ABS FIESTA REDUX

[CypherX]

exposition post please ignore

Gus spends the time waiting to mull over the last two years in full. Looking out of the stall into the bathroom mirror, he almost doesn't recognise himself. His face is somewhat more taut, with shrapnel wounds and soot covering his clean shaven face. His eyes seem darker now, obscured by his brow which seems to be fixed in an unfamiliar stern expression.

Coming to terms with war is harder than putting it out of his mind, Gus realizes. He's been running away from the thought since Tocatlan, but being stranded in Imperial territory, alone, with the very real possibility of death brings the issue front and center. The war - Gus scoffs to himself. How naive he was to enlist solely to fight, as if it was some new gym goer he could beat in sparring or a muscular guy he could out-lift. In his mind, he imagines his family retorting with the obvious question - Why do you still fight, then? It was posed to him by his parents and friends after Tocatlan. He didn't have an answer then, but now he does. It wasn't for the thrill of conflict or glory, which war junkies like Virvel and Walt strove for. Not for defense of the homeland or a sense of duty. No, he fought now because of the people - his squad and the people he flew with. People he met, like Pagodin. People he didn't know. And a realisation, too, that it was this same reason he had pushed himself so hard. Taking on the Hyperion, or the Nosferatu - if they were going for him, they weren't going for anyone else. It seemed better to him that he would bear the brunt than someone else if he was able.

And yet, Gus can't bring himself to hold a grudge against any of those he flew against. Nominally, he reasons, they have to be just like the rest of us - just people, who have to do terrible things to protect their countries, their families and their friends, even with all that is said against the Deltans or the Zents. They did what they had to do and so did he, even if it was hard. Despite that, he hopes he never has to look any of their families in the eye and tell them why he shot them down.

Gus regrets not spending more time with his squad and others, conceding that if he makes it back he will fix that.

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[Qwepir]

Yui simply decides to line up on the starboard side PD, dropping another pack of chaff, 'cause forget SAMs.

Heavy Particle Projection Cannon base accuracy 45
Missile range provides no bonus or penalty
(Relatively) Tiny target provides penalty of 10
Aim provides bonus of 20
Test taken at 55
Roll: 14 - success
Result: hit to fuselage

Yui's Toughness: 31
Roll: 99 - failure
Toughness Test Failed
Electrical damage: 2d10
Roll: 10, 7
Total damage: 10
TB provides damage reduction of 3
Final damage: 14
Yui's wounds: -4/8
Roll 1d10 for fatigue: 1
Fatigue level: 1

Yui's agility: 36
Fatigue provides penalty of 10
Test taken at 26
Roll: 22 - success
Test passed
The heavy PPC strikes the razorback near the roosterpit area, and electricity arcs and ripples throughout the interior, scorching yui's body and frazzling her nerves. Despite the shock and burn, she is able to reach the ejection handle and bail out before her plane explodes below her.

Jaakko hits the GSCRAM
"Scram's runnin'," he reports, "I'm going to strafe the destroyer, can't do much else."
He lets loose another sting of chaff to ward off any missile that get through.

GSCRAM rolls to destroy missiles
SAM 1: 34 - missile destroyed
SAM 2: 40 - missile destroyed
SAM 3: 59 - missile destroyed
SAM 4: 40 - missile destroyed
SAM 5: 5 - missile destroyed
SAM 6: 10 - missile destroyed
All outgoing SAMs are destroyed.

"Targeting the point defense turret towards the bow."
Ellie fires four seekers at the active PD turret towards the front on the starboard side.

LAMS S2 rolls to intercept missiles
HSM 1: 38 - success
HSM 2: 6 - success

LAMS S3 rolls to intercept missiles:
HSM 3: 28 - success
HSM 4: 37 - failure

Ellie's BS 40
Dumb-firing a heat-seeking munition to hit a target 3 meters wide from about 3000 meters out is quite difficult. provides penalty of 30
Test taken at 10
Roll: 95 - failure

The missile that isn't shot down by the point defense emplacements misses the destroyer entirely.

Walter goes evasive, deploying one chaff packet if the scrambler doesn't destroy the missile

The scrambler destroys all the missiles.

Lorens drops a string of chaff and starts descending to stay below the destroyer's defenses.

You drop below the deck guns traverse.
The cruiser stops firing missiles for once, probably due to it needing to reload. It is now perpendicular to your attack vector.
: Virvel, take the LAMS towards the fore! Eremit, hit the one to aft! Pansar, Frisk, get ready to lay into the keel with everything you've got!

Now in Gun Range of destroyer.

[Operator¹]

"AWACS, be advised, we got another pilot down."

Ellie goes after her previous target with the RAC and dumb fires four of the seekers into the hull.

[Mr. Hurricane]

"-stuff, Yui! Damn!"

Anger burns itself into Jaakko's gut as he is seeing losses under his command.

