The 14 veritech’s on CAP receive instruction to pull back to be under the protection of the UES Macross’ defensive flack/missile barrier. The two squadrons are given a set of coordinates in ‘space’ to fill outside the lane of the UES Macross’ own anti-ship/mecha weapons fire. As this occurs, Vermillion 7 (O’Neil) forms up with Reindeer 17 (Tikkanen/Lameck), while Reindeer 4 (Pak), and Reindeer 9 (Jennsen) remain in formation together.

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Once Meved and Reindeer squadrons are in place, the UES Macross begins to fire on an inbound mass of alien missiles (thousands of missiles!), the alien mecha and even the alien warships. Soon the rest of the air wing launches their long-range firebird missiles. Then the UES Macross opens up with its flack batteries.

OOC: If you have any remaining firebird missiles please make a strike roll for each one. The strike bonus will be +12 (Radar lock and frag warhead).

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While quite a few of the inbound alien missiles are intercepted there are leakers. The missiles targeting the air group are successful in destroying 44 craft of various types belonging to the air group. Other missiles strike the hull of the UES Macross itself, destroying a number of flack batteries and pepper box style missile launchers.

OOC: I didn’t bother to roll for any missiles targeting you in the above paragraph, it can be assumed you dodged/evaded/destroyed a few missiles.

[Private to Aksa Tikkanen; Lameck Phiri:
Tikkanen manages to evade 4 inbound missiles, while Lamerck jams a single inbound missile and then shoots another down with the veritech’s head lasers. Unfortunately, Knight 4 (being flown by Lieutenant Ansel Nygaard because Scorpion 13 is down for repairs) and Espada 02 both disappear from the data feed.]

[Private to Jack O'Neil:
Jack manages to evade or shoot down with lasers 6 inbound missiles.]

[Private to Gun Ho Pak:
Pak manages to evade or shoot down with lasers 6 inbound missiles.]

[Private to Douglas Jennsen:
Jennsen manages to evade 5 inbound missiles. He also witnesses a nearby wing pair (Espada 2, and Knight 4) get overwhelmed by missiles with both veritechs being destroyed.]

OOC: Please post in this thread.
This message was last edited by the GM at 03:15, Mon 08 July 2019.

Feeling more at ease among more allies Jack take a few moments to target two incoming enemies and fire his two last Firebird missiles.

"Last Firebirds away" he report as he turn his attention to the squadron. "What is the gameplan ma'm"

Action 1: Fire one Firebird at one target. 24 DMG:180 MDC

Action 2: Fire one Firebird at different target. 28 DMG: 250 MDC


20:28, Today: Jack O'Neil rolled 24 using 1d20+12 with rolls of 12.  Fire firbird missile.
20:28, Today: Jack O'Neil rolled 28 using 1d20+12 with rolls of 16.  Fire firbird missile
22:50, Today: Jack O'Neil rolled 25 using 6d6 with rolls of 2,6,3,5,5,4.  firbird missile dmg.
22:50, Today: Jack O'Neil rolled 18 using 6d6 with rolls of 6,1,5,3,1,2.  firbird missile dmg

Aksa maneuvers her planes into place and breathes a sigh of....comparative...relief as the rest of the Air Wing comes on line.

When the massed fire is unleashed she adds her final pair of reserved Firebirds to the fusillade, her hope is to hit something beyond the run of the mill, a Command Pod, or one of those EWAR platforms, but, she realizes, that ANY target deleted downrange, regardless of what it is, is going to be beneficial.

She doesn't bother calling out the missile launch, not that it would be heard above or among everyone else's chatter.

Firebird 1: UNAT 30 (Roll of 18)
Firebird 2: UNAT 25 (Roll of 13)
Target Priority: EWAR/Bomber Boat > Command Pod > Recon Pod > Missile Pod > Anything else.

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And then, the merge as the enemy return fire took it's turn, and toll. She isn't all that gentle in her maneuvering, but it is precise, again, sassy. Out of the corner of here eye she notices her Tracker shift, and confirms the worst as the wave of missiles passes. Two more pilots of hers lost. She clenched her hands against her controls and with murder in her eyes scanned over her sensors looking for gaps in her lines that need to be plugged, and issues the relevant orders to reform her line. All that's going to go straight to hell in a minute she says to herself as surviving enemy forces, some an singletons, others in little knots, some in larger clusters, breech the flak barrier.

"Reindeer Flight, here they come. Wing-men, watch your lead, wing-pair's, watch each other."

There wasn't much else she could say, they'd trained for this. The tighter the unit cohesion they could manage, the better, but even that might not be able to stand up to the swarm heading towards them.

"Vinyl, we are the only D in the squadron up and running. Play the music, and play it loud."

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Perc: 12
Mil Tactics: 100 FAIL
Theater Warfare: Aerospace: 36 PASS
This message was last edited by the player at 21:43, Mon 08 July 2019.

Before Aksa even said it Lameck had started dialing in the ECM, an just waited for the command, since he wanted to avoid e-fratricide.


With his pilot's que, he tapped the execute macro for his ECM algorithm, and hoped for the best.

OOC: Just terrible...
07:22, Today: Lameck Phiri rolled 66 using 1d100 with rolls of 66.  ECM 69.

07:22, Today: Lameck Phiri rolled 95 using 1d100 with rolls of 95.  ECM 69.

07:22, Today: Lameck Phiri rolled 96 using 1d100 with rolls of 96.  ECM 69.

07:21, Today: Lameck Phiri rolled 100 using 1d100 with rolls of 100.  ECM 69.
This message was last edited by the GM at 02:43, Mon 15 July 2019.

Josh jukes and jinks, narrowly avoiding the missiles coming at him in an almost balletic display if piloting.  However, as his head moves on a swivel from display to seeing the physical warheads coming at him, he watches as Espada 2 and Knight 4 both "but the farm."
With a howl of combined rage and sorrow at the deaths of his fellow pilots, the young man fires the last of his Firebirds at the incoming fleet.
23:36, Today: Douglas Jennsen rolled 12 using 6d6 with rolls of 2,1,1,3,2,3.  *10 Damage.  120

23:35, Today: Douglas Jennsen rolled 20 using 6d6 with rolls of 4,5,2,4,1,4.  *10 Damage. 200

23:35, Today: Douglas Jennsen rolled 15 using 6d6 with rolls of 1,1,5,3,3,2.  *10 Damage.  150

23:34, Today: Douglas Jennsen rolled 28 using 1d20+12 with rolls of 16.  Fire.

23:34, Today: Douglas Jennsen rolled 14 using 1d20+12 with rolls of 2.  Firebird Missile.

23:34, Today: Douglas Jennsen rolled 16 using 1d20+12 with rolls of 4.  Firebird Missile.