ABS FIESTA REDUX

[NoZoner]

NO YOU DON'T.

Lorens slams the power quadrant forward and gives chase to Typhoon 9. "Blackeye, jink left, countermeasures out now!" He gets a bead on the bandit and fires the plasma gun.

[Ad Bot]

[Badger]

"Typhoon-13 down. Picking up Typhoon-14."

Walter takes another hasty aim but opts to use his LCB

[Operator¹]

: Aero, Blackeye, Letterman, deploy three flares and evade. Tempest should know how to shake someone off his tail (he should fire AAMs at Paladius but seriously he should probably do that automatically since he's a captain).

Bell checks the main screen to see what's happening near the carrier group after she issues her orders.


"TAG on Paladius!" Tippy fires a TAG beacon and two seekers at Paladius.

[Mr. Hurricane]

Jaakko attempts to fall in behind Typhoon-15.

"Pursuing Typhoon-15!" He calls.

[Qwepir]

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

PPC accuracy 60
Aim provides bonus of 20
Test taken at 80
Roll: 31 - success
Result: 1 hit to left rear quarter

Tukreb base EV 75
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 80
Test taken at 84
Roll: 65 - success
Paladius gets hit by the PPC but dodges the missiles.

NO YOU DON'T.
Lorens slams the power quadrant forward and gives chase to Typhoon 9. "Blackeye, jink left, countermeasures out now!" He gets a bead on the bandit and fires the plasma gun.

Fulcrum base EV 75
AAM 1 provides penalty of 35
AAM 2 provides penalty of 35
Flares provide bonus of 120
Test taken at 125
Roll: 95 - success

P3 accuracy 50
Aim provides bonus of 10
Test taken at 60
Roll: 24 - success
1 hit to fuselage
Blackeye jinks out of the way, and the Typhoon is annihilated by the plasma cannon.

"Typhoon-13 down. Picking up Typhoon-14."
Walter takes another hasty aim but opts to use his LCB

LCB base accuracy 55
Aim provides bonus of 10
Test taken at 65
Roll: 2 - success
Result: 1 hit to left rear quarter
The beam laser cripples Typhoon-14's left engine.

: Aero, Blackeye, Letterman, deploy three flares and evade. Tempest should know how to shake someone off his tail (he should fire AAMs at Paladius but seriously he should probably do that automatically since he's a captain).

Fulcrum base EV 75
Test taken at 75
Tukreb base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of 4
Test taken at 79
Tempest's roll: 10 - success by 7 degrees
Paladius's roll: 22 - success by 6 degrees
Reroll granted by Supermaneuverable: 47 - success by 4 degrees
Gus shakes Paladius and gets behind him.

Fulcrum base EV 75
AAM 1 provides penalty of 35
AAM 2 provides penalty of 35
Flares provide bonus of 120
Test taken at 125
Roll: 76 - success
Test passed
Aero dodges both incoming missiles.

Fulcrum base EV 75
AAM 1 provides penalty of 35
AAM 2 provides penalty of 35
AAM 3 provides penalty of 35
Flares provide bonus of 120
Test taken at 90
Roll: 93 - failure
Test failed
Letterman is struck by a missile and loses the ablative armor.

"TAG on Paladius!" Tippy fires a TAG beacon and two seekers at Paladius.

Tukreb base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of 4
TAG provides penalty of 25
Test taken at 54
Roll: 70 - failure
Result: Tagged
Paladius is tagged.

Jaakko attempts to fall in behind Typhoon-15.
"Pursuing Typhoon-15!" He calls.

Tukreb base EV 75
Test taken at 75
Typhoon base EV 81
Test taken at 81
Crash's roll: 8 - success by 7 degrees
Reroll granted by Supermaneuverable: 94 - failure
Typhoon's roll: 62 - success by 2 degrees
Crash places himself on Typhoon 15's tail.

Lacking instruction and faced with two more of their number falling, the trainee squadron is mostly unable to act beyond watching in shock or evading to save their own skin.

Bell checks the main screen to see what's happening near the carrier group after she issues her orders.

Drones are swarming the Otmulig, even going as far as to ram themselves into it.

[Mr. Hurricane]

"Paladius is tagged, someone put him down,"

Jaakko fires at Typhoon 15 with his coaxial.

"Guns," he reports.

[Badger]

Walter aims again and switches to his LCPs to fire on typhoon-14 again

"Need to cool my guns after this."

[Operator¹]

Tippy fires two Vortexes at the tagged plane and starrts lining up a shot on Typhoon-17.


: It's not over yet, Aero, Caesar, Letterman, help clean up those Typhoons that are still engaged. Gus, make sure that Tukreb is neutralized.

[ZombiLoin]

Faw enters cloak and does some pre-emptive evasive maneuvers to throw the Typhoons off his tail.

[NoZoner]

"Snowman, Tempest, I'm moving to your 8 o'clock, watch your left!"

