PHD #352: EVENT - Enter the Swarm 4: Son of Swarm
Enter the Swarm 4: Son of Swarm
Summary: The Raiders of the Swarm strike the Fleet for the fourth day in a row.
Date: 13 Feb 2042 AE
Related Logs: Attacks One, Two; Three
Players:
Cidra Solstice Wade Roland Pallas Psyche McQueen Devlin Circe Volans 
Space
Black, apart from the shiny Raider swarm.
Post-Holocaust Day: #252

[Polly's Hoopty: Volans] It follows the same pattern as the last three days. Two raiders, all of a sudden jump in out of nowhere and immediately move to engage the CAP. Alert fighters are launched, Klaxons blare, Condition One is raised and the fleet begins to ready for jump as the Air Wing is pressed into service once again.

[TAC3] "Toast" Cidra says, "Cerberus, Toast. We got company up here. Two Raiders, same as the last days. CAP is moving to engage. Alert fighters, gods speed."

[Harrier-303: Solstice] "We got two bogey's hot on us. One targeting us, Toast." Sol is back in her seat once more, her systems flaring to life as she keeps her eyes on her readouts, sending out her signal to jam the Raiders that are fast on their heels.

[TAC3] "Decoy" Devlin says, "Flight, Decoy. Launching now. Spiral, Queenie, who am I with?"

[TAC3] "Drips" Wade says, "Toast, Drips. I see them, moving in to engage, weapons free. Blue, you have one on your tail, assume evasive maneuvers but follow my targetting. Toast, we'll cover you."

[TAC3] "Blue" Roland says, " Drips…Blue.. I'm on it.. Bringing it hard starboard.. Nail 'im..""

[Harrier-303: Cidra] Cidra does not answer Solstice verbally right away, her hands and feet working the Raptor controls into prompt evasive action. Though she keeps the bus in formation with Wade and Roland's Vipers. "Well, I do not intend to make it an easy job for him. Heavy on the jamming suites, Shakes. Just like last time. Drown them in electronics."

[BlackKnight-662: Wade] Wade sees the two Raiders appear on his DRADIS and then gets a confirmed visual. He pushes the throttle and speeds towards Cidra and Solstice's attacker.

<COMBAT> Psyche passes.
<COMBAT> Pallas passes.
<COMBAT> Cidra passes.
<COMBAT> Solstice suppresses Raider1 with Ecm. <successful>
<COMBAT> Solstice suppresses Raider2 with Ecm. <unsuccessful>
<COMBAT> Roland attacks Raider1 with KEW and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Mcqueen passes.
<COMBAT> Wade attacks Raider1 with KEW - Moderate wound to Left Wing.
<COMBAT> Raider1 attacks Cidra with KEW and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Raider2 attacks Roland with KEW and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Devlin passes.
<COMBAT> Volans has started a new turn. Pose and choose your action.

[BlackKnight-311: Pallas] Alert Vipers launch, and Pallas is down the tube once again. His hand is still injured, which means his flying's still more erratic and less graceful than it usually is, and he's sporting some other damage from his crash-landing yesterday to boot. But that doesn't keep him from being on the flight roster. Upon launching, he defaults to cautious maneuvering again - to start - and sticks with Bubbles.

[Harrier-303: Solstice] "On it, Toast." she spreads her feet again, attempting to keep stable with the rock and roll of the ship. There comes a sound from Shakes, "We got four more incoming!" She declares loudly. The ECO expands her jamming signal to sweep outwards towards the others. Her fingers slide over the controls, well practiced and concentrating. She mutter something to herself as her eyes flit over her readouts.

[BlackKnight-662: Wade] Wade gets a hit on the Raider he's chasing but not enough to make it go boom. Should that thing follow the same path, he'll keep shooting at it over and over again.

[TAC3] "Spiral" Pallas says, "Decoy, Spiral. Stick with Queenie. Who's on my wing tonight?"

[Polly's Hoopty: Volans] On cue, four more Raiders pop into view and rapidly advance on the CAP, their superior speed bringing them into range at just about the same time as the alert fighters arrive in the fray.

[TAC3] "Queenie" McQueen says, "Decoy, Queenie. Looking — more or less green here. Anyway, you know the drill by now. We'll stay tight. Like Allan Rejn's diamond-pinching arse. Just box them in, knock 'em down."

[BlackKnight-309: Roland] Blue's rounds go wide as he bends the Viper into a turn staying away from the incoming fire. He hits the trottle, trying to stay with Wade and cover his wing.

[TAC3] "Decoy" Devlin says, "Spiral, Decoy. Copy that. Queenie, I'm on your wing. Who're we going after first?"

[TAC3] "Spiral" Pallas says, "Right on, Bubbles. Let's frak 'em up again."

[BlackKnight-1117: McQueen] Hurtling out of the tube, Queenie's throttle is set up to bring him to the front of the section, closing in on the closest Raider approaching his own. Or rather, his wingman. Stick and move, as they say.

[TAC3] "Drips" Wade says, "Blue, Drips. It seems that you have more fans now, let's keep the same target, it's after you right now."

[TAC3] "Queenie" McQueen says, "Decoy, Queenie — at twenty-eight by four-seven-two, carom one nine. In other words - they just answered your question for you."

