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Forum Games / Re: ABS FIESTA REDUX

« on: October 01, 2018, 11:36:47 PM »

"Walt, I'm heading over to you now."
Bell breaks off to seed a packet of chaff for Walt.

Walt winces as his canopy gets pelted. "They're really on my ass now," he remarks over the comms as he drops three chaff and evades.

Skepna base EV 46
Experience provides bonus of  12
Chaff provides bonus of  160
SAM 1 provides penalty of  40
SAM 2 provides penalty of  40
SAM 3 provides penalty of  40
Test taken at 98
Roll: 31 - success
: Aw, I think they like you!

"Splash on the target, attacking again!" Lorens shoots another barrage from the other two pods and once again follows up with an AGM targeting the starboard engine block.

R20 accuracy 40
Aim provides bonus of  10
Missile Range provides penalty of  20
Test taken at 30
Roll: 29 - success

: Fire, fire, keep forgetin' firing! Run those mags dry! If we're going to go down, we're taking that bastard with us!

FLK accuracy 50
Missile range provides penalty of  20
Test taken at 30
Rolls: 41, 63, 44, 28 - failure, failure, failure, success

LBX accuracy 50
Missile range provides penalty of  20
Test taken at 40
Roll: 48, 36 - failure, success
Walter takes two more hits as the Erovring buckles under the stress and loses its right wing, plummeting out of the sky.

“Command, Kobalt, splash on the Erovring, proceeding to next target,”

: Understood, Kobalt. Be advised that enemy fighters are retreating towards the bomber formation.

Ellie holds off to see if Scorch is able to take down the remaining Corsair.

Scorch aims and fires his LCP at the Corsair.

LCP accuracy 50
Aim provides bonus of  10
Point Blank provides bonus of  10
Tail Chase provides bonus of  10
Test taken at 80
Roll: 33 - success
Scorch takes down the last Corsair.

Ash's eyes open wide as he realizes the voices down the alleyway are speaking in Aesthian.
"Aesthian soldiers are coming! Enemies!," He urges the soldier in a hushed tone, "We have to hide!"

: "Enemies"? [What did you say?]

The voice in the radio seems to have heard you- "[He said hide! Now!]"

The soldier runs several meters away down the sidewalk and takes cover in the entrance to a storefront, leaving you standing alone in the light. At the other end of the alleyway, you see flashlights sweeping the ground.

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Forum Games / Re: ABS FIESTA REDUX

« on: October 01, 2018, 07:22:33 PM »

: Crash, get some rockets on that point defense system, Snowman, get your missiles off on that engine block.

Bell fires two AGMs at the starboard engine block and a KSM sabot in the airship's general direction.

LAMS S1 rolls to intercept missiles
AGM 1: 65 - success
AGM 2: 19 - success
The LAMS shoots down both missiles.

KSM accuracy 50
Experience provides bonus of  8
Colossal Target provides bonus of  20
Missile Range provides penalty of  20
Test taken at 58
Roll: 84 - failure
The gauss rifle misses.

"Snowman, attacking target."
Lorens slaves the targeting pod to the Erovring's starboard engine bank. He drags the rocket CCIP reticle over SPI and fires a rocket barrage from only two of his rocket pods before loosing a single AGM in the wake of the boosters.

R20 accuracy 40
Aim provides bonus of  10
Missile Range provides penalty of  20
Test taken at 30
Roll: 9 - success
Several rockets start pounding against the engine armor, and the AGM punches through.

“Firing!”

Jaakko aims and fires a burst of rockets at the Erovring.

R20 accuracy 40
Experience provides bonus of  4
Aim provides bonus of  10
Missile Range provides penalty of  20
Test taken at 34
Roll: 21 - success
Crash knocks out the last PD system on the right side.

Walt lines up a shot on the Erovring and gives it another healthy dose of plasma.

P4 accuracy 25
Experience provides bonus of  12
Aim provides bonus of  10
Airship Target provides bonus of  20
Missile Range provides penalty of  20
Test taken at 47
Roll: 27 - success
Walter hits the already damaged wing, destroying most of it. The airship begins listing to the right.

: How the hell is that Skepna still flying!? I want everything we have to shoot that roostersucker down!

FLK accuracy 50
Aim provides bonus of  10
Missile range provides penalty of  20
Test taken at 40
Roll: 52 - failure

FLK accuracy 50
Aim provides bonus of  10
Missile range provides penalty of  20
Test taken at 40
Roll: 46 - failure

LBX accuracy 50
Aim provides bonus of  10
Missile range provides penalty of  20
Test taken at 40
Roll: 40 - success
Walter's reinforced canopy gets a crack in it and several instruments go dead as the LBX strikes head on. He also picks up three SAMs.

Ajka sighs in relief as the number of enemy bandits in her vicinity drops down to one. She lets her remaining guns cool off and decides to check in on the status of the other fighter maniples.

"Command, what's the status of the other friendly fighters in our sector?"

: [We have repulsed their assault. Remaining enemy planes are falling back to the bomber formation.]

"Thanks, Xiaomei!"
Scorch tries to get on the tail of the last Corsair.