"Walt, Skytracer, let's take out the destroyer's LAMs and cover Lorens and Kommadant's squadron so they can take it out. Hamstring it's defenses,"

Jaakko climbs high and rolls back down on top of the destroyer for a run, trying to stay out of it's PPC firing arcs. He fires onto the deck behind second aft turret before pulling off.

[Gojira]

"F- fuc-"
Yui manages to not pass out and die, instead keeping conscious despite the pain, and figures out that she should have died there, that her reflexes should have failed her, and that there must be a god, because this is the second time in two missions she should have died. She wonders vaguely where she'll land, and why the hell the Aesthian Air Force is still letting her fly, despite this now being her fifth or sixth down. She floats down on the parachute, helpless to do much of anything else.

[Badger]

Walter simply looks out the side of his roosterpit somberly before returning to the Destroyer and firing a barrage of 30mm

[NoZoner]

Lorens guesses where the HPPC turret is from the underside of the ship, places the shot and pulls the trigger for a sabot round.

[Qwepir]

"AWACS, be advised, we got another pilot down."
Ellie goes after her previous target with the RAC and dumb fires four of the seekers into the hull.

RAC base accuracy 50
Experience provides bonus of 4
Gun range provides no bonus or penalty
Small target provides penalty of 5
Test taken at 49
Roll: 56 - failure
Result: miss

LAMS S2 rolls to intercept missiles
HSM 1: 73 - success
HSM 2: 45 - failure

LAMS S3 rolls to intercept missiles:
HSM 3: 68 - success
HSM 4: 8 - success

Ellie's BS 40
Dumb-firing a heat-seeking munition to hit a target about 230 meters wide from about 2000 meters out isn't that easy. provides penalty of 10
Test taken at 30
Roll: 26 - success
You miss with the gun, but the seeker that isn't shot down smacks into the structure along the top.

"-stuff, Yui! Damn!"
Anger burns itself into Jaakko's gut as he is seeing losses under his command.
"Walt, Skytracer, let's take out the destroyer's LAMs and cover Lorens and Kommadant's squadron so they can take it out. Hamstring it's defenses,"
Jaakko climbs high and rolls back down on top of the destroyer for a run, trying to stay out of it's PPC firing arcs. He fires onto the deck behind second aft turret before pulling off.

: Yui? What happened to Yui?

Walter simply looks out the side of his roosterpit somberly before returning to the Destroyer and firing a barrage of 30mm

AC5 base accuracy 50
Experience provides bonus of 4
Gun range provides no bonus or penalty
Colossal target provides bonus of 20
Test taken at 74
Roll: 30 - success
Result: 2 hits

AC5 base accuracy 50
Experience provides bonus of 6
Gun range provides no bonus or penalty
Colossal target provides bonus of 20
Test taken at 76
Roll: 22 - success by 6 degrees
Result: 6 hits
Both Walt and Jaakko land several hits along the Destroyer's superstructure with their autocannons, for what little good that does.

Lorens guesses where the HPPC turret is from the underside of the ship, places the shot and pulls the trigger for a sabot round.

KSM base accuracy 50
Experience provides bonus of 6
Gun range provides no bonus or penalty
Aim provides bonus of 10
Medium target provides no bonus or penalty
Test taken at 66
Roll: 47 - success
Result: target hit
The sabot penetrates through the ship's lightweight armor and into the area beneath the cannons, with the end result being the entire turret assembly being spectacularly blown apart.

LCB base accuracy 55
Experience provides bonus of 10
Aim provides bonus of 20
Gun range provides no bonus or penalty
Small target provides penalty of 5
Test taken at 80
Roll: 58 - success
Result: hit

PPC base accuracy 60
Experience provides bonus of 8
Aim provides bonus of 20
Gun range provides no bonus or penalty
Small target provides penalty of 5
Test taken at 83
Roll: 45 - success
Result: hit
Virvel and Eremit knock out the two starboard Point Defense emplacements.
: If any a' you got some anti-armor missiles, now's the time to use them!

The Destroyer fires another salvo of 8 missiles, split among Snowman, Walt, Pansar, and Frisk.

You will be in Point Blank range in 1 turn.

[Whackin]

re-enact 9/11

[carolcat]

praise god that my cinnamon roll wasn't endangered

[Badger]

"I'm going to try hitting the engine after I shake these missiles."

Walter dives down below the deck level as he evades and deploys the remainder of his chaff packets, and attempts to position himself to the aft of the destroyer.

[Operator¹]

Ellie comes about and starts lining up a run on the aft-starboard LAMS emplacement.

[Mr. Hurricane]

"Yui's down, did some see an ejection?" Jaakko replies

The Sabre doubles back and fires on the forward LAMs.

[NoZoner]

"[forget, that's close!]" Lorens goes inverted, throws out two chaff plumes and S-curves his way to the underside of the destroyer.

[Qwepir]

"I'm going to try hitting the engine after I shake these missiles."

