just barely got this in before i had to go get ready for work
Mission ThemeFighting every urge to back away, Richard gratingly pushes the power lever forward. He drags the lasersight over the undamaged renegade Rafale and presses for all guns.
While out of optimal range of the lasers, their partially dissipated beams are enough to finish off the Rafale after a solid PPC hit.
I try to pop one of the jags with 2 HSM's.
Jaguar Base EV 65
No piloting bonuses or penalties
HSM 1 provides penalty of 25
HSM 2 provides penalty of 25
Flares provide bonus of 40
Test taken at 55
Rolled 51 - failure
Test failedThe enemy plane makes an attempt to break off its attack and evade, and gets blown up for its trouble.
Bell launches a salvo of MML-7 missiles at the first four carrier jets that aren't crashing into the sea.
Rafale Base EV 76
No piloting bonuses or penalties
MML provides penalty of 30
Test taken at 46
Rolled 24 - success
Test passed
Rafale Base EV 76
No piloting bonuses or penalties
MML provides penalty of 30
Test taken at 46
Rolled 87 - failure
Test failed
Rafale Base EV 76
No piloting bonuses or penalties
MML provides penalty of 30
Flares provide bonus of 40
Test taken at 86
Rolled 56 - success
Test passed
Jaguar Base EV 65
No piloting bonuses or penalties
MML provides penalty of 30
Flares provide bonus of 40
Test taken at 75
Rolled 95 - failure
Test failedRafales 2 and 5 break off to evade the incoming missiles, 3 is shot down, and Jaguar 2 takes a hit. Tlacelel wipes out a Jaguar that had the misfortune to fly across his PPC gunsights.

: [What!? There's
more of them?]

: [Reinforcements have been dispatched, do not let them reach the fleet!]

: [Change of plans. Major, take your flight and engage the stragglers. Order Mjolnir to follow me into the heart of the fleet. Join us when you are finished here.]

: Mjolnir, stay on the Sky Marshal, he is heading for the fleet! We are going to hang back and finish off these stragglers!
Shiva Base EV 58
Expertise provides bonus of 10
Test taken at 68
Rafale Base EV 76
No piloting bonuses or penalties
Test taken at 76
Shiva rolls to pursue: 26 - Success by 3 degrees
Rafale rolls to evade: 63 - Success by 1 degree
Coaxoch successfully pursues Rafale-3
Tukreb Base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of 8
Test taken at 83
Rafale Base EV 76
No piloting bonuses or penalties
Test taken at 76
Tukreb rolls to pursue: 67 - Success by 1 degree
Roll granted by Supermaneuverable: 43 - Success by 4 degrees
Rafale rolls to evade: 35 - Success by 4 degrees
Holt successfully pursues Rafale-5
Tukreb Base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of 4
Test taken at 79
Jaguar Base EV 65
No piloting bonuses or penalties
Test taken at 65
Tukreb rolls to pursue: 6 - Success by 7 degrees
Roll granted by Supermaneuverable: 97 - failure
Rafale rolls to evade: 42 - Success by 2 degrees
Paladius successfully pursues Jaguar-2
Jaguar Base EV 65
Experience provides bonus of 4
Test taken at 69
Jaguar Base EV 65
No piloting bonuses or penalties
Test taken at 65
Jaguar rolls to pursue: 49 - Success by 1 degree
Jaguar rolls to evade: 18 - Success by 4 degrees
Rossau fails to pursue Jaguar-6
: [Oh, it's going to take a lot more than what you got to tail me, punk!]
Every member of Coaxoch's flight manages to tail one of the enemy fighters, with the exception of Rosseau. You should be able to follow Tlacelel without having to worry about anything hostile showing up behind you.
