ABS FIESTA REDUX

[Qwepir]

"Scrambling!" Jaakko calls, seeing the flare of a dozen or so missile launches.

scrambler rolls to destroy missiles
Tippy:
AAM 1: 69 - EV halved
AAM 2: 20 - missile destroyed
AAM 3: 87 - scrambling failed

Walt:
AAM 1: 29 - missile destroyed
AAM 2: 22 - missile destroyed

Scorch:
AAM 1: 81 - scrambling failed
AAM 2: 42 - missile destroyed

Gladiator:
AAM 1: 46 - missile destroyed
AAM 2: 93 - scrambling failed
AAM 3: 43 - missile destroyed

Pansar:
AAM 1: 80 - EV penalty halved
AAM 2: 12 - missile destroyed
The scrambler fires and makes short work of most of the missiles.

He makes a swift pass against Tukreb 2.

RAC accuracy 50
Point Blank provides bonus of 20
Test taken at 70
Roll: 53 - success
Result: 2 hits to fuselage
You do some rather significant damage to the Tukreb.

"[loving stuff!]"
Markus drops a string of flares and breaks hard, nearly blacking out from the g's.
"I need to abort, I've taken critical damage and if I take another hit, I'm dead!"

Corsair base EV 75
AAM provides penalty of 35
Flares provide bonus of 40
Test taken at 80
Roll: 51 - success
Test passed
The remaining all-aspect goes after the flare instead.
: If he wants to leave, he leaves on his own. We're can't spare any other planes to escort him back.

: You've got to be kidding me. Tempest, take Aero, Caesar, and Letterman and engage the closest half of Paladius's squadron. Blackeye, launch all of your all-aspects at Tukreb-1.

Typhoon EV 82
HSM 1 provides penalty of 25
HSM 2 provides penalty of 25
AAM 1 provides penalty of 35
Flares provide bonus of 40
Test taken at 37
Roll: 92 - failure
Test failed

Typhoon EV 82
AAM 1 provides penalty of 35
AAM 2 provides penalty of 35
Flares provide bonus of 40
Test taken at 52
Rolls: 39 - success

Typhoon EV 82
HSM 1 provides penalty of 25
HSM 2 provides penalty of 25
Flares provide bonus of 40
Test taken at 72
Rolls: 88, 71 - failure, success

One Typhoon goes down, and another is damaged.
: [I'm hit bad!]
: [Pletcher's gone, anyone see a chute!?]
: [Sir! What do we do?]
Paladius's Willpower 25
Test taken at 25
Roll: 17 - success
Test passed
: [Orders are the same. Kill the fighter escort.]
: [But- there's way too many of them! And the cruisers-]
: [If we don't do our jobs here, a lot more people are going to die than just us. Jung, escort Schirmer back to the carrier. The rest of Second Group, back us up!]

Tippy deploys three flares and evades.

Berkut base EV 85
Experience provides bonus of 9
AAM 1 provides penalty of 18
AAM 2 provides penalty of 35
Flares provide bonus of 120
Test taken at 161
Roll: 3 - success
Test passed
Tippy survives another turn.

Graf decides to try and get on the tail of Typhoon 8.

"Let me see if I can get this bastard."

Fulcrum base EV 75
Test taken at 75
Typhoon base EV 82
Experience provides bonus of 4
Test taken at 86
Fulcrum roll: 60 - success by 2 degrees
Typhoon roll: 45 - success by 4 degrees
Test failed
Graf loses sight of Typhoon 8.

He fires 3 HSMs at the Typhoon targeting him and then dumps 3 flares and evades to dodge the incoming AAMs.

Typhoon base EV 82
Experience provides bonus of 4
HSM 1 provides penalty of 25
HSM 2 provides penalty of 25
HSM 3 provides penalty of 25
Flares provide bonus of 40
Test taken at 51
Roll: 60 - failure by 1 degree
Test failed
One of the missiles hits the Typhoon, but it remains in the air.

Fenrir base EV 91
AAM 1 provides penalty of 35
Flares provide bonus of 120
Test taken at 176
Roll: 23 - success
Test passed

Walter drops a flare for each missile following him after the scramble while evading and changes his target to fire on Tornado-3 with his LCPs, hoping that the Turkeb misses or the ablative easily blocks the shot.

"Attacking Tornado-3. Don't let them get those missiles off again."

