ABS FIESTA REDUX

[Operator¹]

: I just checked your position again, you guys better pull back towards this side of the killzone.

[Ad Bot]

[Qwepir]

Mission Theme

Gus drops two packets of flares and switches his aim to Tychon.

"I was not aware tinmen were capable of humor."

PAK FA base EV 78
Experience provides bonus of 9
XAAM 1 provides penalty of 40
XAAM 2 provides penalty of 40
Flares provide bonus of 80
Test taken at 87
Roll: 20 - success
Test passed
You evade the missiles, and notice as you line up on Tychon that Phobos has stopped flying erratically and is now pointing directly at you.

: Aero, Blackeye, Caesar, keep thinning out those Culexes. (All attack two Culexes this turn, Blackeye and Caesar: two AAMs for one target and one AAM for the other, Aero: Two seekers for each target.)

Culex base EV 60
AAM 1 provides penalty of 35
AAM 2 provides penalty of 35
Test taken at -10
Roll: 3 - failure
Result: hit

Culex base EV 60
AAM 1 provides penalty of 35
AAM 2 provides penalty of 35
Test taken at -10
Roll: 25 - failure
Result: hit

Culex base EV 60
AAM provides penalty of 35
Test taken at 25
Roll: 75 - failure
Result: hit

Culex base EV 60
AAM provides penalty of 35
Test taken at 25
Roll: 14 - success
Result: miss

Culex base EV 60
HSM 1 provides penalty of 25
HSM 2 provides penalty of 25
Test taken at 10
Roll: 90 - failure
Result: hit

Culex base EV 60
HSM 1 provides penalty of 25
HSM 2 provides penalty of 25
Test taken at 10
Roll: 68 - failure
Result: hit
The three do a respectable job swatting several more Culexes out of the sky.

Tippy maneuvers to regain some distance between her and the swarm of drones but not without taking one more shot at Phobos with her PPC

PPC accuracy 60
Test taken at 60
Roll: 61 - failure by 1 degree
Result: Scrambling
The PPC misses by a hair and shuts down from the heat.

More shots land on Jaakko's aircraft.
"Oh forget, forget!"
He gets on the radio.
"The Fenrir can't take this punishment anymore! I'm returning to the carrier!"
He maneuvers erratically, turning on the cloak.

: What the hell are you doing all the way out there? Your entire squadron is way overextended!

Walter fires his flak into the swarm of drones, more generally at Musca-29, he also fires the remaining 3 JSM at vespid-16

FLK accuracy 50
Experience provides bonus of 6
Tiny target provides penalty of 15
Test taken at 41
Roll: 71 - failure by 3 degrees
Result: Miss

Vespid base EV 55
Mothership guidance provides bonus of 20
JSM 1 provides penalty of 20
JSM 2 provides penalty of 20
JSM 3 provides penalty of 20
Test taken at 15
Roll: 100 - failure
Test failed
Walt whiffs with the flak, but knocks out one of the vespidae.

Walter also decides to try his luck and see if he can mess with the Helian bots
"Coming up on hyperion one's flank, neither of them have picked up on my fenrir yet."

Despite the near miss from the PPC, Phobos's retort comes through over the allied frequency, albeit garbled and backed by some horrific electronic shrieking.
: [You t-t-thugs are wor- at lying- lying than you ar-ar-ar-are -t hygiene, Shiva-1. 1.]
: Would somebody shut that thing up already!

Culexes attacking Tippy:
Micro-Pulse Laser accuracy 45
Test taken at 45
Rolls: 24, 6
Result: 4 hits to fuselage

Culexes attacking Tempest:
Micro-Pulse Laser accuracy 45
Test taken at 45
Rolls: 29, 11, 32, 80
Result: 2 hits to right wing, 2 hits to left rear quarter, 2 hits to right rear quarter

Culexes attacking Blackeye:
Micro-Pulse Laser accuracy 45
Test taken at 45
Rolls: 14, 69
Result: 2 hits to fuselage

Culexes attacking Walt:
Micro-Pulse Laser accuracy 45
Test taken at 25
Roll: 74, 90
Result: miss

Vespidae attacking Caesar:
Pulse Laser accuracy 50
Test taken at 50
Roll: 35 - success
Result: 2 hits to fuselage

Vespidae attacking Aero
Pulse laser accuracy 50
Missile range provides penalty of 20
Test taken at 30
Roll: 46, 70
Result: Miss
You know the drill by now. Two AAMs on Walt, three HSMs on Scorch, two HSMs and an AAM on Caesar, one of each on Blackeye, and three seekers on Aero.

