Clayton Dualla
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Post by Clayton Dualla on Jun 21, 2011 16:00:27 GMT -6
"Roger that, Ace. Thanks for the cover, and I'll try not to kill us both."
The Hammerhead starts its translation over to the Viper as Ace and other Atlantia fighters cover the sitting ducks. While everyone else is jinking and juking, he and BlueBird are gracefully drifting through the firefight. He looks 'down' through the VR helmet and sees the Viper below him and to starboard. Judiciously using attitude thrusters in the four balls that are on the midwings and canard tips, Clayton sidles up to the smaller craft. He begins to translate down at a few millimeters a second. Any faster and BlueBird would wither roll backwards up the tail of the Hammerhead, or they would crunch their hulls.
He activates the maglock and waits until they are less than a hundred meters apart before energizing the electromagnet. The Viper and Hammerhead seem to leap toward each other and join with a 'thunk'.
"DiamondClay to Bluebird. Docking completed. I will arm my FTLs while you arm the nuke. When we jump, you'll see the Star dead ahead, looking down from the top. Target the axis of the star and we'll see if it's all clear. "
Clayton remembered when something similar was done with Galactica assault raptors. In fact, this was his copycat of the Galactica XO's plan. Where they had half a dozen Raptors, Clayton has one Hammerhead and one Viper, and one nuke instead of three. Chances weren't as high.
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Clayton Dualla
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Post by Clayton Dualla on Jun 22, 2011 19:13:26 GMT -6
The next call was to the Atlantia.
"DiamondClay in Acheron Hammerhead to Atlantia. We are docked, and BlueBIrd is arming the nuke. FTL is loaded with coorinates of the Base Star. We will jump as soon as the nuke is armed and both FTLs on the Hammerhead are programmed. This is to confirm: do we have permission to launch our nuke at the Base Star? DiamondClay, over."
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2011 22:15:18 GMT -6
Shaking her head in the cockpit at Ace. She knew to bite her lip for if the rest of the pilots actually knew what had gone on prior to her showing up on the Atlantia, her getting in the air was never a problem.
Looking below her seeing Ace she quickly dropped down to fly on his wing destroying another Raider to continue to give cover fire for Bluebird and DiamondClay. Over the com channel. "Really Ace? You had to kick my ass? I must of been asleep cause I missed it or maybe you just missed me completely. So don't even start." Her tone was playful but also somewhat serious knowing he knew what she was referring to.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2011 22:23:15 GMT -6
Surprised to see her and at least talking instead of just taking it, he whipped around as he intentionally tapped her wing before rolling beside her. Grinning, he knew now he could show off with his wingman awake to cover his ass; "Well your so used to taking it I figured you wouldn't be bothered by it."
Speeding ahead, passing Bluebird and Diamond as he flew into a small swarm of raiders; hoping she wasn't to scared of following him in.
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Post by Jack "Fraker" Reynolds on Jun 23, 2011 22:38:09 GMT -6
Jack was ready to end this fight, regardless if Clay launched the missile or not. The gunners were making short work of clearing a path for clay's viper, but their main task on killing the basestar seemed to be a snails pace job because of the distance from the basestar. Jack began to grit his teeth, just listening to the comm chatter from the whole battle, when suddenly his jaw dropped as a certain voice echoed over the comm. Memories of the last battle he was in a little over a year ago flashed through his head. Time seemed to stand still as his mind stopped on the most memorable one, actually believing that he buried the owner of that voice her just heard. Unfortunately, he couldn't get a facial recognition because one of the bullets made it into the helmet, but that didn't stop him from believing who he buried was her when he saw her viper explode from the heavy raider fire.
Snapping out of his trip down memory lane, anger fumed inside him as he came to the conclusion that there could be no possible way that those two survived the last battle.
"gunners, alter fire. Fire for affect at these coordinates."