Typhoon base EV 82
Scorch's test taken at 82
Corsair base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of 8
Pistol 2-3's test taken at 83
Scorch's roll: 65 - success by 2 degrees
Pistol 2-3 roll: 88 - failure
Scorch falls in behind the Corsair.

Ellie fires off an LCB shot at the Corsair.

LCB accuracy 55
Experience provides bonus of  8
Test taken at 63
Roll: 56 - success
Guns are on target.

Ash does as he is told. Noting the soldier's accent, he decides to stay quiet for the time being.

He takes another step back and takes his right hand off his rifle to use the radio.
: [Uh, I have an Aesthian pilot here, I think. What... what am I supposed to do with him? ...Uh, over.]

As the response begins to crackle through the radio, you start to hear voices from down the alleyway you came through.
: There! I think we can cut across!

The guy in front of you doesn't seem to have heard them, focusing on the voice coming out of the radio instead.

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Forum Games / Re: ABS FIESTA REDUX

« on: September 30, 2018, 11:59:03 PM »

Walt realizes that Virvel probably won't be affected by the whole 'but think of all the people you could save by risking your life' spiel and instead goes for something a little more suited to her. "You really want to pass up a chance to close the gap between our killcounts?"

Walt is met with silence. Unclear whether it's out of contemplation or irritation.

"Copy. Kobalt, we're going to finish off the Erovring and join the Tornados to finish this,"
Jaakko turns back towards the formation.

Now back in missile range of the Erovring.

Ajka takes a few seconds to line up a firing solution before blasting away at the Flanker with her PPCs.

PPC accuracy 60
Experience provides bonus of  8
Aim provides bonus of  10
Point Blank Range provides bonus of 10
Tail Chase provides bonus of 10
Test taken at 98
Roll: 14 - success
Another kill for Ajka.

PPC accuracy 60
Experience provides bonus of  12
Aim provides bonus of  10
Test taken at 82
Roll: 43 - success

Corsair base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of  8
Flares provides bonus of  40
AAM 1 provides penalty of  35
AAM 2 provides penalty of  35
Test taken at 53
Roll: 76 - failure
Xiaomei clears Scorch's tail, leaving only one plane in the immediate area.

Corsair base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of 8
Pistol 2-3's test taken at 83
Tukreb base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of 8
Skytracer's test taken at 83
Pistol 2-3 roll: 98 - failure
Skytracer's roll: 83 - success by 1 degree
Supermaneuverable: 73 - success by 2 degrees
Skytracer continues to keep the interceptor off her tail without even trying.

Sweat pours down Ash's temples. Without making any sudden movements, he puts his hands above his head.
"Don't shoot! I'm not a combatant!"
He looks at the soldier pointing the gun and tries to figure out which side he's on.

The soldier carefully backs away into the light, keeping his gun pointed at you- a gun you are able to identify based on the wood construction and short magazine as being an old semi-automatic. Probably even older than your father, and definitely older than the person holding it. The soldier's uniform is unrecognizable to you; a bulky looking brown flak jacket over grey fatigues, with a positively archaic metal helmet and bevor to protect the head and neck. On a strap across their shoulder is a radio set not unlike what you'd see on a street cop.
: Put your hands behind your head, and stand slowly up.

The words come out quietly, and in an accent thicker than nutrient paste.

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Forum Games / Re: ABS FIESTA REDUX

« on: September 30, 2018, 10:49:55 PM »

"Strike group, Kobalt Lead, what is your status?"

: We are mopping up the last of the Aesthians now. Tornados from Brunaz, Grao, and Gelorauth are ready to attack.

Ash's heart rate jumps as he immediately ducks into the closest alleyway.
"Don't shoot! Don't shoot!," He cries out.

Another six shots snap past the opening to the alleyway you're hiding out in, giving way to hurried footsteps. A soldier, too backlit by the lantern for you to discern anything more than his silhouette, cautiously rounds the corner, scanning the alley with his rifle readied. His sights quickly settle on you, and he freezes.

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Forum Games / Re: ABS FIESTA REDUX

« on: September 30, 2018, 06:10:34 PM »

"Or, we don't take out the airships, and we die anyways, I'd bet," Walt reminds her.

: Well, not necessarily...

Scorch aims and fires his LCP at Pistol 1-3.

LCP accuracy 50
Aim provides bonus of  10
Point Blank Range provides bonus of  20
Test taken at 80
Roll: 20 - success
Scorch hits the falling Corsair right in the nose, finishing it off.

"Oh, you're in for it now!"

Ajka pops 2 flares and evades before trying to get on the tail of Kilo 2-2, finally in dogfighting range.

Nosferatu base EV 87
Experience provides bonus of  8
Flares provides bonus of  80
AAM 1 provides penalty of  35
AAM 2 provides penalty of  35
Test taken at 105
Roll: 36 - success

Nosferatu base EV 87
Experience provides bonus of 8
Gerowitz's test taken at 95
Flanker base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of 8
Kilo 2-2's test taken at 83
Gerowitz's roll: 79 - success by 2 degrees
Supermaneuverable: 73 - success by 3 degrees
Kilo 2-2's roll: 96 - failure
Supermaneuverable: 82 - success by 1 degree
Gerowitz swings her plane around behind the incoming Flanker.

