mission themeRoger moves in to assist shortsword, attacking the pursuant who already has its hands full with the drone stuck on his tail.
You come up in time to see Crash's two drones open fire on the Sabre.
I prepare to attack Sabre-1, and wrestle the aircraft on to him. I fire the P3 and follow up with a missile shot.
The plasma bolt blows the plane to pieces, somehow averting a meltdown.
"Ark's sake, I can't hit anything!"
I try to stay on the tail of Jag-6, firing my guns every time he crosses my sights.
His evasive maneuvers make it nigh impossible to keep him in your sights for more than a split second, but you manage to get lucky and destroy one of his engines. They begin losing altitude rather rapidly and in a very predictable fashion. Hell you might actually be able to line up a shot for once.
Bell tries to maneuver her Razorback so that the Sabre's attention will be focused on her and Whiskey will be able to line up a shot.
The Sabre does indeed keep its attention on Shortsword, opening fire with its laser weapons and a missile. Fortunately, the razorback takes the hits like a champ and shoots down the missile with the LAMS. Your drone hits Shiva-2 with its last missile.

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AMMUNITION DEPLETED. REQUEST PERMISSION TO DISENGAGE FOR RESUPPLY.A few miles away on the shoreline, you can see the explosions indicating that the Mercanan orbital bombardment is underway. Meanwhile, much closer, you can see the explosions among the fleet indicating that there are still strike planes to be taken care of.

: Pumps are overloaded, we're taking on water!