As there are no missiles left following him, Walter drops no flares.
LCP accuracy 50
Test taken at 50
Roll: 32 - success
Result: 3 hits to right rear quarter
You disable the port rear elevator, and the plane begins spiraling out of control. The pilot ejects shortly after.

Tukreb base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of 6
Test taken at 81
Tukreb base EV 75
Test taken at 75
Tukreb roll: 13 - success by 7 degrees
Roll granted by supermaneuverable: 33 - success by 5 degrees
Crash's roll: 4 - success by 8 degrees
Test failed
Tukreb 2 tries to get behind Crash, but fails.

Tukreb base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of 6
Test taken at 81
Tukreb base EV 75
Test taken at 75
Tukreb roll: 25 - success by 6 degrees
Roll granted by supermaneuverable: 65 - success by 2 degrees
Tippy's roll: 1 - critical success!
Test failed
Tukreb-1 not only fails to get behind Tippy, but overshoots and ends up in front of her.

Typhoon base EV 82
Experience provides bonus of 4
Test taken at 86
Fulcrum base EV 75
Test taken at 75
Typhoon roll: 70 - success by 2 degrees
Fulcrum roll: 97 - failure
Test failed
Typhoon 8 slips in behind Gaffe and opens fire.
RAC accuracy 50
Point Blank provides bonus of 20
Test taken at 70
Roll: 14 - success
Result: 4 hits to fuselage
The rotary cannon shreds Gaffe's engines, leaving him without power.

Paladius's second unit stops skirting around missile range and storms in again to attack Gus's group, while the first unit continues to attack their targets. Pansar is forced to bail out. Virvel massively overcommits to her pursuit and wipes out Typhoon 12 in a flurry of missiles, while Frisk actually stays on mission and finishes off Tornado 3 with an LBX blast.


: Sir, we've taken out another destroyer, and the carrier is attempting to set down in Ozolin Park.
: Not even trying to leave, is it? I suppose it doesn't matter either way.

[Ad Bot]

[Gojira]

Markus lines up and takes aim at Paladius, preemptively dropping flares and chaff.

[Badger]

Walter turns his aircraft back towards Turkeb-2 and fires his LCPs

He notes his 30th kill and wants to pipe up about it but decides that the time isn't convenient

"Re-engaging Turkeb-2"

[Deoxys And One Noob]

"Where did he go? Is he beh-"

Gunfire, shaking, and his engines suddenly going quiet answers his question prematurely.

"_...forget."

He tests the throttle, frantically moving his hand to check if any engine life is left in his Fulcrum. Nothing.

"This is Hilbert Graf. My engines are down, I'm punching out. I can't use this thing anymore."

Hilbert eyes the all-too-familiar ejection lever and once again pulls it, abandoning his plane.

[Operator¹]

: Squad, disperse two flare packets and evade. Blackeye, fire everything you've got left at Typhoon-5. Once you guys are done, regroup and engage what's left of Paladius's unit. Don't waste your ammo on any planes falling back.

Tippy takes a second to aim at the Tukreb in front of her sights and opens fire with the Flak Cannon.

[NoZoner]

"Hey, Gaffe's been hit, I see his chute!"

The Raven merges with the first hostile group, now down to a third of its original strength. Lorens gets Typhoon 8 on his nose, lines up for a shot and pulls the trigger. The muzzle of the P³ glows bright red as streams of plasma shoot forth. "Guns on Typhoon 8!"

[Mr. Hurricane]

Jaakko sees the Tukreb and having successfully held it off, maneuvers to keep it at bay.

"Ashes, you picking him up?" Jaakko asks, grabbing at names to call Walter in the confusion.

He checks his squadron for a split second as he maneuvers.

"Damn," he says, seeing the reality of the fight, "Keep the pressure on 'em, not much left of this flight. Give our guys a little more time!"

He fires an AAM at Paladius, and begins aiming.

[Qwepir]

Mission Theme

Walter turns his aircraft back towards Turkeb-2 and fires his LCPs
He notes his 30th kill and wants to pipe up about it but decides that the time isn't convenient
"Re-engaging Turkeb-2"

LCP base accuracy 50
Test taken at 50
Roll: 95 - failure
Reroll granted by duplicate weapon: 5 - success
Result: 3 hits to fuselage
Several direct hits destroy the already-damaged Tukreb.

Hilbert eyes the all-too-familiar ejection lever and once again pulls it, abandoning his plane.

The Typhoon responsible zooms under you, way too close for comfort.