[Harrier-303: Cidra] Cidra's Harrier spins - as well as a fifty ton bus 'spins' that is - around the first volley of Raider fire. Though it apparently won't be the last. "I shall keep them off of us, gods willing, Vanos. I am not particularly inclined to give our technicians more work to do." Her tone is calm enough though there is, perhaps, some relief as the Alert fighters converge with them. Some. The swarm is thicker now.

[TAC3] "Decoy" Devlin says, "Queenie, Decoy. Looks like I've picked one up. You— yeah, okay. I'll see if I can get off a shot at it, too."

[TAC3] "Blue" Roland says, " Drips….Wilco. Its getting crowded up here."

[BlackKnight-312: Devlin] Devlin speeds towards the fight, falling into position on McQueen's wing and then just as quickly moving away again, taking evasive manuevers and trying to lure the target on his tail into position for his wingman (or him) to shoot it up. With KEW, that is.

<COMBAT> Raider6 attacks Pallas with KEW - ARMOR on Body stops the attack!
<COMBAT> Wade attacks Raider1 with KEW and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Roland attacks Raider1 with KEW - Moderate wound to Left Wing.
<COMBAT> Raider4 attacks Wade with KEW but MISSES!
<COMBAT> Raider3 attacks Devlin with KEW and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Cidra passes.
<COMBAT> Solstice suppresses Raider1 with Ecm. <successful>
<COMBAT> Solstice suppresses Raider2 with Ecm. <successful>
<COMBAT> Solstice suppresses Raider3 with Ecm. <successful>
<COMBAT> Solstice suppresses Raider4 with Ecm. <successful>
<COMBAT> Solstice suppresses Raider5 with Ecm. <successful>
<COMBAT> Raider5 attacks Psyche with KEW - Moderate wound to Body (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Raider1 attacks Cidra with KEW and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Psyche attacks Raider6 with KEW - Moderate wound to Left Wing.
<COMBAT> Devlin attacks Raider3 with KEW and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Pallas attacks Raider5 with KEW and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Mcqueen attacks Raider3 with KEW - Moderate wound to Cockpit.
<COMBAT> CREW HIT! Raider3 - Light wound to .
<COMBAT> Raider2 attacks Roland with KEW and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Volans has started a new turn. Pose and choose your action.

<COMBAT> Raider-7360l has been KO'd!
<COMBAT> Raider1 has been KO'd!

[BlackKnight-662: Wade] Wade keeps tailing that Raider after Roland, trying to keep at bay one that has placed a lot of interest in him. He moves his bird around, dodging incoming fire and he manages to avoid everything, but he also manages to fail his attacks and he doesn't hit. He sees Roland's KEW hitting target and blowing up that Raider to pieces. "Yes!"

[Harrier-303: Solstice]
Successful ping to all raiders and Sol grins to herself. Clearing her throat, she schools her face back to seriousness as she readjusts her jamming signals to encompass the sixth raider. "Keep us moving, Toast." Says Shakes. The ECO considers the numbers and fixes the spread and frequency.

[TAC3] "Drips" Wade says, "Blue, Drips. Nice shooting out there, you showed that Raider what happens when they frak with us. Well done. Let's get some more now."

[TAC3] "Blue" Roland says, " Drips…Blue.. Roger that..Watch that raider on your port side.."

[Harrier-303: Cidra] Cidra continues to fly tight and swift even when she shakes her bandit. She doesn't terribly want to invite them back. And it keeps her on her toes to slide among the swifter Vipers. "Always moving, Shakes. Fly until you fall, and I have no intention of doing such today."

[Polly's Hoopty: Volans] Down goes one Raider under the well-aimed force of Roland's KEW. There are, however, more and more appearing in the distance, the battlefield expanding around the fleet as the Air Wings of both Cerberus and Areion come out to fight. More and more dull-grey planes fly out of tubes and elevators, and more and more and more shiny chrome raiders pop into view as well, gradually coming into range in waves.

[TAC3] "Toast" Cidra says, "Cerberus, Toast. ETA to jump?"

[TAC3] "Decoy" Devlin says, "Queenie, Decoy. Nice shooting, man. I'm going to keep evading, let's see if we can't finish him off."

[BlackKnight-309: Roland] Blue jerks his Viper to one side, trying to throw off the targetting. He lines up a decnt shot sending rounds into one of the cylons, before flying back into the slot on Wade's wing.

[TAC3] "Queenie" McQueen lets out a semi-characteristic wolf howl, "Decoy, Queenie. You see that? Bastard has another skidmark now. Bandit's still flying, try an' see if we can pick their section apart."

[TAC3] "Decoy" Devlin says, "Queenie, Decoy. Copy that."

[TAC3] "Bubbles" Psyche sounds kind of pouty. "Mother of frak. Spiral, Bubbles. I managed to give your friend a boo-boo, but the hateful son-of-a-bitch doesn't want to explode for me. Making another pass."

[BlackKnight-1117: McQueen] As Decoy lives up to his name and draws one Raider's fighter, McQueen's gun burst fires above the top of the Cylon craft's pilotless cockpit and tears a few choice hunks out of its hull. He hits the stick sharply and pulls in alongside his wingman, with only a slight lead.

