/ACEG/ RPG Session 3/3.5

Mission 2

14[19:21] <Val> With the briefing completed, your planes fuel up and loaded down with ordnance, the only thing left to do is take off. The sun currently stays overhead, sharply casting long shadows behind you. By the time your strike package arrives, it will be completely dark, with no visual cues for the optically trained AA guns. You'll need every advantage you can get if you're to pull this one off.
14[19:22] <Val> Spirit Guide had departed for the area already, tanked, and continued on. Your trusty AWACS should arrive on station at about the same time that your must faster jets will reach the strike zone.

06[19:24] * Drider_1-4 glances nervously at all the ground targets on the operation map
[19:28] <Frostbite_1-1> "This Clover Lead requesting permission for takeoff."

14[19:29] <Val> "Roger that, good hunting Clover. Bag some Belkans for us." The tower replies.

[19:29] <Frostbite_1-1> "Roger tower. Frostbite taking off."
[19:30] <Avalanche_1-2> "Clover 2 requesting permission for takeoff."

14[19:32] <Val> "Clover and Basilisk flights are cleared, make it quick, Galm is coming in for a landing shortly." Tower responds.

[19:32] <Avalanche_1-2> Yuki taxis and floats up into the sky, getting a feel for the new electronics
[19:32] <Capybara_1-3> After being hit by a severe diarrhea, Cleston felt disappointed for missing the last mission.
[19:32] <Capybara_1-3> After all he was feeling rather comfortable in his Mirage cockpit knowing life would present him another opportunity to bomb things so early.
[19:32] <Capybara_1-3> "Capybara, ready to go. Requesting permission to take off"
[19:33] <Capybara_1-3> "Oh wait, I'm clear"
06[19:33] * Capybara_1-3 departs
06[19:34] * Drider_1-4 double checks his readouts and electronics, noting the difference in quality from the MiG
[19:34] <Drider_1-4> "This is Drider, lifting off."
[19:35] <Bayshiftermobile> Quentin starts moving foward. "Bayshifter, taking off"

[19:38] <BabaYaga_2-2> Sascha checks the controls of her new plane one last time before taxiing up on the runway. She mutters something under her breath about having to strap an anchor to her beautiful new plane, then starts off into the sky. "Baba Yaga, launching."
[19:40] <Eagleclaw_2-3> Wasting no time to get the sortie started Ivan taxis onto the runway. "Basilisk 3 callsign Eagleclaw taking off" Ivan punches the throttle and takes off.
[19:42] <Patchwork_2-4> With a yawn, Patchwork tunes his radio slightly. "Basilisk four, callsign Patchwork taking off. Tell those Galm kids to paint the entire plane, not just the wings!"
06[19:43] * Patchwork_2-4 promptly takes off.

[19:43] <Bayshiftermobile> Laughing at Patchwork's comment, Quentin responds. "Nice to be back in the sky again eh?"
14[19:44] <Val> And with that, both flights are up in the air, soaring into the darkening skies on their way to Belkan lands, ready to shoot down enemy fighters over belkan fields, and drop bombs onto belkan dirt and clay.
[19:44] <Patchwork_2-4> "Beats listening to Capy boy screaming in the shitter, yes?"
[19:44] <Capybara_1-3> "I was meditating. MEDITATING."
[19:45] <Drider_1-4> "Ah yes, the zen master himself, is flying with us."
[19:45] <Patchwork_2-4> "It sounded like you were fighting a goose in there, and the goose was winning."

[19:45] <Frostbite_1-1> "Drider everything in order with your aircraft?"
[19:46] <BabaYaga_2-2> "It'd be nicer if I weren't forced to drag this lead weight along just to make it to the mission area." Sascha flexes her plane's ailerons, frowning at the sluggishness caused by the drop tank with the plane's extra fuel.
[19:46] <Patchwork_2-4> "How are the new aircraft, Basilisk? Handling smoothly? Paint dried yet?"
[19:46] <Capybara_1-3> "Y-yeah. Drider, you plane better be in good shape to cover me"
[19:46] <Drider_1-4> "The tech in this plane seems literally decades ahead of that last bucket of bolts."
[19:47] <Patchwork_2-4> "Fear not friend Capy, as long as he is in the air Drider is perfectly safe. Just... try not to land before or after him. Or on the same tarmac. Or country."

