6
Aim provides bonus of 20
Test taken at 86
Roll: 83 - success
Result: 1 hit to fuselage
You nail the Tukreb right in the center mass. Eremit does not respond to your attempt at contact.

Ellie hastily aims and fires on Typhoon-5 with her cannon, hoping that Walt is able to take care of Tukreb-1.

"I'm praying to the gods right now.." she muttered into the comm.

AC5 accuracy 50
Aim provides bonus of 10
Tail Chase provides bonus of 30
Test taken at 90
Roll: 52 - success
Result: 2 hits to right rear quarter
Your hail of gunfire destroys the Typhoon's number two engine and the plane goes into a dive.

Jaakko releases two strings of flares and jinks hard before attempting to get on the Vespid's tail.

"Vespid-1 is trying to fall in behind me, defending!"

The aircraft shakes as it approaches its AoA limit, and Jaakko wrestles against the harness and G's to keep the Vespid under watch, as well as keeping situational awareness.

Tukreb base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of 2
HSM 1 provides penalty of 25
HSM 2 provides penalty of 25
Flares provide bonus of 80
Test taken at 107
Roll: 63 - success
Test passed

Tukreb base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of 2
Test taken at 77
Vespid base EV 55
Mothership guidance provides bonus of 20
Test taken at 75
Crash's roll: 30 - success
Vespid roll: 97 - failure
Crash places the Vespid right smack in front of him.

AC5 accuracy 50
Aim provides bonus of 20
Missile range provides penalty of 20
Test taken at 50
Roll: 25 - success
Result: 2 hits to fuselage
Which gives him a front row seat to Letterman laying into it from afar.

"Alright, Snowman turning North! Eremit," Lorens looks at the navigation display and finds the Foxbat has flown in a completely different direction, already well beyond the area of operations. "... Eremit?"

Left in no position to chase after the Foxbat, Lorens heads towards the furball. "AWACS, Snowman, we have an airman leaving the AO, has he stated his intentions?" The roosterpit starts to rumble as Lorens pushes the power lever past the turbocharge detent. He pulls back on the stick and climbs to build energy.

: Negative. Djuriskas 1-5, where are you going?

Neither you nor the communications officer hear anything from him.
: No response. Still increasing speed.
: Come on, Eri, don't snap now! I got good money riding on you lasting at least another month!

FLAK FA base EV 78
Experience provides bonus of 8
Test taken at 86
Tukreb base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of 10
Test taken at 85
Kommandant's roll: 56 - success by 4 degrees
Reroll granted by Supermaneuverable: 23 - success by 7 degrees
Ulrich's roll: 92 - failure
Reroll granted by Supermaneuverable: 2 - success by 9 degrees
Result: Kommandant fails to evade Ulrich
Kommandant remains in Ulrich's sights.

Switchblade base EV 89
Experience provides bonus of 10
Test taken at 99
Typhoon base EV 84
Experience provides bonus of 4
Test taken at 88
Virvel's roll: 45 - success by 6 degrees
Typhoon's roll: 44 - success by 5 degrees
Result: Virvel falls in behind Typhoon-3
Virvel gains the upper hand against her dogfight partner.
: Oh you dumb motherforgeter, you've done it now!

PPC accuracy 60
Experience provides bonus of 10
Tail Chase provides bonus of 30
Test taken at 100
Roll: 94 - success
Result: 1 hit to fuselage
Ulrich hits Kommandant with the PPC and fires two All-Aspects.
: stuff-

RAC accuracy 50
Experience provides bonus of 4
Aim provides bonus of 10
Tail Chase provides bonus of 30
Test taken at 94
Roll: 97 - failure
Result: Miss
Skytracer sees the tracers from Tukreb-1 shoot over her roosterpit as it whiffs every shot.

Typhoon base EV 84
Experience provides bonus of 4
Test taken at 88
Switchblade base EV 89
Experience provides bonus of 10
Test taken at 99
Typhoon's roll: 39 - success by 5 degrees
Virvel's roll: 8 - success by 10 degrees
Result: Typhoon-3 fails to shake Virvel
: Oh no you don't.

Vespid base EV 55
Mothership guidance provides bonus of 20
Test taken at 75
Tukreb base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of 2
Test taken at 77
Vespid roll: 37 - success by 4 degrees
Crash's roll: 26 - success by 6 degrees
The drone makes a feeble attempt to evade Crash, and gets nowhere.

In the midst of all the fighting, a transmission comes in from the allied naval group.
: Attention all planes, abort mission at once and return to the fleet! Enemy submarine-

[NoZoner]

Before Lorens could fully register all the things wrong with Frisk just said over the radio, he hears the distress call from the allied fleet.

"stuff! Skytracer! Can you drive South towards me? If you can drag those bandits to me, I might have a clear shot!"

Lorens sets to work readying the coilgun. He acquires Tukreb-1 on radar for fire control and tries to keep the solution marker over the target designator.

[Mr. Hurricane]

"Gods damnit all we're committed here! Walt, Snowman, finish what you're doing and return to the fleet. Scorch, return to the fleet and be careful not to attract any SAM fire. Letterman, aid Kommadant! Don't worry about the Vespids, we can outrun them!"

