Merlin's been fine-tuning the magitech suite in the bird, finally getting set up so she can use it to it's full potential. That's why she's been so quiet- girl gets absorbed in her work pretty quickly. The shark twins, above and behind you, have been quiet as well, which is a surprise to you. You figured the two of them would chatter nonstop. There's been some shop talk between Merlin and Clarissa as the two of them work out the tuning of the witch suites, but little else, which you're ok with.

Honestly, you've found the whole thing kind of relaxing. You're sure you'll pay for that later, of course, but for right now, you're happy to accept it. You've been free to let your mind wander, and for a second, you envy Merlin and her book.

Your reverie is broken by Merlin's quiet voice. “H-Hey Frank?” She says, tentatively. “There's some radio traffic you might want to listen to. Sounds like there's something going on not too far from here.”

[] “Not our fight, Merlin. Let's just let the IJN or whoever handle it, huh?”
[] “Yeah, let's listen in. Get the twins in on it too, and see if you can get someone on the transport listening.”

>[] “Yeah, let's listen in. Get the twins in on it too, and see if you can get someone on the transport listening.”

[] “Not our fight, Merlin. Let's just let the IJN or whoever handle it, huh?”

We have a freight bird to defend

Not our fight

>>23130264
>[] “Yeah, let's listen in. Get the twins in on it too, and see if you can get someone on the transport listening.”

Practicing situational awareness is always good business.

>>23130264
[x] “Yeah, let's listen in. Get the twins in on it too, and see if you can get someone on the transport listening.”

>>23130264
[x] “Yeah, let's listen in. Get the twins in on it too, and see if you can get someone on the transport listening.”

>>23130264
>[x] “Yeah, let's listen in. Get the twins in on it too, and see if you can get someone on the transport listening.”

>>23130264
>[] “Yeah, let's listen in. Get the twins in on it too, and see if you can get someone on the transport listening.”
If there's a fight near us, we've got to be ready to defend the transport anyway.

Rolled 17

>>23130264

>[] “Yeah, let's listen in. Get the twins in on it too, and see if you can get someone on the transport listening.”

Ice. Gotta get the boss on it as well.

>>23130264
>[] “Yeah, let's listen in. Get the twins in on it too, and see if you can get someone on the transport listening.”

>>23130264
>[] “Yeah, let's listen in. Get the twins in on it too, and see if you can get someone on the transport listening.”

Knowing is half the battle

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>>23130246

This >>23130579

>>23130802
The other half is violence
Bloody, bloody violence.

>>23130264
>[x] “Yeah, let's listen in. Get the twins in on it too, and see if you can get someone on the transport listening.”

>>23130264
>[] "Yeah, let's listen in. Get the twins in on it too, and see if you can get someone on the transport listening."
Either Ice or the transport's pilot would be preferable. Better to know what's going on.

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[x] “Yeah, let's listen in. Get the twins in on it too, and see if you can get someone on the transport listening.”

“Yeah, let's listen in Merlin. Go ahead and shoot the twins a call, get them in on it, and see if you can't get hold of someone on the transport.” You say, cursing yourself for enjoying the quiet. Of course you'd jinx it. Of course!

Merlin doesn't respond- she doesn't have to. Inside of a minute, both the twins and the transport crew are listening in- joined shortly after by Katsumi and Ayumi on the transport, because none of you speak Japanese.

Katsumi's voice cuts across the excited, if unintelligible chatter. “It sounds as if elements from the Akagi and Hosho have come up against a new Soviet fighter along with the rest of the air defenses over Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, and they've been driven back against the fleet.”

You can hear the frown in her voice when she continues, moments later. “they are worried because they've lost control of the airspace over the beach landing, and there's an airborne operation en route too. If they can't re-gain air superiority, those paratroops are in big trouble.”

[] “Well, maybe we can do something about that. I'd like to get a look at this new fighter anyway.”
[] “Not much we can do, I think. Besides, I don't want to leave you all in the care of land-based defenses alone.”

>>23131205
[x] “Well, maybe we can do something about that. I'd like to get a look at this new fighter anyway.”

have the twins watch the transport

>>23131205
>You can hear the frown in her voice when she continues, moments later. “they are worried because they've lost control of the airspace over the beach landing, and there's an airborne operation en route too. If they can't re-gain air superiority, those paratroops are in big trouble.”

ok ya lets help em

>>23131205
>[] "Not much we can do, I think. Besides, I don't want to leave you all in the care of land-based defenses alone."
Stupid to go without a wingman, stupid to leave the transport undefended. We stay put unless ordered otherwise.

>>23131205
[X] “Well, maybe we can do something about that. I'd like to get a look at this new fighter anyway.”

>>23131205
>[] “Not much we can do, I think. Besides, I don't want to leave you all in the care of land-based defenses alone.”

[] “Not much we can do, I think. Besides, I don't want to leave you all in the care of land-based defenses alone.”

We wil only see that fighter when it comes for us.

>>23131205
[x]"What do you want to do, Ice? We could help them out a little, but it's not our fight."

>>23131205
>[x] Other: Ask Ice's opinion.

Remember, you are not calling the shots. You should run your battleplans before your CO before flying off.

>>23131205
[x] “Not much we can do, I think. Besides, I don't want to leave you all in the care of land-based defenses alone.”

Not our job right now, we have to report to the Sara.

>>23131205

[X] Get Ice on the channel.

"What do you think about this, Boss?"

>>23131205
>>23131250
This. Until we get orders from elsewhere we fly to protect that transport.

>>23131205
>[] “Not much we can do, I think. Besides, I don't want to leave you all in the care of land-based defenses alone.”

The IJN has their job and we have ours. But we want to be watching that general direction for contacts all the same if we can.

>>23131285
ask bosslady

>>23131317
This

>>23131317
this

Rolled 16

>>23131285

Defer to the boss.

I wonder if the girls can launch from the transport like that makeshift transport carrier.