[19:48] <Drider_1-4> "This overwhelming confidence is a huge asset for this mission, don't drop it with the fuel pods."
[19:49] <Capybara_1-3> "You guys are missing on glorious Leasath tech. Fuel tanks... with ROCKETS"
[19:49] <Eagleclaw_2-3> "How does Basilisk like my new jet?"
[19:50] <Capybara_1-3> "I'm totally having the mechanics guys to fit fuel tanks with bombs. This is a great idea of mine"

[19:50] <BabaYaga_2-2> "New plane's a beauty, Patchwork. Not exactly top of the line but she feels good. This... this is a real plane. This is a plane I trust to keep me in the air." Sascha pats the interior of the plane with satisfaction. She glances over at Ivan's plane. "Somehow I'm not surprised. I'd complain about how ugly it is, but I suppose you earned it when you shot it down last time."

[19:51] <Capybara_1-3> "It's better than this piece of junk, that's for sure"
[19:52] <Eagleclaw_2-3> "Don't overglorify that filthy Osean plane, Sascha. This here is top of the line Yuktobanian technology."
[19:52] <Drider_1-4> "Yeah I got real far flying Yuke tech..."
[19:52] <Eagleclaw_2-3> "You flew fine though. Landing on the other hand..."
[19:52] <Frostbite_1-1> "You had no problem flying it Drider, just landing it."

[19:53] <Patchwork_2-4> "Silly Ivan, holding onto nationalistic pride."
[19:53] <Drider_1-4> "Yeah you're awfully patriotic for a Merc"
[19:53] <Eagleclaw_2-3> "At least I'm not fighting againt my own countrymen."
[19:54] <BabaYaga_2-2> "Don't you listen to her, girl, he doesn't know what he's talking about," Sascha returns, patting her plane again like a rider patting a horse. "Dusty old men aren't known for having good taste."

[19:54] <Capybara_1-3> "we'd probably be all killing each other if it was like this"
[19:54] <Drider_1-4> "Countrymen smuntrymen, they way things are, these borders will be shifting for years..."
[19:55] <Capybara_1-3> "I blame Aurelia"
[19:55] <Eagleclaw_2-3> Ivan yells "Classic, Sascha! Clasic!"
[19:55] <BabaYaga_2-2> "The only border I care about is the horizon, and how fast I can get there."
[19:55] <Patchwork_2-4> "Not true. If it was like this, I would have planted charges in your bombs, so when you hit a certain altitude window, the plane would be cracked in half, like nut, yes? Open combat is too messy."

[19:57] <Bayshiftermobile> "Come on team, quit fighting for a bit, let's discuss a quick plan, yes?"
[19:58] <Drider_1-4> "Well there's gonna be a lot of resistance from the ground"
[19:58] <Patchwork_2-4> "A plan? We destroy everything we possibly can and leave as quickly as possible before someone dies, yes?"
[19:58] <Avalanche_1-2> "I have two shrikes. They have two SAM's"
[19:58] <Eagleclaw_2-3> "If and if they scramble interceptors assign me to them. I have two R-32s ready for them."
[19:59] <BabaYaga_2-2> "This one's an attack mission, right Lead? You and Patchwork should be front and center, then."
[20:00] <Avalanche_1-2> "That'll leave the high range free for me to drop a triple round of snake eyes."
[20:00] <Capybara_1-3> "As long as Drider covers my ass, guess I'm fine. Unless he's into bombing and stuff"

