Bell fires two seekers at one of the Turkrebs near the cruiser.
The fighter, Tukreb-6, stops strafing the bridge and goes evasive, dropping flares and trying to gain altitude.
Faw hits the turbocharger on the aircraft and speeds towards Tukreb-5, simultaneously discharging bursts of LCP fire at it.
You land a solid hit, but it seems more intent on bringing down the cruiser than attacking its own assailant.
I begin to climb towards Turkeb-5 to get some advantage then fire my LCP
The burst goes wide and winds up nearly hitting the cruiser.
: Mjolnir 2-4, check your fire.
"You know what, shouldn't we take the pressure off the cruiser instead? This probably won't work."
I fire off an AGM at a gas station.
What have I done?
The gas station explodes spectacularly. You can't tell from where you are how many people were down there.
: [By the Ark, they're just firing at anything down there! Take him down!]
Tukrebs 1 and 5 also cease their attacks and start chasing after you. They both fire a heatseeker each, and a burst of laserfire streaks past your roosterpit.
: [Watch your background! Don't hit the city!]
: Thanks for the assist, Mjolnir, looks like they're all occupied with you guys. Good luck.
"stuff."
I drop flares and hit the afterburners, nosing over and maneuvering to line up a shot on Tukreb 5.
It is currently chasing after Hawkeye, making it a somewhat easier target to hit.
Tippy turns after Tukreb-3 and trains her guns on him firing them both.
The far more maneuverable plane pulls back on the stick and is easily able to escape your attack, but not completely unscathed. At the rate it's turning, it'll probably be behind you very soon.
I pop flares again, and begin to follow the Tukreb. I launch two HSM's at it and spray it with AC5 fire.
It tries to evade the missiles without use of flares, and pays for the mistake. One of the missiles is out maneuvered, but the other hits it in the fuselage. It responds with a pair of all-aspect missiles, which swing around and fly straight at you.
: How's our damage? Are we going to have to abort?
: No. We're pressing on. It'll take more than they've got to take us out. I mean... unless they take out our escort and are then free to plink us to death at their leisure, but let's not think about that.
: Uh- yeah. Let's... let's not.
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