ABS FIESTA REDUX

[Operator¹]

Bell fires her cannons at Umbral-1.

: Alright drop 'em now.

Bell deploys three strings of flares, while Ellie deploys one.

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[Tayasaurus]

Tippy pulls evasive maneuvers and pops the appropriate flares while sending 2 HSMs at GYMIR-3

[Darth C3P0²]

walks into room and sees Tay out the window
walks back out of the room..

[NoZoner]

Ash The splash timer hits zero, and Ash is rewarded with a confirmed missile hit, followed by the whine of the missile approach tone. "Got him! Blackeye, breaking to defend!" Ash throws the Tukreb into a high-G right turn and dispenses two sets of flares before pulling up into a loop. He looks at his assailant, cues Gymir-6 with his HMD and launches two high off-boresight all-aspect missiles. "Ripple Fox-2 medium!"

Lorens "Three!" Lorens pulls the trigger to fire the starboard coilgun at Nox-1 before weaving back into Bell's wake to mask the Shiva with her flares. He drops one of his own flare packets as he breaks off again to defend.

[Gojira]

"Splash one Blackjack- [stuff], I'm spiked! Scorch evading!"
Markus drops two strings of flares and goes evasive, firing two AAMs in the hopes of forcing Gymir lead to go evasive.

[Qwepir]

Bell fires her cannons at Umbral-1.

: Alright drop 'em now.

Bell deploys three strings of flares, while Ellie deploys one.

LCB accuracy 55
Experience provides bonus of 5
Test taken at 60
Roll: 8 - success

PPC accuracy 60
Experience provides bonus of 5
Test taken at 65
Roll: 11 - success
Bell drops the Umbral with her cannons.

Nox base EV 55
JSM 1 provides penalty of 20
JSM 2 provides penalty of 20
Test taken at 15
Roll: 40 - failure
And Ellie brings down a Nox.

Flatline base EV 78
VTM provides penalty of 20
Flares provide bonus of 120
Test taken at 178
Roll: 73 - success

Flanker base EV 75
HSM 1 provides penalty of 25
HSM 2 provides penalty of 25
Flares provide bonus of 40
Test taken at 65
Roll: 46 - success
Both pilots evade the missiles.

"Three!" Lorens pulls the trigger to fire the starboard coilgun at Nox-1 before weaving back into Bell's wake to mask the Shiva with her flares. He drops one of his own flare packets as he breaks off again to defend.

KSM accuracy 50
Experience provides bonus of 2
Aim provides bonus of 20
Test taken at 72
Roll: 35 - success

Shiva base EV 58
Experience provides bonus of 2
HSM 1 provides penalty of 25
HSM 2 provides penalty of 25
Flares provide bonus of 80
Test taken at 90
Roll: 85 - success
Lorens lights up the Nox.

"Mu- mother-- forget- er," Jaakko forces out of his chattering teeth.

Jaakko retaliates on his attacker with two HSM's. He maneuvers erratically to throw off anyone aiming on him.

Flatline base EV 78
Experience provides bonus of 8
HSM 1 provides penalty of 25
HSM 2 provides penalty of 25
Flares provide bonus of 40
Test taken at 76
Roll: 73 - success
Test passed
Gymir-2 dumps the pair of heatseekers and hits the turbo again, closing at great speed.

: "Sure. targeting Blackjack-2."

Walter pulls the Skepna towards the bomber and lines up his shot, dropping a preemptive flare and chaff to void off unwanted missile locks.

Nothing happens to you just yet.

Tippy pulls evasive maneuvers and pops the appropriate flares while sending 2 HSMs at GYMIR-3

Berkut base EV 85
Experience provides bonus of 8
AAM 1 provides penalty of 35
AAM 2 provides penalty of 35
Flares provide bonus of 40
Test taken at 63
Roll: 45 - success
Test passed

Flatline base EV 78
Experience provides bonus of 8
HSM 1 provides penalty of 25
HSM 2 provides penalty of 25
Flares provide bonus of 40
Test taken at 76
Roll: 95 - failure
Reroll: 78 - failure by 1 degree
Test failed
You hit the Aesthian plane with one of your heatseekers.

