Mission ThemeThe launch decks are depressurized and the shutters at the end of the runway raise. Crash, Snowman, and Kommandant launch from the Tordenskjold. Then, Tippy, Tempest, and Eremit; followed by Caesar, Blackeye, and Virvel. As the catapults start crawling back to hook up to Walter and Scorch, the first enemy contacts appear at radar range. At least fifty drones making a beeline for the fleet.
Up in the CIC, Bell, Vice Marshal Lawniczak, and Sky Marshal Tarkirov are viewing the battlefield on a large, vertically oriented digital display. Tarkirov is issuing orders to the rest of the fleet while Lawniczak is ensuring that his own ship is at full readiness.
: ...I want the Vandrare, the Grym, the Zemsta, and the Otmulig three miles off our three o'clock, walled echelon formation. Put a net of PD fire up between those drones and us. Have the Vilde reposition to our six o'clock and the Obetvinglig at nine, watching for any cloaked ships.
: Yes, Sky Marshal.
Attention, AFS Vandrare, AFS Grym: Ascend and maintain 6000; turn right, heading zero-eight-five...: Colonel, let the fighters know to stay away from the cruisers' killzone, I don't want any of our pilots getting shot down in the crossfire.
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