I catch news of the defeat through autocat retransmissions. It hits me hard. The Huits have take the port, and allegedly Captain Steele and 2nd LT Daxton have been captured. I can't help but feel guilty, as I got out with a for-the-most-part functioning aircraft.
"Mjolinr 1-2 cleared to land Runway 9, taxi via route alpha, hold short at bravo,"
I eventually get to the hanger. The roosterpit is open, the parking spaces to my flanks, empty. My concscience, guilty.