Journal of the 106th #3

>As the Color Wars progressed, more and more ground-based legions found themselves pressed into aerial combat, including the fighting forces of the 106th.
>For months, every hour of our downtime was spent in the simulator, preparing for the time we would face our enemies from the cockpit of a 170.
>Finally the day came to earn our wings.
>The Nazis had staged a daring kidnapping of General Ironwood, and was being escorted from Atlas by a fleet of Oppressionist ships.
>With only a few veteran pilots on-site, many of the 106th were pressed into service to drive off the Opps, and buy time for a pair of Hunters to rescue the General.
>We scrambled into our fighters, the Atlesian Falcon-170.
>Men boarded Toucan-110's in preparation to board enemy cruisers.
>We took off, exiting the hanger of our Cardinal-Class Cruiser and joining the dogfight over the capital.
>Our ships danced through the skies, bullets and dust tearing each other apart.
>One of our cruisers managed to shoot down one of their frigates.
>As our forces focused on keeping their flagship from escaping with the General, so to did they try their best to break through our blockade.
>When our radios came to life with the sound of a pair of Hunters trying to punch through the enemy fighters, my wing quickly veered off to lend it's support.
>We came from above, diving down on the enemy fighter blockade and cutting a hole straight through to their flagship.
>The Hunters entered their hanger and from there, I suppose the rest is history.
>We stayed in the skies, cleaning up the enemy forces, but they rescued the General.
>After disabling the final capital ship, Commanders Kobi and Skyblue took advantage of the opportunity we'd created and rescued the General.
>Took all the credit, too.

A dramatic reading:
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