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>>23131205
I just realized this and yes I have been slow in the pass, the Japs are invading Russia in winter.

Defer to Ice, I say stick to the transport and pass the info along.

>>23131420
oh fuck them then! stick to the transport!

>>23131420
....why

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>>23131523
Because Banzai, motherfuckers.

>>23131523
If your refering to the Image, its what the Japanese look like when staring down Russian Winter.

Though it makes me wonder, what would be Japan's current fighter considering they have their own independent armed forces rather than an SDF?

>>23131596
F-1 was mentioned in the first thread

>>23131205
>[x] “Not much we can do, I think. Besides, I don't want to leave you all in the care of land-based defenses alone.”

Can't regain air superiority with just one jet, no matter how advanced. Let's sit tight, unless we really want to play Soviet POW Quest.

>dncelir captive
Captcha agrees

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>>23131688
Taiwanese? No, that's the F-CK-1, the F-1 was made by Mitsubishi.

>>23131205

[] “Well, maybe we can do something about that. I'd like to get a look at this new fighter anyway.”

Eagles are go!

>>23131622
I mean, are they going to have new, original aircraft or is it still going to be stuff that's basically ripoffs or variants of American planes?

>>23131795
Mostly ripoffs with the odd original jet here or there for the sake of national pride.

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[x] Other! (Ask Ice)

“Katsumi, can you get the boss up there? We need to see what she wants us to do.” You say, looking out over your right wing towards the fight going on a few hundred miles away in that general direction.

“One minute.” She says, followed by the sound of movement as someone hot mics and you hear her yell down from the cockpit for Ice.

You don't hear Katsumi explain the situation- someone must have caught the mic- but Ice's voice is the next you hear.

“Ice here. Katsumi told me what was going on. I'm kind of surprised you didn't just go jetting off.” She says.

“Yeah, well,” you respond. “Trying to set a good example. What do you want us to do? We could probably do some good up there, but I'm not sure we'd have the fuel to make the Sara unless we tanked up again. And we'd have to ditch the external tanks if we got in a scrap.”

“I... I don't know.” Ice responds, sounding terribly unsure, all of a sudden.

“She means to say,” Katsumi cuts in “That you're going to have to make the call. We're well inside the IJA's air defense network, so we don't need the fighter escort.”

[] “Sounds fine to me. Spellcaster 2 is separating and headed north.”
[] “We're sticking with you. I have every bit of faith in the aircrews of the IJN.”

>>23131877
[X] “Sounds fine to me. Spellcaster 2 is separating and headed north.”

Let's do this.

>>23131877
>[x] “Sounds fine to me. Spellcaster 2 is separating and headed north.”

that new fighter needs to be tested

>>23131877
[x] “Sounds fine to me. Spellcaster 2 is separating and headed north.”

>>23131877


[] “Sounds fine to me. Spellcaster 2 is separating and headed north.”

>>23131877
>[] “Sounds fine to me. Spellcaster 2 is separating and headed north.”

gonna go pewpewpew

>>23131877
[x] “Sounds fine to me. Spellcaster 2 is separating and headed north.”.

We go for one pass. Unload our missiles at it and GTFO.

[] “We're sticking with you. I have every bit of faith in the aircrews of the IJN.”

Last time we played hero we ended up with some Tomcat in our body. And an PTSD'ing RIO.

>>23131877
>[x] “We're sticking with you. I have every bit of faith in the aircrews of the IJN.”

Come on, can we stick to our flightplan just ONCE?

Rolled 7

>>23131877

>unsure ice

>wut

[x] “Sounds fine to me. Spellcaster 2 is separating and headed north.”

Pop by for a quick looksee, have the twins cover the transport.

"We'll be careful."

>>23131877
[x] “Sounds fine to me. Spellcaster 2 is separating and headed north.”
We can at least get eyes on the new enemy fighter and help the IJA break off if needed.

>>23131937
how about no we kill that thing

You guys have shiny new toy syndrome. Or a variant there of.

Rolled 6

>>23131877

At the worst we can have the Sara launch a refueling mission or perhaps the twin's craft is setup for buddy tanking to help get us to the sara after the battle.

>>23131949
Such is life in the US Navy.

>>23131877
>[] “We're sticking with you. I have every bit of faith in the aircrews of the IJN.”

>>23131877
>[] "We're sticking with you. I have every bit of faith in the aircrews of the IJN."
Stay with the girls. We go off gallivanting on our own and this could get ugly real fast.

>>23131877
>[X] “Sounds fine to me. Spellcaster 2 is separating and headed north.”
Is it really a choice?

>>23131973
Remember the last thing we decided we had to kill? Remember what that kill cost us?

Was it worth it?

If the fighting is around "Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk", things must be going bad, given that it should still be called Toyohara and is the capital of Japanese South Sakhalin.

>>23131877
>[x] “We're sticking with you. I have every bit of faith in the aircrews of the IJN.”
Yea, no.

>>23131877
>[] “We're sticking with you. I have every bit of faith in the aircrews of the IJN.”

The fuel situation is apparently uncertain. What happens to a jet fighter when it runs out of fuel? We're not guaranteed any tankers. And the way Fronk's luck goes, the EXACT FUCKING SECOND we go jetting off to play cowboy, the shit is gonna hit the fan.

>>23132006
Considering the Russian Pacific fleet is practically nonexistent now and Japan jumped into the war, yeah, probably.

>>23131877

[X] “Sounds fine to me. Spellcaster 2 is
separating and headed north.”

Head for a look, but if it looks or gets ugly, we bug out fast.

>>23132006
We CAN'T start thinking like that.

>>23131877
>[] “Sounds fine to me. Spellcaster 2 is separating and headed north.”

>>23132036
The Russian Pacific fleet was practically non-existent before we did anything.