The coordinates he ordered placed the guns right on top of myth and ace's location. If those two survive this barrage, he thought, then they will have loads of explaining to do the next time I see them in person. The white fang's guns pivoted towards the two fighters that now sat in a swarm of raiders and roared to life, sending flak and HE rounds hurling towards them. only two salvos, however, where fired as the gunner pivoted the turrets back at the basestar once the affect fire was complete.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2011 22:51:59 GMT -6
Keeping on Aces wing she hugged onto him tight as they went through the field of raiders. A grin was across her face. "Ya well I'm full of surprises you know that..." She was about to continue when all of a sudden her alarms were going off being target locked from another ship. "Ummm Ace..." She didn't have to explain it, he already knew and if not he would shortly.
Rolling out of the way from the BCR gunner fire she goes on an open channel wondering if they didn't realize they were frakking friendlies. "What the flying Frak do you think you're doing we are frakking friendlies hold your gods damn fire!!!!" She turned to engage the target if necessary. "HOLD YOUR FIRE! This is Colonial pilot Lieutenant Brook Myth Phoenix I say again hold your gods damn FIRE! "
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2011 22:58:37 GMT -6
Wiping around, he knew his day was going to hell with raiders and now frakkin BCR firing on him; firing on the flak before it exploded on impact. Pushing down the throttle, Alex flipped over and through the fire as the bullets rattled through his wings; sending alarms that were simply flipped off. Finally opening up on the White Fang, he knew it wasn't much but enough to piss off Jack and maybe even force him to focus just on Alex.
Opening a channel back to Brook before flipping back around to make another pass on the White Fang; "HE FRAKKIN FIRED ON US AND YOU WANT TO FRAKKIN TALK TO HIM! FRAK TALKING JUST FRAKKIN SHOT HIM BEFORE WE HAVE TO SHARE A FRAKKIN RIDE...gods is this what retirement has done to you?"
Firing on the flak rounds once more, he felt a small jolt unknown to him that one exploded behind him and tore into his wings; joining back up along Brook as he tried to go for a more defensive role after his bit of offense.
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Jack "Fraker" Reynolds
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Post by Jack "Fraker" Reynolds on Jun 23, 2011 23:09:24 GMT -6
after the salvos finished, and the gunners returned their focus to the basestar, Jack just looked disgusted as he watched from the bridge, Ace and Myth's vipers turning towards the white fang and opening up their small cannons unto the white fang's hull. Knowing the fighters would turn to engage, Jack keyed into the fighter wing captain first.
"Captain, do not engage the two colonial vipers. I will speak with them on a private channel. focus on keeping the raiders away."
he then switched over to Myth and Ace, and put the comm on a private channel with them. Anger could be heard as clear as day in his voice as he spoke.
"When last I looked, I personally buried Myth on a planet I recently was rescued from and Ace died when he and I were fighting TC's advanced raider in a battle a little over a year ago...... So tell me Myth, where the frack have you been hiding this past year."
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2011 23:17:26 GMT -6
Rolling out of the BCR fire it took her only a moment to remember Mal the BCR and then Jack. Her eyes went wide at Aces tone knowing he only talked like that usually when Jack was around. She flew aggressively to stay out of the fire but rounds still hit her viper including one just grazing her cockpit. "Jack Reynolds it's me....it's really frakking me and Alex out here flesh and bone so don't kills us."
Firing only to destroy some inbound missiles though her stray rounds did hit the BCR including a couple missiles. She knew Jack wouldn't take that lightly but all she was concerned with right now was staying alive as it seemed the raiders were the least of her problems as she heard Jacks angered voice over the comm. Clenching her teeth she knew her whatever answer she gave he wouldn't believe her at least not now. Especially now since he thought he had buried her. "Oh you know me, I've been lying on my back enjoying whatever company I could get." Her tone quickly changed though "Fraker if you really want to know come see me for yourself and I'll tell you but not over the frakking comm and sure as hell NOT frakking now! you get me?"
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2011 23:26:21 GMT -6
Laughing in his cockpit, he tried to keep focus before turning his back to White Fang to take on the raiders but "accidentally" opening fire and destroying one of Jack's raiders. Rubbing the back of his neck before opening up to the private channel, relaxing a bit more knowing that Brook gave him one hell of a blow; "You know she's pretty good on her back and sometimes even better off of it...oh did I destroy one of your raiders well I guess that's easily replaceable hey."