The LCBs are red-hot. Jaakko holds his fire, coursing his prey, and keeping watch on the Vespids, weaving on Vespid-1's tail to throw off any aim against him.

[Gojira]

"You've gotta be kidding, I haven't even had a chance to drop any munitions!"
Regardless, Markus begins the slow turn towards the fleet with the Condottiero.

[Operator¹]

"Snowman, help out Kommandant, Walt should be able to take him out!" Ellie fires an AAM at Tukreb-1 and tries performing a cobra maneuver to get the bandit in front of her.

[Badger]

Walter fires on the turkeb again after shortly aiming

"You're just going to throw everything away arkhip?"

Walter notes the latest transmission and decides all he can do is finish up the engagement at the moment, hoping the cruisers can defend the carrier.

[NoZoner]

"Alright, I'm going after the bandit lead!"

Lorens switches targets and puts Ulrich in his sights. He watches the TD arc shorten, waiting until it meets the in-range cue.

[Qwepir]

"Gods damnit all we're committed here! Walt, Snowman, finish what you're doing and return to the fleet. Scorch, return to the fleet and be careful not to attract any SAM fire. Letterman, aid Kommadant! Don't worry about the Vespids, we can outrun them!"

The LCBs are red-hot. Jaakko holds his fire, coursing his prey, and keeping watch on the Vespids, weaving on Vespid-1's tail to throw off any aim against him.

Tukreb base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of 2
Test taken at 77
Vespid base EV 55
Mothership guidance provides bonus of 20
Test taken at 75
Crash's roll: 93 - failure
Reroll: 41 - success by 4 degrees
Vespid roll: 77 - failure
Crash is easily able to keep track of the drone ahead of him. Attempting to get a glimpse of the others, he sees that Vespid-3 is headed for him, and 4 for Skytracer.

AC5 accuracy 50
Aim provides bonus of 10
Missile range provides penalty of 20
Test taken at 40
Roll: 10 - success
Result: 2 hits to fuselage
Letterman takes down the drone Crash is pursuing, freeing him up to engage the other targets.

"Snowman, help out Kommandant, Walt should be able to take him out!" Ellie fires an AAM at Tukreb-1 and tries performing a cobra maneuver to get the bandit in front of her.

Tukreb base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of 4
AAM provides penalty of 35
Flares provide bonus of 40
Test taken at 84
Roll: 33 - success
Test passed
The Tukreb evades the missile, but has to abandon its pursuit to do so.
Superflanker base EV 78
Experience provides bonus of 1
Test taken at 79
Tukreb base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of 4
Test taken at 79
Ellie's roll: 82 - failure
Reroll: 66 - success by 2 degrees
Tukreb's roll: 60 - success by 2 degrees
Reroll: 30 - success by 5 degrees
Unfortunately, Ellie is unable to immediately capitalize on the Tukreb's distraction.

Walter fires on the turkeb again after shortly aiming

PPC accuracy 60
Experience provides bonus of 6
Aim provides bonus of 10
Test taken at 76
Roll: 88 - failure
Result: Miss
The PPC nearly overheats with nothing more to show for it.

"You're just going to throw everything away arkhip?"

: Throw what away? My stuffty cabin in the middle of nowhere? The ability to get my dead parents out of debt? The chance to risk my life to defend people who would try to murder me over a car?

FLAK FA base EV 78
Experience provides bonus of 8
AAM 1 provides penalty of 35
AAM 2 provides penalty of 35
Flares provide bonus of 80
Test taken at 98
Roll: 71 - success

FLAK FA base EV 78
Experience provides bonus of 8
Test taken at 86
Tukreb base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of 10
Test taken at 85
Kommandant's roll: 45 - success by
Reroll granted by Supermaneuverable: 23 - success by 5 degrees
Reroll: 79 - success by 1 degree
Ulrich's roll: 12 - success by 8 degrees
Kommandant avoids the two All-Aspects, but Ulrich remains on his tail.

LCB base accuracy 55
Experience provides bonus of 10
Aim provides bonus of 10
Tail Chase provides bonus of 30
Test taken at 105
Roll: 89 - success
Result: 1 hit to right wing

LCP base accuracy 50
Experience provides bonus of 10
Aim provides bonus of 10
Tail Chase provides bonus of 30
Test taken at 100
Roll: 4 - success
Result: 4 hits to fuselage
Virvel puts Typhoon-3 down.
: [We can't stay here! Fall back!]
PPC accuracy 60
Experience provides bonus of 10
Tail Chase provides bonus of 30
Test taken at 100
Roll: 64 - success
Result: 1 hit to fuselage

Kommandant's AGI 32
Roll: 34 - failure by 1 degree
Plane Explosion damage 2d10X: 8, 4
Kommandant's Toughness bonus 3
Total damage: 9
Remaining wounds: 1
Ulrich breaks her PPC to blast Kommandant out of the sky before hitting the turbo back towards the Imperial lines.
: Boss man's going down!
: What?
: Oh stuff, why didn't he say anything!

Tukreb-1 does likewise, disengaging from Skytracer altogether. The drones, being drones, do not attempt to disengage and continue aiming at Jaakko and Ellie.

There is still no further transmissions from the allied fleet since the last one dropped unexpectedly.