>>23132006
we had to kill that monster! they made there choice in that battle

>>23131973
You do realize we don't have an idea combat load? We're not fully fueled and I doubt we have our full missile load either. We're better off doing a BVR hit and run rather than risk a drawn out dogfight.

>>23132007
Uh, guys, I think maybe we should pay more attention to this.

>>23132042
Starting to think like that might get us to life until our 89s. And our RIO to her 70s

>>23131877
[x] “We're sticking with you. I have every bit of faith in the aircrews of the IJN.”
Either the IJN stops them, or those Soviet fighters breakthrough and they could come after the transport.

>>23132104
wow way to be a buzz kill

>>23131877
[x] “We're sticking with you. I have every bit of faith in the aircrews of the IJN.”

Not fully loaded for combat, so we would make little difference, also we have to report in first.

Lets stay with the transport for now

>>23131877
>[x] “Sounds fine to me. Spellcaster 2 is separating and headed north.”

>>23132104
First, women live longer. Second, we start thinking if the cost worth the reward or end goal, we will start second guessing everything.

>>23132068
It's the Cold War. The Soviet Union still had a formidable navy at the time before the budget cuts set in.

>>23131877
[x] “We're sticking with you. I have every bit of faith in the aircrews of the IJN.”

>>23131877
We are loaded with a pair of Agiles. And that's pretty much it. We needz dakka. We can do a turn around at the Airbase. Get loaded up for combat capabilities and then buzz right the fuck out of there.

>>23132068
uh no they had a big navy around this time

>>23131877
>[x] “We're sticking with you. I have every bit of faith in the aircrews of the IJN.”

We have no business being over there. The standing orders are to escort the transport and get to our carrier. Why you all are spoiling for a fight, is beyond me.

>>23131877
>[] “Sounds fine to me. Spellcaster 2 is separating and headed north.”

Have the 3 legged shark stay with the transport. And lets just do recon at first. No need to go headlong into an unknown situation

I smell a fuck ton of same fagging for "Let's go for it."

>>23132198
Or we could just not go at all? Our load out isn't really meant for this type of a fight.

>>23132201
wow some people want to fight and you call same fag

>>23132087
8 Agiles and 4 AMRAAMs, iirc.

>>23132220
>>23132177
from last thread
>8 agiles, 4 AMRAAMS
we're kitted out to fight, but honestly I can't figure whether we should sally forth or guard the witches in the transport.

>>23131877
>[x] “We're sticking with you. I have every bit of faith in the aircrews of the IJN.”

>>23132224
The amount is off. That's why I call same fag

[x] “We're sticking with you. I have every bit of faith in the aircrews of the IJN.

It's not yet urgent and the last thing we want to do is look like glory seekers

>>23132188

A big navy of a ton of submarines and a few destroyers...ZERO aircraft carriers.

>>23131877
[x] “Sounds fine to me. Spellcaster 2 is separating and headed north.”

>>23132296

>an option I don't like becomes popular
>"HURR SAMEFAG"

We've got twelve missiles, which is more than a full combat load for most birds, let's lend a hand.

guys think of the landing forces. do you want to fuck em over?

>>23131877
[x] “Sounds fine to me. Spellcaster 2 is separating and headed north.”

Maybe we'll get a chance to earn a better nickname than Eagle of Place I Was Shot Down At.

>>23132287
here

changing my vote to stay with them. I feel that less horrible things will happen this way, especially since I'm assuming they can't deploy off the transport

>>23132336
>ZERO aircraft carriers

What is the Minsk and the Novorossiysk?

Rolled 12

>>23132296

Huurr Durr

>>23132336
...I am done with you

>>23132379
the Kiev class were aircraft carriers in the same way that assault guns were/are real tanks

>>23132379
Helicopter cruisers. Even the Kiev, the closest thing to a carrier they ever completed before 1991, could only operate shitty Yak-38s. The Soviets had nothing on par, in the same class as, or even in the same CATEGORY as the Kitty Hawk in their inventory.

>>23131877
[X] “We're sticking with you. I have every bit of faith in the aircrews of the IJN.”
Our current job is to protect the witches. Let's do that.

>>23132415
And you forgot to mention the flying aircraft carrier and the 2 dreadnoughts that we just sank a couple threads ago.

If anything, the SWQU Soviet fleet was MORE threatening than the real one before Frank fucked em up.

>>23132442
Oh, excuse me. I got the Minsk confused with the Moskva. The same point still applies.

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>>23132452
I will bet that the reds have more flying carriers

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>>23132415
>assault guns were/are real tanks
Hey, talking shit about the Stug?
>>23132442
I conceded.

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>>23132473
Even the Kiev-class couldn't support a wing of more than 12 craptastic VTOL fighters. Battlecarriers are an inherently hilarious concept

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>>23132501
No, but at the same time, assault guns =/= tanks. There are fantastic applications for them, just that trying to use them as real tanks would end poorly

>>23132544
Actually it Jags Panzers.

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>>23132501
>>23132544
>>23132567
Oh hey, guess I get to use this.

>>23132596
>it Stugs
every time

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[x] “Sounds fine to me. Spellcaster 2 is separating and headed north.”

“Sounds fine to me. Spellcaster two, flight of two is separating and headed north. We'll see you on the ground. C'mon Lissa, let's go pick a fight.” You respond, banking your wyvern north and separating from the transport.

“Sounds good to me.” Alyssa responds, mirroring your movement.

“Us. Sounds good to us.” Her sister adds.

You gradually increase your throttles, stopping short of the A/B line. Still, your airspeed indicator climbs upward steadily, breaking mach 1 very quickly. The familiar shudder of your fighter's wings and tails folding for high speed flight takes a second to pass- the flight computers compensating marvelously for what would otherwise be a really shitty transition.

Merlin, ever on top of things, has been trying to find a way to talk to the IJN fleet elements- without much luck. Language barriers are a bitch like that. Finally, giving up, she sets up a relay with Katsumi, who manages to get you up with some ensign on the IJN Hosho, one of their newest carriers, supposedly better even than the newest CVNs in the US navy. Apparently, this kid is one of the few aboard that speak English fluently.