Looking over his alarms, he knew the bird took a lot of damage from the flak fire but he knew it'll stick together long enough for him to land and fly back with Brook. Opening up once more before taking on another one of Jack's raiders, destroying it and the raider it was chasing; "Oh was that yours too...well don't get me wrong she's really good on her back but better in the cockpit but from what I hear you know nothing about that."
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Jack "Fraker" Reynolds
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Post by Jack "Fraker" Reynolds on Jun 23, 2011 23:35:27 GMT -6
Jack remained silent over the comm briefly. He knew such a smart ass comment was routine to come from Brook, but the fact that his time of mourning for both of them, more so for Brook then Alex, on that blasted planet was a waste only fueled his anger as he returned to the comm.
"Knowing you, Myth, that company was Ace no matter who loved you, or you were married to at the time..... Once the fight is over, you will have clearance to land on the white fang's flight deck....... Oh, and Ace. Blast one more of my pilots, and I will order the white fang's fighters and guns to focus solely on you, and we'll see if you resurrect from that."
Already mad enough at everything else, he shrugged off Ace's reference about not knowing such "interesting" things about Myth. He didn't have time to deal with the petty shit while the battle was drawing to a close.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2011 23:43:37 GMT -6
Brook slammed her head against the back of her seat. Her comment was for Jack to know it was indeed her but Alex had taken it to far and by all means she wanted to ease or even avoid telling him anything for as long as she could just out of fear of his response. She wanted to strangle Alex for his last statement. "Alex can it and don't you dare shoot another one of his raiders we are on the same team hear....Jack don't even start I will land and we will talk but don't you dare speak of what you do not know."
With that she pulled an 180 going after the raiders and was even thinking that after this battle engagement was over if she would just go back to the Atlantia and Jack would have to come to her. Both Alex and Jack were pissing her off and thank the gods there were raiders around to take that frustration out as she blasted them into mist and it relaxed her once again.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2011 23:50:55 GMT -6
Opening a channel to Jack as he fired into the engines of one of his raiders, disabling it before flying over it; "You have to remember Jack these Viper have static on the coms so only got half of that and the part I got was to Brook...I'll be landing as well considering can't trust her not to kill you alone after that little stunt of your own."
Forming up alongside of Brook, he whispered over to her on their own channel while he fired on her target as well; "Look didn't kill the raider but to be honest only heard half his message...same frakkin team?! He just shot at us and now we're on the same team? You know me and you have to explain to him what same team is cause last I checked trying to kill 2 old friends doesn't sound so friendly."
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Jack "Fraker" Reynolds
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Post by Jack "Fraker" Reynolds on Jun 23, 2011 23:58:53 GMT -6
Jack resisted the urge to chuckle at Myth's statement, even though he found it hilarious that both she and Ace said he knows nothing. He was tempted even to prime the ship's guns for another salvo on them again and have a human BCR pilot tow their floating hides into the white fangs hanger to get the conversation started during the fight outside. He resisted the urge to do so, however, and just went back to the phone.
"Know nothing about? don't give me that bullshit, Myth. I remember plenty that you told me from over year ago. You sure picked a convenient day to die a year ago after our last talks, and you and ace now have the balls to pick a convenient day to show up and admit the deaths were a ruse? We definately will finish this talk when you land. Don't need you guys to conveniently die again while the battle rages."
With that he snapped off the comm, but remained connected to the comm chatter to remained informed of the battle.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2011 0:07:42 GMT -6
Grinding her teeth she knew once they got onboard the white fang things will become alot more hostile than they are right now. Her death wasn't a ruse she had no idea if anyone else made it or not until recently. But apparently Jack didn't give a shit and thought the hole thing was a game. She prevented herself from replying to Jack so things wouldn't get heated any more than they already are.
Switching to Alex's and her private channel she kept her voice down. "Alex I wouldn't expect anything less from Jack to be honest how many times did I shoot you?...We are the same team he just doesn't know it yet so cool your guns down and when we get onboard don't be so blunt. I love him and I love you just remember that please."
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