(( for the attack on the 'eggplants' ))

  witht he fighters   launching  and  Shadow Getting them to  climb  above  the  Hermes.. the Delta #1  section was  comign in,  4 wide 6  deep   with  staggered   heights.

 The delta  two was across the way..  4  wide  and  6 deep...  the   far wings  could barely be seen, and were almost ready to  make thier  turns..

 The  Burians  were coming in over top.. the Nivarains   under...

  ..This is WC Shadow to  all   section WCs..... its  your  show now.... take your figthers up over  top of the Burians..., Flanks.. You know  what to do out there more then I can see... I trust you all to handle your people well...

..Hermes?.. we  knock down  anything that isn't a cap ship..when we pass  through that  Valley of steel, if you   have a shot   at thier hanger bay, send  some   hard ammo into them. you might get lucky.

 when  we come out the other  side.  we look for    fighters  and corvettes  and sloops that might   be home defense's 2nd string.... we keep doing that until our shuttles  drop.. then?  we protect them  with our lives..... we're gonna   be   fighting , in and out of  atmo...make sure you mark on your  leg map where the  beacons for the   beach heads are.. you'll need to land there to load up..or make your  way back  if  you  POD out

 keep your heads on a swivel... watch out  for your wingman...Good Hunting!

 The   Roussian wall  started to flash

 ..Dumbasses..... Beth.. feed  some    traveling Music into them...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKw9AYPeCz8

---> Hangar Dec

Upon entering the Black, Harry would take a moment to check over her systems to make sure that all was well with her shiny new bird before moving into formation with the rest of her flight. With her in position on Kat's portside she would listen to Shadow's instructions, pulling a face at the idea of giving her life to protect ground forces but otherwise remaining silent and waiting for Kat to make the first move as the music started playing over the intercom and her nerves slowly started fading away.

   one thing Fighter pilots had over  everyone  else( except maybe  a  reporter on some small  relay shuttle trying to  get film).

  the Sheer  might and mass of the   Delta Fleet spread out  over  100,000 miles of  space, yet it seemed like you could   hop from ship  to ship,like stepping stones...add that to  the cloud of  Angry fighters masses  above the fleet,and the Influx of  ships from Nivar and Bura,  the  sight had to be   intimidating  ...

 The   'wall' of    Roussian and Empire  Cap should, would normally have  send   some  commanders to thier   war rooms  to 'rethink this'...but the massive amount of ships, looked  thin  and weak   Compared to the juggernaut that moved towards them    The flashes  of the first hurried  salvos from the   Roussian  wall  sail  past.. some unlucky fighter   on Delta 2  side  vanished  as it 'stopped  a stray  Pulse   round.. a few scattered impacts  on the elad  vessels   didn't seem to really hurt anyone...yet... on the flanks, the   scene  was related, only  by D3  and D4  as  the  started to  curl around the    Wall tiny flashes  of  well trained  gun crews ,, and   brighter   flashes of deadly impacts.

......

 Kat  COMed   HArry...  we  will be  following the LC..Da?   when   we meet thier fighters, we  break off   as  pair to take out what  we are able.... Look  for  those who would  get on out tails... and  try to bring  down those   on any one else's tail.. then>  after  we crush the eggplants.. we have much party on the Rec Dec!

...........

Machins COMed   Billie...Alright   Ensign ?  we  don't know  each other... But   i've  been here before... stay close... only veer off if you  can take one out, or you see one  on the tail of another  of our fighters...

when the  shuttles   are sent.... we   flight   over them, or next to them... it won't take long for the eggplants to understand what is about to happen... they'll send  up hot  airballons  with  a kid  and a peashooter  to try and stop us then....

 neither of us had  decent  wingmen beofre, we're  damn lucky to be alive... lets see if  we canmake up for that!
.....

Flores COMed Shadow,One   sword Maiden?... however will you cope.... she giggled.

yeah.. I should have brought a pool pilot into the Mix, but... they'd just die..besides, if   me and You, or  if it would have been me and Kat....if we can't  cut through this  purple  pilots, then maybe it was just  our time?

 another Giggle...you don't believe that...

 of course not?.. they might have alot of people in uniform..tons of  figthers and  stacks of Cap ships....but  they don't have one damn warrior...

   Blast door s  closed on the  front of the CAp ships,  The Bow was   very think Metal, the weakest  area would be the  OBs  Blast doors..and even they were  almost as  think as the side hulls..

 Arnie   had  everything secured..  Heavy paule nests    set up  so a cross fire  could hit, both the    entrance and the    windows, he ordered all the   troops there  to hook thier life lines   to the   walls or  floor, just  in case they were breeched

 the ship shook  which an impack of heavy pulse   , somewhere at the  base of the ship.. He opened   the COMs up to hear the chatter, and  Beth  allowed a  Vid  feed  , so they could see what the bridge was  seeing...

 a wall of Capships..perhaps 50  miles high.. that  went 'off screen' in each direction...

  one of the Gunner  said,we're headed right through the Middle!!..who the fuck does that...

 Arnie smiled.... Admiral Nelson.....

Kat's instructions were simple enough; follow the LC into combat, then break off into their pairs and shoot down anything not in ESN blue whilst keeping an on anything that was in ESN blue "Roger that Kat, you lead I'll follow" Harry responded in a voice that although weary didn't hold any of her previous fatalism. The odds were bad, but this was her thing; she flew around at ridiculously high speeds shooting at things with a rotary cannon full of highly explosive ammunition...what could possibly go wrong? "...crush them; yes, party not so much...in fact I'm going take a hard pass on that" she replied as she followed Kat and the rest of B flight towards the enemy.

Billie wasn’t going to throw a fit at being Machins’ wingman, when it was told to her. If anything, she approached it much like she did everything else...she went with the flow and if he proved to be a good wingman, then she wasn’t going to complain. “All I ask is to keep communicating with me so I know what is up.” She responded, as she took the appropriate spot on Machins’ side in the formation. “I guess we treat it like football eh? Only...more...deadly,” she mused, a smirk on her lips.

<=== from hangar

Nikki had launched moved over to an empty space enroute to form up in her squadron.  there she gave 2 single test fire shots, making sure she did not hit anyone.  she then commed E flight leader Fitzsimmons  "149 'Banshee' in position"

----->>>>>> From Hanger Deck

 Lizzy flew into the black and easily found Nikki and pulled next to her wingman. " 147 Phoenix in position at Banshee's wing. Lets kick some Roussian ass." Lizzy stayed with Nikki and would shoot at anything that was an enemy in her path, staying with Nikki, and take shots at any hanger decks, and any soft spot she could fire at.