1/2

“Hosho, this is spellcaster two, flight of two. We're armed and spoiling for a fight. Can you vector?” You call, watching the miles to area melt away under your jet. You're only barely restraining yourself from shaking- you're not sure if you're excited or scared. First time this has ever happened, too.

A very affected drawl greets you. “Ayeeeeeep. This here is IJN hosho pardnur. Callsign Cowboy. Take heading three-three-zero, they's riiiight off the coast. Be careful, one injun's new, we'ins 'callin it Vampire.”

The kid's accent is somewhere between 'Texas' and 'Tokyo' and it leaves a lot to be desired- but morale aboard the fleet's gotta be high if he's still that laid back.

“Roger Cowboy. We're supersonic, be there in five minutes.” You respond, mentally willing your fighter to go faster. “Hey Merlin, start transferring off whatever you can from the wing tanks into the internal tanks, we're gonna have to drop 'em.”

“Got it Frank. There's not too much left in them anyway, just enough to top off one and two. Do you want me to get the sensors up and running?” She, at least, sounds a lot more confident- a lot more like the old Merlin.

[] “Yeah, see what we can see.”
[] “Nah, they don't need to know we're en route yet. Let's keep it a surprise till we're in the fight.”

>>23132666
[x] “Nah, they don't need to know we're en route yet. Let's keep it a surprise till we're in the fight.”

>implying we ever go in nose-hot

>>23132666
[x] “Nah, they don't need to know we're en route yet. Let's keep it a surprise till we're in the fight.”

Against an unknown enemy, surprise is our only advantage. Hold off on the radar until we get into weapon range. See if we can't get data off the IJN's radars instead.

>>23132666
>[] “Yeah, see what we can see.”
I don't want to go in blind.

>>23132666
[] “Nah, they don't need to know we're en route yet. Let's keep it a surprise till we're in the fight.”

>>23132666
>Vampire
hmmmm ADMM'S?

[x] “Nah, they don't need to know we're en route yet. Let's keep it a surprise till we're in the fight.”

>>23132654
>supposedly better even than the newest CVNs in the US navy.
The Jap's wish.
>>23132666
[x] “Nah, they don't need to know we're en route yet. Let's keep it a surprise till we're in the fight.”

>Vampire
NO,NO,NO

>>23132721
vampire?

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>>23132596
This is a Zellendusche. It dusches Zellen.

Rolled 12

>>23132666

>Vampire

....Fuuuu

When did they get their mittens inside China Lake?

[z] “Nah, they don't need to know we're en route yet. Let's keep it a surprise till we're in the fight.”

>>23132666
[x] “Nah, they don't need to know we're en route yet. Let's keep it a surprise till we're in the fight.”
Can we zorch them? I wanna zorch them.

>>23132666
>Kenichi Smith
Dohoho

>[] “Nah, they don't need to know we're en route yet. Let's keep it a surprise till we're in the fight.”
whatever we do, make sure the sharks do the same.

>>23132732
It usually means "Inbound Cruise Missle", at least in NATO code. The Japs must apparently not be using NATO code, or that guy would be a lot less laid-back.

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>>23132734
OH THAT VAMPIRE! I TOLD YOU THEY HAD A SPY!

>>23132666
>[] "Nah, they don't need to know we're en route yet. Let's keep it a surprise til we're in the fight."
Not gonna do us much good if it's a CFA-44, anyway...

>>23132666
>[] “Nah, they don't need to know we're en route yet. Let's keep it a surprise till we're in the fight.”

>>23132734
You do realize that the Soviets DO have their own R&D for fighters, as well as access to Martian tech, right? They didn't steal ALL of their ideas from the US.

Anyways, the only Vampire fighter on record are old British WWI and WWII era planes. The only other relevant use is that "Vampire" is NATO speak for incoming anti-ship missiles.

>Vampire

Oh boy Nosferatu time

>>23132780
http://acecombat.wikia.com/wiki/CFA-44_Nosferatu

>>23132747
>>23132732
This>>23132753

Wish it was missiles...

>>23132734
>>23132753
Why is it that every time Russia gets a fancy new plane everybody assumes they stole it from the US?

The existence of the flying aircraft carrier, the supersubs, the Bitch, and the Witch Tanks suggest they actually do have their own well funded R&D department.

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Rolled 12

>>23132753

>Nosferatu

We'regonnagetshotdownwe'regonnagetshotdownwe'regonnagetshotdown

>>23132791

>I'm gonna fail at life, even at sageing

>>23132814
this plane or a copy of it was in china lake...

Rolled 13

>>23132814

Like how they stole the idea of putting a witch in something other than a striker?

Out there somewhere, Jake is cursing Fronk's name.

>>23132819
also to make it worse...it piloted by a witch

>>23132814
Like they stole the Bomb.

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>>23132739

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>>23132850
we've got an RIO witch, and our wingsharkplane has 2 witches. everyone with the negative waves!

...Admittedly I didn't play much Ace Combat

>>23132882
yes!

>>23132753
The Wyvern can totally take on the Nosferatu, right?

...right?

nb4 sharktwins get fragged

>>23132910
admm's is MANY missiles that can lock on to air, land and sea targets all at once and fire off a wave of em

>>23132925
if it has adamm's no chance in hell. If it has the railgun we might have a chance

>>23132925
It has a better chance than just about anything else.

Just don't go headon against the EML and be aware that his missiles are all-aspect.

>>23132966
Dodging ADMMs isn't that hard, and they run out fast.

You gotta keep turnin' and burnin' and go for snap-shots.

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>>23132828
Eh, the plane in China Lake looks a bit like the Nosferatu but it's not an exact copy...

>>23132666
[X] “Yeah, see what we can see.”
LET'S DO THIS.

Also isn't a requirement for air controllers is to know English? Kind of like how it is for subs.