[20:00] <Patchwork_2-4> "More importantly, this will be a long flight, yes? Did everyone remember to use the bathroom before we left? Capy?"
[20:00] <Avalanche_1-2> "Anyone else packing UGB's?"
06[20:00] * Capybara_1-3 contemplates the sky in silence
[20:01] <Bayshiftermobile> "Yeah, I agree. In case of any A2A engagements, Sascha and Ivan break and watch each others backs."
[20:01] <Patchwork_2-4> "
[20:01] <Patchwork_2-4> "I have enough bombs for everyone, Avalanche."
[20:01] <Eagleclaw_2-3> "Looks like I'm playing babysitter again. Roger that flight lead." Ivan looks over and Sascha's F-16 and smiles.
[20:03] <Bayshiftermobile> Quentin smiles, before subtly whispering "Watch out for yourself old man"

[20:03] <Avalanche_1-2> "Basilisk, any of you guys flying a weasel?"
[20:04] <Bayshiftermobile> "Not a weasel, but I'm in a phantom."
[20:04] <Patchwork_2-4> "Weasel here."
[20:05] <Avalanche_1-2> "Alright Patch, we'll be the first ones to start picking up enemy positions then."
[20:05] <BabaYaga_2-2> Sascha groans at Ivan's comment but ignores it for now. "Just make sure you keep up, old man."
[20:05] <Patchwork_2-4> "I see nothing wrong with that. Flight lead? Your permission?"
[20:06] <Capybara_1-3> "I'll need you guys to clear the defenses, gonna need to fly too low for these rockets to be worth anything, but should be enough to deal with the buildings"
[20:07] <Eagleclaw_2-3> "Come on now lighten up a bit. If we're gonna work together you have to trust me. This beauty is plenty fast. Or have you forgotten the last sortie?"

[20:07] <Frostbite_1-1> "Avalanche I'll provide cover while you and Capybara attack ground targets."
[20:07] <Bayshiftermobile> "Permision granted Patchwork"
[20:08] <Patchwork_2-4> "Thank you Lead. And if you want Eagle, we can set you up with a nice Belkan woman and her children."
[20:08] <Capybara_1-3> "Thanks Frosty. You're Belkan, but you're cool."
[20:08] <Drider_1-4> "I'm geared to provide cover and distractions if necessary."
[20:08] <BabaYaga_2-2> "I remember you nearly getting shot down. And I remember you managing to shoot that plane down with an aged scrap heap with wings while it was still on fire."
[20:08] <Eagleclaw_2-3> "You forgot the part where I saved you, little girl."

[20:08] <Avalanche_1-2> "We're gonna have to make sure we use all of the ordinance we got. 12 targets and 20 anti air installations"
[20:09] <Avalanche_1-2> "Drider, Frostbite, I had to leave my A2A gear at base, so if interceptors show up you need to help bail me out."
[20:10] <Avalanche_1-2> "Capy, I'm assuming you're similarly loaded."
[20:10] <Drider_1-4> "I've got you covered Avalanche."
[20:10] <Capybara_1-3> "I've got my guns, a true man needs nothing else. But yeah, not my turf"

14[20:10] <Val> "G-guys?" Spirit Guide hesitantly interrupts. "I have a large air contact on radar, extreme range. It's Belkan IFF."

[20:10] <Frostbite_1-1> "Roger that Avalanche. Drider and I should have you two covered if any aircraft appear."
[20:10] <Bayshiftermobile> "Remember, only the targets are nesscecary for mission completion, but the AA installations, will give us extra dough you know? Right AWACS?"
[20:10] <Frostbite_1-1> "Speaking of which."
[20:11] <Drider_1-4> "How large are we talking, Spirit Guide?"
[20:11] <BabaYaga_2-2> "I was GOING to turn around and catch him, you-" Sascha is cut off by the AWACS chiming in, and she promptly goes silent.
06[20:11] * Drider_1-4 scans the darkness surrounding his craft
[20:11] <Capybara_1-3> "Large? That's good. The rockets might hit it."

14[20:12] <Val> "It's not radiating, but I think it's some sort of large transport craft. I can maybe vector one of you in if you want?" Spirit Guide suggests helpfully.