Ellie pops two flares and attempts to dodge the missiles again.

Tukreb base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of  8
Flares provides bonus of  80
AAM 1 provides penalty of  35
AAM 2 provides penalty of  35
Test taken at 93
Roll: 63 - success
You're safe.

Pistol 2-3 attempts to get behind Ellie, and 2-4 behind Scorch.
Corsair base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of 8
Pistol 2-3's test taken at 83
Tukreb base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of 8
Skytracer's test taken at 83
Pistol 2-3 roll: 86 - failure
Skytracer's roll: 56 - success by 3 degrees
Supermaneuverable: 90 - failure

Corsair base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of 8
Pistol 2-4's test taken at 83
Typhoon base EV 82
Scorch's test taken at 82
Pistol 2-4 roll: 15 - success by 7 degrees
Scorch's roll: 82 - success by 1 degree
Ellie gives 2-3 the slip, but 2-4 catches Scorch in his sights.

Back down on the street, Ash decides to head to where the surface-to-air missile was launched. He jogs down the side street and slows down as he approaches the battery.

You barely get out of the glow of the lantern before hearing a deafening crack in your right ear. Then, another, followed by a spark flashing on the asphalt several meters in front of you as a third projectile goes whistling past.

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Forum Games / Re: ABS FIESTA REDUX

« on: September 29, 2018, 09:29:02 PM »

"Let's regroup with what's left of the strike package."

"Bell, we only have seven minutes! We can't waste time regrouping with the formation!"

".. Sorry Colonel, I'm going to have to agree with Crash," Lorens chimes in, looking out the canopy to the rest of his flight, "If we regroup with the main formation, the enemy fighters will only wear us down till we can't fight. It's either now or never."

: Yeah! Let's just charge in there, where we're outnumbered by airships with guns the size of our planes, and die!

"Ah. forget it."

Gerowitz aims for Pistol 2-2's roosterpit and fires her sole remaining gauss rifle.

AKM accuracy 55
Experience provides bonus of  8
Called Shot (roosterpit) provides penalty of  20
Test taken at 43
Roll: 14 - success
The Gauss rifle fires one last shot before automatically shutting down to prevent the heat damage from getting worse, punching through the Corsair from end to end.

Scorch aims and fires his EML at Pistol 1-3.

EML accuracy 40
Aim provides bonus of  10
Test taken at 50
Roll: 33 - success
Unlike the Foxbat, the Corsair is quite vulnerable to electrical disruption. The shot connects and the enemy plane begins losing altitude.

"[I think we could use a little help here.]"
Ellie fires two seekers at Pistol 2-3 and 2-4.

Corsair base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of  8
HSM provides penalty of  25
Test taken at 58
Roll (2-3): 56 - success
Roll (2-4): 72 - failure
Pistol 2-4 is hit. 2-3 returns fire with two all-aspects.

Yamashiro puts down Pistol 1-2, and Kilo 2-2 opens fire on Ajka.
AC5 accuracy 50
Experience provides bonus of  8
Aim provides bonus of  20
Test taken at 78
Roll: 83 - failure
It misses with the gun and then fires a pair of missiles.

Now at point Blank range of enemy planes.

Ash's heart skips as beat as he hears the thunderous noise behind him. Relieved that it wasn't actually a warhead going off, he continues running towards the light source at the end of the street.

You step into the light at the end of the street- apparently, the owner of a storefront neglected to turn off a gas lantern hanging outside in all the commotion. The street you find yourself on now is wide enough that you cannot make out just how far across it is to the other side, and in what you assume to be the middle of the street you see the faint glint of metal rails. A thunderous roar to your left draws attention to a surface to air missile, launching from a side street a few blocks down.

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Forum Games / Re: ABS FIESTA REDUX

« on: September 28, 2018, 07:14:12 PM »

"AWACS, how much time do we have left?!" Jaakko calls.

He is alerted to a missile launch, and evades, dropping a string of flares behind him.

Tukreb base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of  4
Chaff provides bonus of  40
SAM provides penalty of  40
Test taken at 79
Roll: 55 - success
: Enemy bomber formation has engaged Battlefleet Indomitus and has inflicted serious damage, and they have not deviated from their course as anticipated earlier. They are currently 40 miles from the primary target, and will be upon it in less than seven minutes.

Scorch drops three strings of flares and evades.

Typhoon base EV 84
Flares provides bonus of  120
AAM 1 provides penalty of  35
AAM 2 provides penalty of  35
Test taken at 132
Roll: 1 - success
Scorch very nearly shakes the plane apart evading the missiles, but comes out the other end in (mostly) one piece.

"Gerowitz defending!"

Ajka pops three flares and enters evasive manouvers.

Nosferatu base EV 87
Experience provides bonus of  8
Flares provides bonus of  120
AAM 1 provides penalty of  35
AAM 2 provides penalty of  35
AAM 3 provides penalty of  35
Test taken at 110
Roll: 25 - success
: [Missiles took the bait, you're in the clear.]

