RP Aquila Flight: Operation Phoenix

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Olivia chuckled at Nero's pronouncement and zoomed in to launch a volley of attacks against the nearest enemy.

Lucky spun and dodged and weaved as Olivia said, "Good idea, Spirit! Take it away!"

She had no idea how it would turn out, but she was excited to see. Her eyes scanned the possible threats as she watched her screen and looked out for incoming fire.

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Charles saw Spirit's plight and ignored his target in order to swoop in and help his teammate. His rounds splashed against the shields of the battlepods which were focused on her before they began to perforate them. As detonations began inside them from his rounds as well as Spirit's actions he flew by and gave a little wing waggle and spoke briefly over the radio;

"I've got your back Spirit! Heading for my target now."

He then turned toward his own designated target and spat lead at it through his guns.

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The battlepods chased after Spirit, firing their cannons at her as she tried to perform her maneuver. Her target also firing at her, causing her shields to shimmer at the impact of the sim rounds. Her readouts would display that her frontal shields were rapidly dropping. As she pushed her bomber to it's limit, the enemy's crossfire did end up working in favor for Miranda. The Bomber's own flak fire caught one of the battlepods while the second battlepod managed to to strike the bomber's rear shields with repeated cannon fire, causing it to fault and pull up hard to avoid any other fire. That bought her some time...

Charles's quick strike on the remaining battlepod was enough to blast it apart. His target's shields also began to shimmer and ultimately fail.

"Now's your chance! Destroy the bombers and end this!" Nero ordered, as he focused in on the last of his and Olivia's battlepod

He began to depress the trigger as he heard a good target lock. "Fox..." Before he could launch a missile, Lucky flew past him laterally and took out the last target. He smirked as his craft banked to turn back towards the fight. "Alright, I owe you a drink..." He said to Lucky, smirking beneath his helmet.

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Miranda and Charles each followed after their targets, while Nero and Olivia watched on from their vantage point. "The targets are nearly within firing range." Cipher warned.

The seconds ticked by in slow motion as they attempted to get a good target lock on the bombers. Several tense seconds... until

"Aquila 3 has target lock, fox 3." Cipher reported as a missile streaked away from the bomber. "Aquila 4 also has weapons lock, fox 2." He added as another missiles launched from Charles's craft. Both missiles quickly closing.

In their HUDs their was a magnificent explosion, however, out in real space nothing had happened. It was still and silent.

"Alright! Mission complete." Nero said over everyone's comms. "We're done here. Land onboard the Oracle and catch yourselves a shower before the debriefing." He said as he turned his craft towards the the NSS Oracle... Aquila's home.