[20:12] <Drider_1-4> "What do you think guys, it's not part of the mission but it could be a threat/"
[20:12] <BabaYaga_2-2> "Transport? Sounds like a meaty target. I'm in."
[20:13] <Avalanche_1-2> "What? and give the Belkans plenty of time to scramble?"
[20:13] <Drider_1-4> "If it's truly a transport then it probably won't be alone..."
[20:13] <Eagleclaw_2-3> "Lead the way, Sascha, I can cover you. What do you say flight lead? Scramble interceptors?"
[20:14] <BabaYaga_2-2> "A little recon couldn't hurt, at the very least. If there's a significant escort, we'll report it and move on."
[20:14] <Patchwork_2-4> "A transport? Are we talking people or objects do you suppose?"
[20:14] <Drider_1-4> "The call is up to you flight lead, I'm curious..."

[20:14] <Bayshiftermobile> "You have my permisson, but it's your call, not forcing you to give chase."
[20:15] <Patchwork_2-4> "After all, if you attack a transport full of civillians, well that would be an issue, yes? Striking at non-combatants."
[20:15] <Frostbite_1-1> "Avalanche, Capybara stay back while Drider and I engage the air targets. You'll have your chance at the target later on."
[20:15] <Eagleclaw_2-3> "Up to you Sascha. I'll let you make the decision. I'll support you."
[20:15] <Avalanche_1-2> "Spirit Guide, are there any escorts on radar?"
[20:16] <Capybara_1-3> "Roger that"
[20:16] <Bayshiftermobile> "Ivan and Sascha, once you guys make a decision, both of you intercept"
[20:16] <BabaYaga_2-2> Sascha grimaces at the idea. "I doubt there'd be a civilian craft in an area like this.  It's... possible, though. We'll know when we see it. But I can't let this one go. I'm going in."

14[20:16] <Val> "Negative. Nothing but the transport. Belkan Military IFF. I d-don't think he knows we're here."

[20:17] <Drider_1-4> "Flight lead, are we both going to check this out, should we leave our ground-pounders on their own?"
[20:17] <Patchwork_2-4> "Very well could be military pilots making extra money by extracting civilians in the dead of night. Or weapons. Or troops. Who knows for sure until someone fires on it and the contents are exposed and fall to the ground, charred and broken... and possibly dead."
[20:18] <Avalanche_1-2> "Unless the Belkans can determine a shrike from a standard missile based on visuals I can BS my way out of a dogfight."
[20:19] <Capybara_1-3> "yadda yadda, just go and shoot the bastards everyone"
[20:19] <Frostbite_1-1> "Avalanche and Capybara will be with us but I don't want them to engage unless it's necessary."

[20:20] <Bayshiftermobile> "Hey patchwork, do you have ecm pods equipped?"
[20:20] <Avalanche_1-2> "You're going to want me or Patch relaying radar info anyways."
[20:20] <Avalanche_1-2> "He does as well as me."
[20:20] <Avalanche_1-2> "Well, they're built into his plane."
[20:21] <BabaYaga_2-2> "I'll head in. I've got an EO pod on this bird and I'd like it to start earning its hardpoint."
[20:21] <Patchwork_2-4> "Ecm confirmed, lead."
[20:21] <BabaYaga_2-2> "Eagleclaw, maybe you should stay back with flight lead just in case. It's a lone transport, we shouldn't need both of us."
[20:22] <Drider_1-4> "Roger flight lead, maintaining course to mission area."
[20:24] <Eagleclaw_2-3> "I can't let you go out there alone."
[20:24] <Capybara_1-3> Cleston scratches his neck, slightly annoyed. "Affirmative leader. Standing by."

14[20:29] <Val> Diverting from your flight path, wasting hundreds of pounds of fuel as you do, almost the entire flight heads towards the target, much to Spirit Guide's evident confusion and distress as she attempts to vector all of you at once.

[20:30] <Patchwork_2-4> "I... see you all are quite interested in that transport. I'll be continuing to target location. Slowly."

[20:31] <Val> While some of you hold course, the rest of you continue on towards the lone presumably unarmed and unaware transport aircraft. It's another seventy kilometers before you're within visual range, having spotted no escorts or accompanying fighters, just like Spirit Guide said.