[BlackKnight-311: Pallas] Pallas' Viper gets rocked by fire from the Raptor on his tail, but that doesn't slow him down any. If anything, he speeds up in pursuit, giving more harassing fire to cover Psyche while she goes after the one on him. It's a hilarious dog-chasing-its-own-tail sort of circular combat.

[BlackKnight-311: Pallas] s/Raptor/Raider/

[BlackKnight-312: Devlin] Devlin ducks and dodges, avoiding taking any hits, but failing to dish any out in turn, either. When Queenie comes up alongside him he manuevers to stay close as planned, flying together to try to take out Pesky Raider #3.

<COMBAT> Raider2 attacks Roland with KEW - Light wound to Body (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Psyche attacks Raider6 with KEW - Light wound to Right Wing.
<COMBAT> Devlin attacks Raider3 with KEW - Serious wound to Cockpit.
<COMBAT> CREW HIT! Raider3 - Serious wound to .
<COMBAT> CREW HIT! Raider3 - Moderate wound to .
<COMBAT> Wade attacks Raider2 with KEW and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Roland attacks Raider2 with KEW - Moderate wound to Body.
<COMBAT> Raider4 attacks Wade with KEW and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Pallas attacks Raider5 with KEW - Light wound to Body.
<COMBAT> Solstice suppresses Raider2 with Ecm. <successful>
<COMBAT> Solstice suppresses Raider3 with Ecm. <successful>
<COMBAT> Solstice suppresses Raider4 with Ecm. <successful>
<COMBAT> Solstice suppresses Raider5 with Ecm. <unsuccessful>
<COMBAT> Solstice suppresses Raider6 with Ecm. <successful>
<COMBAT> Raider6 attacks Pallas with KEW and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Raider3 attacks Devlin with KEW and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Cidra passes.
<COMBAT> Mcqueen attacks Raider3 with KEW - Moderate wound to Cockpit.
<COMBAT> Raider5 attacks Psyche with KEW - Moderate wound to Cockpit.
<COMBAT> CREW HIT! Psyche - Light wound to Right Arm.
<COMBAT> Volans has started a new turn. Pose and choose your action.

<COMBAT> Psyche has been KO'd!
<COMBAT> Raider3 has been KO'd!
<COMBAT> Raider-4596y has been KO'd!
<COMBAT> Raider5 has been KO'd!

[TAC3] "Spiral" Pallas says, "Bubbles, Spiral. What's your status?"

[BlackKnight-662: Wade] Well, isn't this nice, Wade fails once again. "What the frakk man" mutters the man to himself and he shakes his head after this, narrowing his eyes to speed up a little more. Ok, time to bring down some Raiders.

[TAC3] "Toast" Cidra says, "Bubbles, Toast. Sing out if you need a tow. That did look most harsh."

[Harrier-303: Solstice] "They just keep coming, four more…" She says and against tries to compensate. Sol is looking a little frazzled. Shakes gives a smack to her console as it flickers and her DRADIS reads the extending forces. She lets out a slow breath.

[TAC3] "Drips" Wade says, "Blue, Drips. I'm finding a lot of new friends out here, see what you can do. I'm going with 7814-X-Ray."

[TAC3] "Bubbles" Psyche says, "My status is OW. OwowmotherfrakkingOW…" There's an evil hissing sound coming over the coms. "I'm losing pressure in here. I think I can fix it, but I need time…"

[TAC3] "Decoy" Devlin says, "Queenie, Decoy! Nice, man! Got him. Shit, you just picked up two of the new guys, now. Let's go after the first one, yeah? 2210T?"

[BlackKnight-311: Pallas] Pallas weaves all over the place, trying to shake the Raider on his tail while going after the one one Psyche's. He lands a few glancing hits, but it's not enough to slow it down. After it gets a good hit on his wingman, it breaks off and doubles back after him, flanked by one of its buddies. Nothing some fancy flying can't handle… right?

[TAC3] (from "Queenie" McQueen) The rumble of the Viper's firing systems frames McQueen's transmission. "Just…die." More firing. "Uh oh, uh, Decoy, looks like I made somebody mad. That's right, you bastards. Looking for /me/? Looks like /I/ am your decoy this time around."

[TAC3] "Blue" Roland says, "Tac3 Drip…Blue.. Right with you. I'll try to keep 'em off ye."

[TAC3] "Spiral" Pallas says, "Bubbles, Spiral. I've got two bandits on my tail and can't assist. Someone cover her while I try to lose these frakkers."

[TAC3] "Decoy" Devlin says, "Flight, Decoy. Spiral's got two on his tail and his wingman's down for the count. Queenie and I are pretty busy with his friends, any of you able to go help him out?"

[BlackKnight-1117: McQueen] And McQueen finishes what he started. Unfortunately, as he said, he hasn't gone unnoticed by the swarm. As they head towards him, he starts to arc wildly to starboard in an attempt to shake their fire.

[BlackKnight-312: Devlin] Devlin peers out his cockpit at his squadmates as things start to get a little wonky, dipping around the debris cloud he and Queenie create out of the raider that was pursuing him. Of course, there's another behind it, but the two on his wingman are more pressing, and while he takes some measure to evade, his focus is on looping around to get a shot off at Queenie's pursuers.

[TAC3] "Drips" Wade says, "Blue, Drips. Retarget to Spiral's chaser."

