[h1][center][color=lightcoral]Yuna Xu[/color][/center][/h1]

[quote=@Smike]
[color=00a651]"Cobalt 3 here. That ship's a problem."[/color] she noted, riding high above the clouds of flak it was throwing up. [color=00a651]"If it keeps spraying like that it'll get lucky eventually. I'm going to shut it up. Cobalt 8, ride my back and make sure no one creeps up on me."[/color][/quote]

[color=lightcoral]"Roger Peacenik, got your six,"[/color] replied Calico, banking her Su-33 and throttling up to head towards Peacenik. As the Hornet plunged towards the deck, Yuna spotted the enemy Mirage closing in fast from below. [color=lightcoral]"Cobalt 3, you got company, five o'clock low. Moving to int-"[/color] she was interrupted by the occasional lock-on warning beeps turning into a solid tone. [color=lightcoral]"Shit!"[/color] she said as she yanked the stick hard right and punched out flares. The incoming missile barely missed its mark, and Yuna scanned the sky just long enough to see the two Floggers bearing down on her. [color=lightcoral]"Two bogeys on me, standby one,"[/color] she quickly rattled off to Peacenik as she sent her Su-33 into rolling scissors. [color=lightcoral][i]Follow this, assholes,[/i][/color] she thought to herself, leveraging her Sukhoi's far superior performance to goad an overshoot (or a crash) by the attackers.

It only took a couple rolls for the maneuver to work, with the ancient Floggers completely unable to match the Flanker's performance. In his anger, one of the Flogger pilots took the bait completely and tried to stick to the Flanker through the maneuver, but the Flogger couldn't handle it and lost altitude fast, plunging towards the water only a few hundred feet below. The other Flogger pilot wisely pulled out of the maneuver early, but in the process overshot Yuna, who was ready to pounce. As the Flogger overshot, Yuna squeezed the trigger and let fly a volley of autocannon rounds as she kept her crosshair on the Flogger's path. The rounds ripped through the Flogger, which immediately began to billow smoke from the left wing where it was hit the hardest. Yuna banked her Sukhoi hard to get behind the stricken foe, whose stabilizers had clearly taken a hit as the plane attempted in vain to do any kind of turn. With another volley from the autocannon going straight into the engine, the Flogger burst into flames as the pilot ejected.

Instantly Yuna punched the throttle and headed back towards Peacenik. She hadn't seen if the Mirage had scored any hits on Peacenik's Hornet, but both planes were still in the air. [color=lightcoral]"Cobalt 3, I'm coming for your bogey, 20 seconds,"[/color] she called out.

[@Smike]