(( for when we    start fighting ))

   at first, there was nothing... The shells  and Pulse  rounds   gettign well past the figthers that lead  the  Shuttles  down... as the   clouds broke,  the impacts could be scene massive  craters, broken buildings  , fire and smoke every where..

 LC Shadow here, hermes  shuttle group... there is a Lake, 1 mile back  to the  5:00 of the city. ..Land there.. Captain Nilsson?.. to the North are  4   buildign that seem not   to have been hit?... bring them  down, or knock the  damn tops off.... the work your way back to the lake... but that time the  troops  should  be sorted out  and ready to Move... ...

 Frans? You have charge of Top cover... don't let anyhting go up after the ships

 Got it  LC.... Good hunting...

  The rest of us... start  lookign for  troops, armor  or  implements, we need them shut  down  for when  the  Drop ships come..

 So saying , Shadow  shot  forwards.. it  didn't  take long to see  troops huddles   in  broken houses,  or movign across the   roads   as the last of the shells  hit...none of them expected    the  fighters yet..

 Shadow didn't waste  hard ammo on the troops,  the  Pulse  guns   flashed  tearing   up a  squad of Roussians  and they started  to  scatter  and point up..  Flores  Took out   a HW in a shattered   part of a  Building..and the  ground war  was on...

  Stoly  sent  a message for the shuttle  to  park in a trefoil witht he ramps  facing the Lake.. The Bubble guns giving them   a full field  of  fire...as thier   air cover  swoped towards the  city., the ramps came  down  and    Stoly shouted... 100 yards a way..  troops!

 the  shuttle  shook as  his  nose  cannon   fired.. and top Bubble s sent  50 cal's   down range into the trees, cutting  down  trees and surprised   Roussians that  thought the shuttles  were just trop carriers.

  The general looked  at the screens, he  only seemed  half interested  as   they only showed  more  vapor trails  from shells  comign in...

 The COM  Tech pointed at the screen suddenly..LOOK!/// some of  those  projectiles   as    curving upward!

 The General watched, his  eyes  grew big.....those  are   Aircraft!!!.. the Invasion   has begun!..send out the Fighters  and  the   bomb shuttles!

  all around the world.. Mountain  doors   opened  and  scores of aircraft  took to the  air, for thier Last   fight... with them,  dozens of  small shuttle packed  with explosives   or   wired powered cells.

 Frans  called out.....here they come..Shuttles   and   2 seaters first, knock down fighters when you need too!

     The ESN   aircraft, with practiced  pression  had   split.. Top  Covers looking  for  aircraft... others   protecting the  the shuttles  and chewing up what targets they could  find.

   as the  Rousssians  took to the   air.. the  skies  began to get darker, with the amount of  aircraft, and   smoke from dying aircraft.


...........

 Shadow   saw   a pair of    shuttles  with a pair of  fighters    to thier  3:00...Kat.. you and Harry   knock doen those shuttles... if you have time, take out the fighters.

 Da, it is already being done.... she    rolled  out   to the  3:00   sighting in  on the pack of  aircraft.


Raven and Redwater  flew as a pair, with no flight, but stayed close to   Howe  and his  flight..

  they peeled off  after   another pack of   aircraft that  came from a  Tunnel.. one   shuttles, when  translated  said," Goss fine foods"

 Howe COMed  all COMs,they are using  Civie  shuttles!!... be carfeful..they either have  troops  for bordering..or  are kamikazes

  Mac! take  the   batch on our  9:00 comign out  of that warehouse...

 got it LC.. Lets  go  Morrisson!...

 That left  Shadow  and Flores  goig into the City...Captain Nilsson.. on your way to those   towers.. drop somthing on  any warehouse you see!

---> Hangar Dec

Following the rest of the flight into the planets atmosphere, the cluster of fighters looking like shooting stars as they made their entry, Harry would head towards the ground forces and fire few bursts from her heavy pulse weapons in their general direction, with her not really aiming for anything in particular meaning that if she did hit anything then it was more out of luck than judgement.

With the arrival of enemy aircraft she would mimic Kat's roll and line herself up on the nearest of the two shuttles. With her crosshairs aiming just in front of it's nose she would gently squeeze the trigger sending a burst of 37mm rounds towards it, before arcing round to move against the other one, this time aiming for it's engines. All the while she would keep an eye on the fighters lest they decided to try and get in her way.

