==================== 0600 Viper Briefing Room ==================== Warmaker was standing in front of the Briefings Table and waited for his Pilots. Point 0600 comes his Pilots into the Room and sit down in front of him. The last who joined the Room was 2lt and Dark Jedi Knight Zed Zeon who sit slowly in the last row down a Cigarette between his lips. Warmaker noded to all "Good Morning Pilots. As i sayd yesterday we got new Orders.  The Shipyards at Bluepoint 5 were assaulted yesterday by a Commando Force of the Pirate Group Sha`arndak." as he begunn his Briefing, the Holoscreen behind him shows now the Video that the Atrus made from the Damaged Shipyards. "The leader from this Group is a ex Imperial. Our Inteligence found out that he currently move his Ships to this Asteroid field at the edge of the Vast Empire influence" The Holoscreen picture changed now to a Starmap who showed a Asteroid field. "This is our Target. Our Operation Base will be the ISD II Crusader. Our Mission is to find out how many Ships there are currently preparing to engage our Space. Any Questions so far?" Warmaker looked into the Faces of his Pilots. Raiden and Sheepy, shortly before assigned to Viper Squadron looked a bit nervouse, Piett who flyd severall Battles for the Vast Empire shaked slowly his Head. Hamerman and Scout was looking to the Starmap and the Informations on there Datapads. "Wich kinds of Ships can we expect to find?" asked Megadeth "Every Ship who is not bigger then a ISD. When he leaved the Imperial Navy took the leader his ISD with him, so we know for sure that he has a ISD, but about the other ships we have no clue. They have maybe also other ISD`s, VSD`s and severall smaller Escort Ships. His Starfighter fleet is mostly Tie Style, but also T-Wings, Z-95 and other kind of Figthers." answerd Warmaker. "Any other Question? Allright, we start at 0800. Prepare yourself for the mission now, you are dismissed" sayd Warmaker The Pilots stands up and headed to the Door as they heard Warmakers Voice from behind... "Ahh i forgot one thing, for this Mission we are equiped with Tie Advance Fighters" sayd Warmaker with a Evil Smile on his Face. ....... ========== 0800 Hangar bay ========== The Door to the Hangar opend and Warmaker and his Pilots headed to there new Fighters. As Warmaker was in his Ship he started the Preflight Sequence and checked the Systems. After booth Engines showed Green he opend a Chanel. "what is the Status?" asked Warmaker "2 Green and hot" answerd MegaDeth "Ready for take off" replyd Raiden "All Systems Green" sayd Zed ....... After all Pilots was ready, Warmaker started the Repulsors and flyd out of the Hangar of the mSSD Atrus. "OK Pilots, into Formation. We fly now to the ISD II Crusader" orderd Warmaker =========== ISD II Crusader =========== After a short flyd, Viper Squadron landed on the ISD II Crusader and Warmaker headed to the Bridge. "Ahh welcome Leutenant" sayd the Captain when Warmaker joined the Bridge. "Your Squadron is now on Board?" "Yes we are ready" answerd Warmaker "Prepare for Jump into Hyperspace, on my command .... Now" orderd the Captain. The Stars changed into lines as the ISD II Crusader jumped into Hyperspace. ............ (OOC: The Enemys Fleet is preparing from the Asteroid field a attack, so there will be severall Capitol Ships, but dont engage them. what we are facing is a ISD II with two Squadrons Tie Fighter and maybe a smaller Capital Ship as Escort)
 
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CMDR/DJK/2lt Warmaker/Viper 1-1/WING I/mSSD Atrus/VE/VEN (=A=) (=SA=) (=FOCE=) (=JCPA=) (=SCPA=) [VC-B] [SV] [CBV]

You can run but you cannot hide
Have you ever kissed a Snake?

"Well, this is my first recon mission,"scout said over the comm. "These advances are an improvement over the old gunboats. They're much easier to fly and it makes me feel safer having more to throw at them, in case this turns into a full blown fighter battle." He flew his ship out of the hangar after Warmaker did.

