Mission 5 - Back by Popular Demand...So, following last mission where everyone other then me died, we get a fun oportunity for further war crimes - killing raw recruits.
I take a stealth fighter. Cyrus gets a fast gunship. Dsarker gets a well armed light interceptor. Delta Foxtrot gets a drone. Lets go kill some newbies.
We drop into a wide open sector, so start on a high speed "who gives a damn" charge at where the enemy might be...
This approach seems not to be without its merits - we nigh on collide head on with the enemy squadron, who apeared to be doing the same. A drone and a bomber are in range, and the shooting starts. I open the fun with a light hit on the drone.
Everything else misses everyone else. Thats a lot of random missiles. My craft has much better agility than the enemy bomber, and I am all over it. Cyrus lands a hit on the enemy fighter that was following thier first wave and does well not to take any fire in return.
I keep chasing that bomber, waiting for a mistake. A drone lends it a hand by landing a hit on me that damages my manoverability and stealth capability. Cyrus does the same chasing with the fighter he lightly damaged earlier. It all goes a bit cat and mouse for a while...
Then a get 2 missiles heading right up the tailpipe of the bomber. These manage a dissapointing level of minor damage. Cyrus gets another shield damaging hit on the fighter, before colliding with it. Dsarker...
is shooting at nothing. Or is he?
Turns out he was lobbing missiles at a shuttle full of the trainees that are our target. Good job. One down, some more to go... Meanwhile, I get 2 more missiles at the bomber, whish again cause very dissapointing damage and Cyrus continues to lob missiles at the fighter, which miss but hit a scout craft nearby.
Finally, I get that bomber. It took 2 more hits but he is history. Cyrus hits the scout again, and Dsarker is doing a good job of giving the fighter a lot to worry about. We have them surrounded...
but are moving to fast and overshoot. However, the enemy have nowhere to run but into the asteroids. Sensing his end, the scout pilot ejects, into a missile that could not be traced to anyone. The pod left only dust as wreckage. This leaves 4 relativley undamaged ships with plenty of missiles against a damaged fighter. The pilot starts to wind up thier hyperspace engines, but we will chase it.
Well, I will, while you lot shoot at the abandoned scout looking to bag an easy kill. He doesnt get very far - 2 missiles from close range kill it stone dead. Dsarker finishes off the scout. Now, where are those trainees?
Ah, there they are. Well, these guys cant shoot back, so this shouldnt be too hard. We manage to find 2 and kill them, but some escape as our lack of a scout again hinders our efforts in spotting the enemy.
DebriefWell, we might not have got all the trainees, but boy did we win the battle. Firstly, we all survive. Secondly, more importantly, we dont lose any ships. I get 3 kills and a Medal of Conspicuous bravery. Cyrus bagged a shuttle. Dsarker notches up a shttle and a scout.
Pilot Roster, Ship Preference and Combat RecordsOn Duty- Lt. Monkeyhead - Fighter/Bomber (5 missions, 15 kills, 3 ships lost, 1 Gold Cross, 1 Medal of Conspicuous Bravery)
- 2nd Lt. Cyrus - High Speed (1 mission, 1 kill)
- Sgt. Dsarker - Dakka (1 mission, 2 kills)
- Pvt. Delta Foxtrot - Scout/Drone (1 mission)
At Base:- Pvt. Hexedmagica - Shields
- Pvt. Elfeater - Fighter
- Pvt. PhantomSpaceMan - Scout/LR
- Pvt. Bulldog (Clone) - Scout
- Pvt. Mormota - Fastness
- Pvt. Jerick - Fighter/Bomber
- Pvt Tarran - Speed and Shields
- Pvt. MaximumZero - GUNZ
- Pvt. Roboboy33 - Speed, Armour.
- Awaiting Further Recruits
The Glorious Dead- Sgt. Warhammer - Killed by an enemy Drone during Mission 1: Attack Hospitals (1 mission, 1 ship lost)
- Sgt. Bulldog - Killed by an enemy Drone during Mission 3: Ambush (2 missions, 1 ship lost)
- 2nd Lt. Inteuniso - Fighter/Bomber - Killed by an enemy Drone during Mission 4: Attack on Observatory (4 missions, 2 kills, 1 ship lost)
- Sgt. Hanzoku - High Speed Attack Craft - Killed by an enemy Stealth Bomber during Mission 4: Attack on Observatory (2 missions, 2 ships lost)
- Pvt. Jopax - Low Speed/Firepower - Killed by unknown enemy during Mission 4: Attack on Observatory (2 missions, 1 kill, 2 ships lost)
Apologies for the long delay in an update. A Post Christmas family visit coupled with a mound of 90 papers to mark kinda got in my way.
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