Ellie drops two flares and attempts to shake the missiles.

Tukreb base EV 75
8 provides bonus of  8
Flares provides bonus of  80
AAM 1 provides penalty of  35
AAM 2 provides penalty of  35
Test taken at 93
Roll: 79 - success
And Ellie lives too.

PPC accuracy 60
Experience provides bonus of  12
Aim provides bonus of  10
Called Shot (roosterpit) provides penalty of  20
Test taken at 62
Roll: 70 - failure

Corsair base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of  8
Flares provides bonus of  40
AAM  provides penalty of  35
MMS x12 provides penalty of  60
Test taken at 28
Roll: 62 - failure
Yamashiro splashes one of the interceptors.

Since everyone used flares, the Corsairs are happy to fall back on their guns instead.
P3 accuracy 50
Experience provides bonus of  6
Aim provides bonus of  20
Missile Range provides penalty of  20
Test taken at 56
Roll (1-3): 95 - fug
Roll (2-3): 76 - failure
Scorch sees a green flash directly ahead as he comes out of his evasive loop and shuts his eyes, bracing for the worst- but when he opens them again he sees two gouts of green flame spraying out either side of his adversary's fuselage.
: AAUGH, what the forget just happened!?

Ash rolls back his left sleeve to check his watch. Daylight is another three hours away, the dial reads. The pale green glow of the tritium markings serves as the only visible light source in the neighborhood. Unsure of how long he has, Ash tries to forge East, to further distance himself from the metropolis and the bombers' flight path. He attempts to recall any landmarks he might've sighted on the way down.

The poor lighting conditions made it quite difficult to determine any landmarks on your descent- the only sources of light you saw were a result of anti-aircraft fire. A brief burst of gunfire here, a sustained laser beam there, and one instance of a missile launch from what you'd guess couldn't be more than two minute's run east from where you planted your feet- this being before you began to wander.
Try as you might to head east, the road ahead begins curving north. A possible alternate path presents itself in the form of a narrow alleyway to your left that seems to cut across southeast, with what looks like a dim yellow light on the other end. Lastly, there is a tremendous crashing noise as something impacts with the ground some distance behind you, around the bend to the west. The fact that it didn't explode means that it may be an escape capsule or downed plane- or just a piece of debris.

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Forum Games / Re: ABS FIESTA REDUX

« on: September 27, 2018, 03:55:44 PM »

Bell winces as the jet is hit.

: We should probably drop back and regroup.

Jaakko fires another burst of rockets at the Erovring.
“Agreed. Pull out of the formation and stay away from the Temnabog until we’re ready for it,”
He manuevers away from the formation, diving to avoid the Erovring’s guns.

R20 accuracy 40
Experience provides bonus of  4
Test taken at 44
Roll: 39 - success
A handful of rockets impact along the cruiser's wing.

Walter pops two chaff and evades. He follows Crash's lead and avoids the thick of the enemy formation.

Skepna base EV 46
Experience provides bonus of  12
Chaff provides bonus of  80
SAM 1 provides penalty of  40
SAM 2 provides penalty of  40
Test taken at 58
Roll: 51 - success

"Shackling on you, Walt, watch your six," Lorens drops his speed and starts trailing the Skepna. He crosses through the two chaff clouds and jinks back out as the gunship's massive wake turbulence buffets the Tornado.

Tornado base EV 68
Experience provides bonus of  2
Chaff provides bonus of  80
SAM 1 provides penalty of  40
SAM 2 provides penalty of  40
Test taken at 70
Roll: 75 - failure
One of the SAMs meets you on the other side of the chaff cloud.

The airships aren't keen on just allowing you to slip away, and continue firing until you're out of range:

LBX accuracy 50
Aim provides bonus of  20
Missile Range provides penalty of  20
Test taken at 50
Roll: 51 - failure
Walt nearly gets hit by the Erovring.

FLK accuracy 50
Aim provides bonus of  20
Missile Range provides penalty of  20
Test taken at 50
Roll: 60 - failure
Another flak shell bursts overhead and ahead of Lorens, the resultant shrapnel leaving several cracks in the canopy.

LBX accuracy 50
Aim provides bonus of  20
Missile range provides penalty of  20
Test taken at 50
Roll: 49 - success
Shortsword takes a hit to the wing as she retreats.

FLK accuracy 50
Aim provides bonus of  20
Missile Range provides penalty of  20
Test taken at 50
Roll: 77 - failure
Crash once again slips away untouched, only this time he has a SAM on his ass.

Ellie locks onto Kilo 2-2 and Kilo 2-3, then fires off both MMS pods at the two planes.

Flanker base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of  8
Flares provides bonus of  40
MMS x6 provides penalty of  30
Test taken at 93
Roll: 65 - success

Fulcrum base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of  6
MMS x6 provides penalty of  30
Test taken at 51
Roll: 80 - failure
2-2 gets away, but isn't able to contribute this turn. Kilo 2-3 is shot down.

"Guns on 1-4!"

Ajka fires her guns at Pistol 1-4 before entering evasive maneuvers to throw her bandits off her tail.

