Alpha Wing (Jotunheim System)
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Mission Layout
Nav 1:
- 4 Salthi + 1 Dorkir
Nav 2:
- 3 Krant
Nav 3
- 5 Gratha + 2 Fralthi
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The Memoirs of Lieutenant Colonel Carl T. LaFong
Preflight Conversations
Talk to Shotglass:
- Hey, Maverick. Heard the latest?
- I haven't heard anything, either. We've been sitting here for hours an' hours....
- Just waiting. It's starting to make me a little crazy. Some of the pilots, too.
- I keep tellin' the pilots not to worry, the Colonel knows what he's doing...
- ... but what if he doesn't?
Talk to Angel:
- Hello, Maverick. I heard you saw plenty of action today.
- The Kilrathi are using very smart tactics against us. I've been recalculating our odds of surviving this mission.
- Paladin:
- I wish you wouldn't sound so admirin' of 'em, lassie.
- Angel:
- We may be their enemies, but we cannot ignore their strengths.
- They know this area of space. They are smart and tenacious.
- Paladin:
- Aye, but the longer we're here, the better we know this part of space.
- And we're smart and tenacious, too. And we're becomin' just like them. Just like the Kilrathi....
- Angel:
- But we will survive, Taggart, and that is what matters.
Talk to Paladin:
- Pull up a seat, lad. Have you heard the latest from Tactical?
- They've finished their computer analysis of the Kilrathi secret weapon.
- There's nothing we can do to deflect that damned energy blaster---
- ---once they've aimed it at a planet-based colony, but at least---
- ---we'll nae have to worry about them using it against our ships.
- Tactical says that the weapon would be useless against fighters or a starship like the Tiger's Claw.
- That we'd be out-of-range before the cats finished priming it.
- That's a wee bit reassuring, isn't it?
- Those lads in Tactical are impressive, wi' how they figure these things out on their comp-sims.
- Of course, their guesses aren't always correct....
- Like that time they told us the new Dralthi ships wouldn't have enough range to attack---
- ---the Epsilon Prima system. We lost five pilots because of that mistake.
- Tactical's usually very accurate...
- ...but I'd nae wager your life on that, laddie.
Mission Briefing
Colonel:
- Pilots, it's cat-and-mouse time.
- After taking a low, slow, evasive track around the asteroid fields...
- ... our quarry has now come up to speed and taken a straight course.
- We can't think of any reason for this tactic, unless they're leading us into an ambush.
- And we're going to follow them, right into their trap.
Iceman:
- We're doing WHAT, sir?
Colonel:
- We're going to take the bait, pilots, but on our own terms.
- We're going to launch all fighter wings...
- ...on different routes through the asteroid fields.
- ...Tactical thinks that the ambush is set up at Nav Three...
- :The wings will travel via Nav 1 through the asteroids at Nav 2...
- And ambush the ambush at Nav 3. Destroy them, and return.
- Wing assignments. Same as last time...
The Colonel quickly lists off the assignments, including yours.
Colonel:
- Alpha Wing, Maverick and Spirit.
Colonel:
- Any questions? What is it, Taggart?
Paladin:
- Colonel, the other pilots and I think that Maniac is nae fit for duty.
Colonel:
- Maniac, what do you have to say about that?
Maniac:
- Sir, if I can't fly, then I'm nothing. I'd rather be dead. Please don't ground me.
Colonel:
- All right, get out there and fly. Dismissed.