[Harrier-303: Cidra] Cidra keeps flying, attempting to provide some vanguard for her Vipers, though the swarm is getting thicker now. She murmurs something under her breath. A prayer in Old Gemense perhaps. Or a curse. It's always hard to tell when she starts doing that. It's most likely a bit of each. +emit Cidra keeps flying, attempting to provide some vanguard for her Vipers, though the swarm is getting thicker now. She murmurs something under her breath. A prayer in Old Gemense perhaps. Or a curse. It's always hard to tell when she starts doing that. It's most likely a bit of each.

[TAC3] "Blue" Roland says, " Roget that Drips."

[TAC3] Volans says, "Flight, Cerberus. We'll be jump-ready in a couple minutes, Elpis isn't being more specific than that. Hold them off a bit longer and we'll have you all home soon."

[TAC3] "Toast" Cidra says, "Cerberus, Toast. Understood. It is getting very thick out here. Tell the Elpis to spin as fast as she can spin."

[BlackKnight-309: Roland] Blue, sets his jaw, and lets the raider he's chasing turn away as he tracks the new target Wade set him on. He banks to line up his shot trying to close the distance.

[TAC3] Volans says, "Toast, Cerberus. Copy that. We're making sure she hurries as fast as she can, don't doubt that. We'll have you RTB as soon as we can."

[TAC3] "Spiral" Pallas says, "Yeah, if only Elpis could spin as fast as Command does as soon as shit hits the fan."

[TAC3] Volans says, "We're going to pretend we didn't hear that, Spiral."

<COMBAT> Roland attacks Raider6 with KEW - Moderate wound to Left Wing.
<COMBAT> Raider8 attacks Mcqueen with KEW but MISSES!
<COMBAT> Raider7 attacks Wade with KEW - Moderate wound to Right Wing (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Psyche treats Blackknight-853:
< Body (Moderate): successful
< Cockpit (Moderate): successful
<COMBAT> Wade attacks Raider6 with KEW and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Raider9 attacks Mcqueen with KEW - ARMOR on Body stops the attack!
<COMBAT> Mcqueen attacks Raider8 with KEW and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Cidra passes.
<COMBAT> Raider6 attacks Pallas with KEW and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Raider4 attacks Devlin with KEW and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Raider2 attacks Pallas with KEW and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Pallas passes.
<COMBAT> Devlin attacks Raider8 with KEW - Moderate wound to Cockpit.
<COMBAT> CREW HIT! Raider8 - Light wound to .
<COMBAT> Solstice suppresses Raider2 with Ecm. <successful>
<COMBAT> Solstice suppresses Raider4 with Ecm. <successful>
<COMBAT> Solstice suppresses Raider6 with Ecm. <unsuccessful>
<COMBAT> Solstice suppresses Raider7 with Ecm. <successful>
<COMBAT> Solstice suppresses Raider9 with Ecm. <successful>
<COMBAT> Raider10 attacks Wade with KEW and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Volans has started a new turn. Pose and choose your action.

<COMBAT> Raider-7600b has been KO'd!
<COMBAT> Raider6 has been KO'd!
<COMBAT> Raider-2210t has been KO'd!
<COMBAT> Raider8 has been KO'd!

[BlackKnight-662: Wade] Trying to shake two Raiders and shooting at another one at the same time is no easy task, that's for certain. He misses his shot but once again Blue lands the killing blow "That's what I'm talking about, keep showing them, Blue" says the man with a smile on his face. That smile fades soon enough when he gets his by incoming fire. His bird shakes out of control but he manges to get her back in track.

[TAC3] "Drips" Wade says, "Blue, Drips. Nice shooting out there mate, you are doing really good."

[TAC3] "Queenie" McQueen tastefully delcares, "Decoy, Queenie. I think I just shit myself. NICE shot. We may actually make it out of this. Just get evasive and break on my mark, we can hold'em for the time being." A pause. "Anyone think of hitching an auxilliary power plant to the Elpis?"

[BlackKnight-311: Pallas] Pallas can be heard laughing like a crazy old man over the comms as he dodges all over the place, weaving in and out of other fights and generally pulling mad stunts that a relatively ancient pilot like him shouldn't be able to endure. As soon as Roland brings down one, he flips his Viper around and fires on the other while continuing to drift backwards.

[Harrier-303: Solstice] Evening out the numbers a little more, she whispers a thanks to the Lords and sets her jammers outward in an arc to try to pick up what remains of the Raiders. Her gaze narrows and she leans over her DRADIS - repositioning the outward spread from the systems. Shakes give sa roll to her shoulder and smiles a little to herself.

[BlackKnight-1117: McQueen] As his Viper goes a-rolling, Queenie lamely fires at one of his pursuers while Decoy levels a killing blow. Not waiting to stare at the wreckage, he continues his roll, breaking around and taking aim at one of his section's pursuers.

[BlackKnight-853: Psyche] Explosions and carnage above, below, and on either side, Psyche works frantically by the dim blue glow of her helmet light to shore up the holes in her plane. It's not much, what she's able to accomplish in those precious few minutes her squad-mates buy her, but gods willing it's enough to keep her viper from flying to pieces when she accelerates. Or with the next grazing blow.

[TAC3] "Bubbles" Psyche says, "Flight, Bubbles. I'm back in the game."

