Beta Wing (Jotunheim System)

Beta Wing
Fighter	Raptor
Wingmen	Mariko Tanaka
Previous	Gamma Wing (Midgard System)
Next	Alpha Wing (Jotunheim System)

Preflight Conversations

Talk to Shotglass:

Hi, Major Maverick. I'll pour you one of your usual.

'Looks like you're survivin' this okay.

'I just keep thinkin', we're so damn alone out here.

'The Tiger's Claw could be destroyed, and no one would ever know what really happened.

'Sorry, Maverick. I'm tired, haven't been sleeping much lately. Let me get that drink for you.

Knight:

Let me tell you, Maverick, I have a bad feeling about this campaign.

A REAL bad feeling.

Everyone's getting more and more tense, the farther we go into Kilrathi space.

Maniac's not the only one who's getting close to the edge.

And I keep hearing rumors that this is a suicide mission...

... and that we aren't supposed to make it back.

Do you think it's true? No, it HAS to be nonsense.

The Colonel wouldn't do that to us....

...would he?

Spirit:

Would you care to join me for a drink, Maverick?

There is no more news of Epsilon Station, or my fiancé.

But I will not think of that now. Shotglass believes we may fly in asteroid fields today.

I hope he is right. There is something I wish to try.

Have you ever seen Iceman in an asteroid field? No?

He does some amazing things.

If his front shield is gone, he will turn tail...

... and let his enemy come up behind him.

He performs evasive maneuvers and uses his thrusters...

... and sets course straight for a large asteroid.

At the last moment possible, he rolls out.

The Kilrathi does not always follow successfully.

Of course, Iceman prefers to do this in Hornets or Rapiers, not Raptors.

Mission Briefing

Colonel:

To start, several of you have been reassigned to Raptors.

And here's what's happening now....

The fleet we're following has made an abrupt course change towards an asteroid field.

We've also received a coded communication from the last surviving Reaver ship.

We'll be bringing them home and downloading the data from their ship's log.

Your mission will be to fly to several Nav points, find the Drayman, and escort her home to the Claw.

Individual wing assignments...

Colonel:

Maverick and Spirit, you're Beta Wing.

Spirit, try to keep Maverick out of trouble, okay?

Spirit:

I will do what I can, Colonel.

Colonel: Maverick, check out the three Nav points, then return to the Claw. WITH the Drayman, please.

There may be Kilrathi activity at any Nav point...so stay alert.

The commander explains the other wing assignments.

Colonel:

That's it. Be careful out there, everyone. Don't get sloppy.

Dismissed.