ABS FIESTA REDUX

[Qwepir]

Markus fires his HARM at Tornado 1 and his RGMs at Tornado 2.

Tornado base EV 68
Experience provides bonus of 6
HARM provides penalty of 100
Chaff provides bonus of 80
Test taken at 54
Roll: 84 - failure
Test failed

Tornado base EV 68
Experience provides bonus of 4
RGM 1 provides penalty of 45
RGM 2 provides penaltyof 45
Chaff provides bonus of 80
Test taken at 62
Roll: 8 - success
Tornado-1 is obliterated by the HARM, but Tornado-2 evades the bog-standard RGMs.

"I'm still up in the air." He fires his AAM and an HSM at Tukreb-1. "Fox ripple."

Tukreb base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of 6
AAM provides penalty of 35
HSM provides penalty of 25
Flares provide bonus of 40
Test taken at 61
Roll: 51 - success
Test passed
The enemy plane dodges your missiles.

Gus and friends attack the incoming Typhoons.
Generic Pilot's FEL 30
Followers are well-practiced in Evasive Pattern Beta-Septimus - bonus of 20
Test taken at 50
Roll: 19 - success
Test passed
All of whom share flares with each other to minimize overall usage.
Typhoon base EV 84
Experience provides bonus of 4
HSM 1 provides penalty of 25
HSM 2 provides penalty of 25
Flares provide bonus of 120
Test taken at 158
Rolls: 49, 87, 37 - success
All planes pass test
All three of them evade the heatseekers, and return fire with their own.

Rows one and two in gun range in two turns. Three and four now skirting around the edge of missile range to the east (your left), remaining just beyond the range of most missiles. Strike planes in missile range next turn.



In the CIC, Tarkirov glares at Bell as he listens in on squadron communications. A status update from one of the crewmen prevents him from speaking his mind about the matter.
: Sir, the Zemsta is reporting they have taken down one of the Imperial destroyers. Looks like the heavy Thunderbolts are working as advertised.
: Excellent. Have the Zemsta and the Molotok rotate towards the rear of the formation, before they're damaged further. And Colonel, get your squadron under control.

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[Badger]

Walter fires his LCB on turkeb-2

"Firing."

Walter takes a moment to note the squadron to the east, and decides there's not much he can do about it.

"I'm not sure what the squadron to the east is doing yet, but it's best to keep them in mind if they're trying to split up the fronts."

[Operator¹]

: Gus, Blackeye, Caesar; evade normally, don't try to share countermeasures this time. Aero, Letterman, fire on two of those Typhoons with your seekers.

[Deoxys And One Noob]

"The situation's not looking good for me. My plane is damaged and I only have one more HSM. I might need to egress."

[R3DRobo]

Nevermind.

[NoZoner]

Lorens watches the splash timer on the HARMs count down to zero. The target designator box disappears from the HUD, replaced with an inky black dot that slowly trails downward into oblivion.

"Splash one Nosferatu! Went down without much of a fight, no changes in altitude or aspect. Targeting Typhoon 1."

The RGMs latch onto the signature of the bandit before flying off their pylons. "Snowman, Fox-1 ripple on the Typhoon!"

[Gojira]

"One Tornado down, five to go. Moving to intercept."
Markus accelerates to get in missile range of the Tornados.

[Qwepir]

Mission Theme

Walter fires his LCB on turkeb-2

LCB accuracy 55
Aim provides bonus of 20
Test taken at 75
Roll: 91 - failure
Result: Miss
No joy. The Tukreb is alerted to your presence and takes aim at you.

: Gus, Blackeye, Caesar; evade normally, don't try to share countermeasures this time.

Fulcrum base EV 75
HSM 1 provides penalty of 25
HSM 2 provides penalty of 25
Flares provide bonus of 40
Test taken at 65
Roll: 43, 79, 2
Gus and Caesar pass, Blackeye fails.
Two of the three pilots manage to dodge the incoming missiles.