: Squad, disperse two flare packets and evade. Blackeye, fire everything you've got left at Typhoon-5. Once you guys are done, regroup and engage what's left of Paladius's unit. Don't waste your ammo on any planes falling back.

Fulcrum base EV 75
AAM 1 provides penalty of 35
AAM 2 provides penalty of 35
Flares provide bonus of 80
Test taken at 85
Rolls:
Tempest: 86 - failure by one degree
Aero: 54 - success
Caesar: 34 - success
Letterman: 47 - success
Tempest loses his ablative armor, but everyone comes out alive.

Typhoon base EV 82
Experience provides bonus of 4
AAM 1 provides penalty of 35
AAM 2 provides penalty of 35
AAM 3 provides penalty of 35
Flares provide bonus of 80
Test taken at 61
Roll: 90 - failure
Test failed
Blackeye knocks out the Typhoon.

Tippy takes a second to aim at the Tukreb in front of her sights and opens fire with the Flak Cannon.

FLK base accuracy 50
Aim provides bonus of 10
Tail Chase provides bonus of 20
Test taken at 80
Roll: 43 - success
Result: direct hit
Tippy terminates the Tukreb.

The Raven merges with the first hostile group, now down to a third of its original strength. Lorens gets Typhoon 8 on his nose, lines up for a shot and pulls the trigger. The muzzle of the P³ glows bright red as streams of plasma shoot forth. "Guns on Typhoon 8!"

PPP base accuracy 50
Experience provides bonus of 2
Aim provides bonus of 10
Test taken at 62
Roll: 13 - success
Result: Hit
The plasma cannon blows the Typhoon out of the sky.
: [What the hell was that!? That didn't come from the Corsair!]

Jaakko sees the Tukreb and having successfully held it off, maneuvers to keep it at bay.
"Ashes, you picking him up?" Jaakko asks, grabbing at names to call Walter in the confusion.
He checks his squadron for a split second as he maneuvers.
"Damn," he says, seeing the reality of the fight, "Keep the pressure on 'em, not much left of this flight. Give our guys a little more time!"
He fires an AAM at Paladius, and begins aiming.

Tukreb base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of 4
AAM provides penalty of 35
Flares provide bonus of 40
Test taken at 84
Roll: 69 - success
Test passed
The single missile fails to connect.

Fresh from finishing off Pansar's aircraft, Paladius and his wingman set their sights on the only other Corsair left in the combat zone.
PPC accuracy 60
Experience provides bonus of 4
Test taken at 64
Roll: 79 - failure
Result: miss

RAC accuracy 50
Aim provides bonus of 10
Test taken at 60
Roll: 36 - success by 3 degrees
Result: 3 hits to fuselage
Scorch is shot down.
: [That was for Tatius, you son of a bitch!]
: [Nice shooting, Avitus.]

Scorch doesn't have an agility rating.
Or any stats for that matter.
I'm feeling merciful so he gets out but gets damaged in the process.

Plane Explosion damage 2d10X: 8, 9
Scorch's Toughness bonus is most likely 3
Total damage: 14
Remaining wounds: following the average, it's probably put him at -4/10
Roll 1d5 for fatigue: 4
Result: Scorch passes out

Typhoon-19 fires on Aero.
RAC accuracy 50
Aim provides bonus of 20
Test taken at 70
Roll: 16 - success
Result: 4 hits to fuselage
And lands several decent hits. The rest of its unit use guns, since the flares prevent additional use of missiles.
RAC accuracy 50
Aim provides bonus of 10
Test taken at 60
Rolls: 67, 76, 93, 87
Result: all miss

The Molotok's starboard engine block is hammered by PPC fire from the Imperial fleet, and output drops significantly. The cruiser lists sideways and starts dropping incredibly quickly.

Paladius's First Group is now at point-blank range.

[ZombiLoin]

Faw enters cloak and then starts to line up a shot on Paladius.

He messages his squadron over comms.

"stuff, Scorch is down. Someone needs to get rid of that last Tornado."

[Badger]

Walter pipes up with an irritated tone

"And what are you doing? No one in our flight right now except myself is communicating what we're trying to hit. Speaking of which, engaging typhoon-13. "

Walter takes a short aim and attempts hit the aircraft with his LCPs

[Deoxys And One Noob]

"forget! A few inches up and he would have hit me!"

He continues to parachute down, observing the battle and watching Scorch get shot down and the Mozdok quickly falling.

