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- > You are Phantom
- > An F4 Jet pony, bred purely for military service
- >Today, you’ve been assigned to a training session with one of Seaddle Academy’s new recruits
- >It wasn’t something you’d done before, but you knew how it worked
- >You were trained too, back in the day, afterall
- >You stopped thinking to yourself and went through your preflight checks again
- >Fuel. Check.
- >Visibility. Check.
- >Brakes. Check.
- >Thrusters. Check.
- >Ailerons. Check.
- >Rudder. Check.
- >Elevator. Check.
- >Raptor, the recruit. No check. She still hadn’t arrived
- >She wasn’t late, but you were expecting a recruit to show up early
- >You sigh and taxi to the edge of the runway with a slow canter
- >Clear skies with a warm breeze, flying conditions couldn’t get better than this
- >The airfield was quiet too, perfect for a one-on-one lesson
- >You see something shoot past in the top corner of your eyes
- >And then you hear it
- >The newbie was finally here
- >You watch as she comes in for a landing
- “Way too hot, kid.”
- >You stifle a laugh as she slides along the dirt strip in a cloud of dust
- “Way way way too hot.”
- >The dust clears, and you get a proper look at her.
- “Edgy”
- >She growls at you, insulted
- >”I am not edgy!”
- “Woah. Calm it kid. I’m just messin’ with ya.”
- >She shot a glare at you.
- “No point locking me when you’re empty.”
- >You caught her off guard with that comment. Newbie, so much to learn
- >She takes a step back
- >”H-how d’you know I was locking you?”
- >You smirk and lead the rookie fighter into your hangar as you talk
- “Been in service since ‘60. I’m going to know if somepony’s locking me.”
- >”Since ‘60?”
- “Mmhmm. From ‘Neighm to Hayraq, seen it all, done it all. Over 200 confirmed kills-”
- >You open the door to what you call your “Trophy Room”
- “-And seven cabinets of successful missions. I’m Phantom.”
- >You stare out of the window reminiscing on your past endeavours
- >Raptor is behind you, browsing the files from your previous missions
- >You’d kept them to remind you of your achievements
- >And so you had something to show when other asked what you did with your life
- >You turned and watched as Raptor rifled through your things with intrigue and awe, like a foal in a comic book store
- “Raptor.”
- >She stands to attention
- >”Yes Ma’am.”
- “Ready to go?”
- >She nods
- “Let me just set my radio to your frequency, then we can head out”
- >You adjust your radio to match up to Raptor’s and make your way back out to the runway.
- “You hear me okay?”
- >Startled, Raptor stumbles backwards and falls onto her tail fins.
- >You tilt your head quizzically
- >She slowly gets up on all fours again and rubs her rudders
- >”I-I can hear you twice…”
- “You’ll get used to it, it’ll be fine once we’re in the air. Done your pre flight checks?”
- >She blushes, embarrassed she’d missed something so basic.
- >”Oh, uh, I’ll do those now.”
- >You quickly check yourself over again before watching your flight partner, making sure she did everything correctly.
- “Now’re you ready?”
- >”Yes Ma’am!”
- “You sure?”
- >”A-affirmative, Ma’am.”
- >You can see the doubt on her face, hear it in her voice
- “What’re our mission objectives?”
- >You had her
- >”I, uh… I…”
- “Number one rule, never start a mission without knowing your objectives.”
- >Her face had assumed a beet red hue, and she was looking down at the ground
- >”S-sorry Ma’am…”
- >You weren’t here to hurt her feelings
- >You weren’t here to destroy her confidence
- >You were here to teach her
- “It’s only a rookie mistake. Better to make it now than in service, right?”
- >She lifts her head slowly
- >”But it’s still a mistake.”
- “You learn better by making mistakes, that’s why we’re making them now. I’d rather a rookie made mistakes and learned from them, than not make mistakes and not learn anything.”
- >She smiles at you, weakly
- “Now c’mon. We’re heading to RAF Stableford, 50 klicks south east. Routine flight.”
- >”Understood, Ma’am.”
- “You lead, I’ll follow you in formation. I wanna see what you’ve got.”
- >She grins and with a rekindled enthusiasm, bounds out onto the runway and starts galloping, gathering speed for take-off
- >You follow her out onto the dirt strip, making a callout down your radio
- “F4 Phantom, F22 Raptor, Oscar Mike”
- >Raptor lifts off, bolting upright into the sky
- >”Oohrah!”
- >Her voice echoes down the radio, ringing in your ears
- >You sigh to yourself before taking to the air after her
- “Rookie.”
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