RC 212
HUNGRY HUNGRY HIPPO!
Location: Judland Wastes
Objective: Early Softening
Allies: Justice LTD
Enemies: Pirates
Part 1/2
Post 1/20
Pirates. Something Jack hated. they tended to take your credits and your ship, which left a Spacer at a disadvantage. But Jack always had an ear to the ground. As a Naval Reservist among the Justice shipping Company word had reached him of the Pirate base out at Judland Wastes. It was an area he knew very well, having Smuggled goods in here half his life, Tatooine was an old stomping ground for the spacer.
So here h was the advance party among a swarm of Moisture Farmers and militia whom wanted the Pirates gone just as bad as he did. Yeah he was departing from smuggling for a day. He was Captain Raxis after all.
"All right here we go folks, all fighters assume attack formation wedge formation and open weapons on my mark."
Dak was at the guns, Jack at the controls. He was a crap shot but a killer pilot.
"Eisley Militia is on your tail Cap'n, say the word."
"Dak get those guns hot, we're going in."
Jacks stony brow furrowed even deeper and he clenched his jaw as he witnessed a mass of Z-95 headhunters coming off the airstrip.
"Got bogies incoming Eisley one. Stay on my wing, weapons free!"
The sky exploded. Jack juked right, the ragtag band of T-67's with blaster cannons following. The Pirates had superior fighters, but the locals knew the skies better, and were much better at piloting them than anyone in the 'Verse.
"Got two Bogies on my tail, flak incoming!"
Jack blinked as the flak cannons below opened up with abandon. T-67s took hit from shrapnel,engines exploding. They laid into the Z-95's with a vengeance, filling the skies with a deadly slurry of bolts. Ship clashed with ship and they were entangled now. Smoke rose from the explosions, shrapnel arced off the shields of the Kessels Pride.
"Alright they showed their hand. Eisley two, make your move."
The Diversion had worked. Eisley two came out from the Canyons, roaring straight down into the airfields. They were larger and well equipped. YT series freighters with barrel bombs and whatever munitions they could get their hands on. Expert pilots and smugglers like Jack.
"Whooo success boys, peel of an let em make their run!"
Jack flipped the Kessels Pride end over end, moving backwards in a tumble roll until he was right behind a flock of Z-95's
"Hit em Dak!"
Dak unleashed the twin laser cannons, raking the shoddy formation with emerald lances of doom. Z-95s began to plummet, taking hits from the rear, blasting cockpits, engines and fuselage alike.
"Dead hit's kid,nice work. Eisley one break!"
Jack juked the throttle to full and barrel-rolled right, breaking from combat as the Eisley one wing followed him. The Z-95s pursued them, leaving the base wide open as Eisley two dropped an explosive barrage on the airstrip, blowing it to hell in chain blossoms of crimson and acrid black.
"Full throttle, let's draw them off boys!"
Objective: Early Softening
Allies: Justice LTD
Enemies: Pirates
Part 1/2
Post 1/20
Pirates. Something Jack hated. they tended to take your credits and your ship, which left a Spacer at a disadvantage. But Jack always had an ear to the ground. As a Naval Reservist among the Justice shipping Company word had reached him of the Pirate base out at Judland Wastes. It was an area he knew very well, having Smuggled goods in here half his life, Tatooine was an old stomping ground for the spacer.
So here h was the advance party among a swarm of Moisture Farmers and militia whom wanted the Pirates gone just as bad as he did. Yeah he was departing from smuggling for a day. He was Captain Raxis after all.
"All right here we go folks, all fighters assume attack formation wedge formation and open weapons on my mark."
Dak was at the guns, Jack at the controls. He was a crap shot but a killer pilot.
"Eisley Militia is on your tail Cap'n, say the word."
"Dak get those guns hot, we're going in."
Jacks stony brow furrowed even deeper and he clenched his jaw as he witnessed a mass of Z-95 headhunters coming off the airstrip.
"Got bogies incoming Eisley one. Stay on my wing, weapons free!"
The sky exploded. Jack juked right, the ragtag band of T-67's with blaster cannons following. The Pirates had superior fighters, but the locals knew the skies better, and were much better at piloting them than anyone in the 'Verse.
"Got two Bogies on my tail, flak incoming!"
Jack blinked as the flak cannons below opened up with abandon. T-67s took hit from shrapnel,engines exploding. They laid into the Z-95's with a vengeance, filling the skies with a deadly slurry of bolts. Ship clashed with ship and they were entangled now. Smoke rose from the explosions, shrapnel arced off the shields of the Kessels Pride.
"Alright they showed their hand. Eisley two, make your move."
The Diversion had worked. Eisley two came out from the Canyons, roaring straight down into the airfields. They were larger and well equipped. YT series freighters with barrel bombs and whatever munitions they could get their hands on. Expert pilots and smugglers like Jack.
"Whooo success boys, peel of an let em make their run!"
Jack flipped the Kessels Pride end over end, moving backwards in a tumble roll until he was right behind a flock of Z-95's
"Hit em Dak!"
Dak unleashed the twin laser cannons, raking the shoddy formation with emerald lances of doom. Z-95s began to plummet, taking hits from the rear, blasting cockpits, engines and fuselage alike.
"Dead hit's kid,nice work. Eisley one break!"
Jack juked the throttle to full and barrel-rolled right, breaking from combat as the Eisley one wing followed him. The Z-95s pursued them, leaving the base wide open as Eisley two dropped an explosive barrage on the airstrip, blowing it to hell in chain blossoms of crimson and acrid black.
"Full throttle, let's draw them off boys!"
