Mjolnir's remnants touch down on the Blixtkrig and are immediately called to the ready room to be briefed on their next mission.
Briefing Music
: Hate to rush you guys, but we need you back out there ASAP. Sky Marshal had a squadron probe the Imperial front line to bait them into launching a force in response and your names are on the list of pilots who are supposed to get out there and smash 'em so we can take another step towards claiming air superiority. Five squadrons are already heading out to the rally point, get your planes in order and go out to meet them. Expect drones, fighters, and one Imperial destroyer. There
are cruisers in the area, but the Sky Marshal says the only people who have to worry about those are the slackers that aren't getting stuck in- the Goths aren't gonna fire a burst missile into a furball with their own planes in it, after all.
Back on the Indomitus, the Aesthian Auxiliary squadron has landed and is receiving new instructions.
Briefing Music
: As you were returning to the carrier, the Aesthians launched an attack on one of our forwardmost ships, the destroyer
Andromeda. Their small force was driven off without any casualties on either side, but long range scans show a much larger formation of small craft on approach, at least thirty planes in total. The Admiral has already ordered a drone wing dispatched and we are preparing to launch carrier squadrons
Rauths and
Gel. Additionally, we have received word from Arx Cypristar fish that trainee squadron
Weizhskilde is prepared for an emergency launch as well. Yourselves and the Kintharians will be deploying to assist in holding the line.
Saving the Andromeda would be an obvious plus, but at the risk of sounding callous I must emphasize that your objective is to inflict as many losses on the attacking Aesthian force as possible while prioritizing your
own survival. We already have a reinforcement air detachment en route from the south, whereas the Aesthians are unable to replenish any losses they take. The more we can keep them under pressure to act quickly, the more likely they will be to make critical mistakes in the engagements to come, and the easier our jobs will be.
The briefing officer singles Walt out.
: You won't want to be flying this sortie in that bucket of yours. Take the Nosferatu on deck two.
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