ABS FIESTA REDUX

[Lockebox]

"Affirmative. Making cheese."

Roger targets the erect missile and unleashes a burst of fire upon where its most important systems might be.

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[Deoxys And One Noob]

"FNG, fire the gun at that CIWS emplacement!" I yell as I try to get some rockets off after I finish maneuvering.
please count this as two seperate turns

"On it!"

I fire the AC5 at that damn CIWS.

[blockguy™]

ralph sits and cries in a corner

[Qwepir]

Tippy drops chaff and maneuvers to evade anymore incoming fire
"Roger, make cheese of the enemy missile!"

The missile goes for the bait, leaving you in the air, but it is swiftly replaced by a second shot from the SAM platform.

"Affirmative. Making cheese."
Roger targets the erect missile and unleashes a burst of fire upon where its most important systems might be.

A lucky shot strikes the missile's fuel tanks, setting off the propellant in an explosion large enough to destroy the missile and launcher. Fortunately, or unfortunately, depending on what the payload was, the warhead does not detonate.

"FNG, fire the gun at that CIWS emplacement!" I yell as I try to get some rockets off at it.
please count this as two seperate turns

"On it!"
I fire the AC5 at that damn CIWS.

Two of the rockets reach their target, striking the front of the vehicle, and the turret stops moving. The cannon burst doesn't do a whole lot.

Bell provides covering fire by shooting at the truck closest to Havoc-1 with the autocannon.

The truck goes up in flames, but the gun continues to fire, albeit with accuracy so poor you'd be hard pressed to try to be hit by its shots.

1 TURN UNTIL INTERCEPTION

[Operator¹]

Bell fires the last missile at the remaining SCUD.

[Gojira]

"FNG, fire two missiles at that SCUD, and the rest at that tank and SAM array!"
After he fires, I gun the helicopter away from the scene.

[Deoxys And One Noob]

"FNG, fire two missiles at that SCUD, and the rest at that tank and SAM array!"
After he fires, I gun the helicopter away from the scene.

"Following orders!"

I fire two missiles at the SCUD, and the rest at the tank and SAM array.

"Say goodnight..."

[Mr. Hurricane]

"Interceptors incoming! Dump the munitions on the last TEL. We can't stay,"

Jaakko fires all of the remaining rockets at the remaining TEL.

[Qwepir]

just need tayasaurus or lockebox to post so i can update

[Tayasaurus]

Tippy dumb fires rockets at the remaining TEL and Roger attacks with the nose cannon.

[Qwepir]

Bell fires the last missile at the remaining SCUD.

Tippy dumb fires rockets at the remaining TEL and Roger attacks with the nose cannon.

The scene plays out much the same as when Roger shot it with the cannon, fuel tanks exploding and tearing apart the launcher. So much ordnance is poured on to the thing that it's not clear who got the kill, but rest assured, the missile is very, very killed. Havoc-2 is slammed by the SAM, destroying a wing and damaging the engine, forcing it to drop altitude.

"FNG, fire two missiles at that SCUD, and the rest at that tank and SAM array!"
After he fires, I gun the helicopter away from the scene.

With the power of logical thinking at her side, Yui flees the scene.

"Following orders!"
I fire two missiles at the SCUD, and the rest at the tank and SAM array.
"Say goodnight..."

You can only fire on one target per turn. In this case since everyone else shot the SCUD, you blew up the SAM launcher.

0 TURNS UNTIL INTERCEPTION
: [Thunderbird 1 and 2 are on-station, we see the targets. Beginning our attack run.]

Havoc-1 and 2 both pick up radar locks from the interceptors.

[Operator¹]

tfw your pilot forgets to put that we flew away at the end of the turn

[Qwepir]

tfw your pilot forgets to put that we flew away at the end of the turn

i had to sleep on it but i came to the unfortunate conclusion that merely saying "we have to go" isn't the same as actually leaving

This isn't a guaranteed fail though, after consulting a number of military buffs I learned a few ways the helicopters could survive and disengage. It's just a matter of if the players can figure it out.

[xxxxkill]

Clearly you just need to shoot them with the chin AC-5s
Good idea. Genius tactician.

[ZombiLoin]

Clearly you just need to shoot them with the chin AC-5s
Good idea. Genius tactician.

Actually not that far from the truth, during joint US Army and US Airforce exercises, the 20th Special Operations Squadron (armed with helicopters meant to simulate Soviet Hind gunships) faced off in exercises against jets such as the F-4, F-15, and A-10. Surprisingly, at the end of the exercise, the helicopter squadron had managed to accrue a 5 to 1 kill ratio against the jets.

Jets actually lost to gunships at close quarters. Surprising, I know.