[TAC3] "Blue" Roland says, " Drips…Blue.. Whats your favorite color? Watch that one.. He's coming back.."

[Harrier-303: Cidra] Cidra stops weaving quite so quickly, sliding nearer to Psyche's bird as the Viper pilot completes her repairs. Acting as a 'shield' of sorts. Or attempting to. Even beaten, Bubbles is quicker than Toast. But she does as she can.

[TAC3] "Drips" Wade says, "Blue, Drips. Well, I won't say Blue if that's what you are expecting. *chuckle* I see them, let's throw rocks at them."

[TAC3] "Drips" Wade says, "Blue, Drips. Quick change of plans, follow my lead."

[TAC3] "Blue" Roland says, " Drips.. On it.. New target."

[TAC3] "Decoy" Devlin says, "Queenie, Decoy. Got my eye on the other one on your tail. See if I can get rid of him for you."

[TAC3] "Spiral" Pallas says, "Bubbles, Spiral. I see you coming, watch for my fire."

<COMBAT> Psyche attacks Raider2 with KEW - Moderate wound to Weapon.
<COMBAT> Pallas attacks Raider2 with KEW - Moderate wound to Cockpit.
<COMBAT> Solstice suppresses Raider2 with Ecm. <successful>
<COMBAT> Solstice suppresses Raider4 with Ecm. <successful>
<COMBAT> Solstice suppresses Raider7 with Ecm. <unsuccessful>
<COMBAT> Solstice suppresses Raider9 with Ecm. <successful>
<COMBAT> Solstice suppresses Raider10 with Ecm. <successful>
<COMBAT> Roland attacks Raider7 with KEW - Moderate wound to Left Wing.
<COMBAT> Raider7 attacks Cidra with KEW - ARMOR on Engine stops the attack!
<COMBAT> Raider4 attacks Devlin with KEW - Moderate wound to Tail (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Raider10 attacks Wade with KEW - Moderate wound to Body (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Cidra passes.
<COMBAT> Mcqueen attacks Raider4 with KEW - NEAR MISS!
<COMBAT> Devlin attacks Raider9 with KEW and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Wade attacks Raider7 with KEW and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Raider9 attacks Mcqueen with KEW - Light wound to Tail (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Raider2 attacks Pallas with KEW and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Volans has started a new turn. Pose and choose your action.

<COMBAT> Raider-5211q has been KO'd!
<COMBAT> Raider2 has been KO'd!

[TAC3] Volans says, "Flight, Cerberus. Elpis reports FTL is just about ready to go. Give us thirty more seconds and then RTB."

[TAC3] "Queenie" McQueen says, "Decoy, Queenie. Shit. That was close. Break now and slash pattern and see if we have better luck swapping targets. Somebody get that raggedy freighter a boot in the arse, will ya?"

[TAC3] "Toast" Cidra says, "Cerberus, Toast. Understood. Flight, tight shooting. Keep it up and we shall put this away clean."

[TAC3] "Queenie" McQueen says, "Toast, Queenie. I think 'clean' is wishful thinking right now, boss."

[TAC3] "Spiral" Pallas says, "Blew my load right on its face while you took it from behind. Good kill, Bubbles."

[TAC3] "Bubbles" Psyche says, "Spiral, Bubbles. I knew there was a reason I kept my strap-on in the plane."

[TAC3] "Queenie" McQueen follows up with a brief, muffled chuckle in response to Pallas' statement.

[Harrier-303: Solstice] As the Raptor is hit, a shake is given through the entirety of the ship. Her gaze flits up towards Toast as she holds tight. Turning out the frequency once more, she focuses on the raiders left, "Not seeing anymore joining, if we can keep these few at bay, we have a clear way back." She comments, shifting in her seat.

[TAC3] "Decoy" Devlin says, "Toast, Decoy. I'm with Queenie, no jinxing us now. And Bubbles, Spiral… actually, nevermind. I have nothing to say about that."

[TAC3] "Spiral" Pallas says, "Decoy, Spiral. Don't worry, Bubbles didn't catch any splash."

[Harrier-303: Cidra] Harrier-303 takes one to its hull as Cidra slows her zig-zagging, but the Raptor is a tough vulture and absorbs the hit. It rocks, but does not roll. She falls back into more intricate flying patterns as the Vipers get back to the business of killing. She *does* want to take this thing back in one piece. A short nod at Solstice's report. "They come in a flood. Still no basestar support and few Heavies. Damnable odd…"

[BlackKnight-1117: McQueen] As the dull grey flashes of cannon fire erupt from Queenie's gun ports, his Viper carrys along previously chosen vector, taking aim at the tip of one Raider's fuselage, even as it savages his wingman's tail. He too receives similar dents from his pursuer and breaks left, switching targets after pulling up to Devlin's ship.

[TAC3] "Queenie" McQueen says, "Oh, come on, Decoy. I /love/ these odds. Take a good look at Bandit Delta (four), will you?"

[TAC3] "Decoy" Devlin says, "Queenie, Decoy. I just spotted him. On it!"

[TAC3] "Drips" Wade says, "Blue, Drips. Careful there, you have one on you. Let's cover Toast and we'll take care of that one after."