AKM accuracy 55
Experience provides bonus of  8
Test taken at 63
Roll: 19 - success

PPC accuracy 60
Experience provides bonus of  8
Test taken at 68
Roll: 46 - success
Ajka sends a Gauss round right down the right-side intake, separating the plane from its wing and doing untold damage to the engine. This is then followed up with two PPCs to center mass, destroying the plane completely.

Scorch fires his EML and LCP at Pistol 1-3, then maneuvers to make himself a difficult target.

EML accuracy 45
Missile Range provides penalty of  20
Test taken at 25
Roll: 55 - failure

LCP accuracy 55
Missile Range provides penalty of  20
Test taken at 35
Roll: 4 - success
You hit Pistol 1-3, drawing its ire as it begins evading.

PPC accuracy 60
Experience provides bonus of  12
Aim provides bonus of  20
Called Shot (roosterpit) provides penalty of  20
Test taken at 72
Roll: 72 - success
Xiaomei sends a particle stream through Pistol 1-1's head, covering Ajka.

The surviving Corsairs open fire.
P3 accuracy 50
Experience provides bonus of  6
Aim provides bonus of  20
Missile Range provides penalty of  20
Test taken at 56
Roll (1-2): 79 - failure
Roll (2-1): 35 - success
Roll (2-2): 7 - success
Roll (2-3): 60 - failure
Roll (2-4): 58 - failure
: [stuff! stuff! I've lost all control!]

Nagato and Gerowitz both get hit, the former's plane going down a heap of burning slag, the latter's being tough enough to stay airworthy (albeit on the verge of overheating and having lost one of its cannons).

Corsairs hit the turbo and will be entering gun range next turn.


Several thousand feet below, Ash is looking for friendly forces. Being a pure blooded Mercanan city slicker, he would have thought that navigating from street level would be no problem, but he's found himself hopelessly lost. Rather than the ordered grids he is used to back home, the Gothic capital city is a bizarrely disorganized labyrinth of winding cobblestone streets and footpaths occasionally crossed by actual asphalt-paved roads that don't appear to go straight in either direction the few times he's found one. Twice, he's found what he can only assume to be entrances to underground mass transit, but both times they have been locked down tight. The mandatory blackout hasn't helped navigation in the slightest (not that he'd be able to read the signage anyway), nor has the repetitive concrete architecture, and the air raid sirens howling through the endless concrete halls around him are enough to drive one mad.

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Forum Games / Re: ABS FIESTA REDUX

« on: September 25, 2018, 09:30:22 PM »

Walt watches the carnage being laid on the Valnad for a moment. "Targeting Erovring," he states over the radio. He lines up his sights and looses plasma in the Erovring's direction.

P4 accuracy 25
Experience provides bonus of  12
Aim provides bonus of  10
Airship Target provides bonus of  20
Test taken at 67
Roll: 11 - success
The plasma cannon destroys the Erovring's starboard thrust vanes.

"SAM missed! Snowman, attacking the next target!"
Lorens gets a bead on the Erovring with the rocket CCIP and places it over the cruiser's starboard engine bank. He mashes the munitions release once more, lighting up the night sky with the ignition of a dozen more boosters.

R20 accuracy 40
Aim provides bonus of  10
Experience provides bonus of  2
Test taken at 52
Roll: 10 - success
LAMS S1 rolls to intercept rockets
Roll: 4
LAMS S2 rolls to intercept rockets
Roll: 4
The Erovring's LAMS installations shoot down about half of the rockets, the remaining bunch breaching the roosterpit.

Bell drops a chaff packet and attempts to ditch the SAM.

Jaakko drops chaff and maneuvers to evade the missile.

Blackjack base EV 68
Experience provides bonus of  10
Chaff provides bonus of  40
SAM provides penalty of  40
Test taken at 78
Roll: 78 - success

Tukreb base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of  4
Chaff provides bonus of  40
SAM provides penalty of  40
Test taken at 79
Roll: 6 - success
Both of you survive the missile, but quickly find yourselves in range of the defensive guns.

LBX accuracy 50
Aim provides bonus of  20
Test taken at 70
Roll: 63 - success
Walt is glanced by the dorsal LBX.

FLK accuracy 50
Aim provides bonus of  20
Test taken at 70
Roll: 71 - failure
Snowman's plane is buffeted by a proximity detonated shell.

LBX accuracy 50
Aim provides bonus of  20
Missile range provides penalty of  20
Test taken at 50
Roll: 33 - success
Shortsword gets plugged at range by the Tyazhelamek.

FLK accuracy 50
Aim provides bonus of  20
Missile Range provides penalty of  20
Test taken at 50
Roll: 83 - failure
Crash and Virvel end up the only ones getting off scot-free.

The Valnad continues along its sharply descending trajectory until its wing strikes windowless skyscraper rising high above the streets below. The building's top ten or so stories are smashed to rubble instantly as the airship's wing is sheared from its fuselage, the rest of the plane tumbling a few degrees and colliding nose-first with another high-rise, scattering both the building and itself across several blocks around the point of impact.