>>23132666
[] “Nah, they don't need to know we're en route yet. Let's keep it a surprise till we're in the fight.”

Revenant vs Vampire. This going to be interesting.

so when to we get to upgrade to a FFR-41MR?

>>23132966
>>23132991
>>23132925
Actually, I think performance-wise, the Wyvern might beat out the Nosferatu. Generally the Nosferatu's only high point is the ADMMs.

>>23133009
>Kind of like how it is for subs.
It's like that for Submarines too? Never knew that, but yes it is a requirement for air traffic controllers.

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This is a Mehrzweckwaffe 1.
It zwecks mehr Waffen.

>>23133094
And redonculous manoeuvrability. We're gonna get raped if we try to knife-fight, we'll need to stick to long-range gun runs and force him into long turns.

>>23133112
>Japan not being a bunch of provincial shitbags
I can see them, not being stomped in WWII, being Imperial Japan-lite.

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>>23132995
Personally I hope this is what we saw.

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>>23133130

>>23133184
> implying Wyverns can't fogfight.

Its like you never played any AC before 6.

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>>23133228
Ara ara, Musuko-san!
If you keep this up, your Kaa-san will- *popopopopop*

Guys, you cant compare the Wyvern and Nosferatu. They're not even in the same game and the end planes are all redonculous anyway.

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>>23133228
>>23133334
If any of you poor bastards in here were infantry, please change your pants, pronto.

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>>23133200
Every time I see that thumbnail it reminds of the Swordfish II.
It's that fucking staircase.

>>23133356
The Nosferatu probably edges out the Wyvern by a little bit anyway. The real fuckplane in 5 is the Falken, even though the Wyvern takes like six times as long to unlock.

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[x] “Nah, they don't need to know we're en route yet. Let's keep it a surprise till we're in the fight.”

“Nah, they don't need to know we're on the way just yet.” You respond, hoping that this 'vampire' doesn't have sensors that can pick you up without you knowing it.

The dogfight is low- perilously low. Fighters duck and weave among the ships of the IJN battlegroup, while tracers from CWIS and Radar-controlled AA mounts stab skyward, searching for hostile fighters. One of the carriers- the smaller of the two- belches smoke from a hit along her side, while the larger launches a brace of SAMs that claim a Mig.

The chaos of the dogfight is such that you can't even see the mystery fighter- for all you know, it already separated and you're just wasting your time. You can clearly make out Mig-29s, though. The IJN's F-14J+ and F-4EJ fighters seem to be doing well enough- and it looks like they may be regaining the upper hand here amongst their ships.

“There! Frank, eight low! Look!” Merlin cries, and you instinctively crane your neck around to where she directed.

Below, a fighter latches onto the tail of a pair of Japanese tomcats, staying with them despite their pilot's evasive maneuvers. Gunfire erupts from the wing roots of the fighter, chewing into the tail of one tomcat, causing it to rapidly come apart in mid-air, it's crew ejecting a split second before their fighter begins a death roll. The other tomcat, now alone, banks hard and dives for the deck, not too far below.

“That's gotta be it! Man, look at him go!” Alyssa says. “I want a piece of that! C'mon Frank, let's get into it!”

[] “Fine. Stay on my wing, let's see if we can nail this guy.”
[] “Break and start killing Flankers! If we turn the tide bad enough, he's not gonna want to stay and play!”
[] “Negative, it's no good. No good. Break and disengage!”

>>23133413
>[x] “Break and start killing Flankers! If we turn the tide bad enough, he's not gonna want to stay and play!”


FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK

Rolled 3

>>23133413

[x] “Fine. Stay on my wing, let's see if we can nail this guy.”

We knock this guy out, we decide this battle.

>>23133413
>[] “Fine. Stay on my wing, let's see if we can nail this guy.”
He is preoccupied already lets get him now, the fleet can take care of the flankers

>>23133413
>[x] “Break and start killing Flankers! If we turn the tide bad enough, he's not gonna want to stay and play!”

Plus we don't want to get stuck in with him only to get bushwacked by a fucking Flanker. Kill the wingmen first.

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Rolled 11

>>23133413

>[] “Fine. Stay on my wing, let's see if we can nail this guy.”

Fronk's creed means we're gonna dieeeee

>>23133413
>[x] “Fine. Stay on my wing, let's see if we can nail this guy.”

>>23133413
>[] “Negative, it's no good. No good. Break and disengage!”
We don't know what this thing can do.

>>23133413
[X] “Fine. Stay on my wing, let's see if we can nail this guy.”

Let's do this.

>>23133413
>[] “Fine. Stay on my wing, let's see if we can nail this guy.”
Don't want the fucker on our Six.

>>23133413
[x] “Fine. Stay on my wing, let's see if we can nail this guy.”
Make sure we're recording everything, people are gonna want intel on it.

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>>23133413
Let's put some sparkle-missiles in his ass.

[x} "Fine-

>>23133413
>[] “Break and start killing Flankers! If we turn the tide bad enough, he's not gonna want to stay and play!”
It's more important that we get clear out the Flankers to take pressure off of the ships.

>>23133504
Ghost probably spaced for second.

>>23133413

[X] “Fine. Stay on my wing, let's see if we can nail this guy.”

Well, this is a good chance to see how the Shark Twins fly; We the Players haven't seen that yet. Incidentally, shouldn't the other choice read "Fulcrums" rather than "Flankers", or are there Su-27's mixed in with the MiG-29's?

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>>23133516
[x] “Fine. Stay on my wing, let's see if we can nail this guy.”

Goddamnit Frank you are not a Champion of Chaos.

Kill the Flankers you morons, didn't the flying carrier teach you anything?

>>23133413
[x] “Fine. Stay on my wing, let's see if we can nail this guy.”

Let that fucker ride home on the octarine trail.

Rolled 17

>>23133450

Changing.

[x] Kill the flankers.