The splash timer hits zero, and Ash is rewarded with a confirmed missile hit, followed by the whine of the missile approach tone.

"Got him! Blackeye, breaking to defend!" Ash throws the Tukreb into a high-G right turn and dispenses two sets of flares before pulling up into a loop. He looks at his assailant, cues Gymir-6 with his HMD and launches two high off-boresight all-aspect missiles. "Ripple Fox-2 medium!"

Tukreb base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of 2
AAM 1 provides penalty of 35
AAM 2 provides penalty of 35
Flares provide bonus of 80
Test taken at 87
Roll: 89 - failure by 1 degree
Test failed
One of the missiles explodes dangerously close, and the ablative fabricator takes the hit for you.

Terminator base EV 81
Experience provides bonus of 8
AAM 1 provides penalty of 45
AAM 2 provides penalty of 45
Flares provide bonus of 40
Test taken at 39
Roll: 35 - success
Test passed
Much to Ash's disappointment, the enemy plane shakes the missiles.

"Splash one Blackjack- [stuff], I'm spiked! Scorch evading!"
Markus drops two strings of flares and goes evasive, firing two AAMs in the hopes of forcing Gymir lead to go evasive.

Corsair base EV 75
AAM 1 provides penalty of 35
AAM 2 provides penalty of 35
Flares provide bonus of 80
Test taken at 85
Roll: 63 - success

Flatline base EV 78
Experience provides bonus of 8
AAM 1 provides penalty of 35
AAM 2 provides penalty of 35
Flares provide bonus of 80
Test taken at 96
Roll: 36 - success
You exchange a pair of missiles and neither of you makes any headway.

All of Gymir begins closing rapidly with the aid of turbochargers and is now at gun range. You now have a decent idea as to what sort of support modules they are packing.

[Gojira]

Markus lines up on Gymir Lead and fires a shot with the P3.

[Badger]

"Firing on Blackjack 2."

Walter preps and fires the Plasma cannon

[ZombiLoin]

Gaffe fires his guns and cannons at Vespid 4 before popping a flare and jinking to the left.

[Mr. Hurricane]

Jaakko takes a snapshot at Gymir-2 with his EML before jinking erratically to throw off his shot.

[Operator¹]

Bell fires a JSM and seeker at Vespid-1, and two seekers at Vespid-2.

Ellie follows up with two JSMs on both Vespidae 3 and 5.

[Tayasaurus]

Tippy doesn't put her claws away and fires a heavy UAC round right at GYMIR-3

[NoZoner]

Ash "Dammit!" Ash realizes he is outmatched in terms of maneuverability and thrust output. In a bid to finish his opponent as quickly as possible, he puts Gymir-6 in his boresight and launches a pair of heatseekers. He then pitches down briefly to gather speed and releases another two off-bore all-aspect missiles on the same target.

Lorens "Splash one drone! I have the fourth Vespid on my nose," Lorens calls out. He drags the aiming reticle over the target and depresses the trigger to fire the port Gauss cannon. "Guns!" The muzzle spews a massive fireball as the sabot round is sent downrange.

[Qwepir]

Gaffe fires his guns and cannons at Vespid 4 before popping a flare and jinking to the left.

PPC accuracy 60
Experience provides bonus of 0
Aim provides bonus of 0
Test taken at 60
Roll: 57 - success
The particle cannon makes short work of the drone.

Sulla base EV 87
HSM 1 provides penalty of 25
HSM 2 provides penalty of 25
Flares provide bonus of 40
Test taken at 77
Roll: 78 - failure by 1 degree
Gaffe gets nicked by one of the heatseekers.

Bell fires a JSM and seeker at Vespid-1, and two seekers at Vespid-2.
Ellie follows up with two JSMs on both Vespidae 3 and 5.

