Roland stomped out of Ryan's office with Hobbes walking behind him close by, the click clack of his super shined boots were now in a hurried rhythm. Hobbes knew that Commander Ryan could be difficult, and Roland's personality clashed fiercely with his. Hobbes ordered the AA staff to start cleaning, stocking and fueling the planes, as Roland didn't want to be in this base any longer then he had to be. [i]Arrogant limey prick!......No offense, Hobbes. How dare he question my decisions or even bring up my dead squad, you'd think if he was that well informed on the sky, that he could do this job himself, he can still fly cant he?[/i] Hobbes didn't want to say anything, he had respect for both men and didn't want to get involved, and on some level Roland knew and respected this. Roland's pace quickened into a jog, he strapped on his flight goggles and headed to the hangar, he threw on his bomber jacket and told Hobbes to make sure the runways were clear for all the pilots to take off. Hobbes ran towards the control room and relayed the message. [i][color=7ea7d8]Oh one mor fing control room, we've got us two pilots running a tad late, keep the air space clear for [b]Ava Falke and Alex Harving[/b] and give them our coordinates so they can catch up, all the planes are ready to go and im finking Mr Shaw is wantin to get a move on.......hang on whats that!? [/color][/i] [color=ed1c24][b][u]DANGER DANGER!![/u] UNIDENTIFIED AIRCRAFT ENTERING THE SCOTTISH AA BASE AIR SPACE, ACTIVATE ALL DEFENSES! [/b][/color] The screen was flashing red as the defense siren started whining very loud and soon the whole building was on high alert. The control room immediately activated the Anti Air guns, but were panicking as this base had never been attacked by anything but small drones, and weren't sure about the effectiveness of their guns on possible fighter pilots. Hobbes began to shake with fear and ran to one of the manual guns to help with the defense of the base, he was confident that Roland would be okay in this situation, they didn't call him the [b]Dynamo[/b] for nothing. Roland was now in the hangar making sure the planes were all prepped and ready to go, shouting at the AA staff to hurry up and open the doors, he had heard the alarm and had already had all the info he needed, he was going to engage these aircraft way before they got anywhere near the base, he didn't trust the Defense Turrets anymore than he trusted Michael Ryan so he needed to act quickly and protect the base including the pilots who had just arrived. So he ran to the intercom and gave his message to the common room. [i][b]Pilots! Sky Warriors, get in your planes NOW, we are going to head the enemy off before they reach the defense air space of the base, scramble immediately we are probably in for a fight. I'll be taking off immediately and see if I can draw them away from the attack path. we don't know what aircraft we are dealing with yet, but Hobbes and control room will keep us updated....It wasn't my intention for us to be in action so quickly but I picked you all for a reason. So lets get this done so we can head for Iceland. ASSEMBLE![/b][/i] Roland then was in his beloved craft, the [b]Iron Jackson[/b], he slammed canopy shut and the engine growled fiercely as he flicked on all of his system, and steered the plane on the runway for take-off, the AA staff were finally finished and the way was clear. The engines breathed fire like metal flamethrowers and like a true Sky Warrior it was off, hitting full ground speed and gently lifting off into the air. Roland felt that beautiful sigh of relief that he always does when hes off the ground. He flicked on his intercom to speak with the unknown aircraft if he had to and also had a separate channel for his squadmates when they caught up. It wasn't long before he could see them on his radar, the enemy was about 2 miles away and were roughly 30,000 feet high in the air, probably ready to descend for an attack run. Roland didn't have his scanning computer on board anymore since the war but he still had a good idea based on his advanced radar. He picked up speed to engage and got a good look as he closed in. There were [b]5 fighter planes and 1 bomber[/b]...they had an insignia that control room's air surveillance was able to pick up...they were [b][color=1b1464]Broken Birds![/color][/b] The enemy intercom crackled on as the lead pilot began to speak. [color=9e005d][i]Geetings unbelievers, we are grateful we got to experience the beautiful hills of Scotland for this assignment, our spiritual leader [b]Father Caspar-Hannes[/b] has declared this land unholy, being poisoned by the will and demonic schemes of clan of Albion crusaders who wan't to tie the birds to the floor forever by building and expanding land cities when we are so close to ascending to the sky, we wont be able to save your bodies, but when we liberate your souls they will join us in the eternal sky.[/i][/color] Roland began to switch on his missile targeting systems, he didn't need to say anything to these nutjobs, he already knew that the only way to deal with the Broken Birds was to 'liberate their souls' first. Though he was familiar with them attacking random bases and settlements he was shocked for them to find this base in the middle of nowhere in Scotland. Roland took a deep breath and flew straight at the group. Hoping to get their attention and tie them up while his squad arrived. [i][color=9e005d]Ahh so what's this?? a lone kamikaze pilot perhaps? what false idol are you prepared to die for I wonder? I admire your bravery sir, let me not keep you in this mortal realm any longer than we need to.....[/color][/i] [hider=Defend The Base!] [youtube=Lhv_yFMuwxs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq8DI-4TRU8[/youtube] [/hider] *********************************************************************************************************** Codex updated! (from control room and roland's radar) Enemy Broken Bird Group (images) [hider=Fighters: 'Little Ravens'] [img]http://www.exordio.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/il21.jpg[/img] [/hider] [hider=Bomber:'Holy Albatross'] [img]http://img09.deviantart.net/62c4/i/2010/280/c/f/yn_83_karakovic_by_jflaxman-d30aay8.jpg[/img] [/hider]