[20:32] <Capybara_1-3> Capy notices Basilisk 4 breaking out "Wait what. The fuckers are trying to steal my lightning. Frosty, I'm going for the mission area"
[20:34] <Avalanche_1-2> "Flight lead, can you confirm orders?"
[20:35] <Frostbite_1-1> "Avalanche, Capybary if Basilisk is planning on moving in then I give you permission to go as well, remember that you'll have no support against fighters though."
[20:36] <Capybara_1-3> "Roger that. See you there."
[20:36] <Avalanche_1-2> "Following Capy."
[20:36] <BabaYaga_2-2> "I'll be fine, Eagleclaw. I'm not a child. I'm going in. Going to try and get visual confirmation of the transport." As Basilisk 2 vectors in, she keeps an eye on her equipment, trying to get an ID.

[20:37] <Avalanche_1-2> "Just remember, we aren't animals. Stay safe."
[20:37] <Eagleclaw_2-3> "Copy that I'll stay back with Bayshifter and Patch. Fly safe" Ivan says with an unsure feeling.
[20:40] <Drider_1-4> "Permission to open fire flight lead?"
[20:41] <Patchwork_2-4> "If you shoot down the transport, it will likely cause a fuss. Lack of radio between the craft and tower, possible explosions. Is it worth it to take out a single transport at the cost of endangering ourselves?"
[20:42] <BabaYaga_2-2> "I can't get a positive ID. It's too dark. Maybe Patchwork is right. Let's head back before they spot us."

[20:42] <Drider_1-4> "Waiting on your call flight lead."
[20:43] <Bayshiftermobile> "Sascha, regroup on my position"
[20:43] <BabaYaga_2-2> "Roger, Lead. Forming up."
[20:43] <Frostbite_1-1> "Cancel the attack Drider. Let's regroup with the rest."
[20:43] <Drider_1-4> "Roger, regrouping"
[20:44] <Capybara_1-3> "What. You pussies."

14[20:44] <Val> "Are you guys going to be able to find your way back to the target? I can give you guys a heading if you need one." Spirit Guide says anxiously.

[20:46] <Avalanche_1-2> "I hope they can."
[20:47] <Frostbite_1-1> "Roger Spirit Guide. Let's get back to our main target."

14[20:48] <Val> The full moon hangs heavy above you in a mostly cloudless sky as your twin formations approaches the mission area. You're still about 100 klicks out, but already the wild weasel aircraft can detect the SAM site's long range search radars sweeping the skies. The fact that it's still in search mode, and not track, tells you that you have yet to be detected yet, still too far away to be clearly identified as a target. As you continue to hurtle towards the railyard, this chance only increases.

[20:50] <Frostbite_1-1> "Avalanche, Capybara prepare to attack enemy ground forces. Those SAMs are top priority, after that feel free to engage at your discretion."
[20:51] <Capybara_1-3> Capy sounds euphoric. "Roger that"
[20:56] <Avalanche_1-2> Yuki gingerly accelerates to in front of the formation
06[20:57] * Drider_1-4 falls in behind Capybara
06[20:58] * Capybara_1-3 toggles the rockets ready to fire and keeps course.

[21:11] <Bayshiftermobile> Quentin thinks about taking initiative for once. Do something risky to flatter the squad. "This is Bayshifter, commencing attack"
[21:20] <Bayshiftermobile> As he moves in, he manages to dodge some light AA fire, unfortunately, he gets hit by some medium AA. "Gah, you sons of..." He maneuvers a bit more, going a bit slow to just fire missiles. "Fox 2" He says, and the missile hit. As the warehouse burns, Quentin yells "Yeah, Got 1!"
[21:31] <Avalanche_1-2> The shrike missile tears through the railyard, trashing the southern SAM unit
[21:32] <Avalanche_1-2> "Alright, you guys take the North one."

