ABS FIESTA REDUX

[Gojira]

Markus spots the two incoming RGM exhaust trails after noticing his go off course.
"[...motherforgeter!] Scorch, defending two incoming!"
He drops one string of chaff and pulls hard left, hoping to break the lock circle and not hit his allies.

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[NoZoner]

"Bandit spike, Fox-1 inbound! Scorch, that's us! I'm shackling on you to defend!"

Ash banks and turns right. He spots Markus' Corsair and flies at it, dropping chaff as he merges in the weave.

Lorens similarly finds himself facing the business end of a missile and prepares to evade.

"SAM launch, 12 o'clock! Shortsword, this is Snowman, there's one inbound on us each! Can you seed countermeasures?"

[Badger]

: Thank you for the heads up. I'll begin the strike on the Grym's bow once I close into effective range.

Walter begins to weave and waver in the Skepna for what little it can do, nervous from the lack of radar locks on him that he is being tracked by the Plasma.

[Operator¹]

: Got it, I'm cutting across your front now.

Bell cuts across Lorens' flight path and deploys chaff, before breaking off to evade the missile locked on to her.

[NoZoner]

Lorens masks his fighter with Bell's countermeasures and throws out his own chaff cloud before breaking off to evade.

[Qwepir]

Markus spots the two incoming RGM exhaust trails after noticing his go off course.
"[...motherforgeter!] Scorch, defending two incoming!"
He drops one string of chaff and pulls hard left, hoping to break the lock circle and not hit his allies.

"Bandit spike, Fox-1 inbound! Scorch, that's us! I'm shackling on you to defend!"
Ash banks and turns right. He spots Markus' Corsair and flies at it, dropping chaff as he merges in the weave.

Corsair base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of  2
Chaff provides bonus of  80
RGM 1 provides penalty of  45
RGM 2 provides penalty of  45
Test taken at 67
Roll: 67 - success

Typhoon base EV 84
Chaff provides bonus of  80
RGM 1 provides penalty of  45
RGM 2 provides penalty of 45
Test taken at 72
Roll: 43 - success
Scorch and Ash both evade the incoming missiles, Scorch cutting it dangerously close.

Lorens similarly finds himself facing the business end of a missile and prepares to evade.
"SAM launch, 12 o'clock! Shortsword, this is Snowman, there's one inbound on us each! Can you seed countermeasures?"

: Got it, I'm cutting across your front now.
Bell cuts across Lorens' flight path and deploys chaff, before breaking off to evade the missile locked on to her.

Lorens masks his fighter with Bell's countermeasures and throws out his own chaff cloud before breaking off to evade.

Tornado base EV 68
Chaff provides bonus of  80
SAM provides penalty of  40
Test taken at 99
Roll: 26 - success

Tornado base EV 68
Chaff provides bonus of  80
SAM provides penalty of  40
Test taken at 99
Roll: 16 - success
Lorens and Bell are similarly successful.

: Thank you for the heads up. I'll begin the strike on the Grym's bow once I close into effective range.

Walter begins to weave and waver in the Skepna for what little it can do, nervous from the lack of radar locks on him that he is being tracked by the Plasma.

: I'll keep you covered in case any of those Fulcrums wanna dance.

You don't see any flashes of light emanating from the Grym, either the turret wasn't tracking you or it's merely holding its fire.

Now in Missile Range of the enemy fighters.

[Gojira]

"...holy stuff! Thanks, Blackeye!"
Markus begins taking aim at the Flanker that fired at him (Hotel 1).

[ZombiLoin]

Ajka fires 4 HSMs at Hotel-1.

[Badger]

Walter double takes and realizes that if his cannon is out of range, then the airship is easily also out of range. He tilts the Skepna to aim on Hotel-4

: I'll keep you covered in case any of those Fulcrums wanna dance.

: Copy. I'm targeting contact 4 with my guns now while we make our way.

[Mr. Hurricane]

Crash fires two AAMs at Hotel-3.

[Operator¹]

"I've got Hotel-5."

Ellie begins lining up a shot on the Fulcrum.


: Snowman, stick close to someone in case any stealth planes try to get the drop on us.

[NoZoner]

"Roger, I'm fixed at your 7," Lorens keeps his Tornado near Bell's in combat spread. He gently weaves his fighter to defend from the Gyrm's anti-aircraft artillery.

Ash quickly cues Hotel-2 with the Typhoon's IRST and immediately sends three all-aspect missiles in retaliation. "Ripple Fox-2 medium!"

[Qwepir]

"...holy stuff! Thanks, Blackeye!"
Markus begins taking aim at the Flanker that fired at him.

The enemy plane launches three all-aspects at you.

Ajka fires 4 HSMs at Hotel-1.

Flanker base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of  8
Flares provides bonus of  80
HSM 1 provides penalty of  25
HSM 2 provides penalty of  25
HSM 3 provides penalty of  25
HSM 4 provides penalty of  25
Test taken at 63
Roll: 11 - success
The Flanker drops a trail of flares and breaks left, aborting its gun solution on Scorch in favor of a few missiles.

Crash fires two AAMs at Hotel-3.

Fulcrum base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of  6
Flares provides bonus of  40
AAM 1 provides penalty of  35
AAM 2 provides penalty of  35
Test taken at 51
Roll: 24 - success
The Fulcrum successfully evades.

Ash quickly cues Hotel-2 with the Typhoon's IRST and immediately sends three all-aspect missiles in retaliation. "Ripple Fox-2 medium!"

Flanker base EV 75
Experience provides bonus of  8
Flares provides bonus of  40
AAM 1 provides penalty of  35
AAM 2 provides penalty of  35
AAM 3 provides penalty of  35
Test taken at 18
Roll: 62 - failure
The Flanker is destroyed.

Surviving planes return fire with all-aspects. Crash, Walt, Scorch, and Gerowitz are targeted.

Guns Range in 2 turns

[ZombiLoin]

Ajka pops three flares and evades to the right.

[Gojira]

Markus sighs, fires the P3 at the lead Flanker, and drops three strings of flares, breaking hard, and tensing up to avoid G-LOC. He forces out between breaths, "[Dammit, I had him lined up!]"