ABS FIESTA REDUX

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"On it," Walt replies to Virvel. He lines up a shot on the Vaktare and re-awakens his plasma cannon.

Jaakko checks to see if his seekers will pick up the Obslighet's special weapons. Miraculously, the AAM seeker returns a lock.

"The Obslighet's weapon is running hot enough to pick up heatseekers! Ellie, help me out with this! Could you hit the guns on the lower deck?! Xiaomei, could you pick up the last gun on the top deck?!"

He fires his AAM and HSM at one of the lower deck guns.
« Last Edit: October 28, 2018, 09:55:44 PM by Mr. Hurricane »

Ajka realizes she's out of radar-cm.

"Looks like this might be it. [Long live Zentragoth.]"

She fires her weapons at the starboard engine of the Odjur and evades the best she can afterwards.

Lorens pitches down and ducks underneath the Blixtkrig before turning to fly span-wise across the underbelly of the carrier. He spots the port engine bank, pitches back up and fires at it with both guns.

"Roger that, Crash."

Ellie fires her seekers at the Odslighet's lower deck gun.



Bell tries dumping a KSM round into the flight deck of the Blixtkrig before breaking off for another run.

"On it," Walt replies to Virvel. He lines up a shot on the Vaktare and re-awakens his plasma cannon.
P4 accuracy 25
Experience provides bonus of  12
Aim provides bonus of  10
Colossal Target provides bonus of  20
Airship Target provides bonus of  20
Called Shot provides penalty of  20
Test taken at 67
Roll: 43 - success

Walter's plasma cannon strikes right down the top flight deck, setting off the munitions and fuel stored there and kicking off a chain reaction that nearly claims his own plane as he flies over its top.

Jaakko checks to see if his seekers will pick up the Obslighet's special weapons. Miraculously, the AAM seeker returns a lock.
"The Obslighet's weapon is running hot enough to pick up heatseekers! Ellie, help me out with this! Could you hit the guns on the lower deck?! Xiaomei, could you pick up the last gun on the top deck?!"
He fires his AAM and HSM at one of the lower deck guns.
LAMS S1 rolls to intercept missiles:
AAM 1: 1 - success
HSM 1: 41 - failure

LAMS P1 rolls to intercept missiles:
HSM 1: 12 - success

Both missiles are shot down.
: Copy, Crash.

LAMS S2 rolls d6 to intercept MMS:
Roll: 6 - success
Roll: 4 - success

: Minimal effect, I'm going to make sure it's down.

Lorens pitches down and ducks underneath the Blixtkrig before turning to fly span-wise across the underbelly of the carrier. He spots the port engine bank, pitches back up and fires at it with both guns.
AC5 accuracy 50
Experience provides bonus of  2
Aim provides bonus of  10
Test taken at 62
Roll: 31 - success

Two of the three thrust vanes are heavily damaged by this attack.
BAMS accuracy 80
Roll: 26
Roll: 42

The Blixtkrig's ventral wing-mounted PD shreds Snowman's plane.

"Roger that, Crash."
Ellie fires her seekers at the Odslighet's lower deck gun.
Oddly enough, there's no PD preventing Ellie's attacks after Crash and Xiaomei made theirs. In fact, most of the defensive coverage seems to be firing towards the rear.

Bell tries dumping a KSM round into the flight deck of the Blixtkrig before breaking off for another run.
KSM accuracy 50
Experience provides bonus of  10
Aim provides bonus of  10
Test taken at 70
Roll: 14 - success

The Blixtkrig gets punched right down the middle. Bell sees a bright flash from within before breaking off, indicating she must have hit something important.

Ajka realizes she's out of radar-cm.
"Looks like this might be it. [Long live Zentragoth.]"
She fires her weapons at the starboard engine of the Odjur and evades the best she can afterwards.
AKM accuracy 55
Experience provides bonus of  8
Aim provides bonus of  10
Point Blank provides bonus of  10
Structural Damage provides penalty of 10
Test taken at 73
Roll: 64 - success

PPC accuracy 60
Experience provides bonus of  8
Aim provides bonus of  10
Point Blank provides bonus of  10
Structural Damage provides penalty of 10
Test taken at 78
Roll: 62 - success

All three guns make contact with the engine housing.
Nosferatu base EV 87
Experience provides bonus of  8
Structural Damage provides penalty of  10
SAM provides penalty of  40
Test taken at 45
Roll: 88 - failure
Supermaneuverable: 69 - failure

Ajka goes down to a SAM.

Switchblade base EV 89
Experience provides bonus of  10
SAM provides penalty of  40
Test taken at 59
Roll: 65 - failure

: Well, Ashes- guess I'm not gonna be able to catch up. Think I might've lost count anywa-

One of the Imperial planes, out of rounds and out of missiles, noses down and dives into the Blixtkrig.
: [Gutiskereik Vanseii!-]
: What the forget just hit us!?
: It doesn't matter, just keep us steady!

Now passing over the Vaktare and Blixtkrig. In gun range of the Odslighet, Odjur, and Evig Seger.


: On final approach. Bombardiers, stand by to drop on the Sky Marshal's command.

Aesthian Airships will reach their target in 3 turns.

: Damn it.

Bell aims at the Odjur's port engine block.