: Aero, Letterman, fire on two of those Typhoons with your seekers.

Typhoon base EV 84
Experience provides bonus of 4
HSM 1 provides penalty of 25
HSM 2 provides penalty of 25
Flares provide bonus of 40
Test taken at 78
Rolls: 25, 96 - success, failure
Aero whiffs, but Letterman scores a kill.

"The situation's not looking good for me. My plane is damaged and I only have one more HSM. I might need to egress."

Tarkirov stares down Bell.
: Unless his plane is coming to pieces around him, you tell him to stay with the formation.

"Splash one Nosferatu! Went down without much of a fight, no changes in altitude or aspect. Targeting Typhoon 1."
The RGMs latch onto the signature of the bandit before flying off their pylons. "Snowman, Fox-1 ripple on the Typhoon!"

Typhoon base EV 84
Experience provides bonus of 4
RGM 1 provides penalty of 50
RGM 2 provides penalty of 50
Chaff provides bonus of 40
Test taken at 38
Roll: 78 - failure
Test failed
Scratch one Typhoon.

"One Tornado down, five to go. Moving to intercept."
Markus accelerates to get in missile range of the Tornados.

Markus isn't the only one with this idea, it appears. Virvel, Frisk, and Pansar have shot out from under the AFS Vilde towards the Tornados as well. This does not go unnoticed by the squadron maintaining its distance.
: [There! Second Group, hit those runners! Prioritize the Corsairs.]

Half of the unit rushes into missile range and opens fire on the four of you. Tukreb-1 also makes its attack.
LCB accuracy 55
Experience provides bonus of 6
Aim provides bonus of 20
Test taken at 75
Roll: 6 - success
Result: 1 hit to fuselage

The cruiser behind Mjolnir's, the AFS Zemsta, is struck in the center fore by an Imperial cruise missile. Point-defense systems go dead, and two more missiles strike it near the starboard engine block.
: Zemsta is hit, watch out!

The Aesthian planes hiding below the stricken airship scatter, but some end up colliding with pieces of debris as it drops out of the sky.
: [First Group, hit them while they run! Quickly!]

The other half of the Paladius's squadron rushes into missile range and picks off the planes that weren't smashed by falling debris.

Rows one and two in gun range next turn, Paladius's squadron and the strike planes are now in missile range.

[Gojira]

"forget, I'm hit!"
Markus fires both of his HSMs at Tornado 2 before going evasive and dropping three packets of flares.

[Badger]

Walter drops his throttle attemptimg to fall behind the cruiser and break line of sight with the turkeb.

"Moving position to aft of cruiser. Engaging tornadoes next."

[Operator¹]

: Aero, regroup with Gus's section, Caesar, finish off that last Typhoon. Gus's unit will engage those planes attacking Djuriskas. Give them a window to attack those Tornadoes. Crash, it would be a good time for you and your flight to start expending more ordinance. Gaffe, form up with Caesar and help him out if you can.

[Deoxys And One Noob]

Graf fires his last HSM at Tornado-2.

Looks like I only have AGM's and a gun now.

I can make this work.

: Gaffe, form up with Caesar and help him out if you can.

"Yes, ma'am."

He forms up on Caesar, ready to assist with what weaponry he has left.

[Operator¹]

Tippy launches two RGMs at Typhoon-4.

[NoZoner]

The last of the Raven's semi-actives drops from its pylon and races to the third Tornado. "Fox 1 on the strike plane! I'm clean!" Lorens steels his nerves and does his best to unflinchingly keep the reference circle on target.

[Mr. Hurricane]

"You heard it, let's get on it," Jaakko chimes.

He fires two AAMs at Tornado 4, and fires an AAM at Tukreb 1 to put him off-balance. Jaakko increases the throttle and starts an erratic climb.

"Moving to gun range," he reports.

He begins to feel anticipation build. The mission has gone alright so far as he sees. Jaakko begins to feel a combat high.