[21:37] <BabaYaga_2-2> Sascha drops her fuel tank as she comes in hot. "Good shot, Bay, but watch your back, they're lit up like a stage production now." She tries to lock on to the other SAM. The sights line up, but the shot goes wide. "Damn it!" She screams past the target, managing to scoot by before any retaliatiatory shots.
[21:47] <Capybara_1-3> Capybara descents at full throttle and prepares a fast run over the northern warehouses firing a rocket salvo and raining bullets on the buildings
[21:50] <Capybara_1-3> The high speed and his disregard for rockets as effective weapons resulted in the first projectiles spreading too much with a single rocket hitting the warehouse; passing over it, a few more rockets were shot at the second one along the Mirage machinegun fire, hitting the building in a spectacular way, and both targets exploding while the pilot laughed manically.

[22:02] <Avalanche_1-2> "You okay F?"
[22:04] <Frostbite_1-1> "Moving to attack enemy aa gun. Fox 2!" The missile moved towards the target but sadly failed to connect.
[22:06] <Frostbite_1-1> "Damn missed. Moving back to you Avalanche." Gerald then heard the noise of his aircraft being hit as he went return to cover Avalanche. "Shit."
06[22:14] * Patchwork_2-4 drops from the sky, slow and low, bombs raining onto a warehouse, wiping it off the face of the Earth. "Target destroyed."
[22:25] <Patchwork_2-4> "Patchwork, going for another bombing run." The howl of bombs sound once more as his Weasel once more drops and slows, demolishing more of the area.

[22:41] <Eagleclaw_2-3> As Ivan watches his flight attack the targets he realizes that no enemy interceptors are coming anytime soon so he joins in on the action.
[22:41] <Eagleclaw_2-3> "Flight lead this is Basilisk 3. I'm approaching low and slow from the west to attack the northern train engine."
[22:42] <Eagleclaw_2-3> Ivan lowers his altitude and puts his finger on the trigger. He gets tone.
[22:42] <Eagleclaw_2-3> "Okay I have tone! Eagleclaw fox two!" He lets out a missile while holding down the trigger to his gun. "Some bullets for good measure!"
[22:43] <Eagleclaw_2-3> While his unguided bullets land all around the target his missile hits the mark destroying the train engine.
[22:44] <Eagleclaw_2-3> "Wasted some bullets but attack was still effective. Target destroyed. Pulling up." Ivan raises his altitude and flies East.

[22:52] <Bayshiftermobile> Quentin goes for a bombing run on the train, destroying the engine and 4 cars.
[22:53] <BabaYaga_2-2> Sascha flies back in after Ivan, eyes on one of the remaining warehouses. "Basilisk 2, fox two!" Two missiles fly, and the warehouse lights up like a firework. "Got it! Target down!"
[23:00] <BabaYaga_2-2> The sound of shots scratching the wing of her plane catches her attention as she brings it back around. "Bastards! I just painted this plane!"

[23:15] <Capybara_1-3> Capy makes another pass over the northern buildings, firing more rockets and blowing a large fireball up taking a warehouse and an AA gun nearby. "MWAHAHAHAHA"

14[20:39] <Valetni> Tendrils of smoke waft into the air, covering the railyard as fires rage out of control. The warehouses, apparently used to store munitions or fuel, suffer a staccato of secondary explosions, sending the firefighters sprawling. Despite their best efforts, the blaze started by your air strikes cannot be contained. So far, only a single engine and two warehouses remain relatively unscathed. The skies are crosscrossed with tracers as anti air weapons attempt to swat the fast moving jets from the sky.

[20:51] <Avalanche_1-2> "Clover 2, Fox Two!"
[20:52] <Avalanche_1-2> A shrike darts across the sky, before connecting a few second later, sending the freight engine off of the tracks

14[21:08] <Valetni> "Emergency mission update!" You hear the voice of Spirit Guide over the radio. "Frostbite has been shot down! All units are now tasked with suppression and destruction of air defences. CSAR is en route!"