Walter dives down below the deck level as he evades and deploys the remainder of his chaff packets, and attempts to position himself to the aft of the destroyer.

Shiva base EV 58
Experience provides bonus of 8
SAM 1 provides penalty of 40
SAM 2 provides penalty of 40
Chaff provides bonus of 120
Test taken at 106
Roll: 62 - success
Test passed
The SAMs are dispatched, and you angle yourself to come around behind the ship.

Ellie comes about and starts lining up a run on the aft-starboard LAMS emplacement.

I'm assuming you mean aft port because all the starboard LAMS emplacements are gone

"Yui's down, did some see an ejection?" Jaakko replies
The Sabre doubled back and fires on the forward LAMs.

AC5 base accuracy 50
Experience provides bonus of 4
Aim provides bonus of 10
Gun range provides no bonus or penalty
Obstructed target
Small target provides penalty of 5
Test taken at 59
Roll: 46 - success by 2 degrees
Result: 2 hits
The shells lay into the deck structure between you and the LAMS.

"[forget, that's close!]" Lorens goes inverted, throws out two chaff plumes and S-curves his way to the underside of the destroyer.

Warthog base EV 62
Experience provides bonus of 6
SAM 1 provides penalty of 40
SAM 2 provides penalty of 40
Chaff provides bonus of 80
Test taken at 68
Roll: 53 - success
Test passed
It's close, but the SAMs go for the chaff instead of you.
Ruffian base EV 70
Experience provides bonus of 6
Experience provides bonus of 8
SAM 1 provides penalty of 40
SAM 2 provides penalty of 40
Chaff provides bonus of 80
Test taken at 76
Roll: 10 - success
Test passed

Blackjack base EV 68
Experience provides bonus of 8
SAM 1 provides penalty of 40
SAM 2 provides penalty of 40
Chaff provides bonus of 80
Test taken at 76
Roll: 16 - success
Test passed
: Missile away!

Frisk launches his AGM at the destroyer, causing a rather sizable explosion to erupt from the starboard intake.
: Idiot! You didn't even hit anything important!
: No, but-
Heavy Particle Projection Cannon base accuracy 45
Gun range provides penalty of 10
(Relatively) Tiny target provides penalty of 10
Aim provides bonus of 20
Test taken at 45
Roll: 26 - success
Result: hit to fuselage

Frisk's Toughness: 28
Roll: 99 - failure
Toughness Test Failed
Electrical damage: 2d10
Roll: 9, 6
Total damage: 15
TB provides damage reduction of 2
Final damage: 13
Frisk's wounds: -4/9
Roll 1d10 for fatigue: 2
Fatigue level: 2
Frisk is hit with the PPC and immediately turns tail and runs in the opposite direction, while Pansar dives lower and aims to come up from beneath the destroyer.
: Dammit! Frisk, fall back!
: I don't think you needed to tell him. Just look at him go!
: Shut it, Virvel! You and Eremit, silence that gun before it takes someone else out.

Now at point blank range.

exposition post please ignore

Gus spends the time waiting to mull over the last two years in full. Looking out of the stall into the bathroom mirror, he almost doesn't recognise himself. His face is somewhat more taut, with shrapnel wounds and soot covering his clean shaven face. His eyes seem darker now, obscured by his brow which seems to be fixed in an unfamiliar stern expression.

Coming to terms with war is harder than putting it out of his mind, Gus realizes. He's been running away from the thought since Tocatlan, but being stranded in Imperial territory, alone, with the very real possibility of death brings the issue front and center. The war - Gus scoffs to himself. How naive he was to enlist solely to fight, as if it was some new gym goer he could beat in sparring or a muscular guy he could out-lift. In his mind, he imagines his family retorting with the obvious question - Why do you still fight, then? It was posed to him by his parents and friends after Tocatlan. He didn't have an answer then, but now he does. It wasn't for the thrill of conflict or glory, which war junkies like Virvel and Walt strove for. Not for defense of the homeland or a sense of duty. No, he fought now because of the people - his squad and the people he flew with. People he met, like Pagodin. People he didn't know. And a realisation, too, that it was this same reason he had pushed himself so hard. Taking on the Hyperion, or the Nosferatu - if they were going for him, they weren't going for anyone else. It seemed better to him that he would bear the brunt than someone else if he was able.

And yet, Gus can't bring himself to hold a grudge against any of those he flew against. Nominally, he reasons, they have to be just like the rest of us - just people, who have to do terrible things to protect their countries, their families and their friends, even with all that is said against the Deltans or the Zents. They did what they had to do and so did he, even if it was hard. Despite that, he hopes he never has to look any of their families in the eye and tell them why he shot them down.

Gus regrets not spending more time with his squad and others, conceding that if he makes it back he will fix that.

Gus is snapped out of his self-reflection by the AWACS squawking in his ear.
: Tempest, be advised, we have another pilot down in your vicinity. We're putting their coordinates on your GPS, recommend you get to them before Izzy does.