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  Scral - Top Gun, Tier 1.
April 26, 2011 9:12:57 PM    View the profile of Scral 
Leading Crewman Trimik Dyr'Jin walked the corridors of the Frigate Chrome Fox slowly. His jack-boots sounded loud as he walked past fellow shipmates, and fellow pilots. His eyes were half on where he was walking, and half on the report files of the TIE/D Defender. Two months prior he had sent in a request to his SC, after that his request was sent higher up the food chain. Two days ago he had received word his request was granted, at 0830 he would be given a chance to gain certification on the Defender. Arguably the Empires most elite starfighter that had ever seen service.

Walking into the training room he stepped to and saluted. He remained at that position until a Second Lieutenant starred at him for a moment before saluting quickly and glancing back at a pile of papers on his desk.

"Leading Crewman Dyr'Jin, formerly of Nazgul Squadron. Now serving as Beta 2 in Regents." The Lieutenant said softly, almost to himself. Scral felt the cold air from the life support systems slowly freezing him where he stood. He remained at attention though, it was hard to keep his eyes off the TIE simulator a few feet to his right though.

"It's unprecedented for someone of your rank to even ask to be certified on the Defender." The man said again almost a full minute later. "Orders are orders though. Climb into the simulator and strap in, we will begin in a few minutes."

Saluting one last time Scral quickly climbed into the pitch black simulator from a small ladder located on the side. Dropping into the cockpit blink was second nature to him now. He knew the controls would nearly be identical, only slightly different from every TIE model.

Flipping three switches with his left hand the hatch slid closed and sealed a few moments later. Following the pre-flight checklist drilled into his brain he began finding and activating the various systems. A long minute passed as he felt the twin ion engines kick on, or at least there pretty close sounds and feelings of the real thing.

Slipping on his helmet, he locked it into place. Adjusting the restraints around him quickly, he waited for the TIE to fully come to life. Reaching to his right he clicked the inertial dampener switch a few positions short of full. He wanted to feel his fighter as he flew.

After a second his cockpit window illuminated a starfield. He looked up expecting to see the distinctive panel array above him. Instead he saw open space, he looked to his right and saw a large square solar panel. He looked to his left and saw a nearly twin cockpit, instantly recognizable as the general purpose warhead launcher of a TIE Bomber.

"Control, there must be some mistake. This is a Bomber simulation, not a Defender." Scral said into his mic as he began to have a bad feeling suddenly.

"Do you really think we would allow someone at your rank the privilege of flying a Defender? " The voice of the Lieutenant said a few seconds later, a hint of laughter in his voice. "Mission as follows, one ground based target, one frigate in low orbit. Acquire hundred points and you pass."

Suddenly the TIE rocked to the right as the simulation started fully. Grabbing the controls out of instinct he righted the craft and looked up to see three TIE Avengers flying formation above him.

"Nazgul 6." His breath caught for a moment as a close approximation to one of his old wing-mates voices sounded in his comlink. "This is Lead, we will escort you in. Give them hell."

He forced his mind not to dwell on the voice. If he did he would become just another failed certification on a report somewhere. He could not let himself remember his last mission with Nazgul.

Punching the throttle to full he watched as the indicator read 80 MGLT. The highest speed possible on a Bomber. They were slow, less maneuverable than Bantha spit, and generally took a beating before they went down.

"You've got operational control Nazgul 6. Tell us what target you want first." The voice of the lead Avenger said a few seconds later.

"Frigate first, straight up the bow. Then down to the planet to take out the base, with a bit of luck we will be back home before lunch." Scral said he readied the warhead launcher.

He received confirmations from all three Avengers as they closed the distance to the Frigate. Keying for the activation of 10 VL-78 proton bombs he set up a low angle of attack and breathed slowly as the distance decreased by the second.

"Fighters, twelve o'clock high!" One of the Avengers shouted a split second later. "Looks like three squadrons, mix of X, Y, and A wings."

"Break off and engage." The voice of Avenger Leader said. Scral looked up and watched all three Avengers break off just as the enemy squadrons began firing.

Keeping low he brought the ship over the bow of the Frigate as turbo laser fire tried in vane to destroy his TIE. Flipping the switch for auto deployment he held the fighter on the bombing line and felt as the ten proton bombs released one by one.

Pulling up over the bridge, he brought the ship slowly around and made full speed for the planet below. He felt the shock-wave in his backbone of the Frigate slowly exploding.

"Nazgul 2, do you read?" His comlink said a moment later. "3 do you read?" His gut clenched as he realized what had happened. " Oh god, they are both gone. 6 fly fast, finish the miss..." Static followed a moment later.

He felt his heart jump as the memories tried to creep up on him. They had played a cruel trick on him using the voices of his friends during the simulation. He could still hear the screams as those three men died so many years ago.

Shaking his head he pushed the TIE into a steep dive angling as straight down as he could. He knew the surviving fighters would be on his tail momentarily.

Keying the remaining bombs for activation, Scral watched the distance to the base decrease very quickly. His engines screamed as he tried to coax more speed out of them. He felt turbulence as the Bomber shot through the upper atmosphere.

Resetting the Inertial Dampeners to full he pulled back hard on the yoke as the ground came rushing up at him. He heard the tips of trees slice into his bottom solar panels. Breathing quickly he kept low as he could as he crossed the outer perimeter of the base.

"This is for the pilots of Nazgul." He said quietly as he slapped the bomb release.

The simulator went dark a second later. He thought maybe the fighters had caught up to him and he died with the rest of his old squadron.

He closed his eyes as he heard the door pop open. He did not remove his helmet, he had to get his emotions under control first. With the simulation over, what he held in check threatened to come out fully.

"Take a few moments and gather yourself Dyr'Jin." The lieutenant said a second later softly. "You scored five forty two, congratulations."

Scral leaned his head back as he let the memories rush over him.



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Trimik Dyr'Jin
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  RE: Scral - Top Gun, Tier 1.
April 27, 2011 1:30:17 PM    View the profile of StOrMz 
Very nice, Scral. You've passed. Please move on to the next one, you may post it once you've met the criteria for the second tier.

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