[BlackKnight-311: Pallas] Palls rolls his Viper from side to side, giving Psyche a wave for their teamwork kill. Then he flips down and burns it through to the closest one. 30 seconds? Plenty of time to get at least one more kill.

[TAC3] "Blue" Roland says, " Drips….Blue.. I'll worry about him.. Take this one out… He's hurt…""

[TAC3] "Decoy" Devlin says, "Queenie, Decoy. I'm on it! Swapping it up."

[BlackKnight-312: Devlin] Devlin takes a hit to the tail as he spins past his target, and for a moment the Viper wobbles and banks, but he pulls it back under control and compensates for the damage, flying in close with Queenie again before they both break away, trading off targets.

<COMBAT> Wade attacks Raider7 with KEW - Moderate wound to Cockpit.
<COMBAT> Raider7 attacks Cidra with KEW and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Raider13 passes.
<COMBAT> Roland attacks Raider7 with KEW - Moderate wound to Body.
<COMBAT> Raider9 attacks Mcqueen with KEW - Moderate wound to Engine (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Raider4 attacks Devlin with KEW - Light wound to Right Wing (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Raider12 passes.
<COMBAT> Raider10 attacks Roland with KEW - Light wound to Engine (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Pallas attacks Raider4 with KEW but MISSES!
<COMBAT> Mcqueen attacks Raider9 with KEW but MISSES!
<COMBAT> Devlin attacks Raider4 with KEW and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Cidra passes.
<COMBAT> Solstice suppresses Raider4 with Ecm. <unsuccessful>
<COMBAT> Solstice suppresses Raider7 with Ecm. <successful>
<COMBAT> Solstice suppresses Raider9 with Ecm. <unsuccessful>
<COMBAT> Solstice suppresses Raider10 with Ecm. <successful>
<COMBAT> Psyche attacks Raider9 with KEW - Moderate wound to Body.
<COMBAT> Raider14 passes.
<COMBAT> Raider11 passes.
<COMBAT> Volans has started a new turn. Pose and choose your action.

<COMBAT> Raider-7470q has been KO'd!
<COMBAT> Raider7 has been KO'd!
<COMBAT> Raider-7812v has been KO'd!
<COMBAT> Raider9 has been KO'd!

[BlackKnight-662: Wade] Wade pushes his bird to full speed and makes his way to Toast's attacker. This time, he hits and hits true, and Roland does as well! Team work FTW boys and girls, team work. That thing is blown to pieces and now, it's time to find another target.

[TAC3] "Drips" Wade says, "Blue, Drips. Wooooooo! That's what I'm talking about man. And…I sounded like Fiasco there, I'll burn in hell. *chuckle* Ok, Toast and Shakes have two after them, let's keep up with the cover, don't get too crazy, you still have company."

[Harrier-303: Solstice] "New Raiders in range, closing and targeting. Too many to keep the signal up on all of them. I will do what I can." Explains Shakes. She draws a breath. She tries to figure on the closest targets and releases the jamming signal, continuing to play with it to compensate.

[BlackKnight-311: Pallas] Pallas makes a pass at the Raider chasing Devlin to no avail and waves off when one starts coming after him. He tries to pull some more fancy flying to shake it while forming back up on his wingman, but it's nowhere near as well executed as his last maneuver.

[TAC3] "Blue" Roland says, " He pauses as the rounds click in the background, "Drips.. Blue.. He's not giving up either..""

[TAC3] Volans says, "Flight, Cerberus. Ready to go, everybody back to the barn. I say again, RTB"

[Harrier-303: Cidra] "Understood, Shakes. Do what you can. Attempt to target those on our Vipers. I can dance around our bandit." Cidra sounds like she believes that, to. Well, she doesn't have a scratch yet. "Taking us home. The hard way. Hold your seat."

[BlackKnight-853: Psyche] Psyche zips merrily through the shower of sparks and puffs of orange-yellow plasma — the instant of a raider's death is rather pretty and celebratory looking, as it should be. She startles a little as a hunting pair immediately greet her on the other side and dives on the z-axis, banking hard around to bring them by the squad for easy shooting. HAY, GAIZ! PRESENTS!

[TAC3] "Drips" Wade says, "Blue, Drips. Ok, you heard it, RTB. Let's see if we can shoot some more while we go."

[TAC3] "Toast" Cidra says, "Flight, Cerberus. You heard Command, RTB."

[Into the Wireless] Cidra says, "Flight, Cerberus. You heard Command, RTB."

[TAC3] "Decoy" Devlin says, "Queenie, Decoy. One looks like it wants to RTB with you, I'll see if I can warn it off."

[TAC3] "Queenie" McQueen says, "Okay. Uhhhhh. Decoy, Queenie. Really not liking this here. Your boy's gone at least. We've got another friend. Let's punch a hole in this mess on the way to the barn."

[TAC3] "Decoy" Devlin says, "Queenie, Decoy. Sorry man, I'll stop talking over you. Copy that anyway."

[Harrier-303: Solstice] "On it, Toast." She says, letting a few of the raiders on their tail go to concentrate efforts to cover their fighters. Shakes shifts and tries to keep the jammer limber.

[BlackKnight-309: Roland] Blue turns his Viper, into a bank, following Wade back toward the ship. He leans to one side to try to see behind him, before clicking the mic.

[TAC3] "Blue" Roland says, " Drips.. Roger that."

