I bank hard to the right and dump flares, firing another missile at the Tornado that trashed my missile shot earlier, I hit my afterburner to close in on the Tornadoes.
The missile goes for the bait. The tornado attempts to evade, but is hit. Unfortunately, it isn't a lethal impact, and it continues limping towards the transports.
I lock onto a Tornado and fire a heatseeker.
It drops flares and pours on the afterburners.
Obrad ejects his flares and breaks right.
The missile is spoofed, continue on.
Tigersharks close in on the rest of the squadron.
One of them drops in behind Obrad and begins firing on him with its guns. Cannon shells impact his wings and rear fuselage, but do no significant damage.
Another flies straight at Victor, and a burst of cannonfire goes right under his fuselage.
The third is approaching Casey from the side, and launches a heatseeker.
(this is the best time to kill off Comatose's character)
The Viggen falls onto Samuel's tail. He attempts evasive maneuvers, but does not manage to shake his pursuer. Suddenly, a beam of blue light streaks forth from the Viggen's nose gun, hitting Samuel's munitions and cooking them all off. His plane is engulfed in an explosion, and there is no chute spotted once the smoke clears.
1. number of transports we are defending and what they are
3x Twin-engine turboprop planes carrying 16 soldiers each
2. relative proximity to the Tigersharks and the Tornadoes
The Tigersharks are engaging you at close range. The Tornadoes are heading for the transports, but have a ways to go before entering missile range.