Delta Wing (Midgard System)
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Mission Layout
- Tiger's Claw
- 2 Jalthi
- Nav 1
- 4 Krant + 1 Drayman-Class Transport
- Nav 2
- 2 Salthi + 1 Ralari-Class Destroyer
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The Memoirs of Lieutenant Colonel Carl T. LaFong
Preflight Conversations
Talk to Shotglass:
- What'll you have, Maverick? I'll set you up with your regular.
- Scuttlebutt says that the furbags have a Terran ship with them.
- I know the Kilrathi never take hostages... but maybe just this time...
- No. Who am I kidding? They don't take prisoners. Ever.
- My cousin Zach and his lady are dead as anyone on Goddard...
- ... and if the cats do have a captured Confederation ship...
- You can be sure it's filled with cat food or something. Not prisoners.
Talk to Hunter:
- G'day, Maverick. I was telling Mariko here how you flew against the furballs.
- Spirit:
- Hunter was indeed very complimentary of your flying skills.
- I hope to fly with you again someday soon.
- Hunter:
- Speaking of flying with Maverick --
- Christopher, if you get assigned Maniac, be bloody careful.
- He's been running around the last few days with his head in the clouds.
- Says he's going to take out the Kilrathi secret weapon that destroyed Goddard, all by himself.
- I get the idea he's got some fantasy of going kamikaze...
- ... against the bleedin' Sons of Kilrah.
- I don't want to see you flame out because of him. Be careful, right?
Talk to Spirit:
- ''Konnichi wa, Maverick-san.
- I was listening to the newscast this morning.
- It appears that there was a Kilrathi attack on Epsilon Station.
- My fiance is stationed there...he is an officer in the Medical Corps.
- Hunter:
- I didn't know that, Mariko.
- Spirit:
- I rarely speak of him. It is better to concentrate on our work here.
- For now, we must maintain communications silence, so I cannot find out what has happened.
- But soon we will return to Terran space, and I will know.
Mission Briefing
Colonel:
- Good morning. There have been some recent crew reassignments...
- ... and I'd like to welcome all pilots new to the Blue Devil Squadron.
- I hope you like flying the Scimitars. If you don't, I don't want to hear it.
- And we have some real trouble. The Kilrathi captured a Confederation ship at Goddard...
- ...the Falstaff, a Drayman-class courier transport, which is carrying....
- ...information that is vital in our operations against the Kilrathi.
- Weapons design specs, troop movements, tactical maps...that data could cripple our mission.
- The cats are familiar with some of our security measures...
- ...Such as our rigging of databank couriers to blow when tampered with.
- Odds are good that they're taking it back to their command center...
- ... so that their own techs can crack it without destroying the ship.
- All right. Today's mission is to destroy that transport.
- Now, we WILL be tipping our hand that we're actively following their fleet.
- That's why we'll use a very small task force.
- With luck, we'll be in and out before they realize they've been hit.
- Two wings of Blue Devils will be performing the entire mission.
- Here are the individual wing assignments
Colonel:
- Maverick, you and Bossman are Delta Wing. Maverick is wingleader.
The commander assigns other wings, then reads Delta's mission.
Colonel:
- Head for Nav 1, and destroy any Kilrathi patrols you encounter.
- Once you reach Nav 1, your primary objective is to destroy the Falstaff.
- Afterwards, head for Nav 2. We've detected a Ralari cruiser there. Eliminate it.
- And keep your eyes open for fighter patrols and escort ships, $C...
- ...because the Kilrathi will use every ship they have to keep the Falstaff.
- Once we start this, they'll know we're here. This is our one chance for surprise.
- Good luck, pilots. Dismissed.