Continuing on this flight path will put you in missile range of the Chernetok and Temnabog next turn. The former is currently breaking apart under heavy PPC fire and shouldn't be giving you much trouble, but the latter has been untouched since its run-in with the last squadron of Imperial planes, and still has most of its weapons online.

Ellie gets on the horn.
"Ah stuff, Get behind me, because I'm dropping this chaff packet and that'll be it."
Ellie waits for a couple of seconds to let Gerowitz and Scorch get behind her before dropping that chaff packet and evading.

Tukreb base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of  8
Chaff provides bonus of  40
RGM 1 provides penalty of  45
RGM 2 provides penalty of  45
Test taken at 33
Roll: 75 - failure
Reroll: 20 - success

Scorch fires his EML and LCP at Kilo 2-2, drops a string of flares to avoid locks, and flies behind Ellie.

Ajka tries her best to pull in behind Ellie's chaff without bumping into Scorch, cursing under her best as she maneuvers in.
"Coming in for CM!"

Typhoon base EV 82
Chaff provides bonus of  40
RGM provides penalty of  45
Test taken at 77
Roll: 50 - success
Nosferatu base EV 87
Experience provides bonus of  8
Chaff provides bonus of  40
RGM 1 provides penalty of  45
RGM 2 provides penalty of  45
Test taken at 45
Roll: 5 - success
Nobody, in Kobalt nor Raiden, is hit by any incoming missiles. The Corsairs begin aiming their cannons at their previous targets.

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Forum Games / Re: ABS FIESTA REDUX

« on: September 24, 2018, 08:23:26 PM »

"Evading," Walter calls as the radar lock warning chimes at him. He pops chaff and evades.

Skepna base EV 46
Experience provides bonus of  12
Chaff provides bonus of  40
SAM provides penalty of  40
Test taken at 58
Roll: 43 - success
Missile evaded.

Jaakko gives the Valnad another aimed burst of rockets.

R20 accuracy 40
Experience provides bonus of  4
Aim provides bonus of  10
Missile Range provides penalty of  20
Test taken at 34
Roll: 72 - failure
The Valnad's roosterpit is destroyed, blasted to smithereens by the hail of rockets.

Bell starts aiming at the Erovring's remaining starboard SAM turret.

A flash of light and chime from your RWR lets you know a missile is on its way.

Entering Gun Range of the Erovring and Valnad, and Missile Range of the Forintelse and Tyazhelamek next turn. The latter two have been focused on the Indomitus Battlegroup so far, but taking down the Valnad has made your unit difficult to ignore.

Markus returns fire with his EML and his last missile, dropping a pack of flares to avoid locks.

EML accuracy 45
Missile Range provides penalty of  20
Test taken at 25
Roll: 65 - failure

Flanker base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of  4
Flares provides bonus of  40
AAM 1 provides penalty of  35
AAM 2 provides penalty of  35
Test taken at 9
Roll: 68 - failure
Fulcrum down.

Ellie drops two packets of flares and attempts to evade.

Tukreb base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of  8
Flares provides bonus of  80
AAM 1 provides penalty of  35
AAM 2 provides penalty of  35
Test taken at 93
Roll: 48 - success
Enemy missiles took the bait.

Ajka fires her guns at Kilo 2-5 and then turns her attention to the incoming missiles.

"Damnit. Gerowitz defending."

She pops two flares and starts evasive maneuvers to throw the missiles off.

AKM accuracy 55
Experience provides bonus of  8
Test taken at 63
Roll: 71 - failure
PPC accuracy 60
Experience provides bonus of  8
Test taken at 68
Roll: 13 - success

Nosferatu base EV 87
Experience provides bonus of  8
Flares provides bonus of  80
AAM 1 provides penalty of  35
AAM 2 provides penalty of  35
Test taken at 105
Roll: 69 - success
: [Flanker destroyed. That's six kills to your name already.]

The Aesthian attack group has taken notice of Kobalt turning their formation into mulch.
: [The interceptors have stopped firing- finally.]
: Come on, guys, go straight at them! Don't let these thugs scare you!

Kilo 2-2 fires on Gerowitz with the cannon.
AC5 accuracy 50
Experience provides bonus of  8
Aim provides bonus of  10
Missile provides penalty of  20
Test taken at 48
Roll: 55 - failure
He misses.

Kilo 2-3 fires on Yamashiro, and also fails to connect.

Now at Gun Range of Kilo squadron. Pistol squadron entering missile range next turn.

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Forum Games / Re: ABS FIESTA REDUX

« on: September 23, 2018, 05:56:08 PM »

“Rockets!” Jaakko calls.

He fires an aimed burst of rockets at the Valnad.

R20 accuracy 40
Experience provides bonus of  4
Aim provides bonus of  10
Missile Range provides penalty of  20
Test taken at 34
Roll: 72 - failure
Rockets go wide.

Walt takes aim and lets off a volley of plasma at Valnad.

P4 accuracy 25
Experience provides bonus of  12
Aim provides bonus of  10
Airship provides bonus of  20
Missile Range provides penalty of  20
Test taken at 47
Roll: 25 - success
The plasma bolt enters downward through the Valnad's starboard side and penetrates all the way through to the port engine housing.