[21:10] <Drider_1-4> "Damn! Did anyone see where he went down?" mutters Drider to his wingmen
[21:12] <Capybara_1-3> "Holy crap Drider, did you see it? Can't see shit with all this tracing"
[21:13] <Frostbite_1-1> Gerald couldn't believe it. Throughout all that gunfire he had managed to eject at the last possible second. He had made a mistake. He should be dead, but he wasn't. War huh? Gerald thought to himself as he slowly made his way to the ground.
[21:14] <Capybara_1-3> "Kill all the bastards! Basilisk is gonna make fun of us forever if we miss Frosty right now!"

06[21:15] * Drider_1-4 remembers losing control of his own craft, as bad as it was, it was in friendly territory, with help close by.
[21:16] <Drider_1-4> "It's up to us to make sure he gets out of this alive, rally on Avalanche, he's in charge now."
[21:17] <Avalanche_1-2> "He'll be fine, we just gotta make sure we take a few bastards out for him. Focus on the last warehouse! The SAM's are out if you want to fire from up high!"
[21:18] <Drider_1-4> "Roger that Avalanche, time to divide and conquer!
[21:20] <BabaYaga_2-2> Sascha gasps as Clover's lead plane goes up in smoke and flames, but is quick to locate the chute as it makees its way down. "Eagleclaw, let's back up Clover and get the LZ clear. I'm sure the boss has no objections."

[21:21] <Eagleclaw_2-3> "Copy that, Basilisk-2. Keep it together, Clover flight. Get control of the situation and do not panic. I'm coming in from the East and I'll work on the AA to the South East of the AO."
[21:26] <Eagleclaw_2-3> Ivan swoops in from the East towards the two AA emplacements getting tone on the first. "Basilisk 3, fox two," Ivan says over the radio as he lets out a missile. The AA explodes into a ball of flame. "Now if I can get tone on this second AA before I pass it." Ivan moving too quickly past the target lets out a missile without getting a full lock. He misses.
[21:26] <Eagleclaw_2-3> "Damn looks like I didn't give myself enough time to lock onto the second AA."
[21:28] <Eagleclaw_2-3> As Ivan flies away the AA he failed to destroy turns and lets out a burst. Anti-air fire grazes Ivan's MiG.
[21:30] <Eagleclaw_2-3> "Ah shit he turned on me quick didn't he?" Ivan assesses the damage to his aircraft and concludes it isn't too serious. "Eagleclaw taking some minor body damage. Nothing serious."

[21:38] <BabaYaga_2-2> "We'll have to be sure to get revenge on them for making that plane even uglier, eh?" Sascha grins a little, trying not to focus on the very real danger their fellow pilot is in on the ground, while she bears down on the last remaining medium anti-air unit. She gets a lock on the medium emplacement and tries to get the light one in her sights, but when she fires she's still going too fast and the lock doesn't take. "Basil
[21:38] <BabaYaga_2-2> isk 2, fox two, fox two!" Two missiles fly from the plane, but only the medium anti-air emplacement is hit. Sascha grumbles a curse, but quickly pulls her plane out of the way to regroup. "One down."
[21:43] <Eagleclaw_2-3> "Don't be too bother, Sascha. Even a top ace like me makes mistakes. Just remember to plan your approach and give yourself enough time to get a good lock on your targets."
[21:47] <Capybara_1-3> Capybara feels incredibly shaken by the sudden turn of events. Barely keeping his cool, he turns quickly to attack the nearest target, an AA gun. Aiming poorly, he misses two rocket shots, only to end up destroying the target with strafe fire after pulling the trigger to vent out his frustration.

[21:55] <Drider_1-4> "Time for some payback..." he mutters as he locks on to the light AA gun guarding the nest
06[21:58] * Drider_1-4 lets two missiles fly. "Fox two, fox two."
[22:00] <Drider_1-4> One missile stikes the AA with deadly precision, the other is not as effective. "Scratch one light AA gun."
[22:11] <Avalanche_1-2> "Spirit Guide, what height is the CSAR coming in at?"

14[22:13] <Valetni> "Uh, well the helicopter is currently tanking before continuing on. Expect a low level penetration." Spirit Guide informs you.

