does jakko ever finish his sentences
It's common to end sentences in quotes with commas, but that's more of a literature thing iirc.
I sic the drones on some Jaguars. They break their formation and fly off mindlessly.
The air superiority drones fly off towards the enemy Jags, scoring two hits on one of the unfortunate planes.

: [stuff, that's a lot of enemy planes!]

: [Forget the planes, stay on target.]
I pull back the stick and begin climbing with afterburners and full throttle.
The lead Sabre takes notice of you and dives upon you, sending a hail of missiles your way.
As I close into lock on range, I fire two of my HSM's at Jag-3 and 4.
Jag-4 evades the incoming missile, Jag-3 is not so lucky. While 3 tries to shake you, 4 instead opts to attempt to get on your tail.

: [Sit tight, I'll get this guy!]

: [No, dammit! The ships take priority over everything else!]

: [Don't blow a gasket, this won't take long.]
The string of foreign swears that follow indicate that the squad leader would probably be shooting down the insubordinate little stuff himself if he weren't bound by his own silly list of priorities.
Tippy catches up with Tourist and engages Jag-1 with an HSM
The enemy plane attempts to evade, but gets clobbered by the missile. You note that you could have totally dodged that missile if you were in their place.
Bell approaches the Jaguars.
The first flight is already engaged and mostly going evasive, while the second is beginning to fire on the fleet. Your call who to attack.
I pull up to crash on his right side.
Here comes the MMS barrage, near Crash might not be the safest space right now.
Shortsword's AS drone exchanges fire with one of the Sabres, taking moderate damage, and Sabre-3 fires an AAM at Gladiator.