[BlackKnight-312: Devlin] Another hit, another adjustment to compensate, this time the wing giving Devlin a bit of trouble. He keeps it going and in the air, sticking close to Queenie even as he fires off a couple shots at the Raider taking aim at his wingman. The goal, though, is to zoom back to the barn as quick as they can, hopefully without taking any more damage in the process.

[TAC3] "Queenie" McQueen says, "Not a thin, Decoy. Not a thing."

[TAC3] "Bubbles" Psyche says, "Spiral, Bubbles. I got yours if you got mine!"

[BlackKnight-1117: McQueen] Well, /that/ didn't turn out well. At least wjavascript:;hatever judicious application of rounds that got applied chased McQueen's target off even though he didn't exactly hit anything. Shfiting course slightly, he isn't not quite as lucky.

<COMBAT> Raider11 attacks Cidra with KEW and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Pallas attacks Raider10 with KEW and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Solstice suppresses Raider4 with Ecm. <successful>
<COMBAT> Solstice suppresses Raider11 with Ecm. <successful>
<COMBAT> Solstice suppresses Raider14 with Ecm. <successful>
<COMBAT> Solstice suppresses Raider10 with Ecm. <successful>
<COMBAT> Solstice suppresses Raider12 with Ecm. <successful>
<COMBAT> Roland attacks Raider11 with KEW but MISSES!
<COMBAT> Raider4 attacks Roland with KEW - Moderate wound to Tail (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Raider14 attacks Mcqueen with KEW - Moderate wound to Body (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Psyche attacks Raider12 with KEW and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Wade attacks Raider11 with KEW - Light wound to Right Wing.
<COMBAT> Raider13 attacks Cidra with KEW - Moderate wound to Cabin.
<COMBAT> CREW HIT! Cidra - Light wound to Right Arm.
<COMBAT> Devlin attacks Raider14 with KEW - Light wound to Weapon.
<COMBAT> Cidra passes.
<COMBAT> Raider10 attacks Psyche with KEW and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Mcqueen attacks Raider10 with KEW and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Raider12 attacks Pallas with KEW and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Volans has started a new turn. Pose and choose your action.

<COMBAT> Cidra has been KO'd!
<COMBAT> Cidra spends a luck point to keep fighting!

[Polly's Hoopty: Volans] The raiders get off what last shots they can as the flight blasts through the thin lines between their position and the hangar bay. Cheap shots are taken by all, but luckily no serious damage is done at this late stage, not to this particular group of Colonials, anyway. It is back to the barn for them, and then a quick jump to an undisclosed location.

[TAC3] "Queenie" McQueen says, "HOOOOOOO. Uh, yeh, I don't think this is fun anymore, brother. This is Queenie. Coming in /hot/."

[Harrier-303: Cidra] Cidra is flying her Raptor hard through the swarm. This time, however, her Harrier is not coming home clean. It takes a KEW hit directly to the face. Blasting the front viewport. It's not a large hit, but when you're seated right in front of it, it stings. Shards fly at Cidra, piercing the right arm of her suit. And venting air into space through the hole but, with she and Shakes in their suits and belted in, that's a secondary consideration. "Aaaariiee…!" she barks in pain. As much surprise as hurt, though that is there. She grips the controls hard with her left arm, but it's as much momentum as anything else that carries her home. Fortunately, there isn't far to go.

[TAC3] "Decoy" Devlin says, "Queenie, Decoy. Least we're coming in, man. Safe landing, I'll be right behind you."

[TAC3] "Drips" Wade says, "Toast, Drips. I saw the Raptor getting hit, Report. Shakes, Report…."

[BlackKnight-311: Pallas] Pallas tries to give his wingman an assist, but he can't get a clear shot with his Viper becoming less and less responsive. Or maybe it's that his injury is acting up more and more. Either way, harassing fire sprays all over, but none of it lands on the Raider. That's just as well, since he breaks off to RTB. His Viper is so shaky that he has to wave off the first approach. Another day, another trashed landing.

[Harrier-303: Solstice] As the Harrier rocks, Sol grabs her station and hears the cry from Toast. Shakes looks up and she her's the call for her report.

[TAC3] "Shakes" Solstice says, "Drips, Shakes. We took a hit to the front. Toast is injured and we are venting..bring us home guys. We can land."

[TAC3] "Drips" Wade says, "Shakes, Drips. Copy that, we'll provide escort. Blue, you know what to do. Cerberus, prepare Medical team."

[BlackKnight-309: Roland] Blue winces as the Raptor gets hit. He listens to the calls back and forth. He strains agains to see behind them as he keys his mic.

[BlackKnight-312: Devlin] Devlin does his best to cover their exit, pinging a glancing shot off one target as they speed back to base. He lets Queenie head in for the landing first, covering his wingman before heading in himself. It's not his steadiest descent ever, the damage to his bird making a completely clean landing difficult.

[TAC3] "Blue" Roland says, " Drips…..Blue.. I'm there.. We've got some irate bogies that didn't get to fight closing fast.."

[BlackKnight-853: Psyche] "Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiit," Psyche hisses through her teeth as she misses her last opportunity to put damage on the enemy, KEWs flying wide. She quickly double checks the integrity of her repairs, then puts on the throttle, taking the lead back to the barn.

