"I'll catch up-" Walter moves to help out Virvel in what little ways he can, looking for alternate entry points into the carrier or any object that he could use to bridge the gap
There's nothing available to make a bridge, but down the walkway behind her you see an aura of incandescent yellow light presumably indicating access to the interior of the ship. Virvel either didn't notice or isn't thinking, because she still looks ready to jump.
Tippy shoves herself off the wall she was holding onto and dashes to Nagato. She grabs Nagato by the shoulder to snap her back into focus.
"Nagato! We need to go! Armory is cooking!"
Nagato stammers something about trying to help the people inside but doesn't push the issue.
"...why do I even bother..."
Markus climbs in to his aircraft.
You do a little listening in on the Imperial squadron frequencies while you wait for the rest of your unit. It sounds like allied planes are already in the air engaging the Aesthians.
: [Cruiser
Ourossea, Grao Leader. Check fire, your LAMS just hit me.]
: [Understood Grao, our apologies. I don't know what the problem is, but we can't seem to hit the smaller craft.]
: [Folcher, you have an enemy craft decloaking at five o'clock! Evade!]
: [Drokk! I'm hit- engine's out!]
: [Grao six, make all effort to reach nav point Eta before ejecting. Civilians are still evacuating to the shelters, do
not drop your plane in the city center.]