ABS FIESTA REDUX

[Gojira]

"stuff. Xiaomei, we'll deal with the unknowns."
Yui watches the assault pods fall, and starts wondering what the hell she should even do. She points her aircraft at them and fires an RGM each at two of the 'assault pods'.

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[carolcat]

: What would I do?

Eremit is now standing near the plane, staring quizzically at the machine.

"I'll find you something."

She glances at Eremit. "You're here to check out your plane, not this guy. What, have you never seen him before?" she says, frowning. "Anyways, routine maintenance's all done, should work like a charm for you."

[Qwepir]

"I wouldn't be surprised if the Zents are dropping power armor on us. How tightly packed are the pods? I could probably hit a few with a single flak shell."

: You probably could.

"I'll find you something."

She glances at Eremit. "You're here to check out your plane, not this guy. What, have you never seen him before?" she says, frowning. "Anyways, routine maintenance's all done, should work like a charm for you."

: What? I wasn't- nevermind.

"I'll find you something."

: Such as what?

[carolcat]

: What? I wasn't- nevermind.

"Relax," she says. "Didn't mean to snap."

: Such as what?

"We can start with fetching tools for me, taking care of cosmetic stuff, looking over the to-do list of what I need to do. Simple stuff like that."

[ZombiLoin]

Faw preps himself to resupply.

[Mr. Hurricane]

"It's going to need more fulfilling work than being your assistant. Tearing off damaged skin and applying scab patches couldn't be that hard to learn, could it?" Jaakko interjects.

[Qwepir]

Faw preps himself to resupply.

You will resupply in two turns.

Skytracer will be resupplied next turn.

"stuff. Xiaomei, we'll deal with the unknowns."
Yui watches the assault pods fall, and starts wondering what the hell she should even do. She points her aircraft at them and fires an RGM each at two of the 'assault pods'.

Neither of the pods are able to avoid the missiles, and are destroyed. Almost immediately, the cloud dissipates, and the ship behind the illusion fires three SAMs at you as it pitches towards the center of the base.

: What is that?
: One of their aerial subs, but I'm not familiar with that pattern.
: Isn't it your job to, I dunno, know things?

"Relax," she says. "Didn't mean to snap."

Cualli is able to catch the irritated expression Eremit briefly makes as she tells him to "Relax", but he doesn't press the issue. He walks around to the back of the plane to check the engines.

"We can start with fetching tools for me, taking care of cosmetic stuff, looking over the to-do list of what I need to do. Simple stuff like that."

: Okay.

[Gojira]

"Agh, stuff! I'm spiked, three incoming! Hawkeye defending!"
She drops three out of four remaining packs of chaff.
"Whatever it is, we have to take it down!"

[carolcat]

Cualli nods slightly and follows Eremit around. "Everything look good to you?"

[Operator¹]

Ellie waits for the missiles to materialize on her plane.

[Qwepir]

"Agh, stuff! I'm spiked, three incoming! Hawkeye defending!"
She drops three out of four remaining packs of chaff.
"Whatever it is, we have to take it down!"

Corsair base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of 2
Imperial SAM 1 provides penalty of 40
Imperial SAM 2 provides penalty of 40
Imperial SAM 3 provides penalty of 40
Chaff provides bonus of 120
Test taken at 77
Roll: 25 - success
Test passed
You evade the missiles.

Ellie waits for the missiles to materialize on her plane.

They do that.

The Lucera pitches down and continues accelerating.
: Mjolnir, that thing is hauling ass, I can only assume it's trying to crash into the facility.
: That's insane! Why would they do that?
: We already saw they were willing to destroy the Pertinax rather than let it fall into Aesthian hands. And since we stopped their little commando op before it got started...
: Wait, then- those weren't assault pods, were they.

The Lucera has is midway to gun range (2 turns until), and at the current rate of acceleration will hit the base in 7 turns.

Cualli nods slightly and follows Eremit around. "Everything look good to you?"

: Um, so far, yeah. Everything looks... normal.

[carolcat]

"Good to know I'm doing my job." Cualli seems satisfied with his response.

[Badger]

Walter, not having anything to do or conteibute hops back into the shikra roosterpit after the fire is extinguished and listens to the comms.

"What did that skysub drop?"

[Gojira]

Despite the relative warmth of the roosterpit, Yui's blood turns to ice. For a split second, she flashes back to the gas station, and pulling the trigger there.
"...oh Ark. Oh Ark, oh Ark, oh Ark."
What have I done?!
Yui tries to calm herself, and takes aim and fires a P3 shot at the rear of the ship, between the engines and the conning tower, then tries to reposition to get a better shot at the side.
"Mjolnir, we have to stop this thing. We cannot afford to lose the Pertinax."

i will wait two turns to get behind this thing if i have to

[ZombiLoin]

Faw plugs into the radio.

"COMRO, can I get a full loadout of AGMs?"