"Whiskey you still with us?" Walt traces back to where the shot came from then dips down.
Walt attempts to get a fix on VTOL-2 for the KSM to fire on it once it enters range.
You take aim on VTOL-2. Considering it's still moving in a straight line, you reckon you could possibly land a hit on it from here. Sure, the slug might keep going and hit a building, but at least the VTOL would be taken care of.
Roger screams and lets an HSM go before maneuvering his plane, reeling away from the cruiser.
"stuff forget dammit son of a bitch that thing cooked one side of my face!"
technically it cooked your entire face, its just one side is rather well done
The HSM spirals off into the distance. You are still in rather terrible pain.
Tippy flys low, using her environment against the dirigible gunners. She scans below looking for signs of armored vehicles and opens a comm that most armor use.
"45th we need a status please respond. Repeat, need your status 45th. And if Grizzly is still kicking tell him "i told you so".
A response comes through, though it's difficult to make out over the static and background noise of machine gun fire.

: Comms are forgeted, give us a minute.
"Drone flight: Attack Cruiser 1 topside, Use AGM! Maintain range and stay below the target when not firing!"

:
SYNTAX ERROR. PARAMETER: [
: Maintain range and stay below the target when not firing!] NOT UNDERSTOOD. RE-ISSUE COMMAND.It becomes readily apparent that these drones are incapable of following complex, multi-step orders. For what it's worth, they do break off from you and begin climbing to attack the cruiser, but the part about "maintaining range" and "staying below the target" might have gone in one verbal parser and out the other. The two VTOLs aboard Cruiser-2 prepare to intercept the incoming strike drones.
He breaks off from the cruiser to deal with the new threat, training the lasersight on the target designators in the HUD.
"Whiskey, you alright? What's your status?"
The VTOLs continue to close the distance, realizing
I they forgot to exchange their Light Anti-Ground Missiles for Joint-Strike Missiles like
I was they were supposed to. They are currently in range of your PPC, and will be able to accurately fire their own guns the turn after next.
Gus dives to building height with Sabre and prepares to fire on the VTOLs.
I dive to just above building height, my eyes burning from the laser, even through the polarized glass of the helmet, a large streak of blindness covering parts of my vision. I'm not about to get roasted by the giant loving laser.
Ark's exhaust, why do the Huits get all the cool superweapons...
You are both now safe from the ship-grade laser cannon. For the time being, at least.

Jaakko seeks out Yukamo, who he hasn't had contact with since finding the dogs.
She is currently in the rec room watching reruns of
Space Adventure 5035, an almost 50 year old Mercanan science fiction series.