Raiden walked toward his newly issued TIE Advance, and looked over the sleek, all-but-new hull and the deadly angled 'wings' of the craft... The design brought together the speed, agility, and overall manueverability of the TIE Interceptor, aswell as the attack power, shielding and offensive force of the Imperial Gunboat... Overall, the TIE Advanced was one of the best fighters known to the Empire, and there was no doubt as to why this fighter was the favourite of most pilots in the Imperial Navy... Raiden walked around the ship, looking at the glass canopy and noting that there weren't even any blaster marks, or even any indications of hull repair... Brand new, TIE A's! "Well... This will do nicely..." Raiden said to himself, but still out loud. And with a grin, the young pilot started for the access ladder, which would allow him to climb up and into the hatch which was atop the fighter... 'They still need to work out a better way to board an Imperial fighter... It's a pain having to stow our snubs so that we can access them from the tops... Such a waste of space, which could be used for more supplies.' Raiden, now having climbed the access ladder, stood for a moment, looking out at his fellow squad members, and gave a thumbs up to Sheepy, another newly appointed squadron member, "Go in hot, come out cold!" Raiden shouted, 'No use going in cold, and coming out hot... As in a ball of flame.' He said to himself, as he pulled his helmet from underneath his arm. Bringing the large, almost clumsy helmet up, Raiden placed the black bucket over his head and let out a sigh, "Your lucky you can save my life, otherwise I would hate you." He said as he started to decend into the fighter, slipping into the cockpit with relative ease, 'Well, atleast the cockpit is bigger... You can almost stretch out your legs.' Raiden began to hook up his life-support systems, and knew that every other pilot was doing the same. The systems themselves seemed user friendly, and Raiden once again gave the makers of the craft a pat on the back... Suddenly, Raiden's comm came to life, <<"Here is Viper one, all Pilots ready?">> Reaching out a gloved hand, Raiden quickly found his comm unit, and gave a short reply, "Viper three, in the green." And released the depressed button, continuing with the last of his pre-flight checks... And, everything flashed green. Good to go... <<"Then go.">> Came Viper one's order, and Raiden started the ignition of his ion engines... Raiden watched as first Viper one left the hanger, followed almost instantly by Viper two, and activating his stabilizers, Raiden left the inside of the hanger and came to form up on Viper one's position... Having entered the void of space, and having activated the main engines, Raiden let out a breath of suprise, at the sound of the powerful roaring ion... The craft itself, was almost like it was an extension of himself, it was so smooth and responded to every touch instantly! 'We soo have to fly these from now on...' Raiden thought to himself, knowing that Viper was a TIE Interceptor flight... While still looking and marvelling at the overall fighter, Raiden's comm came to life again, and the young pilot listened carefully, not wanting to miss anything which was important... <<"ISD II Crusader, here is 2lt. Warmaker. What did you have on the Radar Screens?">> Raiden looked down at his own scanners, and frowned at what he saw... And within the space of a heartbeat, Viper one reported back, saying what Raiden himself was thinking, <<"We have in the near Asteroid field severall ships, seems like they are waiting">> Raiden glanced up, and and looked over the specs of the fighter, wanting to know everything about the TIE Advanced before he was fired upon... 'Hmm, this is nice... Let's see what you have here... Speed is 133 MGLT, very nice... Acceleration is 16 MGLT a second, that is very, very nice... Hah! Shielding...' And reaching up a gloved hand, Raiden activated his shielding and let out a small smirk from under his helmet... During the period of Raiden looking over the specs, he had been listening to the comm, and his attention was suddenly caught as he heard an announcement... <<"Attention, we have a incoming ship, i repeat, there is a incoming Ship,">> A class II ISD, suddenly burst from hyperspace, and started to come about upon the rear of the Crusader, <<"and its definietly not one of ours">> Raiden jerked around to look at his scanners, and held back a series of ill-mannered words, "Viper three here! By the looks of that ISD, it matches one of those which were used in the defection... And I am picking up on it's hanger bays openning..." Raiden pressed a small button on his scanners, and brought up a small image of the newly arrived ISD's hanger, "And I pick up on a small flight of Z-95's exiting the hanger! This is an ambush..." Even though the suprise of the arriving ISD, and the sudden radar spike from the astroid belt were alarming, Raiden kept his cool, not wanting to give in to panic... 'Nothing ever comes from panic...' Raiden said to himself, as he made ready to activate his laser systems. By the looks of the situation, there was going to be a dogfight.........   ----------------------- Senior Crewman Raiden Flight Group 1 Viper Squadron - "We fly, you die..." Navy of the Vast Empire FM/SCRW Raiden/Viper1-3/Wing 1/mSSD Atrus/VEN/VE/ [=A=]