The Raven moves to the Fulcrum's side to complete a two-ship attack on the bandit Tukreb. Lorens gets the gun solution. "He's on my nose now, I'm taking the shot," Bolts of plasma are sent hurtling to Paladius' fighter. A small stream of hot vapor could be seen pouring out of the heatsink vent on the LERX shrouding the coaxial gun.

[Qwepir]

"Paladius is tagged, someone put him down,"

Jaakko fires at Typhoon 15 with his coaxial.

"Guns," he reports.

RAC accuracy 50
Pursuit provides bonus of 20
Test taken at 70
Roll: 45 - success
Result: 3 hits to fuselage
Jaakko kills the Typhoon's engines and the pilot bails out.

Walter aims again and switches to his LCPs to fire on typhoon-14 again

"Need to cool my guns after this."

LCP base accuracy 50
Aim provides bonus of 10
Test taken at 60
Roll: 81 - failure
Reroll granted by duplicate weapon: 88 - failure
Result: Miss
Typhoon-14 continues to evade Walter's attacks.

Tippy fires two Vortexes at the tagged plane and starrts lining up a shot on Typhoon-17.

Tukreb base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of 4
VTM 1 provides penalty of 20
VTM 2 provides penalty of 20
TAG provides penalty of 20
Flares not allowed
Test taken at 19
Roll: 40 - failure
Reroll granted by Supermaneuverable: 47 - failure
Test failed
Gus right now.
Paladius is blindsided by the missiles and loses aeronautical stability. This is also bad for Gus, who was right behind him lining up for a shot.
Fulcrum base EV 75
Test taken at 75
Roll: 99 - failure
Test failed
Though the EMP only effects Paladius, Gus also loses control of his airplane and enters a flat spin. Fortunately the ground is several kilometers away, so there is room to potentially recover.

"Snowman, Tempest, I'm moving to your 8 o'clock, watch your left!"

The Raven moves to the Fulcrum's side to complete a two-ship attack on the bandit Tukreb. Lorens gets the gun solution. "He's on my nose now, I'm taking the shot," Bolts of plasma are sent hurtling to Paladius' fighter. Hot vapor spews out of the vent on the LERX shrouding the coaxial gun.

P3 accuracy 50
Aim provides bonus of 10
Test taken at 60
Roll: 100 - critical failure
Apparently the fire control systems were damaged in the collision with Scorch, because the P3 does not fire when Lorens pulls the trigger. The cannon continues to charge well beyond when it should have fired until it emits an ear-splitting shriek and detonates in a spectacular fashion.
Plasma explosion damage 1d10+10E
Roll: 6
Total damage: 13
Snowman's toughness bonus 3
Snowman's wounds: -3/10
Snowman takes 2 levels of fatigue
The Raven's right wing is annihilated, along with much of the plane. Snowman himself is badly burned by the wave of heat.

With their leader looking to be shot down, the remaining planes fall into disarray.
: [They got the Kommandant! What now!?]
: [You heard him, we stay and fight.]
: [No way, I want to live!]

Faw enters cloak and does some pre-emptive evasive maneuvers to throw the Typhoons off his tail.

One of the pursuing Typhoons fires on you before the cloak finishes taking effect, then turns to leave.
RAC accuracy 50
Aim provides bonus of 20
Test taken at 70
Roll: 42 - success
Result: 3 hits to right rear quarter
One of your engines is damaged.

[ZombiLoin]

Faw watches Loren's symbol on his HUD go grey.

"Snowman just got downed, didn't see any enemy fire in his direction though. Gus looks like he's in dire straits too."

Faw turns around and tries to get on the Typhoon's tail.

[Mr. Hurricane]

Jaakko turns his attention to Paladius. He quickly maneuvers, straining himself against the G's while the aircraft's high AOA warning system protests. He fires on Paladius' stalling Tukreb.

[Operator¹]

: Letterman, Aero, use your missiles to take out Typhoon-17. Caesar, Blackeye, cover Gus so that he can get out of that spin, if he can't, give him room to eject at 2 kilometers to eject.


Tippy waits for any other enemy fighters.

[NoZoner]

BOOM!

A rippling shockwave thunders back and forth across the Raven, flexing the skin and stringers of the fuselage with a wavelike motion. The resulting resonance shatters the canopy and rips apart the roosterpit paneling. Hot gasses rush into the roosterpit space both from outside and underneath. Lorens screams in agony as intense pain spikes all across his left side. He retracts his limbs away from the heat and clutches his burns.

Deprived of its port lifting surface and stabilizers, the Raven rolls with breakneck suddenness, plummeting to earth in a gut-wrenching uncontrolled spiral. Fighting injury and disorientation, Lorens reaches for the ejection handle and pulls with all his strength. The seat smashes into and fractures Lorens' tailbone as he is rocketed from the aircraft nearly parallel to the horizon. The gyro stabilization eventually rights the seat, and the parachute comes out.