Ellie takes a shot at another one of the Blixtkrig's PD emplacements.
« Last Edit: October 29, 2018, 09:57:08 AM by Operator¹ »

"...Klara?" His gut wrenches as he hears her last words and watches her go down. His eyes search the skies for a chute, but he know he won't see one. He realizes, slowly, that this is his fault: he knew she only ever carried one chaff, and he should've remembered that she'd already spent it. He knew he'd always made a habit of watching her carefully, combining their countermeasures to protect her. But he was tired, he was careless, he'd lost track. And now he'd lost her.

This is it. She's gone.

Walt evades the Odslighet's impending attack, but maintains course towards it. As he does, his eyes fix on the flagship and his mind settles on one singular, burning purpose. He grits his teeth, burying his grief and pain, letting it fuel his determination.
« Last Edit: October 29, 2018, 11:05:22 AM by carolcat »

“Copy Xiaomei, I’m with you!”

Jaakko aims and fires at the top deck emplacements on the Obslighet with his gun.

"What is the Obslighet attacking that's behind it?"
« Last Edit: October 29, 2018, 02:31:26 PM by Mr. Hurricane »

Cannon rounds perforate the already stricken Tornado. Before Lorens could react, a shockwave slams him against his harness, thrashing his head and knocking the wind out of his lungs. He pries his eyes wide open to find stars whirling around him in the roosterpit.

"... This is Snowman... I'm punching out," Lorens calls out to no-one in particular, failing to register his roosterpit has gone dark and that there was only static coming out of his headset. He sluggishly reaches for the canopy release and pulls the ejection handle.
« Last Edit: October 29, 2018, 06:56:02 PM by NoZoner »

Final Turns

: Damn it.

Bell aims at the Odjur's port engine block.
As Bell zeroes in on the escort cruiser, she sees in her mirrors the AFS Blixtkrig breaking in half as a series of secondaries rip through the fuselage. Likely a result of her shot from a few seconds ago.

Ellie takes a shot at another one of the Blixtkrig's PD emplacements.
LCB accuracy 55
Experience provides bonus of  8
Aim provides bonus of  10
Test taken at 73
Roll: 12 - success

You knock out one of the doomed airship's defensive guns.

“Copy Xiaomei, I’m with you!”
Jaakko aims and fires at the top deck emplacements on the Odslighet with his gun.
RAC accuracy 50
Experience provides bonus of  8
Aim provides bonus of  10
Test taken at 68
Roll: 73 - failure

Shots failed to connect.

PPC accuracy 60
Experience provides bonus of  12
Aim provides bonus of  10
Test taken at 82
Roll: 56 - success

: Gun down, breaking-
Plasma Railgun accuracy 100
Half Turn Evade provides penalty of  50
Test taken at 50
Roll: 3 - success

Xiaomei's Wyvern sharply pitches upwards and begins climbing to throw off the targeting solution, but not early enough. The gun Crash was attempting to destroy blasts the entire aft end of the Wyvern into molten slag, and what's left of the front half tumbles uncontrollably onto its back.
: Bai gaa fo.

As he passes the somersaulting wreck, Crash can see in his rear-views the orange flash of an ejection seat firing as the pilot escapes.

Walt evades the Odslighet's impending attack, but maintains course towards it. As he does, his eyes fix on the flagship and his mind settles on one singular, burning purpose. He grits his teeth, burying his grief and pain, letting it fuel his determination.
Xiaomei knocked out the gun targeting Walter before she went down, and there's no warning of another targeting fix.

Cannon rounds perforate the already stricken Tornado. Before Lorens could react, a shockwave slams him against his harness, thrashing his head and knocking the wind out of his lungs. He pries his eyes wide open to find stars whirling around him in the roosterpit.

"... This is Snowman... I'm punching out," Lorens calls out to no-one in particular, unaware his roosterpit has gone dark and that there was only static coming out of his headset. He sluggishly reaches for the canopy release and pulls the ejection handle.
Snowman begins his slow descent in his chute, realizing that if the rest of the unit doesn't complete the mission he'll probably be dead before he touches the ground.

Onyx knocks out the Evig Seger's port engine set, and a slew of JSMs and gunfire begin impacting against the Odslighet's hull.
Point Blank against the Odslighet and its escorts next turn.


The destruction of the Blixtkrig has bought precious seconds for the defense.
Aesthian Airships will reach their target in 3 turns.

Walt grips the stick until his knuckles turn white, taking aim on the Odslighet as he maintains course straight towards it. His heart is pounding in his chest, and his jaw is tense. He can't see anything outside of his roosterpit save for the looming Odslighet before him.

He glances at the radio and opens an Aesthian channel, hailing the flagship. "Lieutenant Ashford requesting clearance to land on the AFS Odslighet," he calls, his voice eerily level.

“Xiaomei! stuff!”

Jaakko evades again, desperately trying to get out of the way of the railgun.

Lorens winces as the flash of the secondary explosions aboard the Blixtkrig light up the sky before him for a few fractions of a second. Buffeted by the resulting shockwave, his heart skips a beat before relief washes over him as his parachute miraculously stays open.

Realizing he hasn't heard seen or heard Ash over the radio, Lorens wonders if his brother is still alive. With what precious little time he figures he has, he starts praying to every deity he's ever known—for Mjolnir to accomplish its last mission, for Ash's soul, and for his own.
« Last Edit: October 29, 2018, 07:28:33 PM by NoZoner »

Bell pulls the trigger and fires the cannon with the hope that the shot will connect with the Odjur.



Ellie fires an RGM at the Odslighet's bridge to distract the point defense.