Scarabs in missile range of everyone except Crash, Snowman, and Tippy in two turns.
Vespidae 7, 9, 11, and 14; and Culexes 32, 33, and 25 are now at Point Blank range of Gus. Walter and Scorch will be at point blank to the swarm next turn. Gladiator and Aero are now in gun range.
Hyperions are now in gun range of Tippy and Tempest. Snowman and Crash in 2, everyone else in 1.

[Gojira]

Markus fires the LCB, then pops two flares and turns around.

[Tayasaurus]

"forgetin drone pieces of stuff"

Tippy releases her AAM's on Phobos and guns it back to the carrier, moving evasively.

[Operator¹]

: Blackeye, Caesar, Aero, deploy two salvos of flares next to each other and get back on this side of the killzone after you've shaken those missiles.

[ZombiLoin]

Faw pops the scramblers again and tries his best to aim before firing a quick barrage of all his energy weapons at Phobos.

"Glad to see- nevermind. I wonder what the worst torture for an artificial intelligence is."

[NoZoner]

A shadowy vignette blackens the outer reaches of Lorens' vision and slowly encroaches on his line of sight. For some time, all he could see were the lines moving up and down on his HUD. He had been pulling back on the stick for what felt like an eternity, fighting the immense G-load and doing everything in his power to stay conscious. Finally, after who knows how long, the horizon line meets the flight path marker. Lorens eases off the stick and takes a moment to breathe normally again, sucking in the oxygen flowing through his mask like a vacuum.

He looks at the radar screen. The merge between Mjolnir flight and the drone swarm is practically complete, with the Hyperions right on Tippy and Tempest. forget. They're still gaining on me. At this rate, I can't use the missiles.

Lorens gets an idea. He looks around to see if Ash is still following him.

[Swat 3]

It is amazing how far this roleplay has gone.

(can someone explain to me wtf this ai is)

[Tayasaurus]

It is amazing how far this roleplay has gone.

(can someone explain to me wtf this ai is)

There is no ai, only NPC's. If you're talking about the cackling robot. It's just a drone.

[Badger]

Walter dumps three Flare packages and evades to turn around

[CypherX]

Gus fires all four guns on Tychon then moves to evade.

[Mr. Hurricane]

"Gods- forget!" Jaakko curses, seeing that they've been drawn so far out. He feels sickened with how much of a mess he's led his squadron in to.

"Mjolnir, we've been drawn out. We need to fall back towards the carrier group," Jaakko chatters into the radio.

He stays cloaked, moving towards the carrier, he accelerates but eases the throttle along, heading for his home carrier.

"Djuriskas, cruiser group, we've strung ourselves out pretty bad here. We need support to fall back towards the carrier group, I don't think we'll last much longer if we're not fighting under your guns,"

He turns his attention to the squadron.

"Tippy, park the Wyvern somewhere, anywhere! Don't destroy it! Snowman, start shooting, cover our guys, Tempest break as fast as you loving can and haul your ass back to the cover of the cruisers.  If any of you have ordnance left, use it help create cover and get back here,"

The sickening feeling devours him as he sees his critical mistake that may get his squadron killed.

[Qwepir]

Faw pops the scramblers again

scrambler rolls to destroy missiles
Walt:
AAM 1: 7 - missile destroyed
AAM 2: 55 - missile destroyed

Scorch:
HSM 1: 43 - missile destroyed
HSM 2: 15 - missile destroyed
HSM 3: 11 - missile destroyed

Caesar:
AAM 1: 12 - missile destroyed
HSM 1: 80 - EV penalty halved
HSM 2: 36 - missile destroyed

Blackeye:
AAM 1: 33 - missile destroyed
HSM 1: 34 - missile destroyed

Aero:
HSM 1: 88 - EV penalty halved
HSM 2: 16 - missile destroyed
HSM 3: 66 - EV penalty halved

Faw pops the scramblers again and tries his best to aim before firing a quick barrage of all his energy weapons at Phobos.

