ABS FIESTA REDUX

[CypherX]

: We're over Imperial-held territory, and with all the planes we've shot down, they're certainly already undertaking search and rescue missions themselves. Even if we launched a recovery bird right now, Izzy would still get to her first. Even if our team was faster, we're in no condition to escort it if more fighters were to show up.

"I'm game if you are."

[Ad Bot]

[Mr. Hurricane]

"Walt, you alright- forget! Someone pick up those Gods' damned drones! I'm getting shot to stuff over here!" Jaakko barks.

Jaakko fires his remaining AAMs between two of the drones.

[Tayasaurus]

"Ok forget it."

Tippy fires her UAC and 3 missiles into the drone swarm

[Gojira]

"I'll stay as well. No point in letting someone die because we can't be assed to even try."

[Qwepir]

Markus lines up on the third bomber and fires the LCB at it, and next turn fires the remaining two missiles at the fourth bomber.

LCB accuracy 55
Colossal target provides bonus of 15
Test taken at 70
Roll: 61 - success
Result: 1 hit to left rear quarter

Condottiero base EV 25
HSM 1 provides penalty of 25
HSM 2 provides penalty of 25
Flares provide bonus of 80
Test taken at 55
Roll: 28 - success
Test passed
You carve a chunk out of their rear stabilizer.

"Zee- Jowmay?"
Markus messes up his speech for a moment before getting the name right.
"You cannot be serious. Why not at least give it a chance?"

"I'm game if you are."

: I wouldn't-
: I don't care what you'd do, I'm not leaving her out here to die.

"I'll stay as well. No point in letting someone die because we can't be assed to even try."

: Look. We've already lost one pilot, we may have lost two, and if you three stay behind we're going to have lost five. If this were friendly territory, then I would be all for trying to help her, but it's not.

"Walt, you alright- forget! Someone pick up those Gods' damned drones! I'm getting shot to stuff over here!" Jaakko barks.

Jaakko fires his remaining AAMs between two of the drones.

Culex Drone base EV 60
Mothership Guidance provides bonus of 20
AAM provides penalty of 35
Test taken at 45
Rolls: 65, 74
Result: 2 drones destroyed
You take out two drones.

Walter lets out a dry and voiceless rasp of his voice as he leans forward trying to regain his breath, he begins to wheeze loudly on the intercom.
" Get.....  Them......... Off me.."
He tries to continue by sizing up Condottiero-4 with a shot from his EML, before turning around regardless if the lance hit and heading to the nearest airfield while apply his hand hard to his wound.

EML accuracy 45
Experience provides bonus of 6
Colossal target provides bonus of 15
Test taken at 72
Roll: 59 - success
Result: hit
The EMP hits the enemy plane, and it is disabled.

"Ok forget it."
Tippy fires her UAC and 3 missiles into the drone swarm

UAC base accuracy 40
Experience provides bonus of 8
Miniscule target provides penalty of 15
Test taken at 33
Roll: 45 - failure
Result: miss

Culex Drone base EV 60
HSM provides penalty of 25
Test taken at 35
Rolls: 85, 48, 95
Result: 3 drones destroyed
Now lacking the support from the mothership, three drones fall to the missiles. The last one continues its attack against Tippy.
Micro-Pulse Laser accuracy 45
Large target provides bonus of 5
Test taken at 50
Roll: 93 - failure
Result: Miss
It doesn't do so well.

[Tayasaurus]

Tippy pops a UAC at the little morsel drone for target practice

[Gojira]

"I cannot willingly leave a comrade to die that I know I could have tried to save."
Markus takes aim and fires the LCB at the bomber again.
"I do not know about you, but my morals tell me to stay."

[Mr. Hurricane]

Jaakko comes about, aims, and fires one last PPC shot at Condo-3.

He glances down to his radar.

"Walter- Walter what are you doing? You alright?" He asks.

[Badger]

Walter by this point has picked up a little on his breathing, he takes in a fresh and a bit longer of a breath. It stings slightly and his chest aches as his lungs shift his body under the flight suit.

He attempts to speak, broken and faint but understandable.

"I have to disengage, I was hit. AWACS please uplink me some directions for a nearby airfield."

 

[Mr. Hurricane]

"stuff, alright- hang in there, ditch over our lines if you have to. We can't replace you," Jaakko says.

His voice is hurried, as it has been throughout the battle. It rasps a bit from being strained earlier.

"Raiden, Walt's egressing, he doesn't sound so good," Jaakko reports, "I uh-,"

For the first time during the dogfight he feels something other than excitement or anger. As he cooks of the pressure of the hard choice at hand comes down on top of him.

"I don't think we have the ordnance or health to aid CSAR," he reports.

He looks over to the drone, it's form still boxed in on the roosterpit wall. He flicks over to Mjolnir's comms.

"Someone knock out that drone, and let's regroup. Walter do you need someone to help you home?"

[Qwepir]

Tippy pops a UAC at the little morsel for target practice

UAC base accuracy 40
Experience provides bonus of 8
Miniscule target provides penalty of 15
Test taken at 33
Roll: 31 - success
Result: 1 drone destroyed

Jaakko comes about, aims, and fires one last PPC shot at Condo-3.

AC5 base accuracy 50
Experience provides bonus of 7
Colossal target provides bonus of 15
Missile range provides penalty of 20
Test taken at 72
Roll: 30 - success
Result: hit to fore
Crash finishes off the fleeing plane.
: Raiden, Mjolnir, I'm picking up another strike force on long range Radar; they're turning back. I don't think they're going to be sending any more strike planes out here today.

"stuff, alright- hang in there, ditch over our lines if you have to. We can't replace you," Jaakko says.
His voice is hurried, as it has been throughout the battle. It rasps a bit from being strained earlier.
"Raiden, Walt's egressing, he doesn't sound so good," Jaakko reports.

: Go with him. You heard the AWACS, we're all clear here.

[Mr. Hurricane]

Jaakko smacks himself for trying to talk to Raiden over Mjolnir comms.

"What are you planning?" Jaakko asks.

[CypherX]

Gus responds quietly over the radar, diving down back towards friendlies.

"Not right for me to leave. 20 is still loaded if we run into trouble."

[Gojira]

Markus remains silent, having said his part. and wonders why his loadout sheet still has most of the missiles he equipped

[Tayasaurus]

"Should we pull out? We're ill equipped as it is."