Halo Shadows of Reach Seraph performance

The alert buzzers sounded, and two more Seraph flights appeared on the combat information display on John's HUD. The first was the tracking flight that had originally spotted them, now approaching from the direction of SWORD Base at Mach 10. The second was an entire squadron of ten additional Seraphs, approaching from New Miskolc at Mach 9. Both flights were diving down from altitudes of slightly less than 10,000 meters, being vectored in by the high-flying interceptors from Szarvas. They would need to decelerate soon or risk overshooting the Special Delivery.

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The first three squadrons of Banshees departed, the thrust pods beneath their stubby canards spewing white contrail as they swung westward to intercept one of the Seraph squadrons Linda had reported. The Banshees would be badly outmatched, even given the Seraphs' sluggish in-atmosphere performance, but their superior numbers and maneuverability would even the odds. John would not have cared to bet on the winner - even if he had understood why the two groups were fighting in the first place.

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