ABS FIESTA REDUX

[NoZoner]

Lorens sees the Excubitor banking and descending. Now that the prison camp can no longer be fired upon by its cannons, he weighs his options.

stuff, it's still too close to the camp for me to bring it down.

Unsure of what else he can target while he's still positioned underneath the destroyer, he decides for now it's safest to attack the target as planned. He pitches back up and fires the coilgun at farthest Howitzer, hoping that nothing else intersects with the projectile's path.

"Guns on the destroyer!" A menacing boom and a bright flash tell the departure of the sabot round from its barrel. Lorens swerves away and continues towards the far side of the destroyer.

[Ad Bot]

[ZombiLoin]

"Nevermind. Maybe I'm not the best person to take targeting lessons from."

Faw radios Alpha again.

"Going in for another run on the infantry behind the Defender."

Faw takes a moment to line up his shot before swooping down and firing with all his guns.

[Mr. Hurricane]

Jaakko commences his run, firing on the Imperial infantry.

As he pulls away he acknowledges Walt.

"Go ahead, things are almost cleaned up here,"

[Qwepir]

Graf, after aiming, fires the UAC at the Infantry to the right of the Defender.

UAC base accuracy 40
Experience provides bonus of 2
Aim provides bonus of 20
Cover provides penalty of 20
Test taken at 42
Roll: 32 - success
Result: Hit
You kill someone. With emphasis on kill, and on someone. Perhaps rockets would have been more useful here.

"Nevermind. Maybe I'm not the best person to take targeting lessons from."

Faw radios Alpha again.

"Going in for another run on the infantry behind the Defender."

Faw takes a moment to line up his shot before swooping down and firing with all his guns.

FLK accuracy 50
Aim provides bonus of 20
Cover provides penalty of 20
Test taken at 50
Roll: 16 - success

LCB accuracy 55
Aim provides bonus of 20
Strafing run provides bonus of 10
Cover provides penalty of 20
Test taken at 55
Roll: 12 - success

LCP accuracy 50
Aim provides bonus of 20
Strafing run provides bonus of 10
Cover provides penalty of 20
Test taken at 60
Roll: 4 - success

EML accuracy 45
Aim provides bonus of 20
Cover provides penalty of 20
Test taken at 45
Roll: 61 - failure
Your strafing run is far more effective this time around.

Jaakko commences his run, firing on the Imperial infantry.

AC5 accuracy 50
Experience provides bonus of 8
Aim provides bonus of 20
Strafing run provides bonus of 10
Cover provides penalty of 20
Test taken at 68
Roll: 28 - success
You draw a line across the troops in cover and let them have it, wiping out what's left of the fireteam.
: That's the ticket! Nice shooting!

U10 accuracy 40
Experience provides bonus of 8
Aim provides bonus of 20
Cover provides penalty of 20
Test taken at 48
Roll: 19 - success

LBX accuracy 50
Experience provides bonus of 8
Aim provides bonus of 20
Cover provides penalty of 20
Test taken at 58
Roll: 56 - success
Pansar and Frisk strafe one of the AT squads with their guns, and though they pulp a couple more people, it's clear that they just haven't brought the right tools to deal with massed infantry.
: Djuriskas, we've got new targets. Cease your attacks at Bravo.
: What? We're not done here!
: Our forces attacking the headquarters are being shelled and need those artillery guns taken out. Eremit, stay at altitude and keep an eye out for airships; the rest of you, come with me. I'm not about to let this offensive fall flat on its' face.

Tippy pops (2) Chaff and goes on an evasive maneuver adventure.

Berkut base EV 85
Experience provides bonus of 9
Imperial SAM provides penalty of 40
Flares provide bonus of 80
Test taken at 134
Roll: 39 - success
Test passed
You survive the adventure.

Yui checks her surroundings and the radar to make sure there's no hostile air support incoming.

The only air units in the area are the VTOLs, and they're just as nonhostile as ever.

Lorens sees the Excubitor banking and descending. Now that the prison camp can no longer be fired upon by its cannons, he weighs his options.

stuff, it's still too close to the camp for me to bring it down.

Unsure of what else he can target while he's still positioned underneath the destroyer, he decides for now it's safest to attack the target as planned. He pitches back up and fires the coilgun at farthest Howitzer, hoping that nothing else intersects with the projectile's path.

"Guns on the destroyer!" A menacing boom and a bright flash tell the departure of the sabot round from its barrel. Lorens swerves away and continues towards the far side of the destroyer.

As the destroyer continues to bank, it ends up placing its hull in the way of your slug.
KSM accuracy 50
Experience provides bonus of 6
Aim provides bonus of 20
Test taken at 76
Roll: 45 - success
Result: Hit
Not that that hinders your projectile in any way.

Yamashiro gives the order to her team to make their attacks on the destroyer.
: [Fire, now!]
PPC base accuracy 60
Experience provides bonus of 6
Aim provides bonus of 20
Test taken at 86
Roll: 34 - success
Result: Hit

LAMS turret S1 rolls to intercept missiles:
JSM 1: 83 - success
JSM 2: 93 - failure

LAMS turret S3 rolls to intercept missiles:
JSM 2: 92 - success
JSM 3: 32 - failure
Nagato destroys the fore cannon before it can fire, and Xiaomei's distraction missiles knock out one of the PD guns in addition to allowing Yamashiro's TAG to reach its target. Missiles fired without a lock, regardless of typical tracking method, will now automatically hit the destroyer's bridge.
: That's far enough, light it up!

