mission themeCaptain Simon Faw - Gladiator - PAK-FA
After accelerating back to normal cruising speed, Faw pulls the nose of his plane up to orient himself towards the underbelly of the Sabre (the one that's targeting Yes-Man.) His grip tightens on the stick as he locks onto the Sabre. Letting out an exasperated breath, Faw fires two long bursts from his dual LCP cannons, hopefully catching the Sabre off guard.
The Sabre takes evasive action, but not before taking a few solid hits to the underside of its fuselage. It continues to pursue Yes-Man, but cannot line up a shot.
I climb as the missiles give chase, releasing countermeasures on the way up. The missiles should run out of propellant and shed energy trying to climb.
Though you buy some more time, the missile shows no sign of slowing down as it chases you skyward. That is, until the engine straight up sputters and dies.
"Shoho, some Sabres are moving to engage me. Can you cover me while I rearm for air to air?"
: [Lieutenant, go help him out.] I have to advise against resupplying at this time. By the time you get back the air battle may have reached its conclusion. Are you sure you'd rather not expend your existing ordnance first?
One of the J-20s arrives to help you out, peppering the Sabre with gunfire. You see a bright shaft of light materialize off your port wing as what would have been a direct hit is knocked off target.
I dive down to try to get K-10
You pick up a SAM from K-10.
I turn and attempt to take shiva-1 from the side with some ac5 fire
It neither evades nor diverts from its course, instead continuing to gun straight for the duo through the hail of shells.
I fire off my anti-ship missiles at a frigate.
The first missile is shot down by a PD gun, but the second slams into the starboard side, knocking out its PD emplacement and crippling the fire control system.
The fleet notifies you that they have entered missile range.
: Pilots, this is Admiral Lewis. Be advised that we are now engaging ship-to-ship. Try to watch out for incoming and outgoing ordnance.
A hail of missiles rain down on the Huitzitlaotani fleet, and the sky fills with LAMS beams and exploding missiles. It's not immediately clear how much damage has been done (although Yui can confirm the frigate she was just firing on is destroyed by the allied attack), and before you can even do a count of who's left, the Huits launch a salvo in retaliation.
: [All ships, return fire! Reinforce our northern flank, and get clear of my bow!]
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