<===Hangar dec

Nikki lined up with the rest of her flight. Lizzy was nearby.  She moved into position to protect the shuttle. "Here we go"

  harry  and Kat  came in from the  formation's   2:00... Harry's   rounds  Hit  the  First  Shuttle,  it  Blew  to  Bits   as soon as the first  round hit and exploded, the resulting  blossom  of  fire  took  out a Fighter..


 Kat  said, That is not  good thing..da?  she   friend into    the fighter that was in her  way, and it  blew apart  as one should think an aircraft would,  she     fired  at the  second  Shuttle, But  veered off  after    the fighter  when   Harry's rounds  streamed in..

...........

 Fitz   said, alright  folks... to the   10:00 of the  Shuttle landing   area there are troops  and  armor... lets  see about whittling them down before they decide  to  greet our troopers...

    his flight  peeled off  slightly  to  begin shooting     at the copse of trees  where the Roussians were hiding..

.........

 Mac  and Billie  closed in on thier  formation...I'll take the fighters on this side..you take the  shuttles, and we'll  finish the last two fighters together....

 a second or so later the  First  fighter   fragmented   under Machin's guns

  the troops  started to pour out,  the side  shuttles    troopers   setting up with ready weapons looking to the east and west.

  Stoly's shuttle  was in the Middle, with  those troops formign up  behind it  waiting  for the SM's  orders...  2 largs each   waited with thumping tails to be   told  what to do,,,

 about them  Foster and Howe  circled   lookign form  ground  tagets, while Shadow and  Fitz' groups were  attacking   fighters  and ground troops in the area... High abover them the rest of The Hermes wing, fired on  enemy fighters that were  sent to stop them.

 a bit  to the  east, a Shuttle from one of the othert  ships  broke apart send   a score of troopers  to the  Roussian  soil from 1/2 mile in the air.

 On  either  side of the  Lake   other shuttles  Landed  and  Beacons  beacons  began to  flash, as the   sky started to  dark  again...but this time, from transport bases  ready to loose thier drop ships
 Supe  put  his  helmet on, despite the air  thatw as god...Helmets were good.

---->>>> From Hanger Deck

 Lizzy Stayed with her shuttle shooting down anything as her and Nikki escorted their shuttle down and then pulled up and she heard Fitz's orders. Lizzy replied to Nikki," Ok Fury lets go chew up some armor and troops." Lizzy would then head to 10:00 of the shuttle area and unleashed her 37mm cannons or any troops and armor she sees, staying with Nikki.
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The Morningstar peeled out of the formation a couple of kilometers above the surface, sweeping into a broad circle that kept most of the target city in its arc of fire, and easily within a few seconds' adjustment for the large artillery guns.  "Already done, LC," he responded to the instructions about hitting the four building.  Seconds later, a huge gout of earth, masonry, and fire erupted into the air at the base of one building.

"Keep at it, Ed," Ka4l instructed the AI, while he scanned the images in his targetting arrays, looking for the mentioned warehouses...

He thought he'd spotted a likely candidate when the call went out about the fighters.  "Keep the minigun and cannon warmed up, Ed, and watch for anyone sniffing after us."  The odds were low, or course...Beth's beacon-voodoo made him invisible to scanners, so they'd only pick him up visually...and with the angle and speed they were headed, that didn't seem likely.

But it was always when you acted like it couldn't possibly happen that an engine flamed out or a wing buckled, so he wasn't taking any chances.

The Morningstar circled, raining down explosive artillery shells at the base of the towers and heavy pulse rounds at the top, until the towers began to crumble and collapse into each other.
This message was last updated by the player at 22:21, Mon 11 Jan 2021.

"Fire and Fury, coming at you...oooh!. look they make pretty fireworks" as she was taking out and targets intent on getting to the shuttle they protected.

she played some attack music and commed Beth to have it go everywhere "want to play this for our side?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rinh0p_JcS8

"oh wow...that was a bigger bang than I was anticipating" Harry responded in stunned voice as she narrowly avoided the ball of fire that had resulted from her firing upon the enemy shuttle, causing her to wonder what exactly they were carrying seeing as she'd barely touched it. With this in mind Harry would be a little more cautious as she fired on the second one with her being sure to veer off quickly to avoid the resulting blast "Watch the shuttles boys and girls they go off with one hell of a bang" she called down her comms as she moved to link back up with Kat; scanning the area for any further shuttles.

Melia rode down, calmly. It was just another drop. Another opportunity to kill some demon allies. With touch down she racked a round popped her safety off and spilled out with the others heading for the nearest cover until the ground situation could be assessed.