Legix
Inactive Member
NSS Sickslayer, 1st Assault Fleet, Jackdaw-Hunter Pack 4
The arrival of Hunter Pack Four, one of the newest lances of the newly christened Jackdaw, was one met without much ceremony. Sickslayer was at the head, the livery of a road-killed Mishhu painted along the nose guards of its powerful torpedo tubes. The ship and its lance had been given to a collection of Captains who were quite experienced by now with the ship. It was the 1st Fleet often benefited with the task of testing the newest war machines, and even the assets of the 3rd Fleet that had arrived ahead of them to soften things up and secure Nepleslian interests below consisted of less experienced Captains. The Heckler and those that had been here were just immediately dispatched by the 3rd as a test of the ships in a basic combat role.
But the Sickslayer had come with a different approach. It and its fellow ships were carrying cargo on their bellies, the ships having been preparing for some time while their assets were re-allocated. Along the bottom of the four Jackdaws were two Na-FA4A, two Na-FA4B, two Na-YF/A-6X, and two Na-F/A2. They were paired off, with two on each Jackdaw. This meant the flight was spread out across the ships, but they'd been prepared for the arrival of the ships by now. It also meant that each of them were given a Disrupter Flight Suit, the newest suit to assist pilots in controlling the finest fighters in the sector.
"This is Sickslayer," the comms lit up through all their helmets, as not all of them might have been powered up yet or even still making their way through the void via securing cable tethers, "Flight get to ready and report. Ready to relay orders to you, Aquila-1."
The view from the Jackdaws got slightly better as their prows rose, exposing more of their belly to the world. The smoggy layering of cloud cover that came with a Nepleslian world rapidly industrializing barely hid the massive yellow-green fields of the world, the massive lakes down below indicating they were somewhere over the proper hemisphere of the world. While they did have control for the most part of the secure-end of the world, there was little intel on the Red-inspired terrorists in the mountains to safely allow them to be anywhere else. Pirates weren't as much of an issue, but facing an enemy that had once been part of the bastard-Reds meant that they could be packing something completely unexpected.
But they had the solace of knowing there was no war effort or reinforcements coming. These Reds were alone, just like the greedy pirates that had elicited the military action in full. And soon, Aquila would get the chance to work alongside the grunts below to drive them from the world. This would be the first step.
(@Whitehart @Gunhand4171 @paladinrpg @Grey Library - You guys can pick any of the craft you'd like. The two 4A's are intended to be for Gunhand as commander, but he's allowed to divide them out to you guys as he wishes =3=/ now let's get to getting Aquila Flight moving once more.)