[BlackKnight-1117: McQueen] The swarm got angry, and McQueen for one is wasting very little time making his way back to the Cerberus landing bay. For once, his comm channel is silent and there's no real banter, save the quick back-and-forth with his wingman. Hauling ass to the flight deck, he makes his way to the hangar safely. For now.

[Harrier-303: Cidra] Cidra's Raptor does not fly so prettily as it descends back to Cerberus, but she's getting it down. Albeit with a distinct jerkiness. She's attempting to fly one-armed, and the fifty tons of Raptor typically demands a firmer hand.

Circe treats cidra:
< Right_Arm (Light): successful

Harrier-303 screeches and thuds as it makes its entry back into Cerberus, but it *does* make it. As in past days, knuckledraggers swarm the beaten birds and medics are on their way to see to the beaten pilots. Cidra, for her part, makes it out of the Raptor under her own power, though she sags against it, breathing hard, blood seeping from the forearm of her flight suit. Puncture wound! That's gotta sting.

Medstaff is waiting, having scurrited to get to the deck for the third time in a row. Still in her off-duty uniform, Circe still looks quite tired. As the hit Harrier lands, she strides forward to meet the crew of 303. Her bag in hand, she isn't quite as set up as she would like to be. As the hatch opens, she stands outsides, waiting to climb up and in if needed.

Wade unlocks the Canopy and takes the stairs almost immediately. He looks around the deck for a few moments and finally makes his way towards Cidra's Raptor, to check on her. He stands right outside the Raptor and looks at Circe, nodding to her "Circe, good to see you" offers the man. His gaze moves to Toast and looks at the blood.

"See to my ECO, Crewman…we were venting…" Cidra mutters. Though she extends her arm to the medic without argument. The material of her flight suit is thick and, with a grimace, she unzips her flight suit and shrugs off the top part. She's wearing a - very sweaty - Navy issue t-shirt underneath. There's a bark of pain as she tries to pull the right sleeve off. That part smarts, it does.

Roland sets his Viper down, slamming the switches off and pulling the release on the canaopy. He climbs out, wincing as he looks at the damage to his bird. He nods to the deck hand, "In a minute.", as he pushes through the small crowd to get to the Raptor.

Somberly Circe nods to him, "We have to stop meeting like this.." she intones and climbs up to look over the wound. Pulling free the scissors, she cuts the sleeve off and checks over the wound once the cloth is free. The medic rubs a finger near the wound, the glove shifting against the skin. "Very minor..I can treat you here." She offers and reaches for a tweezers at her side pack. She turns the arm into the light and uses the tweezers to draw out the small piece of shrapnel, letting it clatter to the floor of the raptor before beginning to put antiseptic onto the wound.

Wade just looks at what's going on right now. His attention moves to Circe as she speaks to him and he half smiles "Well, you are quite right about that." When Cidra speaks, he looks at her and offers to her "Now now Toast, did you really think we were going to let you off the hook that easily?" He smiles a little at her but does show a worried expression when she makes an expression of pain.

"If you are worried if you will fly again, you will. It's a very light wound…just some pain medication, no heavy lifting for a while with the arm. You will be just fine." Says the medic. Gauze is brought out and place against the laceration. With gentle care she begins wrapping the arm and the gauze into place there. "You pilots just have no idea about mortality.." she murmurs, giving a look towards the launch tubes and shivering a little.

Roland glances around the small group, and makes sure everyone is upright and speaking. He nods slowly, and turns to look back at his Viper, and groans shaking his head, "Frack me….." He stakes a few steps back towards the bird, "Wheres the chief.. I need 309 fixed before my next CAP."

"Ah…" It's exhaled by Cidra with no small touch of relief. That clearly *was* her worry, though she might not want to admit. The faintest of smiles to Circe, even if it is a pained one. "I think we are all keenly aware of our mortality at present, Crewman. We just rely on you and yours to keep us from it. I thank you for your good hands and good works." A look to Wade, a soft snort. "Just a flesh wound, Drips." And it is, really, it just hurts like hell at present.

As she finishes wrapping the laceration, she turns and reaches down, pulling out some pain killers. She motions the CAG to lift her hand. "Take these, Drips can tell you how they help." Circe smiles and gives Cidra some Naproxen to help ease her pains.

Once done, she caps the lid and moves to check the ECO who appears to be just fine. That said, the medic slips off the raptor and back down to the floor.

Wade just snorts a little at Cidra's response and he nods "Aye, that still needs tending. The Crewman here is doing one hell of a job, agreed." He takes a deep breath at that and then looks over his shoulder at 662 "Argh, I was just done fixing her. Back to work then, I have to get my overalls on I think" Now, he looks at the painkillers and nods "Ah, yes…they work rather well"

Cidra takes the pills. As she's been loosed, she'll return to the berthings to medicate rather than Sickbay. Another nod of thanks to Circe and then she'll take her leave. There are more broken planes to be tended, but at least casualties were light again this time. This time.

Roland winces, and shakes his head, as he walks back around his Viper. He laces his fingers on top of his head, and watches as the deck hands take over.

"I just do what I can…you keep us all jumping." Circe says with a smile before going to check up on the rest of the pilots. Her gaze lingers on Wade a moment and then she turns, getting back to her duties.

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