ABS FIESTA REDUX

[NoZoner]

"Alright," Lorens turns his attention to Walter, "If that's the case, I'll go with Djuriskas to attack the air fleet. Does that sound good, Walt?"

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[Qwepir]

Before Walter can respond, a flight of enemy aircraft is picked up inside the storm clouds dead ahead. They have clearly noticed you and are moving to intercept.
: Virvel, you're with me, let's shut these rats down.

Kommandant and Virvel accelerate to meet the incoming hostiles while the rest of his team stays behind.

[NoZoner]

"I guess that settles it! Crash, Snowman, I'm leaving the formation."

The Shiva drops away from Mjolnir flight and joins Djuriskas.

[Gojira]

Markus hangs back with the Condottiero.
"Hey, I'm gonna need some of that PD cleared up so I can get a clear run on those surface vessels."

[Mr. Hurricane]

"Moving with Kommandant and Virvel to engage,"

Jaakko pushes on the throttle and accelerates to join Kommadant and Virvel.

[Operator¹]

"Alright, let's shut them down!" Ellie flies in after the other four pilots to help intercept the enemy planes.

[Qwepir]

As you close the distance with the Typhoons, two Tukrebs come into missile range a few thousand feet above them.
: [Ah, there they are. Fewer than I was expecting though...]

Everyone except Crash, Skytracer, Kommandant, and Virvel is still outside of the Imperials' detection range. However, unless a course alteration is made, they will be spotted in two turns.

[Badger]

"Changing course to swing around and hit the naval targets."

[Mr. Hurricane]

Jaakko takes his shot at Typhoon 1 and then begins jinking to throw off any incoming shots.

[Operator¹]

Ellie starts swinging around so she can attempt to hit the Imperial formation from the side. "What's the plan, Crash? Just whittle them down until there's an opening?"

[Qwepir]

Jaakko takes his shot at Typhoon 1 and then begins jinking to throw off any incoming shots.

LCB accuracy 55
Experience provides bonus of 3
Aim provides bonus of 20
Test taken at 78
Roll: 52 - success
Result: 2 hits to fuselage
The beam lasers pierce all the way through the Typhoon and send it crashing down to the sea.

"Changing course to swing around and hit the naval targets."

Letterman follows you.

Kommandant fires one AAM at two separate Typhoons.
Typhoon base EV 84
Experience provides bonus of 4
AAM provides penalty of 35
Test taken at 53
Rolls: 1, 84 - success, failure
Test passed, failed
One of them dodges the missile, the other takes a severe hit.

Virvel briefly aims at one of the drones and fires all guns.
LCB accuracy 55
Experience provides bonus of 10
Aim provides bonus of 10
Test taken at 75
Roll: 9
Result: 1 hit to right wing

LCP accuracy 50
Missile Range provides penalty of 20
Aim provides bonus of 10
Test taken at 40
Roll: 49 - failure
Reroll granted by duplicate weapon: 85 - failure
Result: Miss
She shears off one of its wings with the beam laser, taking it out of the fight.

After the display of long-range beam weaponry, you notice a difference in the enemy squadron's disposition.
: [Squad, evasive action! Close that gap!]

Ellie starts swinging around so she can attempt to hit the Imperial formation from the side. "What's the plan, Crash? Just whittle them down until there's an opening?"

PPC accuracy 60
Experience provides bonus of 10
Evasive action provides penalty of 10
Test taken at 60
Roll: 50 - success
Result: 1 hit to roosterpit
Whatever Crash's response is, Ellie isn't able to hear it right away as her roosterpit is showered in molten metal and her radio fills with static.
: [Impossible! That was dead on!]

The other Imperial planes apply light pressure to the fighter detachment with a small salvo of missiles.

2 turns until gun range. Scorch and Snowman must change course next turn, and Scorch will also have to perform an EV test to see if the Condottiero can be persuaded out of the way before it is spotted.

[NoZoner]

"Snowman, turning South," Lorens follows the Foxbat and Flanker into a steeply banked turn. He levels out in third position of the finger four formation headed by the interceptor, "If any trouble comes our way, I've got your back, Eremit."

[Operator¹]

Ellie disperses two salvos of flares and evades.

[Mr. Hurricane]

Jaakko fires two HSMs at Typhoon 3 and evades, dropping a string of flares behind him.

"Pretty much!" Jaakko responds to Ellie.

[Qwepir]

[2:40 PM] Gojira: so, what im gonna do is continue to hold back until pd is cleared
[2:40 PM] Gojira: so im not spotted and whatnot
[2:40 PM] Qwepir: do you want to go north or south to avoid detection
[2:40 PM] Gojira: and i dont die horribly to pd
[2:40 PM] Gojira: south

Condottiero base EV 40
Roll: 51
Result: Failure
Despite getting the plane going in the right direction, you end up dipping into the enemy's detection radius for a few critical seconds.

Ulrich's PER 35
Roll: 25
Result: Success
: [That is not one of ours. Everyone be on your guard, I don't think we can trust our radar.]

"Snowman, turning South," Lorens follows the Foxbat and Flanker into a steeply banked turn. He levels out in third position of the finger four formation headed by the interceptor, "If any trouble comes our way, I've got your back, Eremit."

: ...Thanks.

Ellie disperses two salvos of flares and evades.

Superflaker base EV 78
Experience provides bonus of 1
AAM provides penalty of 35
Flares provide bonus of 80
Test taken at 124
Roll: 58 - success
Test passed
You escape unharmed for now.

Jaakko fires two HSMs at Typhoon 3 and evades, dropping a string of flares behind him.

"Pretty much!" Jaakko responds to Ellie.

Typhoon base EV 84
Experience provides bonus of 4
HSM 1 provides penalty of 25
HSM 2 provides penalty of 25
Flares provide bonus of 40
Test taken at 78
Roll: 80 - failure by 1 degree
Test failed
Despite the use of flares, Typhoon 3 is hit with one of the missiles.

Kommandant deploys flares and lets loose another AAM at Typhoon 2 while evading.
FLAK FA base EV 78
Experience provides bonus of 8
AAM provides penalty of 35
Flares provide bonus of 40
Test taken at 91
Roll: 20 - success
Test passed

Typhoon base EV 84
Experience provides bonus of 4
AAM provides penalty of 35
Flares provide bonus of 40
Test taken at 93
Roll: 70
Test passed
He fails to secure the kill.

Virvel goes evasive and fires on Ulrich,
Switchblade base EV 89
Experience provides bonus of 10
AAM provides penalty of 35
Test taken at 64
Roll: 56 - success
Test passed

LCB accuracy 55
Experience provides bonus of 10
Evasive action (own) provides penalty of 10
Evasive action (enemy) provides penalty of 20
Test taken at 35
Roll: 70
Result: Miss

LCP accuracy 50
Experience provides bonus of 10
Missile Range provides penalty of 20
Evasive action (own) provides penalty of 10
Evasive action (enemy) provides penalty of 20
Test taken at 10
Roll: 94 - failure
Reroll granted by duplicate weapon: 54 - failure
Result: Miss
and all she does is heat up her guns.
Imperial planes cease flying as erratically and begin spreading out in pairs to the north and south while gaining altitude.

Gun range next turn.