[22:15] <Avalanche_1-2> "You heard AIWACS, Clover!"
[22:16] <Capybara_1-3> "Affirmative. Keep bombing the bastards."
[22:17] <Drider_1-4> "Right, low-level penetration."
[22:18] <Patchwork_2-4> "This is Patchwork, delivering a dose of high explosive freedom." The ground below him and the gun emplacement is sheathed in explosions as the Mk 82 bombs get to work.

14[22:27] <Valetni> "G-guys, we have trouble!" Spirit Guide interrupts. "I, uh, intercepted some radio trafffic. The Belkans are scrambling interceptors, they'll be arriving in the next fifteen minutes, the Helo is half an hour out. If those interceptors are still in the air, it won't stand a chance!" Spirit Guide says, with a note of rising panic.

06[22:29] * Drider_1-4 sends a missle into the ground near his target, leaving it unharmed
[22:30] <Drider_1-4> "Damn, hey flight lead, I'm gonna peel off and splash those interceptors."
[22:35] <BabaYaga_2-2> "Spirit Guide, do we have an angle of approach on those interceptors? Where're they coming from?"

14[22:35] <Valetni> "They're not on my radar yet. S-sorry." Spirit guide explains apologetically.

[22:36] <Avalanche_1-2> "Avalanche going on a run on the north installations!"
[22:37] <Avalanche_1-2> The first two snake eyes conflagrate the flak field into a burning pile, while the third bomb lazily drops late, somehow landing right on the AA gun.
[22:38] <Avalanche_1-2> "Remaining North installations destroyed! Only remaining targets are the south AA guns and flak cannons!"
[22:42] <BabaYaga_2-2> "I'm on the flak!" Sascha pulls her plan around for a low pass on the flak cannons, slow this time. Unable to track her at this altitude, they can't counter-attack as she tears through them with machine gun fire. The two remaining flak cannons burst apart and are rendered inoperable. "Two down!"

[22:46] <Eagleclaw_2-3> "Good kill good kill! I'll take out the AA by the crash site. I'm coming in low and fast so watch out." Ivan lowers his altitude and increases his throttle and lets out a hail storm of bullets which completely penetrate and destroy the AA site.
[22:47] <Capybara_1-3> Slightly annoyed by the lack of targets, Cleston fires everything he has at the last AA gun, that disappears in a ball of fire
[22:47] <Capybara_1-3> "FUCKERS"
6[22:57] * Capybara_1-3 quickly turns and fires his gun at the last warehouse, surprisingly hitting the large building.

[22:57] <Avalanche_1-2> "Looks like I'm curtain call."
[22:58] <Capybara_1-3> "I'm going back boss. Nothing else to do here."
[22:58] <Avalanche_1-2> The engine and remaining area around the last engine is wiped out as a ton of explosives hit it
[22:58] <Avalanche_1-2> "This is Clover 2, RTB."
[22:59] <Drider_1-4> "Later flight lead, I'll handle the interceptors."
[22:59] <Avalanche_1-2> "Drider, you staying out? I don't have anything to hit bandits with."
[22:59] <Patchwork_2-4> I'm a few shots short of joining Frosty. Basilisk IV, RTB.
[22:59] <Drider_1-4> "I have a few sparrows with their names on em."
[23:01] <Capybara_1-3> "Clover 3, RTB. Go get them Dreidel"
[23:02] <BabaYaga_2-2> "Leave the interceptors to us, Clover flight. I could use a stretch after buzzing around the ground like a bumblebee."

14[23:04] <Valetni> "I have contacts on my radar, looks like two flights, eight planes." Spirit Guide says, and then falls silent. "Radar emissions says t-they're most likely F-14s."

[23:05] <Drider_1-4> "Looks like quite a few, we should have enough missiles for the lot of them, right basilisk?" replies Drider in a somewhat joking tone
[23:10] <BabaYaga_2-2> Sascha feels her stomach drop at the news. "Eight..." She grimaces, hands tight on her controls. "We're going to have to fight them one way or another. We can't leave Frostbite. If we don't have enough missiles, then damn it, they'll just have to share."