ABS FIESTA REDUX

[Qwepir]

Faw watches Loren's symbol on his HUD go grey.

"Snowman just got downed, didn't see any enemy fire in his direction though. Gus looks like he's in dire straits too."

Faw turns around and tries to get on the Typhoon's tail.

Faw is now behind the Typhoon.

Jaakko turns his attention to Paladius. He quickly maneuvers, straining himself against the G's while the aircraft's high AOA warning system protests. He fires on Paladius' stalling Tukreb.

RAC accuracy 50
Test taken at 50
Roll: 68 - failure
Reroll granted by duplicate weapon: 49 - success by 1 degree
Result: 1 hit to right wing
You land a hit on the wing, and the pilot abandons his craft. You get the feeling he was more frightened by the ground than he was of you.

: Letterman, Aero, use your missiles to take out Typhoon-17. Caesar, Blackeye, cover Gus so that he can get out of that spin, if he can't, give him room to eject at 2 kilometers to eject.

Typhoon base EV 81
AAM 1 provides penalty of 35
AAM 2 provides penalty of 35
AAM 3 provides penalty of 35
AAM 4 provides penalty of 35
Flares provide bonus of 80
Test taken at 21
Roll: 52 - failure
Test failed
Caesar and Blackeye down another Eurofighter. The remaining planes are in retreat.

Gus attempts to recover from his stall.
Fulcrum base EV 75
Stall recovery is difficult - penalty of 20
Test taken at 55
Roll: 19 - success
He successfully regains control of his aircraft.

Meanwhile, Virvel has overextended completely and is now the target of a burst missile.

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[ZombiLoin]

Faw launches his last 3 HSMs at Typhoon-19.

He clicks on the comms and makes an inquiry, "Command, is that all of the enemy fighters heading towards our position?"

[Qwepir]

Faw launches his last 3 HSMs at Typhoon-19.
He clicks on the comms and makes an inquiry, "Command, is that all of the enemy fighters heading towards our position?"

: Negative, there's a second wave inbound.

[ZombiLoin]

: Negative, there's a second wave inbound.

Faw sighs. "Great. We're down three pilots and we're running short on munitions. What's the ETA of the enemy fighters and what's the location of the nearest resupply point?"

[Badger]

Walter reviews the temps of his guns and makes some checks in the downtime before noticing an allied plane isolated from the group, upon further inspection he easily recognizes who, Although clueless to the Burst missile.

"Virvel? What are you doing? Those planes aren't worth it, they don't have the time to rearm or do anything harmful."  

[Operator¹]

Bell checks to see if it's safe to resupply at the carrier group.

[Mr. Hurricane]

"We're going to need a resupply at least, or about four or five of us are going to have to wait behind the cruisers until gun range and pray we're not murdered before then,"

Jaakko sees the flares of a missile launch from the Imperial fleet. It begins tracking one of the planes. He looks between his radar screen and deduces that it's tracking Virvel.

"Virvel, burst missile, evade!" He yells.

[Qwepir]

Faw launches his last 3 HSMs at Typhoon-19.

Typhoon base EV 81
HSM 1 provides penalty of 25
HSM 2 provides penalty of 25
HSM 3 provides penalty of 25
Flares provide bonus of 80
Test taken at 86
Roll: 53 - success
Test passed
The Typhoon drops two flares and continues fleeing.

Faw sighs. "Great. We're down three pilots and we're running short on munitions. What's the ETA of the enemy fighters and what's the location of the nearest resupply point?"

: Enemy fighters should be entering weapons range shortly, Counting eight Typhoons, six Tornadoes, one Tukreb, and one Sol. We are the nearest resupply point, you'll just have to make do.
: Don't worry about supplies, Mjolnir, my squadron is still fully stocked. We can take point, you just have to catch what slips through our fingers.

Walter reviews the temps of his guns and makes some checks in the downtime before noticing an allied plane isolated from the group, upon further inspection he easily recognizes who, Although clueless to the Burst missile.

"Virvel? What are you doing? Those planes aren't worth it, they don't have the time to rearm or do anything harmful."  

: You heard the boss man! Don't let any of them get away!

Bell checks to see if it's safe to resupply at the carrier group.