Remove the sidebosses

>>23133413
>[] “Fine. Stay on my wing, let's see if we can nail this guy.”

The IJN aren't total pushovers, they can handle the rest. They'll be fine, let's focus on the new challenger.

>>23133594
If the Vampire has ADMM's it won't mater.

Rolled 7

>>23133413

>[] “Break and start killing Flankers! If we turn the tide bad enough, he's not gonna want to stay and play!”

Kill everything else first. Then we fuck up this bastard.

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>>23133413
>[] “Break and start killing Flankers! If we turn the tide bad enough, he's not gonna want to stay and play!”
It'll either scare him or force him to come at us. Either way it'll take some heat off the IJN ships and aircraft

>>23133413
[x] “Fine. Stay on my wing, let's see if we can nail this guy.”

>>23133413
>[] “Fine. Stay on my wing, let's see if we can nail this guy.”
Might as well stay formed up till we frag this fucker.

Rolled 10

>>23133413

>[x] “Break and start killing Flankers! If we turn the tide bad enough, he's not gonna want to stay and play!”

Don't waste the missiles shooting something that will evade them easily.

[x] “Break and start killing Flankers! If we turn the tide bad enough, he's not gonna want to stay and play!”

If we get rid of the flankers, more IJN jets should be able to help against the fighter

inb4 that jet has a witch in it

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>>23133413
[X] “Fine. Stay on my wing, let's see if we can nail this guy.”
Let's try and not fuck this up.

Break and engage Flankers. Pointless to get on Nosferatu's ass just to get surprise-butt-sexed by his wingmen.

>>23133594
judging from the votes, apparently not. Then again SW89's readers are mostly retards in regards to modern tactics.

>>23133618
You do know that even with Mars tech ADMMs are kinda farfetched? And that a real plane could carry like one load?

>>23133699

Hasn't most modern air combat devolved to who has the better jet? I mean, the USAF pretty badly outclassed everything it shot down, techwise, over Iraq.

>>23133413
[x] “Break and start killing Flankers! If we turn the tide bad enough, he's not gonna want to stay and play!”

>>23133413
[x] “Break and start killing Flankers! If we turn the tide bad enough, he's not gonna want to stay and play!”

Please don't be stupid. Please don't be stupid. Please don't be stupid. Please don't be stupid. Please don't be stupid. Please don't be stupid.

>>23133413
>[x] “Fine. Stay on my wing, let's see if we can nail this guy.”

The IJN can handle the standard Soviet fighters. What they CAN'T handle is the Vampire, which is picking apart their air defense. We have to shoot it down, or at the very least occupy its attention long enough for the IJN to gain the upper hand.

>>23133413
>[] Go after MiGs.
But stick together.

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>>23133733
Fucking this. Kill the one with super-radar and super-missiles before he wipes out the IJN's air wing.

>>23133413
[X] “Fine. Stay on my wing, let's see if we can nail this guy.” Let's do this

>>23133413
>[x] “Break and start killing Flankers! If we turn the tide bad enough, he's not gonna want to stay and play!”

Sure is samefag in here today.

>>23133699
We have the rest of the IJN to cover our asses. The Wyvern is the only thing in the air that can even pose a serious threat to the Vampire. It will definitely gun for us if we let it.

>>23133804
Apparently SW89 players can't seem to agree on anything.

>>23133804

That word should be added to the autoban list.

>>23133731
it's not one on one though but rather a group effort and in the last battle too much time got wasted going straight for the carrier as opposed to the other fighters or the dreads. repeating the same mistake may win the battle but with ghastly costs.

>>23133805
it'd be hard if some flankers decided to back up the vampire. Sure Frank has a nice plane but dealing with more than one foe wouldn't be easy.

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>>23133413
Huh. I kinda thought it looked a bit similar... I mean, minus the weird canards and extended wingtip.

Okay, yeah a lot of differences but those engines do remind me a lot of a certain plane's...

>>23133832
>about 30 votes so far
>implying they're all legit
No disrespect to Ghost but come on.

>>23133846
What part of "IJN covering our asses" did you not see?

We're not the only plane in the air, you know.

>>23133852
I never appriciated how flanker-like its ass was.

>>23133943
Think that one has Flanker engines for testing, the production one will have fancy vectoring nozzles

>>23133413
[X] “Break and start killing Flankers! If we turn the tide bad enough, he's not gonna want to stay and play!”

Can't we send the two after the flankers while we go after the other one?

>>23133964
>Taking on a ace pilot without a wingman.
>2013

Do you even dogfight

>>23133895
We don't know exact numbers of both sides, thus as far as we know there's more flankers than IJN jets

>>23133979
I blame Ace Combat

>>23133413
>[] “Break and start killing Flankers! If we turn the tide bad enough, he's not gonna want to stay and play!”

Keep the pressure off our side and then we can start applying it to them.

>>23133731
The thing is that the USAF made sure it had more jets in the air than the enemy. It's really hard to fight against a numerical disadvantage by tech alone and it's better to have the numbers AND the tech.

>>23133989
And an entire IJN fleet with SAMs and CIWS systems, too.

Ghost even stated that it looks like the IJN is winning the battle, even with the Vampire's interference. If we can take it out of the battle either by shooting it down or keeping it busy, the IJN can pull a win out of this.

>>23133964

"That was some of the best flying I've seen yet, right up to the part where you got killed. You never, never leave your wingman."

>>23134025
The sad part is that in an even numbers fight a F-18/MiG 29 will go 50-50 in a dog fight with a F-22 or F-35 because the 22 is not designed with the concept of dog fighting in mind and the 35 is a piece of engineering shit that should have never passed the design step.

[x] “Fine. Stay on my wing, let's see if we can nail this guy.”

You have to admit, her energy is infectious. You clamp down on the shakes with an iron fist, forcing your body to bend to your will- your hands stop wanting to tremble, your heart resumes it's resting rate, and that sharp pain in your side subsides.