Vespid base EV 55
JSM provides penalty of 20
HSM provides penalty of 25
Test taken at 10
Roll: 32 - failure

Vespid base EV 55
HSM 1 provides penalty of 25
HSM 2 provides penalty of 25
Test taken at 5
Roll: 83 - failure

Vespid base EV 55
JSM 1 provides penalty of 20
JSM 2 provides penalty of 20
Test taken at 15
Rolls: 61, 89
Bell and Ellie clear nearly the entire wave themselves.

"Splash one drone! I have the fourth Vespid on my nose," Lorens calls out. He drags the aiming reticle over the target and depresses the trigger to fire the port Gauss cannon. "Guns!" The muzzle spews a massive fireball as the sabot round is sent downrange.

You see your kill swiped from you by Gaffe's PPC.

Offshore defense facility now visible on radar.

Markus lines up on Gymir Lead and fires a shot with the P3.

P3 accuracy 50
Experience provides bonus of 2
Aim provides bonus of 10
Test taken at 62
Roll: 68 - failure
Accelerating faster than you were prepared for, the enemy Flatline avoids your plasma bolt.

"Firing on Blackjack 2."

Walter preps and fires the Plasma cannon

P4 accuracy 25
Experience provides bonus of 5
Aim provides bonus of 20
Colossal Target provides bonus of 15
Test taken at 65
Roll: 88 - failure
The shot cuts across the bomber's bow, too far ahead to cause damage but close enough to startle the crew.
: Gods above! What the hell is shooting at us!?
: Over there, it was the Shikra! Take that thing out before it vapes us!
: Understood. Five and Six, target the Huit plane.

Jaakko takes a snapshot at Gymir-2 with his EML before jinking erratically to throw off his shot.

EML accuracy 45
Experience provides bonus of 2
Aim provides bonus of 0
Test taken at 47
Roll: 17 - success
There's very little feedback as the pulse gun discharges, just a deep hum reverberating through your roosterpit. Then, you see the result of the impact as the plane's flight computer is knocked offline and the hundreds of adjustments to keep the plane stable stop being made. You notice it begin to wobble slightly, then rapidly begins losing control as every missed correction sends the plane's flight path into further and further disarray. The use of the turbocharger just moments prior only makes matters worse, as what would have been a dangerous loss of control at lower speeds turns into an utter disaster as the plane is buffeted by the supersonic wind.

Tippy doesn't put her claws away and fires a heavy UAC round right at GYMIR-3

UAC accuracy 40
Experience provides bonus of 10
Aim provides bonus of 0
Test taken at 50
Roll: 60 - failure
The shell misses by a hair.

"Dammit!" Ash realizes he is outmatched in terms of maneuverability and thrust output. In a bid to finish his opponent as quickly as possible, he puts Gymir-6 in his boresight and launches a pair of heatseekers. He then pitches down briefly to gather speed and releases another two off-bore all-aspect missiles on the same target.

: Oh stuff-
: I got you, on me!

Terminator base EV 81
Experience provides bonus of 8
HSM 1 provides penalty of 25
HSM 2 provides penalty of 25
AAM 1 provides penalty of 35
AAM 2 provides penalty of 35
Flares provide bonus of 80
Test taken at 49
Roll: 59 - failure by 1 degree
: Dammit, one got me. Still combat capable.

Virvel shoots Gymir-5 with her beam laser, just grazing their fuselage.

Gymir lead fires on Scorch.
EML accuracy 45
Experience provides bonus of 8
Aim provides bonus of 20
Test taken at 73
Roll: 75 - failure
: Missed the target, reacquiring.

And Gymir-3 returns Tippy's shot with its own.
PPC accuracy 60
Experience provides bonus of 8
Aim provides bonus of 20
Test taken at 88
Roll: 23 - success
: Got the bastard- wait, how are they not dead!?

Point blank next turn.

[Gojira]

"...forget! That was too close!"
Markus takes aim and fires another shot at Gymir Lead with the P3.