[b][color=00a651]Fuka Nakano[/color][/b]

The happy hunting could only last so long. 

She had been inclined to assume their opponents were novices with perhaps fifty hours of flight time under their belt before becoming fighter pilots, but honestly they were making a good show of it. There was only so much one could do when ambushed, dodging a missile when you didn't know it was coming an impossible ask. What mattered was the ability to keep your head when everything went to shit, and so far the pirates were doing that.

The last of the Floggers moved like a wolf pack, flitting out of Fuka's line of sight as they chased Calico. Two against one were bad odds, but the Sukoi was twenty years more advanced than its vintage rivals, so things were hopefully not as dicey as they looked. Peacenik was in no position to help-she had a bandit on her tail as well.

[color=00a651]"Hmm."[/color] 

It was a simple response to Calico's warning call, an acknowledgement of danger without promising a solution. She had seen it disappear low behind her before rocketing up in pursuit, the old-but-far-from-slow French craft gaining ground fast. The Black Bunny was slower and less agile, which meant she would struggle to break away. All she could do was yank up on the stick and throw off its aim, a maneuver that saved her from a stream of tracer fire. 

[color=00a651][b][i]"Hmm."[/i][/b][/color]

[quote=@Finetales]

[color=lightcoral]"Cobalt 3, I'm coming for your bogey, 20 seconds,"[/color][/quote]

[color=6ecff6][b]Ximena Huang[/b][/color]


[color=6ecff6]"I'll be there in ten."[/color]

With her duel concluded (and what a duel it had been) Ximena had already begun to rip back into the fray. She was at a better angle than Yuna and in a faster plane, barreling towards their flight lead at hellspeed. Coming at the chase sidelong allowed her to float the crosshairs on top of the enemy, the Mirage suddenly breaking away, no doubt scared off by the [i]beep-beep-beep[/i] of an RWR.
   
But Jefe wasn't going to miss out on another kill, not unless the Mirage could live up to its name and disappear into thin air. 

[color=6ecff6]"Fox-2!"[/color]

AMRAAM away, an afterburner streak against the beautiful blue sky, then an explosion and wreckage raining on the island below.

God she loved her job.