ABS FIESTA REDUX

[Qwepir]

Walt approaches the two and chips in

"I saw you guys come in, how did things go for you?"

: They won the first engagement, we crushed them the second once we knew what we were doing, and we didn't get to finish the third.
: But we were probably going to win that too.
: Hmph. No thanks to you, all you did was run out and get killed by the Wyvern for the third time in a row.
: I hate that loving thing so much. I want one.

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[Badger]

"That's a shame about the third round, at least you both have bragging rights."

Walt looks back outside

"I'm guessing you had to cancel the third round because of his misfortune?"

[Mr. Hurricane]

"Yeah," Jaakko mumbles, watching uncomfortably as the Deltan capital gets barraged.

Jalko gets his front legs on the couch and stands imposingly over Jaakko.

[Qwepir]

"That's a shame about the third round, at least you both have bragging rights."

: I guess so. I only got 2 kills that entire time, though.

"I'm guessing you had to cancel the third round because of his misfortune?"

: Yup. Nagato got 'im with the EML and it was like he was reliving the whole Kronovostok debacle. I'm surprised he made it, I thought for sure he was gonna hit the dirt on the way down.

[Badger]

"How hard is it to recover from those shots? as in how long it takes for your systems to kick back in?"

Walt wipes his face quickly

"Does he not have a small spare canister of oxygen for himself either?"

[CypherX]

Gus stays in the rec room for a moment longer, thinking. He comes to the conclusion there is little else he can do, and heads back to his room for a shower and change. The broadcast reminds him of his deployment there, and knowing he cannot simply let the topic remain at rest for much longer, Gus decides to find out how Raiden faired in the several months interim. He heads towards the hangars, looking for Musashi.

[Qwepir]

"How hard is it to recover from those shots? as in how long it takes for your systems to kick back in?"

: On a plane with up-to-date EMP countermeasures, you should be back online in about eight... maybe ten seconds. You'll be a sitting duck the entire time, but five years ago you would have had to abandon your plane. And if you have any cybernetics, you're gonna need new ones, because those won't be coming back.
: Vortex missiles are even better, when they manage to hit. Not only is the victim helpless, but they're dropping like a rock. Most people just bail as soon as they're hit with one.

Gus stays in the rec room for a moment longer, thinking. He comes to the conclusion there is little else he can do, and heads back to his room for a shower and change. The broadcast reminds him of his deployment there, and knowing he cannot simply let the topic remain at rest for much longer, Gus decides to find out how Raiden faired in the several months interim. He heads towards the hangars, looking for Musashi.

You run into her on her way from the hangars to the barracks.

[CypherX]

"Hey - Illona."

Gus breaks into a slow jog to catch up to her. His curiosity gets the best of him, and despite the prosthetic he detects no noticeable difference in her stride. Kintharian replacements are no joke.

"How did the wargame go?"

[Qwepir]

"Hey - Illona."

Gus breaks into a slow jog to catch up to her. His curiosity gets the best of him, and despite the prosthetic he detects no noticeable difference in her stride. Kintharian replacements are no joke.

"How did the wargame go?"

: It was quite a learning experience.

[CypherX]

"In what way? How'd they do?"

[Badger]

"I wasn't aware they had vortex missiles on them, I just thought they had the burst missiles for fancy stuff."

Walt pauses for a moment and looks back over at Eremit to see if he has gotten up yet

" Sounds like quite the fun thing to deal with anyways, I've never really bothered to take part in a wargame before as our Flight has quite the ample amount of members to fill in for me while I can get some sleep or work done. "

[Qwepir]

"In what way? How'd they do?"

: We beat them handily the first round, Xiaomei sneaking around and flanking them while I hampered their missiles and everyone else piled in. Second engagement, they got smart; Eremit took me down from long range so I couldn't use my scrambler, then he knocked out Yamashiro before the others even got close enough to shoot back. By the time they were, Yamato and Nagato were outnumbered more than two to one and went down before Xiaomei could even make her attack. She went up one to five and took them down to three before the round ended. The third engagement was a lot more evenly matched, in that I didn't die right away which meant the losses were more evenly split, but the match was called off before we could finish. Eremit started having a panic attack after Nagato knocked him out. Not sure what that was about, but he was able to land his plane safely at least.

She takes a moment to think before continuing.
: One of their pilots, Virvel, I think it was? She had something of a grudge against Commander Baocun. I think it had something to do with being shot down by her every time.

"Sounds like quite the fun thing to deal with, I've never really bothered to take part in a wargame before as our Flight has quite the ample amount of members to fill in. "

: If you'd like, I'm sure we can set one up. Assuming the Kintharians wouldn't mind lending out the helmets, that is.
: Just don't bring an EML.

[Badger]

: If you'd like, I'm sure we can set one up. Assuming the Kintharians wouldn't mind lending out the helmets, that is.
: Just don't bring an EML.

"Sounds like a plan, I'll run it by the others if there's no upcoming missions."

Walt turns to Pansar

"I probably won't be able to, my aircraft is already demanding in balancing out weapons. I'll be sure to relay that to the others though.

Walt then looks at his watch

"I should head back to my hanger, I want to check in on how the maintenance is going on that colossus anyways. See you guys around."

[Gojira]

Yui heads out of the rec room, thinking about the Major and her subordinates, and what they plan on doing.
if the next mission is the duel: f

[CypherX]

Ilona's response reminds Gus of Eremit and the mask he seemed to have on at all times.

"A shame about Eremit. Hopefully he is alright. As for Virvel..."

He shrugs after a moment. "This squadron is a mystery to me."

Gus pauses for moment and thinks on his real reason for being here. He is unusually quite physically uncomfortable, and continues in a much lower and serious voice.

"What... happened, back in the Delta? After we left?"