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I fire my remaining two missiles at the mass of tanks.

since blockguy has no artemis module the missiles are probably all headed for one target or they're being dumb-fired.

Bell drops both of the UGB-500 bombs from medium altitude onto the advancing tanks before climbing to get out of the way of the incoming squadron.
The bombs begin the process of turning the battlefield below into even more of a moonscape, obliterating anything unfortunate enough to be under them. This includes armor units.

I go in for a strafing run, and launch all three of my AGM's at the ground targets before climbing with Bell to make room for the incoming squadron.
"Rifle, Rifle, Rifle."
The first missile doesn't slow the target Defender in the slightest. The second blows its track off. The third penetrates through the top armor and blows the turret clean off.

I fire my remaining two missiles at the mass of tanks.
The JSMs do about what you'd expect. No fatal damage, but they deal some subsystem damage. One of the tanks comes to a full stop, smoke pouring out of the engine compartment. The other has one of its primary cannon barrels destroyed.

The allied reinforcements dive on the formation of enemy heavy tanks. The Shinden and one of the Sullas fly ahead of the other two planes and deploy a wide barrage of Multi-Missile fire, dealing some damage to the Defenders' weapon systems and drawing AA fire away from the second wave, which swoops in and opens up with a barrage of PPC fire that knocks out another two Heavies.

The Imperials' momentum is beginning to falter, but allied ground forces are still being overrun. Their only significant contribution is ramming one of their MBTs into a Defender in an attempt to slow it down. It doesn't work.

Remaining enemies that need attention:
At least a dozen Defender tanks
Double that in supporting light vehicles
« Last Edit: March 14, 2017, 11:38:25 AM by Qwepir »

I don't know what you expect me to do besides dumping the rest of the bombs at the front of their formation.

I speed back towards the battlezone. I've got some distance to cover. I firewall the throttle and ignite the afterburners.

I bring up the TGP display on one of my MFDs, cue 4 light armor vehicles and fire my remaining JSMs.



I don't know what you expect me to do besides dumping the rest of the bombs at the front of their formation.

dump the rest of the bombs with an over-the-shoulder toss at the front of their formation
« Last Edit: April 18, 2015, 08:06:51 PM by NoZoner »

Bell drops the UGB-250s on the gothic defenders in the front and speeds back.

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Bell drops the UGB-250s on the defenders and speeds back

yeah, that wouldn't be so good.

I speed back towards the battlezone. I've got some distance to cover. I firewall the throttle and ignite the afterburners.
You are now close enough to use weapons.

I bring up the TGP display on one of my MFDs, cue 4 light armor vehicles and fire my remaining JSMs.
One by one, the vehicles are blown up. AA fire above the armor group thins out considerably.

Bell drops the UGB-250s on the gothic defenders in the front and speeds back.
The saturation bombing lays waste to the Defenders currently overrunning allied positions (and by extent, the allied positions). No biggie though, they were likely already abandoned by the troops manning them.

Raiden picks off another pair of defenders, and the Imperial offensive stops in its tracks. There is a brief pause, then they kick that stuff in reverse and start falling back entirely. The infantry and "lighter" vehicles remain, but your primary objective has been accomplished.
: You guys look like you could use some repairs. Go on back to base, we can handle mopping up the rest.



You are free to call it a day as soon as the squad leader (that's Kibble) gives the order to leave.
« Last Edit: March 14, 2017, 11:38:38 AM by Qwepir »

I line up on some various light vehicles and come in from behind. I depress the trigger. The flak cannon starts rattling, but only after half a second, the weapon seizes. I curse my luck and pull off. I maneuver towards the AWACS to get more munitions.



I just realized that the LCP's model is more or less a lascannon.
« Last Edit: April 18, 2015, 09:44:35 PM by Mr. Hurricane »

"Mjolnir Squadron, we're returning to base." Bell breaks away from the battle and starts the flight back to McNamara.

"Copy," I radio in response.

I roll over Bell's aircraft, and fall into place a few hundred meters away, starting a second formation.

"What already? FFfffiiine."

I turn around and head back towards base

"Sabre, returning to formation." I pull up behind Shortsword.

Everyone is able to return to the base without incident.

I just realized that the LCP's model is more or less a lascannon.

i have no idea what you mean your eyes must be malfunctioning consider getting some augmetic replacements at once

Guerra stirs.

As usual, he opens his eyes, groggily, before closing them again. He attempts to shift to a sitting position on the side of the bed, and is met with no response at all from his left leg, severe pain in his right shoulder and elbow, and a dull, dreary pressure in his fingers. His left arm, interestingly, is almost fine... until you reach the forearm- which doesn't move. His hands both work. He can also pull up his thigh, but the calf is completely unresponsive, akin to his other calf.

A bead of sweat manifests on his forehead as he begins recalling the last few days. Steele is dead, as is that technician. Can't remember her name, and I hope I never do.
Back to more... pressing matters, Guerra realizes the scale of the situation he has put himself into. Interestingly, he notes, that he cannot hear any trace of the voices that began tormenting him when he took down the airship. And where they've left empty space, clarity remains.

He is... well, a monster. An unstable psycopath. But do psycopaths ponder their own sanity? He looks to his left, and sees that he's hooked up to an IV. He concludes that the clear fluid inside of the bag is an anesthetic, hence his lack of emergency and, possibly, the voices.

He looks up, and sees stars. No, the ceiling. The anesthetics have taken a toll on his senses, evidently.
So there he lay, gazing. Not at the beautiful horizon of NAUC's mountain range. Not of the sharp contrast between Mercanan sands and the bright sky. A dull ceiling, with minor perks and quirks, such as a ceiling fan spinning just slow enough to not provide any meaningful airflow. He begins to deeply inhale for a sigh, but is cut off when he feels pain akin to his ribcage being, well, cut off. So he returns to gazing, philosophically entranced by drugs, mistakes and mediocrity.

He switches to the squad's radio frequency and despite being heavily injured, announces: "STATUS RED".