This isn't looking good for us... I should have found that Typhoon.

[Mr. Hurricane]

Jaakko fires his last AAMs at the last Tornado, and fires his RAC shot against Typhoon 9.

[Operator¹]

Tippy launches a VTM at the last Tornado for good measure.


: Gus, take the Fulcrums in our flight and just engage the Typhoons.

[Qwepir]

Faw enters cloak and then starts to line up a shot on Paladius.
He messages his squadron over comms.
"stuff, Scorch is down. Someone needs to get rid of that last Tornado."

Walter pipes up with an irritated tone

"And what are you doing? No one in our flight right now except myself is communicating what we're trying to hit. Speaking of which, engaging typhoon-13. "

Walter takes a short aim and attempts hit the aircraft with his LCPs

LCP base accuracy 50
Aim provides bonus of 10
Point blank provides bonus of 20
Test taken at 80
Roll: 4 - success
Result: 6 hits to fuselage
Walt wipes the floor with the incoming Typhoon.

Jaakko fires his last AAMs at the last Tornado, and fires his RAC shot against Typhoon 9.

Tippy launches a VTM at the last Tornado for good measure.

Tornado base EV 68
Experience provides bonus of 4
AAM provides penalty of 35
VTM provides penalty of 20
Test taken at 13
Roll: 38 - failure
Test failed
The Tornado is battered and sent into a flat spin. Frisk finishes it off shortly thereafter.

RAC base accuracy 50
Point blank provides bonus of 20
Test taken at 70
Roll: 75 - failure
Reroll granted by duplicate weapon: 89 - failure
Result: miss
Crash misses with the cannon.

"forget! A few inches up and he would have hit me!"

He continues to parachute down, observing the battle and watching Scorch get shot down and the Mozdok quickly falling.

This isn't looking good for us... I should have found that Typhoon.

You get a clear view of the Molotok breaking apart under its own weight as its trajectory places it under more stress than it was ever designed to withstand. A few tiny but uniform objects burst from underneath the cruiser, at first looking like debris but after they deploy parachutes you realize that some of the crew managed to reach the escape capsules.

: Gus, take the Fulcrums in our flight and just engage the Typhoons.

Fulcrum base EV 75
Typhoon base EV 81
Gus Rolls: 83 - failure
Typhoon rolls: 7 - success
Gus fails to get behind Typhoon 9

Fulcrum base EV 75
Typhoon base EV 81
Blackeye Rolls: 78 - failure
Typhoon rolls: 30 - success
Blackeye fails to get behind Typhoon 9
Typhoon 9 gives the slip to Tempest and Blackeye, and launches a pair of all-aspects to prevent the latter from trying again.

Typhoon base EV 81
HSM 1 provides penalty of 25
HSM 2 provides penalty of 25
Flares provide bonus of 40
Test taken at 71
Roll: 55
Test passed
Typhoon-15 breaks off its attack against Aero in the face of incoming missiles.

Typhoon base EV 81
AAM 1 provides penalty of 35
AAM 2 provides penalty of 35
Flares provide bonus of 40
Test taken at 51
Roll: 96 - failure
Test failed

RAC accuracy 50
Missile range provides penalty of 20
Test taken at 30
Roll: 20 - success by 2 degrees
Result: 2 hits to roosterpit.
Caesar hits Typhoon-16 twice with his all-aspects, then (almost certainly unintentionally) pulps the pilot before they can punch out.

Typhoon base EV 81
HSM 1 provides penalty of 35
HSM 2 provides penalty of 35
Flares provide bonus of 40
Test taken at 91
Roll: 88 - success
Test passed
Letterman fails to connect with his heatseekers.

Paladius attempts to get behind Tempest to relieve the pressure from his teammate.
Tukreb base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of 4
Test taken at 79
Fulcrum base EV 75
Test taken at 75
Paladius rolls: 67
Roll granted by supermaneuverable: 19
Gus rolls: 22
He falls in behind Gus and begins taking aim.

Typhoon-9 accepts Blackeye's challenge and starts trying to maneuver behind him.
Typhoon base EV 81
Fulcrum base EV 75
Typhoon rolls: 66 - success
Blackeye Rolls: 28 - success
Typhoon 9 fails to get behind Blackeye
He does not succeed.

Typhoons 17 and 19 continue their attacks.

[ZombiLoin]

Faw emerges from his cloak and attacks Paladius, firing his PPC and launching his remaining missiles at the Tukreb.