ABS FIESTA REDUX

[NoZoner]

Richard's heartbeat accelerates as he brandishes his Talon and lunges at the fourth Sabre. "Guns on target 4!" The coaxials light up and brighten the roosterpit.

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[Qwepir]

"Eat stuff!" Jaakko cries, trying to lock on to Sabre 2's tail. He fires the UAC aiming for the center of mass.

: [I'm h-]

The enemy plane suffers a direct hit and is destroyed, raining down on the ground below in thousands of little pieces and two much larger ones.

Bell fires two AAMs at the Sabre she's now apparently tailing.

not tailing, it flew past you. you were flying at it and it was flying at you and then you pulled away and it went under you. it's behind you.
Sabre base EV 73
No piloting bonuses or penalties
AAM 1 provides penalty of 35
AAM 2 provides penalty of 35
Flares provide bonus of 40
Test taken at EV 43
Roll: 25 - success
Roll granted by supermaneuverable: 11 - success
Test passed
They dodge the missiles and begin attempts to get behind you.
Sabre base EV 73
No piloting bonuses or penalties
Test taken at 73
Morgenstern base EV 60
Experience provides bonus of 4
Test taken at 64
Sabre rolls to pursue: 64 - success by 0 degrees
Roll granted by Supermaneuverable: 6 - success by 6 degrees
Morgenstern rolls to evade: 13 - success by 5 degrees
Sabre successfully pursues Morgenstern
You have a Sabre on your tail.

Richard's heartbeat accelerates as he brandishes his Talon and lunges at the fourth Sabre. "Guns on target 4!" The coaxials light up and brighten the roosterpit.

: [Oh, stuff, oh stuff! Engine's dead! Can't-]

Sabre-4 spirals out of control, with the pilot apparently keeping his finger on the trigger the whole way down and sending rockets every which way before slamming into the pavement and being blown apart. The largest bit of flaming hulk, the rear end (the bit containing a volatile reactor), skids down the runway and finally stops when it bashes Tippy's nosecone in as she waits to take off. Needless to say, the Berkut is no longer in flying condition, and the runways are probably not a hundred percent safe for Tourist to take off on.
: [Morons. I suppose that's as good as it's going to get.]

Sabre-1 fires on you with two All-Aspects.

I start locking on to Initiator 4 with my heatseekers, while pulling off of the runway.

You get a front row seat to Sabre-4 crashing to the ground like a meteor. Yui and Gus are now in the air.

[Gojira]

"Holy stuff, glad that wasn't me getting hit. Tippy, you may want to consider running very far, very fast."
I lock on to Initiator 1 with my HSMs and fire.

[Operator¹]

Bell fires an AAM and pitches up to try to shake the Sabre.

[Tayasaurus]

"NO stuff"

Tippy sends the planes roosterpit door careening into the air as she disengages it and looks down on the messed up concrete below. Ah yes quite ankle spraining it appears.

She throws her self over the edge and lands on the concrete doing a roll and then taking off into a sprint shouting obscenities with every step.

"forget forget forget forget forget forget forget forget forget forget forget forget forget"

[CypherX]

The PAK FA thunders off the runway, angling towards Initiator-3.

[NoZoner]

"... Defending! Two more!"

With little altitude to maneuver, Richard reduces power, drops another two strings of flares and jinks hard to evade.

[Qwepir]

"Holy stuff, glad that wasn't me getting hit. Tippy, you may want to consider running very far, very fast."
I lock on to Initiator 1 with my HSMs and fire.

Sabre base EV 73
Experience provides bonus of 6
HSM 1 provides penalty of 25
HSM 2 provides penalty of 25
Test taken at 29
Roll: 57 - failure
Roll granted by supermaneuverable: 63 - failure
Test passed
They come up short trying to dodge, and get blown out of the sky. The escape capsule jettisons and moments later the plane itself is engulfed in a blinding explosion.

Bell fires an AAM and pitches up to try to shake the Sabre.

Sabre base EV 73
No piloting bonuses or penalties
AAM provides penalty of 35
Flares provide bonus of 40
Test taken at 78
Roll: 34 - success
Test passed
It abandons its pursuit in order to evade the incoming missile.

The PAK FA thunders off the runway, angling towards Initiator-3.

You are now in gun range.

"... Defending! Two more!"

With little altitude to maneuver, Richard reduces power, drops another two strings of flares and jinks hard to evade.

Talon base EV 85
No piloting bonuses or penalties
AAM 1 provides penalty of 35
AAM 2 provides penalty of 35
Flares provide bonus of 80
Test taken at EV 95
Roll: 90 - success
Test passed
Barely, just barely, you evade the all-aspects.

Six more planes come into radar range.

"NO stuff"
Tippy sends the planes roosterpit door careening into the air as she disengages it and looks down on the messed up concrete below. Ah yes quite ankle spraining it appears.
She throws her self over the edge and lands on the concrete doing a roll and then taking off into a sprint shouting obscenities with every step.
"forget forget forget forget forget forget forget forget forget forget forget forget forget"

After more than a bit of frantic running and swearing, you make it to a nearby hangar where you can watch the situation unfold. From the looks of things, your squadmates are handling the fight in the air quite nicely.

[Badger]

Walt turns to fire on Initiator-3 with his PPC

[Operator¹]

Bell turns to fire at the three strike planes with the remaining missiles in the MML-7.

[CypherX]

Gus breaks off from the Sabre, turning to line up on Skirmisher 1-2.

[Mr. Hurricane]

"One kill-! Gods those are old aircraft!" Jaakko shrieks, referencing the new flight.

He cloaks and slinks towards the incoming fighters.

[Gojira]

"Ark's exhaust, they're desperate."

[NoZoner]

Richard cues the last Sabre through the HMD and fires a single all-aspect missile before turning back around to face the next wave of fighters.

[Qwepir]

Walt turns to fire on Initiator-3 with his PPC

The rest of its squad destroyed, the Sabre attempts to leave the combat area, allowing you a shot at getting behind it.
Raven base EV 77
No piloting bonuses or penalties
Test taken at 77
Sabre base EV 73
No piloting bonuses or penalties
Test taken at 73
Raven rolls to pursue: 27 - success by 5 degrees
Sabre rolls to evade: 30 - success by 4 degrees
Roll granted by supermaneuverable: 58 - success by 1 degree
Raven successfully pursues Sabre
You are now in pursuit.

Bell turns to fire at the three strike planes with the remaining missiles in the MML-7.

They are currently outside missile range until the turn after next.

"One kill-! Gods those are old aircraft!" Jaakko shrieks, referencing the new flight.

He cloaks and slinks towards the incoming fighters.

Speeding up to close the gap, you will be in missile range next turn.

Richard cues the last Sabre through the HMD and fires a single all-aspect missile before turning back around to face the next wave of fighters.

Sabre base EV 73
No piloting bonuses or penalties
AAM provides penalty of 35
Test taken at 38
Roll: 70 - failure
You score a hit, but it's still flying.