The engines of the Tie Advanced grew cold as the swarm of Z-95 Headhunters flooded every one of the viewports.  "Viper, this is Megadeth.  I'm in serious trouble here.  Any backup would be quite welcome." The surge of "Sorry, kinda busy myself," type of replies came back through the com.  Even his wingman, Raiden, had suddenly been dragged into a fight for his life, and if he risked himself to save Megadeth, he'd join Megadeth in the afterlife. Megadeth sighed.  His career had been short as of yet, but he was going to go out in a blaze of glory.  He flipped open the panel in which the self destruct was located.  Three Headhunters surged nearer to him.  He closed his eyes and offered up a little prayer. "Megadeth," a voice came from the com," get your finger off that button."  At that second three of the fighters exploded, and through the debris came the figure of a YT-2400 freighter. "Mrrr II here," Riel Fury's voice came in from over the com.  "Viper, head back and form up on me.  We'll give them quite a run.  Megadeth, dock with me, you're going to take a turret." Megadeth cursed, but he knew his ship was lost.  "Yes sir," he replied.  He docked with the larger freighter and ran in as fast as he could.  "Docking, disengage," Riel's voice said through the speaker as the TIE Advanced floated off into space, dead.  "Take the top turret, I have a droid in the bottom one." Megadeth looked over the Mrrr II as he went towards the turret.  It was quite obvious taht this ship had been heavily modified.  He had heard stories about Riel's hobby, and he had heard that Riel was one of the best mechanics in the galaxy when it came down to it, but he never really believed it.  Seeing the ship meant to crew 6 people handle itself with one, though, made Megadeth agree. "Viper," Riel said.  "Let's go."
 
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Rear Admiral (U) Riel Fury
Navy Commander In Chief
Krath Priest
Head Master's assistant in the VEDJ Academy
Cult Member in Elite Griffen Sect

Raiden looped his TIE to his left, rolling in to come about and form up on Megadeth's wing... Raiden listened to MD's plan, and frowned to himself, "I got ya covered..." The young pilot said into his comm, "But I must say that you are outnumbered, may I suggest you wait for the flanking wave?" Raiden's frown deepened, as he heard MD call a negative, and watched as MD cut his throttle, and evaded out of the viewport, 'Damn it! Your gonna get yourself vaped!' Looking forward, Raiden saw a pair of Z-95's in his crosshairs, angling straight in, hoping to take out his TIE in a two vs one... No such luck. With uncanny speed, Raiden flicked a series of switches, and placed his laser settings to dual-fire! Punching his throttle forward, Raiden came in upon the Z-95's and released a quick burst of fire... The lasers sailed in at the targets, both bolts hitting the forward shielding of the lead Z! Rolling, Raiden brought his TIE around and under, as the Z's flew past overhead, both trying to go evasive... One of the Z's was damaged, and the shielding gone; and with one last volly of laser, the damaged Z exploded in a bright flash of ozone! "Woo! That's one..." Raiden cheered, as he slowed his throttle to 33%, turned and sped up instantly, coming around behind the second Z who had attacked... With a squeeze of the trigger, a series of laser bolts left the TIE's ports, and before him, Raiden watched as the shielding of the Z first flashed, faded then failed! The second laser blast blew the engines of the craft, causing the fuel line to explode, taking the ship with it... "Two down for Raiden!" The young pilot said over his comm, and smirked, "I'm coming around on the--" Raiden was suddenly cut off, as an emergency message came through from Megadeth: <<"This is MegaDeth, I AM FLOATING OUT HERE, I NEED HELP ON THE DOUBLE MY ENGINES ARE OUT!!!>>" Raiden growled to himself, and brought his TIE around hard to starboard! "I'm coming! Hold on--" Once again, Raiden was cut off... But not by a message, but rather a volly of laser fire aimed at him! Jerking the flight stick to his left, Raiden rolled his TIE, and evaded most of the laser bolts, only two actually skimming his shielding, but not causing any concern... "Cancel that, I have mercs on me butt!" Raiden shouted into his comm, and started to go evasive, dodging with everything he had! Suddenly, a thought came into Raiden's head, and he started to grin... 'That might just work...' Reaching toward his shielding controls, Raiden pressed in the buttons which controlled the shield directions, and put everything he had to rear shields! Grasping the throttle, Raiden cut power to his engines, and came to an abrupt halt... And just as he had hoped, the persuing Z's suddenly burst past, not expecting the move, and being too close to have any type of reaction! "Boom!" Raiden shouted, as he let lose his lasers, his canopy filling with a bright green flare! Throttling up, Raiden redirected his shields, and made them even over his TIE, as he continued to blast away at the four-- now three Z's before him! With the TIE's quick fire rate, the Z's were destroyed before they could begin evasive flight patterns, and this left Raiden with six kills to his name on his first mission! <<"Viper, head back and form up on me.  We'll give them quite a run.  Megadeth, dock with me, you're going to take a turret.">> Raiden let out a whoop, and turned his craft, starting a long arc which allowed him a great view of the positions of the enemy, not to mention a view of where his squad mates were also... Coming about, Raiden formed up on the Mrrr II, and prepared himself for an attack run...........
 
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Senior Crewman Raiden
Flight Group 1
Viper Squadron - "We fly, you die..."
Navy of the Vast Empire
FM/SCRW Raiden/Viper1-3/Wing 1/mSSD Atrus/VEN/VE/ [=A=]