[Tayasaurus]

Tippy attacks the final SAM with her UAC

[ZombiLoin]

Faw takes a glance out his roosterpit and notices that there were no explosions or rapid firing coming from Graf.

"I appreciate the marksmanship but is killing one random mook really worth an entire strafing run? Whatever, it's my fault for not being kitted properly. Now it's time to kill that heavy."

Faw takes a look at the battle lines on his HUD's map. He radios down to the remaining forces at Alpha.

"Seems like the only units left are infantry stragglers and that Defender, I don't see any portable AT on the field right now. Moving in on that heavy."

He radios Command and forms up for a strafing run on the Defender.

"Command, are there any sighted enemy fliers in the region?"

[Badger]

Walter aims on the large infantry group in Bravo and fires his flak cannons in a strafing run

[Operator¹]

"Skytracer here, my plane is heavily damaged, I'm launching this salvo and retreating to radar range."

Ellie fires the whole salvo at the beacon and starts heading towards Yui's position

[Qwepir]

He radios Command and forms up for a strafing run on the Defender.

"Command, are there any sighted enemy fliers in the region?"

: One destroyer at range, will be in range in ten minutes.

[Deoxys And One Noob]

He lines up again for a shot against the infantry.

[ZombiLoin]

: One destroyer at range, will be in range in ten minutes.

"Affirmative. Thanks for the heads up."

Faw clicks on to open comms and relays this to Djurikas and his other squadmembers.

"Heads-up, we've got a destroyer moving in on us, ETA 10 minutes."

Faw continues to line up a shot on the Defender.

[Gojira]

"Copy that."
Yui pops into radar range of the destroyer they're engaging right now, then fires one of the Thuds at the starboard**** side.

[Qwepir]

Walter aims on the large infantry group in Bravo and fires his flak cannons in a strafing run

FLK accuracy 50
Experience provides bonus of 6
Aim provides bonus of 20
Cover provides penalty of 20
Test taken at 56
Roll: 99 - failure
Reroll granted by duplicate weapon: 96 - failure
Your flak shells kick up a lot of dirt and debris. Perhaps if the infantry weren't wearing their helmets they could be incapacitated by falling shrapnel and clumps of sidewalk, but alas.

"Affirmative. Thanks for the heads up."

Faw clicks on to open comms and relays this to Djurikas and his other squadmembers.

"Heads-up, we've got a destroyer moving in on us, ETA 10 minutes."

Faw continues to line up a shot on the Defender.

: Damn! Eremit, get over there and handle it!

Eremit hits the afterburners and flies off to meet the destroyer by himself while the rest of his squad begins picking out their targets in the HQ sector.
: I'm seeing a lot of anti-air down there.
: Fun!
: No, seriously, that's a lot of SAMs.
: We'll deal with them later, priority targets are anything that's shooting our guys.
: What about things shooting at us? Do we count as "our guys"?

Tippy attacks the final SAM with her UAC

UAC base accuracy 40
Experience provides bonus of 9
Aim provides bonus of 20
Test taken at 69
Roll: 40 - success
Result: Hit
The sabot penetrates through the ship's armor, taking out what's left of the SAM tubes in an ammo explosion.

"Skytracer here, my plane is heavily damaged, I'm launching this salvo and retreating to radar range."

Ellie fires the whole salvo at the beacon and starts heading towards Yui's position

The bridge is riddled with small explosions, leaving it intact but a scorched, glowing mess.
Heavy Particle Projection Cannon base accuracy 45
Missile range provides no bonus or penalty
(Relatively) Tiny target provides penalty of 10
Aim provides bonus of 20
Test taken at 55
Roll: 97 - failure
Result: miss
The remaining operative deck gun gives you a reminder that you are not supposed to be here.

"Copy that, I'm firing a Thunderbolt at it now."
Yui pops into radar range of the destroyer, then fires one of the Thuds at the starboard**** side.

LAMS turret S1 rolls to intercept missiles (D6):
Roll: 4
The sole remaining LAMS turret knocks out four of the six incoming submunitions, but the other two, as well as the main stage of the missile, make it through. The submunitions splash harmlessly against even the relatively thin armor the destroyer has, but the EMP stage strikes below the bow and deals a massive blow to the airship's lifting ability. The front end begins dipping sharply, but as a whole manages to remain "afloat".

PPC base accuracy 60
Experience provides bonus of 6
Aim provides bonus of 20
Test taken at 86
Roll: 46 - success
Result: Hit
Xiaomei and Nagato fire on the center turret, Musashi finishes off the one in the back, and Yamashiro dumps three AGMs into her TAG. There is now nothing left of the bridge.

[Badger]

Walter turns his aircraft around to attempt another run

[Gojira]

"Firing another Thunderbolt."
Yui fires yet another Thud at the starboard stern side of the Excubitor, with nothing but spite for Imperial destroyers fueling the button press.