A nearby explosion rocks the ship, staggering the few people not seated in the CIC.
: Damage report!
: Hull breach on our starboard dorsal side, decks two and three reporting pressure loss.
: Seal the emergency bulkheads, dispatch a medical team to the area, and tell Lieutenant Wolanski to prepare to receive casualties.

: What just hit us?
: Drone missile, sir.

Looking at the display, Bell counts not even a quarter as many drones as the group that attacked yesterday, but the allied CAP is currently engaged with almost a dozen Tukrebs, a Hyperion, and a Sol.

"We're going to need a resupply at least, or about four or five of us are going to have to wait behind the cruisers until gun range and pray we're not murdered before then,"

Jaakko sees the flares of a missile launch from the Imperial fleet. It begins tracking one of the planes. He looks between his radar screen and deduces that it's tracking Virvel.

"Virvel, burst missile, evade!" He yells.

Switchblade base EV 89
Experience provides bonus of 10
Chaff provides bonus of 40
Cruiser Burst Missile provides penalty of 120
Test taken at 19
Roll: 82 - failure
Test failed
She doesn't. It will be on top of her next turn.

[carolcat]

Cualli hears a distant rumbling- a distinct sound that is most certainly not a normal noise for the carrier to make- and feels the hangar floor tremble beneath her feet. She looks at Elu. "Did you hear that?" she asks, alarm creeping into her voice.

[Badger]

Walter replies with a raised tone to his voice, although it's not apparent what it entails

"Klara you need to turn back, I know you can deal with a squadron but not consecutive burst missiles."

[Mr. Hurricane]

"Gods damn it to hell Virvel!"

Jaakko fires the scram, hoping that Virvel is in range and that the scram will fry the burst missile.

"Reserve flight take point. Carrier group, how are you over there?" Annoyance shows in his voice.

He brings himself alongside the cruiser group.

[Qwepir]

Walter replies with a raised tone to his voice, although it's not apparent what it entails
"Klara you need to turn back, I know you can deal with a squadron but not consecutive burst missiles."

Walt's Fellowship 29
Talking down Virvel is Difficult: -20
Persuasion Test taken at 9
Roll: 16 - failure
: Watch me.

"Gods damn it to hell Virvel!"
Jaakko fires the scram, hoping that Virvel is in range and that the scram will fry the burst missile.

Scrambler rolls to destroy missile:
Roll: 79 - EV penalty halved

Switchblade base EV 89
Experience provides bonus of 10
Cruiser Burst Missile provides penalty of 60
Test taken at 39
Roll: 28 - success
Test passed
Virvel does indeed escape the burst missile, though she had no small amount of help in doing so. Kommandant attempts to bring her back in line.
Kommandant's Fellowship 31
Talking down Virvel is Routine - +/- 0
Inspire test taken at 31
Roll: 2 - success
: You're all alone out there, Virvel! Get back in formation!

Virvel's Willpower 28
Frenzy provides bonus of 10
Inspire provides bonus of 10
Test taken at 48
Roll: 58 - failure
Result: Virvel remains unwell.
: I'm sick of hiding under those damn things like a roosterroach running from the light! Sky Marshal said to engage those fighters at point-blank range, and that's what I'm gonna do!
: Not a bad idea, actually... How are we doing on scrambler charges, anyway?
: I've got full charge. Crash?

"Reserve flight take point. Carrier group, how are you over there?" Annoyance shows in his voice.
He brings himself alongside the cruiser group.

: I'm not going to lie to you- it's not going well!

The only contacts in the area are the fleeing Typhoons, but you get the feeling company will be arriving very soon.

Cualli hears a distant rumbling- a distinct sound that is most certainly not a normal noise for the carrier to make- and feels the hangar floor tremble beneath her feet. She looks at Elu. "Did you hear that?" she asks, alarm creeping into her voice.

: Yes.

[carolcat]

: Yes.

"Did we get hit...?" Cualli asks, looking at the other mechanics in the hangar. "Because that sounded... bad."

[Badger]

"Fine, it's not like you're going to beat my killcount with those two measely planes when the rest of them are back at the real fight prime for the picking."

[Qwepir]

"Fine, it's not like you're going to beat my killcount with those two measely planes when the rest of them are back at the real fight prime for the picking."

: Didn't you hear? There's more on the way, dumbstuff!