“Stay on my wing, Lissa. Let's get this guy.” You snarl, rolling inverted and jamming your throttles forward.

He's good, and in a bleeding edge jet. But he's distracted- the second 'cat pilot is an artist, damn near reversing it on the Soviet pilot more than once. He keeps the mystery mig tied up enough that you get a shot on it- your nose guns roaring their challenge across the sky.

The soviet pilot jinks at the last second, suddenly aware the fight's gone up a notch. Breaking into your attack, he dives, gaining airspeed and bringing his aircraft below the decks of most of the ships- meaning their guns are having trouble tracking him.

1/2

>>23134137
B-but dogfighting is totally a thing of the past! Just like in Vietnam!

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You have no such trouble, but this guy is good, you grudgingly admit. Switching to Agiles, you're still unable to gain a shot as he twists around the bow of the Hosho, disappearing yet again from your tracking HMD.

Around you, the dogfight rages- the IJN fighters, now free of the predatory super mig, are reaping a fierce toll on the soviet aircraft.

The Mig's slowly gaining separation- either he's just faster than you, or he's cutting his turns closer- it's scant few feet at a time, almost nothing in real meaning, but it's something that’ll build against you, eventually allowing him to turn the tables.

You, unlike the soviet pilot, are able to keep situational awareness- one of the advantages of a two-seat aircraft. It's why, when a Fulcrum dives in on you, he only gets two rounds into- causing Merlin to scream- you before you turn clear of his guns and the twins smoke his ass. You feel a slight vibration, and there's no wind. Can't be a cockpit hit. Can't be.

[] “You Ok Merlin? We need to stay in this if you are!”
[] “Spellcaster two two, I'm hit. Breaking off. Cowboy! I need the nearest airstrip!”

>>23134103
>You never, never leave your wingman.
Ya know what, just have the whole list of how to be the best wingman ever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hjso35OpXNk

>>23134137
The only way an F-22 is in a turning fight with a 4th gen fighter is if the F-22 pilot has fucked up big time, and it still has thrust vectoring.

The F-35 is a mediocre strike aircraft pretending to be a fighter.

>>23134184
[x] “You Ok Merlin? We need to stay in this if you are!”

>>23134184
>[] “You Ok Merlin? We need to stay in this if you are!”

...

>>23134184
>[] “You Ok Merlin? We need to stay in this if you are!”

>>23134184
>[] “You Ok Merlin? We need to stay in this if you are!”
Oh shit.

>>23134184
>[x] “You Ok Merlin? We need to stay in this if you are!”

if we pull out that THING will start hunting again

>>23134184
>[] “You Ok Merlin? We need to stay in this if you are!”

>>23134184
[X] “You Ok Merlin? We need to stay in this if you are!”

Trying to run will only get us shot in the ass.

>>23134184
[X] “You Ok Merlin? We need to stay in this if you are!”

>>23134184
>[] “You Ok Merlin? We need to stay in this if you are!”

Let's see if we can't stay in this.

>>23134184
>[x] “Spellcaster two two, I'm hit. Breaking off. Cowboy! I need the nearest airstrip!”

Fight's decided. Japs win. BUG OUT.

>>23134184
[x] “You Ok Merlin? We need to stay in this if you are!”

Have Merlin or the twins try and get a visual on the damage.

Rolled 6

>>23134184

>[] “You Ok Merlin? Merlin you alright!? We need to stay in this if you are!”

>>23134184
[] “You Ok Merlin? We need to stay in this if you are!”

Merlin! Merlin you alright back there!? Answer me!

>>23134203
The only way an F-4 is in a turning fight with a Farmer is if the F-4 pilot has fucked up big time.

[] “Spellcaster two two, I'm hit. Breaking off. Cowboy! I need the nearest airstrip!”

>>23134184
>[] “You Ok Merlin? We need to stay in this if you are!”

>>23134184

>[] “You Ok Merlin? We need to stay in this if you are!”

That Soviet fuck in the superfighter is dead.

>>23134184
[X] “You Ok Merlin? We need to stay in this if you are!”
We need to figure out whether or not Merlin is ok. If she is in any way injured we should pull out.

>>23134251
At least the F-22's missiles actually work.

>>23134158
>and that sharp pain in your side subsides.
That's probably not too good.
>>23134184
[x] “You Ok Merlin? We need to stay in this if you are!”
Best not bullshit us girl.

>>23134184
>[] “You Ok Merlin? We need to stay in this if you are!”
For nothing else, we need to know if she's okay.

>>23134251
Yeah yeah but a Raptor is stealth and still has a gun, so the situation isn't exactly analogous.

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>>23134184
Imagine this jackass dropping out of the blue on us, if we had gone like a nugget after the fulcrums.

>>23134282
unlike it's O2 supply

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>>23134184
>[] “You Ok Merlin?"
Fuck staying in the fight, fuck the Soviets, fuck the Japs, fuck everything. Merlin is all that maters.

>>23134299

All the same, F-23 was better. ATF dickheads.

>>23134184
>[x] “You Ok Merlin? We need to stay in this if you are!”
I knew it was coming. I KNEW IT.

>>23134308
He'd have been chasing after that Tomcat and we wouldn't have gotten bounced.

>>23134184
>[] "You OK Merlin? We need to stay in this if you are!"
Ask the sharks if they can get a visual on the damage.

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>>23134308
Imagine how much we'll kick his ass now that we have the drop on him

>>23134282
>>23134299
Still, that "dogfighting is dead" attitude was a major cause of the frankly PATHETIC American kill-ratio in the early stages of 'Nam. Now don't get me wrong, I LIKE the 22, I just get hinky whenever people try to say that it'd never need to dogfight. And the F-4 WAS pretty fucking stealthy for it's day. It basically wrote the book on "kill 'em BVR".
>>23134317
They actually fixed that. Right before the gubmint cut the funding and put it into the F-35 Shitning.

