ABS FIESTA REDUX

[CypherX]

"Hey, Lorenz."

Gus eyes the book before turning to Yamashiro.

"I've been wondering the same thing. Three ace squads at one airbase doesn't make a whole lot of sense."

He glances at the zoned Musashi, instinctively shifting towards the spot on the table where her prosthetic would be. Some of his stomach muscles clench at the thought.

[Ad Bot]

[Qwepir]

"I've been wondering the same thing. Three ace squads at one airbase doesn't make a whole lot of sense."

: Your commanders must be planning something big. Or merely insane and dangerous.

[Gojira]

"Both, perhaps?"

[CypherX]

forget I'm handicapped :DDD

"Perhaps."

Gus leans back in his chair momentarily, rubbing his eyes and staring at the fine line between the ceiling and the wall. He continues speaking from this position.

"Have you met the Djuriskas, this ace squad? They're certainly... something," he finishes unevenly.

[Qwepir]

"Have you met the Djuriskas, this ace squad? They're certainly... something," he finishes unevenly.

Yamashiro shrugs, and Xiaomei looks up from her food.
: Just Colonel Zolnerowich and Captain Frisk, when they came by with one of yours to borrow some AR helmets. Neither of them seemed that odd, but by your tone of voice I gather I met the wrong people.

[Mr. Hurricane]

Jaakko stands back up and stretches.

"Well you have fun flipping the board, I'm going to grab something to eat,"

Jaakko heads off to the cafeteria, no dogs in tow.

[CypherX]

Gus straightens up, taking a drink before responding.

"It might only be apparent in the air. Or when not training."

His thoughts return to the Delta.

"They are very Aesthian," he says with a tone of finality and an expression of mild disapproval.

[Gojira]

"That they are," Yui states, remembering her conversation with Virvel. She takes a bite of the fish and rice and finds it a bit better than what's usually on the menu.

[Tayasaurus]

Jaakko stands back up and stretches.

"Well you have fun flipping the board, I'm going to grab something to eat,"

Jaakko heads off to the cafeteria, no dogs in tow.

Tippy frowns as he leaves

what was that about i wonder.

[Mr. Hurricane]

Jaakko realizes sees he's being followed by Tippy.

"stuff- you didn't have to quit the game," he laments.

reading is hard

[Gojira]

tippy's not following jaakko though unless im missing something

[Qwepir]

"They are very Aesthian," he says with a tone of finality and an expression of mild disapproval.

The Kintharians exchange confused looks with each other.
: Er...
: You are aware that you are also "very Aesthian" yourself, right?

[CypherX]

Gus holds his gaze, expressionless.

"You'll see what I mean."

His jaw muscles move for a moment before he resumes eating.

[Operator¹]

"Time for another donut.."

Ellie banks the plane back towards the customized Superflanker as fast as she can and starts firing the cannon at it, lining up the sights a few milliseconds into the burst. She also fires off abother AAM + JSM combination for what that's worth.

[Qwepir]

Gus holds his gaze, expressionless.

"You'll see what I mean."

His jaw muscles move for a moment before he resumes eating.

Almost on cue, Virvel walks up to the group, bouncing her fist off the table and pointing around at the Kintharians.
: Hey, how many of those fancy VR helmets did you guys bring anyway?
: Ten, why?
: Oh, just curious.

She walks over to where Eremit's sitting, sneaking up behind him and snatching the book from his hands to get his attention. Nobody's closeby enough to hear the conversation that follows.

"Time for another donut.."

Ellie banks the plane back towards the customized Superflanker as fast as she can and starts firing the cannon at it, lining up the sights a few milliseconds into the burst. She also fires off abother AAM + JSM combination for what that's worth.

AC5 base accuracy 50
Experience provides bonus of 3
Gun range provides no bonuses or penalties
Large target provides bonus of 5
Test taken at 58
Roll: 12 - success by 5 degrees
Result: 2 hits to right rear quarter

Blackjack base EV 68
Experience provides bonus of 8
Wing damage provides penalty of 10
AAM provides penalty of 35
JSM provides penalty of 20
Flares provide bonus of 40
Test taken at 51
Roll: 62 - failure by 2 degrees
Both missiles hit center mass after the gun knocks out his right engine.
: That's not good. Thaaat's not good. Yeah. Yup. Think I might be toast.

He doesn't seem aware that the simulation hasn't marked him off as "dead" yet, and has just sort of given up.


also, this round of combat sort of gave me an idea
what would you people think about an additional weapon range being added for "point blank" (it wouldnt be so much of an additional range as much as gun range divided up between "you can use your guns without penalty" and "you can use your guns with a bonus")
i'm thinking guns could have increased chance to hit (like, maybe +20 or so?) and missiles would have a reduced chance (HSMs and JSMs -10, AAMs -5, and RGMs completely unusable), but you would have to make an unchallenged (which means you're only testing against your own EV, not against your opponent) maneuvering check to see if you can actually point the plane in the right direction before you make the shooting test
itd make supermaneuverable planes downright scary in a gunfight, thats for damn sure