Bell fires another slug towards the Valnad.

KSM accuracy 55
Experience provides bonus of  8
Aim provides bonus of  10
Missile Range provides penalty of  20
Test taken at 53
Roll: 53 - success
The gauss rifle hits the Valnad dead on, following much of the same angle as the plasma did.

"Snowman, attacking!" Lorens brings the R20 CCIP pipper over the Valnad's starboard engine bank and hits the munitions release. The rapidly successive ignitions of two dozen rocket motors strobe the roosterpit with pale red light.

R20 accuracy 40
Experience provides bonus of  2
Aim provides bonus of  10
Missile Range provides penalty of  20
Test taken at 32
Roll: 3 - success
The rockets strike the Valnad, and the engines start sputtering and trailing smoke. The airship begins pitching downwards, still active but losing altitude.

One of the Imperial vessels fires on the Erovring, several particle beams impacting against the airship's fuselage. Walter and Snowman pick up a SAM each from the airships.

Ellie swings around and fires a RGM at Kilo 2-2.

Flanker base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of  6
Chaff provides bonus of  40
RGM provides penalty of  30
Test taken at 91
Roll: 73 - success

Markus sighs, disappointed. He punches the afterburners to close to missile range ASAP, dropping a string of chaff to avoid locks.

AC5 accuracy 50
Experience provides bonus of  4
Aim provides bonus of  10
Missile Range provides penalty of  20
Test taken at 44
Roll: 76 - failure
Cannonfire rips past your roosterpit as one of the enemy planes opens fire.

Ajka turns around and starts to line up a shot on Kilo 2-5.

Kilo 2-2 launches a pair of all-aspects at you.

Raiden begins turning around to support your unit.
Gun Range next turn.

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Forum Games / Re: ABS FIESTA REDUX

« on: September 21, 2018, 08:57:28 PM »

"Dumping chaff and evading."
Bell drops two packets of chaff and pulls away to evade.

Terminator base EV 81
Experience provides bonus of  8
Chaff provides bonus of  80
SAM provides penalty of  40
Test taken at 129
Roll: 79 - success
Missile evaded.

"Impatient, huh?" he teases.

Walt evades, trying to shake the SAM lock.

Jaakko lays two strings of chaff for Walt and to prevent being picked up by a missile himself.

Skepna base EV 46
Experience provides bonus of  12
Chaff provides bonus of  80
SAM provides penalty of  40
Test taken at 98
Roll: 9 - success
Walter also survives the SAM.

Lorens pulls into a defensive loop and throws out another two chaff clouds in the maneuver to trash the SAM.

Tornado base EV 68
Experience provides bonus of  2
Chaff provides bonus of  80
SAM provides penalty of  40
Test taken at 110
Roll: 83 - success
Snowman also succeeds in evading the missiles.

The last three drones are shot down as they release their payloads. Erovring loses a LAMS and SAM launcher, but the two cruisers are still very much combat-capable.

"Guns on Oxcart-1 and last missile out at Oxcart-4."

Ajka fires her last AAM at Oxcart-4, and fires her AKSMs at Oxcart-1.

Foxbat base EV 60
Experience provides bonus of  8
Flares provides bonus of  40
AAM provides penalty of  35
Test taken at 73
Roll: 91 - failure

AKM accuracy 60
Experience provides bonus of  8
Test taken at 68
Roll: 56 - success
: [Interceptor eliminated.]

Markus fires his EML twice at Oxcart-4.

EML accuracy 45
Missile Range provides penalty of  20
Test taken at 25
Roll: 18 - success
Roll:
Despite feeling for sure like you must have hit them, you see no effect on the target ahead. Then, the realization begins to dawn on you that, unlike the modern glass roosterpit fighters you've been fighting up to now, the lump of seventy-year-old steel downrange runs off of vacuum tubes and may as well burn coal for how primitive it is. One of your allies plugs it with a PPC and downs it anyway though, so the point is moot.

A chirp from Skytracer's RWR notifies her she's been spotted.
: Attention, Kobalt. There are five enemy craft approaching from behind.

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Forum Games / Re: ABS FIESTA REDUX

« on: September 19, 2018, 06:27:03 PM »

"Shift the attack to the Valnad. Attack from the starboard side, do not enter the airship formation"

"Alright, shifting over to the Valnad."
Bell finishes aiming and sends a KSM slug towards Erovring. She also launches two AGMs towards the Valnad's starboard engine block.

KSM accuracy 50
Experience provides bonus of  8
Aim provides bonus of  20
Missile Range provides penalty of  20
Test taken at 58
Roll: 89 - failure

BAMS attempts to intercept missiles:
AGM 1: 19 - success
The Gauss rifle misses its mark, but the anti-missile system only manages to down one of the incoming missiles. The second cracks open the engineering section, exposing the inner workings.

"Heading towards Valnad," Walt states before adjusting his course accordingly. He continues to wait for gun range.

: ...So, you gonna fire that thing or what?

Farther ahead, the drones take additional losses from defensive AA fire. Shortsword, Walt, and Snowman pick up SAMs from the two cruisers.