>>23134203
That's adorable. As Red Flag Alaska Fall 2012 proved that thrust vectoring means absolutely nothing if the plane is not designed to take advantage of it in a close quarters fight. Also: They said the same thing about the F-4 in 'Nam and look how that turned out? At least they didn't pull the guns this time.

>>23134348
I'm with you on that one.

>>23134184

[x] “Spellcaster two two, I'm hit. Breaking off. Cowboy! I need the nearest airstrip!”

>>23134184
>[] “Spellcaster two two, I'm hit. Breaking off. Cowboy! I need the nearest airstrip!”

>>23134184

[X] “You Ok Merlin? We need to stay in this if you are!”

Make sure adorable RIO isn't hurt. Have the twins give a visual on how bad we're hit.

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>>23133751
>please don't be stupid
>picks the worst choice

l o l

[] “You Ok Merlin? We need to stay in this if you are!”

Oh crap.

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>>23134348
It's better looking then the '22 as well.

>>23134317

It was the fucking pressure suit, idiot, not the O2 supply.

>>23134369
Agreed.

[x] “Spellcaster two two, I'm hit. Breaking off. Cowboy! I need the nearest airstrip!”

No need to take risks here; we bug out and retreat as any moment wasting time might be important.

>>23134400
>Crix
Go back to gobbling down dick.

>>23134361
>revving
Shouldn't that be 'whining' or 'angsting' instead?

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>>23134437
>anonymous

oh man I SURE AM SCARED

>>23134434
fuck that!

This is what your thrist for glory gets you, dumb fucks and I KNEW it was going to happen, some plane taking a pot shot.

it's mind-blowing how stupid people are about this.

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It's not enough that you idiots had to put the lives of everyone on the transport in jeopardy and get one of our own killed / wounded, now you're trying to stay in the fight while merlin bleeds out?

FUCK you people.

>>23134488
...were at war

>>23134488
You can't say for certain that it wouldn't of happen if we went for the Fulcrum's.

>>23134506
We also had orders to escort a transport and report to a carrier. People went out of their way to pick /this/ fight. Congrats.

>>23134506
If we went after the other planes then we could have taken on the vampire without incident.

Stop trying to justify your overcompensating hero complex.

>>23134498
Which is why we're asking her if she's alright.

>>23134488
>it's mind-blowing how stupid people are about this.
Yeah. People like you. It's a furball, that potshot could have happened even if we had waded in to take on the Fulcrums. AND you NEVER LEAVE YOUR WINGMAN!
>>23134498
>while merlin bleeds out
We don't even know if she's been hit yet, you moron.
>>23134537
This isn't Ace Combat. You can't just kill everything in the sky. We've got 12 missiles, and only a few hundred rounds for our guns.

>>23134454
The fuck? How does that even make sense?

>>23134506

WE AREN'T SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OUTCOME OF THE WAR, YOU STUPID FUCK.

Do you think real life is like ace combat? It isn't. Fuck you.

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>>23134537
>>23134506
Or maybe, new plane=new missiles
New missiles=shit load of dead suns
Pounce before the IJN gets gutted.

>>23134552
ace combat logic is "go after the target and nothing else" Not to mention "we're the only important ones in the war"

>>23134580
And real dogfight logic is "Don't ditch your wingman.", and "don't try to take on everything in the sky."

>>23134184
>[x] “You Ok Merlin? We need to stay in this if you are!”

>>23134537
If we went after the Fulcrums there was the very real chance the Vampire would bounce US.

>>23134556
This isn't real life.

Also given the proliferation of Ace combat planes and super-weapons, i'm going to lean towards the fiction that's looking like it's running the rules of the universe.

>>23134580
It would be the most efficient use of a single high-tech fighter, is going after a single high target, not to mention

>The IJN's F-14J+ and F-4EJ fighters seem to be doing well enough- and it looks like they may be regaining the upper hand here amongst their ships.

>>23134556
>>23134602
>real

THIS IS NOT REAL LIFE YOU FUCKS!

>>23134663
Sure is metagaming in this post.
It's real to Fronk.

>>23134663
It's certainly not Ace Combat either.

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[x] “You Ok Merlin? We need to stay in this if you are!”

“Merlin! Merlin talk to me!” You cry, fighting to stay on the 'vampire'.

“C'mon Merlin, say something!” You fight to banish the images of your RIO, dead or dying behind you.

“I... I think I'm ok.” Her voice, tiny and brittle comes back. “I-It hurts, Frank.”

“Shit! Lissa! How bad does it look?” You call, not yet willing to let this guy go.

“It doesn't look like he got a piece of either of you- we don't see any damage to the cockpit area. You've got some damage your forward canard, and it looks like a hole in your wing, right about at the pivot.” Your wingmate says. “You're not leaking anything, and it doesn't look like you're on fire.”

It jives with your plane's damage management systems- you've got a few yellow lights, but nothing red. Even the wing sweep looks like it's still functional. Silently, you curse your limited visibility into the back seat- your one mirror just doesn't let you see anything other than the top of Merlin's helmeted head as she sits, slumped against her straps.

“Merlin, don't lie to me. How bad is it?” You demand, watching the fight thin out above you. With their superjet tied up, the mig pilots have proven to be no match for the pilots of the IJN- while a few more tomcats and modernized phantoms have gone down, you suspect the claims will favor the Japanese.

“I... I don't think I'm bleeding.” She says, her voice still straining.

“Fine. We're setting down as soon as we can, alright?” You say, trying to help her as much as you can.

“I... yeah. O-ok Frank.” She agrees.

The super mig, by now, has gained enough separation that he makes a break for it- dodging a pair of missiles shot after him by a IJN cruiser, staying low and headed west, probably back to the mainland. The remaining migs start to bug out, the fight lost.

[] Stick with 'em, see if you can't drop a couple more with AMRAAMs.
[] Fuck this, we're outta here.