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Nae twisted the yoke as he hit the repulsors, throwing the craft 'up', while there was no real up or down in space like most pilots he picked a point and used it as his reference. At this moment in time he was using the Majestic as his reference point,w ith it being the biggest object nearby. He twisted as the green blaster bolts from a TIE fighter came streaking through them, he watched his scanner for it turning to pursue but obviously it had other ideas in heading toward the keep. That wasn't however his mission as he stuck close to the bombers as they made a beeline for the cruiser.
[YOU HAVE FIGHTERS COMING UP ON YOU, PERHAPS YOU SHOULD SHOOT AT THEM] As the beep came through indicating a transmission from his astromech Nae turned his attention to it, and then on the scanners. The astromech was right, and if the attack pattern was anything to go by Naes assumption would be that it they were meaking a run for the bombers. He clicked his comm onto his squadrons command frequency.
"Second flight, break right and take out those fighters. How copy?"
"Solid copy."
"Execute." There was a mic click before four of his X-Wings turned to attack the trailing TIEs. "Chuckles, set deflectors to double front." Just as he said the command large red bolts of energy came streaking towards them from the cruiser they were currently approaching.
[WHAT ABOUT THE REAR DEFLECTORS WHERE THE TIES ARE?]
"The TIEs aren't the ones shooting at us, just do as I tell you." He twisted as he thumbed the trigger for three seconds, sending a strafing shot at the cruiser. In the long run it wouldn't do much but anything he could do to soften it up for the bombers would help.
[THREE TIES COMING IN AT MARK 8]
As soon as he got the transmission he broke hard right, there was a slight delay from Lightning-5 but without so much as a word his wing turned towards the incoming TIEs. It was a game of chicken between the two groups, and he knew for a fact that with shielding he would win. "4-5 break off and loop round." Space combat was all about anticipation, as two of his X-Wings broke right in order to loop around the enemy fighters the TIEs flew past them, before he could turn to face them they were already on his tail. It was all about anticipation, the shields taking a light spray, causing the ship to shake.
[PERHAPS I SHOULD REROUTE POWER TO THE REAR DEFLECTORS SINCE THE TIES ARE SHOOTING AT US?]
"Negative Chuckles."
[YOU REALIZE THE SHIELDS AT LOW POWER CAN'T TAKE-] In the middle of the transmission the two X-Wings that had broken off before swung behind the TIEs, two proton torpedoes later and one TIE lay incapacitated with two destroyed. [NEVER MIND]
If the battle kept up like this for much longer, they'd have cleared the Imperial forces out of the area in no time. Then something hit him, not literally but an idea just came to him. It was obvious that the Governor wasn't going to leave by shuttle craft from the main hangar, given that was where the main fighting was going on. The hangar to the port side was inaccessible due to the fact that the Keep blocked it, and the one on the starboard side was open and it had been reported by Mynock squadron that it was empty. That meant that if he wanted off the Majestic he was going to need to launch from some form of frieghter or crusier, and the fact that no ships had moved in to dock yet meant that something was already docked.
He clicked his comm to relay a message to the Keep. "Lightning Lead to the Keep, be advised I believe that the Governor may seek to flee using a ship docked in the lower hangar bay of the target vessel." There was a brief second of static before the acknowledgement came through, if they played their cards right they may get two ships out of a mission meant to gain one.
[YOU HAVE FIGHTERS COMING UP ON YOU, PERHAPS YOU SHOULD SHOOT AT THEM] As the beep came through indicating a transmission from his astromech Nae turned his attention to it, and then on the scanners. The astromech was right, and if the attack pattern was anything to go by Naes assumption would be that it they were meaking a run for the bombers. He clicked his comm onto his squadrons command frequency.
"Second flight, break right and take out those fighters. How copy?"
"Solid copy."
"Execute." There was a mic click before four of his X-Wings turned to attack the trailing TIEs. "Chuckles, set deflectors to double front." Just as he said the command large red bolts of energy came streaking towards them from the cruiser they were currently approaching.
[WHAT ABOUT THE REAR DEFLECTORS WHERE THE TIES ARE?]
"The TIEs aren't the ones shooting at us, just do as I tell you." He twisted as he thumbed the trigger for three seconds, sending a strafing shot at the cruiser. In the long run it wouldn't do much but anything he could do to soften it up for the bombers would help.
[THREE TIES COMING IN AT MARK 8]
As soon as he got the transmission he broke hard right, there was a slight delay from Lightning-5 but without so much as a word his wing turned towards the incoming TIEs. It was a game of chicken between the two groups, and he knew for a fact that with shielding he would win. "4-5 break off and loop round." Space combat was all about anticipation, as two of his X-Wings broke right in order to loop around the enemy fighters the TIEs flew past them, before he could turn to face them they were already on his tail. It was all about anticipation, the shields taking a light spray, causing the ship to shake.
[PERHAPS I SHOULD REROUTE POWER TO THE REAR DEFLECTORS SINCE THE TIES ARE SHOOTING AT US?]
"Negative Chuckles."
[YOU REALIZE THE SHIELDS AT LOW POWER CAN'T TAKE-] In the middle of the transmission the two X-Wings that had broken off before swung behind the TIEs, two proton torpedoes later and one TIE lay incapacitated with two destroyed. [NEVER MIND]
If the battle kept up like this for much longer, they'd have cleared the Imperial forces out of the area in no time. Then something hit him, not literally but an idea just came to him. It was obvious that the Governor wasn't going to leave by shuttle craft from the main hangar, given that was where the main fighting was going on. The hangar to the port side was inaccessible due to the fact that the Keep blocked it, and the one on the starboard side was open and it had been reported by Mynock squadron that it was empty. That meant that if he wanted off the Majestic he was going to need to launch from some form of frieghter or crusier, and the fact that no ships had moved in to dock yet meant that something was already docked.
He clicked his comm to relay a message to the Keep. "Lightning Lead to the Keep, be advised I believe that the Governor may seek to flee using a ship docked in the lower hangar bay of the target vessel." There was a brief second of static before the acknowledgement came through, if they played their cards right they may get two ships out of a mission meant to gain one.