Ajka fires her guns at Oxcart-7, and then launches 4 of her AAMs at Oxcart-6.

AKM accuracy 60
Experience provides bonus of  8
Test taken at 68
Roll: 66 - success

PPC accuracy 60
Experience provides bonus of  8
Test taken at 68
Roll: 27 - success

Foxbat base EV 60
Experience provides bonus of  8
Flares provides bonus of  80
AAM 1 provides penalty of  35
AAM 2 provides penalty of  35
AAM 3 provides penalty of  35
AAM 4 provides penalty of  35
Test taken at 8
Roll: 24 - failure
: [Good kills, 2-4. That's two more.]

"..."
Markus drops three strings of chaff, evades (and dives), and retaliates with 3 AAMs.

Typhoon base EV 84
Chaff provides bonus of  120
HARM provides penalty of  100
Test taken at 104
Roll: 36 - success

Foxbat base EV 60
Experience provides bonus of  8
Flares provides bonus of  80
AAM 1 provides penalty of  35
AAM 2 provides penalty of  35
AAM 3 provides penalty of  35
Test taken at 43
Roll: 48 - failure
One of the missiles makes it through to hit the target.

"Should've just run."
Ellie fires a shot from the LCB at Oxcart-8.

LCB accuracy 55
Experience provides bonus of  7
Aim provides bonus of  10
Test taken at 72
Roll: 26 - success
Already suffering damage from the missile, the eighth Foxbat is finished off by Ellie's laser.

PPC accuracy 60
Experience provides bonus of  12
Aim provides bonus of  20
Called Shot provides penalty of  20
Test taken at 72
Roll: 64 - success

PPC accuracy 60
Experience provides bonus of  10
Aim provides bonus of  20
Test taken at 90
Roll: 50 - success

LCP accuracy 50
Experience provides bonus of  8
Missile Range provides penalty of  20
Test taken at 38
Roll: 7 - success
Roll: 18 - success
LCB accuracy 55
Experience provides bonus of 8
Test taken at 63
Roll: 78 - failure
Roll: 13 - success
Raiden cleans up another three interceptors.
: Oxcart Lead here, we're getting slaughtered! Can anyone assist?
: Oxcart, this is Kilo. We're on our way- stuff. stuff!-
: Mjolnir, Raiden, heads up! We got guys ditching the furball here, they're probably going after you.

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Forum Games / Re: ABS FIESTA REDUX

« on: September 16, 2018, 11:19:39 AM »

Bell starts aiming the KSM at the starboard engine block of Erovring.
"Snowman, I'm popping chaff."
She deploys a chaff packet for Snowman to take advantage of at his earliest convenience.

"I see the chaff, I'm weaving in on you now," Lorens swerves the Tornado into the chaff cloud and dispenses another packet of his own before jinking to defend the SAM.

Tornado base EV 68
Experience provides bonus of  2
Chaff provides bonus of  80
SAM provides penalty of  40
Test taken at 110
Roll: 61 - success
Missile evaded.

Jaakko evades and lays two strings of chaff.

Tukreb base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of  2
Chaff provides bonus of  80
SAM provides penalty of  40
Test taken at 117
Roll: 98 - success
Crash is in the clear.

Airships now in missile range. A salvo from the drones ahead knocks out the Valnad's two starboard point-defense guns and deals light damage to the engine block.

Ajka pops her last two chaff and undergoes evasive manouvers, before starting to line up a shot on Oxcart-7.

Nosferatu base EV 87
Experience provides bonus of  8
Chaff provides bonus of  80
HARM provides penalty of  100
Test taken at 75
Roll: 0 - success
: [Enemy missile took the bait.]

Skytracer lines up a shot on Oxcart-8.

The Foxbat drops a missile and begins turning around to join the rest of its unit in retreat. Hardly a maneuverable plane, it only succeeds in presenting the largest possible target profile to you.

Markus pulls up near-vertically and punches the afterburners to get out of the lock circle, then levels out.

Oxcart-8 releases an active-radar missile, and you have just separated yourself from your teammates.

Now at missile range of the Foxbats, but most of them have turned around and are accelerating in the opposite direction. You are currently gaining on them, as they had slowed down to give themselves the longest time at-range, but it is only a matter of time before they can get up to speed and leave you behind.

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Forum Games / Re: ABS FIESTA REDUX

« on: September 13, 2018, 12:17:53 PM »

"Kobalt, move to attack the Erovring. Keep your distance, attack from behind and from the outside of the cruiser formation, do not bunch up unless you want to get plugged by the LBX,"

Walt stays on course towards the bombers, waiting to enter gun range.

Lorens pulls the wings back in to full sweep and slams the power lever. He regroups on the flight and continues flying towards the cruisers.

Kobalt begins catching up with the Drone wing that was sent in advance of them, which is currently taking most of the AA fire. Two drones are lost to SAMs.

Airships in missile range next turn.

Skytracer deploys a chaff packet to prevent a lock.

Markus flies into Skytracer's chaff cloud to avoid any locks.

Almost all of the Foxbats break off in pairs and start turning tail. No. 7 and 8 stay the course, the former firing a missile at Ajka.

Missile Range next turn.