Roger adjusts course to the coordinates AWACS designated.
The path takes you across the support plane's flight path, perpendicular to its direction and dangerously close to a collision. You pass without incident, but when the Rafale attempts to follow you in front of the AWACS it is blown out of the sky by the chin-mounted laser emplacement.
Reference material for those who would accuse asspulling.
: Got him, you are in the clear!
"Moving with the gunship," Jaakko reports.
He tastes blood in his mask.
Angry at the thought of following more orders from the Deltans, Richard furrows his brow and breathes through his teeth. "Mjolnir 2, following."
There is a considerable amount of chatter from your temporary allies, when the AWACS suddenly starts speaking in Aesthian.
: We have confirmation, the fleeing Rafales are carrying the stolen weapons. They are currently well out of range of any Mercanan city, but regardless, we cannot allow them to escape.
The Sabres get the first salvo off, but another GSCRAM burst from Holt takes care of it. Tlacelel floors the accelerator and surges ahead, firing his last MMS spread at the incoming planes in an attempt to thin them out.
Sabre base EV 73
Experience provides bonus of 8
MMS x10 provides penalty of 50
Flares provide bonus of 40
Test taken at 71
Roll: 2 - success
Roll granted by Supermaneuverable: 28 - success
Test passed
Sabre base EV 73
Experience provides bonus of 4
MMS x10 provides penalty of 50
Flares provide bonus of 40
Test taken at 67
Roll: 80 - failure
Roll granted by Supermaneuverable: 73 - failure
Sabre base EV 73
Experience provides bonus of 4
MMS x10 provides penalty of 50
Flares provide bonus of 40
Test taken at 67
Roll: 68 - failure
Roll granted by Supermaneuverable: 17 - success
Sabre base EV 73
Experience provides bonus of 4
MMS x10 provides penalty of 50
Flares provide bonus of 40
Test taken at 67
Roll: 14 - success
Roll granted by Supermaneuverable: 85 - failureDespite the flashy display of contrails, only one plane succumbs to the barrage. His wingmen pick up the slack, each launching a TAG at separate craft.
Sabre base EV 73
Experience provides bonus of 8
TAG provides penalty of 20
Test taken at 61
Roll: 71 - failure
Roll granted by Supermaneuverable: 78 - failure
Test failed
Sabre base EV 73
Experience provides bonus of 4
TAG provides penalty of 20
Test taken at 57
Roll: 45 - success
Roll granted by Supermaneuverable: 41 - success
Test passedOnly one of them sticks, however. On the bright side, the plane it sticks to belongs to the squadron leader.
As of the recent TAG update (since its old ability didnt really mesh with the new fightan system), all missiles fired on the lead Sabre have their effectiveness
increased by 10, and any countermeasures they use have their effectiveness
reduced by 10. This effect remains for two turns.
Bell engages the turbocharger again to get back to the rest of the group.
You are now close enough to help Coaxoch's squadron out with engaging the Sabres. As is Tourist, since he didn't post.
Distance from Tlacelel/Crash/Sabre to missile range of the Rafales is shown in their activity box. T = Turns. Until then, Crash and Sabre will be running a gauntlet of SAM and Phalanx fire.
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