"I can't help but feel that these guys are just cannon fodder."
I lock on to the Fitter and fire off one RGM at it, keeping it in the circle as well as I can.
Fitter EV 64
Inexperience provides penalty of 2
RGM provides penalty of 35
Chaff provides bonus of 40
Test taken at 67
Roll: 53 - successThey expend their only chaff to evade your missile.
Bell fires her MML salvo at the planes she was targeting.
Jaguar base EV 65
Inexperience provides penalty of 2
MML 1 provides penalty of 30
MML 2 provides penalty of 30
Flares provide bonus of 80
Test taken at 83
Roll: 6 - success
Test passed
Fitter EV 64
Inexperience provides penalty of 2
MML provides penalty of 30
Flares provide bonus of 40
Test taken at 72
Roll: 82 - failure
Test failed
Jaguar base EV 65
Inexperience provides penalty of 2
MML 1 provides penalty of 30
MML 2 provides penalty of 30
Flares provide bonus of 40
Test taken at 43
Roll: 60 - failure
Test failed
Jag 1 evades the missiles, the Fitter gets hit by one, and Jag 2 is destroyed.
Ralph hurriedly climbs in his hangar and tries to take off before getting smacked by whatever weaponry they might be using against him.
you were next to tippy when the plane gubbins crashed into hers, and in the interest of time i'll say you started taking off around the time she bailed out
Though you suck up a good deal of debris, your engines remain intact and you get off the ground.
Now in range, elements of the first and second waves open fire on Mjolnir.
Shortsword: 6 MMS, 1 HSM, 2 RGM
Sabre: 3 MMS, 1 HSM
Walt: 6 MMS, 2 RGM
Tempest: 3 MMS, 1 HSM
Hawkeye: 6 MMS, 1 HSM
Tourist: 2 RGM
Jaakko continues to shadow the first group.
"Second wave on radar, another mixed group," he reports.
The missiles blow right past you, headed for your squadmates. The planes responsible for firing are now breaking formation and starting to turn back.

Tippy sits in the shade of the hangar and watches the chaos unfold, wondering if Yukamo saw her embarassing run across the runway.
Speak of the devil, she shows up with the firefighters who are now trying to put out the burning wreck that bashed your plane's face in. Apparently she hadn't seen your run, because the first thing she does upon disembarking from her vehicle is rush over to your plane.