LCB accuracy 55
Test taken at 55
Roll: 49 - success
Result: 1 hit to right wing

LCP accuracy 50
Missile range provides penalty of 20
Test taken at 30
Roll: 28 - success
Result: 1 hit to left wing

PPC accuracy 60
Test taken at 60
Roll: 89 - failure
Result: Miss
You damage both of its' wings.

Markus fires the LCB, then pops two flares and turns around.

LCB accuracy 55
Aim provides bonus of 20
Test taken at 75
Roll: 55 - success
Result: 1 hit to fuselage
You hit the target squarely in center mass.

"forgetin drone pieces of stuff"
Tippy releases her AAM's on Phobos and guns it back to the carrier, moving evasively.

Hyperion-Class base EV 95
Combat Programming provides bonus of 10
AAM 1 provides penalty of 35
AAM 2 provides penalty of 35
Flares provide bonus of 80
Test taken at 115
Roll: 29 - success
Test passed
Despite the wing damage, the Helian construct dodges both missiles.

: Blackeye, Caesar, Aero, deploy two salvos of flares next to each other and get back on this side of the killzone after you've shaken those missiles.

: Yes sir.
MiG-29 base EV 77
HSM 1 provides penalty of 13
Test taken at 64
Roll: 7 - success
Test passed

MiG-29 base EV 77
HSM 1 provides penalty of 13
HSM 2 provides penalty of 13
Flares provide bonus of 40
Test taken at 91
Roll: 44 - success
Caesar and Aero dispose of the incoming missiles and turn around to fall back. Blackeye had his work done for him already, so he doesn't even need to waste any time evading.

Lorens gets an idea. He looks around to see if Ash is still following him.

Ash is following you, albeit lagging behind quite a bit.

Walter dumps three Flare packages and evades to turn around

Faw's scrambler destroyed both missiles before you needed to use flares.

Gus fires all four guns on Tychon then moves to evade.

RAC accuracy 50
Aim provides bonus of 10
Test taken at 60
Roll: 44 - success by 2 degrees
Result: 2 hits to fuselage
Tychon is put in very poor shape, but is still operational.

Culexes attacking Tippy:
Micro-Pulse Laser accuracy 45
Test taken at 45
Rolls: 46
Result: miss

Culexes attacking Tempest:
Micro-Pulse Laser accuracy 45
Point Blank provides bonus of 10
Evasive action provides penalty of 20
Test taken at 35
Rolls: 27, 38, 34
Result: 1 hit to left wing, 1 hit to fuselage

Culexes attacking Walt:
Micro-Pulse Laser accuracy 45
Missile range provides penalty of 20
Test taken at 25
Roll: 73, 75
Result: miss

Vespidae attacking Aero
Pulse laser accuracy 50
Test taken at 50
Roll: 60, 94
Result: Miss

Vespidae attacking Gladiator
Pulse laser accuracy 50
Test taken at 50
Roll: 52, 53, 83
Result: Miss

HDR accuracy 60
Combat Programming provides bonus of 10
Evasive action provides penalty of 20
Test taken at 50
Roll: 27 - success
Result: 1 hit to left wing
Gus's right wing is disintegrated by Phobos's HDR, and his plane begins losing control. Everyone else disengages mostly clean and is now gaining distance from the more basic drones, but the Hyperions are still gaining ground.

Hyperions in gun range of Tippy. Snowman and Crash in 2, everyone else in 1.

[Gojira]

"Tempest, bail out!"
Markus continues to flee from the drone swarm, firing two AAMs at Tychon.

[CypherX]

Gus ejects, yelling something about being sick of the constant stream of advanced Zent aircraft that is lost during the rupture of the roosterpit glass.