"I LOVE THIS THING!!!!"  Riel said about the TIE Defender as he blew up one of the hornets.  "I feel like I could take on the whole rebellion myself," he said to Darkhawk. "I know what you mean,"  Darkhawk replied. Riel checked his scopes again to see if one of those TIE Phantoms made a mistake.  "Viper One, this is Aegis One." "I read," Piett said. "You all take care of these fighters out here, we're going to protect the Atrus." "Roger that, Aegis One.  Hear that Viper?  Let's roll" "Aegis Squadron, form up on me, we have a job to do," Riel said.  "Time to show them why they call us Aegis.  Shield formation, everyone."  An impressive display showed One Flight, led by a TIE Defender in the center, with two and three flight flying cover like birds of prey.  One Flight prevented anyone from getting through while the other two picked off the fighters that somehow broke through.  It was very effective.  They knocked out ten fighters before the fools got the point. "Okay, now let's get out there and kick some more butt on those bigger ships..."
 
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Officer Candidate Riel Fury
Squadron Commander
Aegis Squadron
Gold Recruitment Commendation
Wing Commander Wing One
Victory Cross w/ Silver Trim
VE Pothead and Reborn Pimp

Riel checked his shields after he shot down the third X-wing.  "Heh, 100% shields...I LOVE THIS THING!!!"  The lights in the cockpit turned red.  "Crap, got a missle lock, this isn't working too well.  Hmm...Syths, what kinda toys did you put on this thing."  He found the countermeasures and launched them, and watched the missle explode a safe distance behind him.  Kalebb spoke over the comlink.  "Sir, I'm in trouble.  Got two X-wings on my tail." "I got it Kalebb.  Turn .013 and go to full throttle." "Yessir." Kalebb's TIE Fighter screamed as is turned, with two X-wings on his tail.  From directly overhead came Sythspawn's TIE Defender, blasting one of the X-wings to dust before it even realized it was there, and severely denting the other fighters shields.  "You're clear now, Aegis Seven.  I'll finish off this X-wing."  Riel always loved the way an X-wing looked when it exploded...
 
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Officer Candidate Riel Fury
Squadron Commander
Aegis Squadron
Gold Recruitment Commendation
Wing Commander Wing One
Victory Cross w/ Silver Trim
VE Pothead and Reborn Pimp

Darkhawk glanced around as his comm suddenly fell silent. All around him, the flash of lasers had ceased. Far away, the explosions of larger ships as they were crushed by the Atrus was visible, but aside from that, all signs of battle had stopped. "One, are we all finished up here?" There was a slight pause. Riel was probably wondering the same thing. "Seem that way, Five." Suddenly, a huge cheer came up on the comm. All of the pilots seemed to be celebrating their victory all at once. Darkhawk even recognized the voices of some people on the capital ships. Well, it was a joyous occasion. They had come in, taken out the pirates, and lived to fight another day. And all with only slight losses. Plus, several of the new pilots had proven themself worthy in battle. After a long time of applause and shouting, things finally got quiet again. "Good job, everybody," Claw announced. "All flights, come on back to the Atrus. I've already called in all the bombers. We can finish up the last few stragglers from the Atrus." Aegis, Raptor, and Viper Squadrons all began their slow turn back toward the super star destroyer. "Oh ... and great job out there today people," Claw added. "I'm sure Atrus would've been proud of you all." There was a long moment of silence after that one. Then, PJ's fighter suddenly broke off from the main group. "Is there a problem, One?" Daishi asked. "Everyone, I just got an urgent message. I've got to head out on a mission somewhere." "Just like that?" Claw quizzed. "Yeah. I'll fill you in later, Claw. Daishi, Bear, Riel, Claw ... you guys are in charge. I'll be back." And with that, PJ's fighter streaked off toward a navy buoy on the outer edge of the system. Strange, Darkhawk thought, wondering what was going on. But, he could worry about that later. For now, it was a time to celebrate. And a time to head up to the lounge and enjoy Zed and Kain's hospitality.
 
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FL/WO2 Darkhawk/Aegis 2-1 (Aegis Five)/mSSD Atrus/VEN/VE/(=A=)/(=MA=)/[BRC]

"A man cannot be too careful in his choice of enemies."

Kain pressed the trigger and lauched his last pair of proton torpedos at the crippled Nebulon Frigate.  The remaining gunners on the frigate desperately tried to shoot down the proton torpedos with their turbolasers, but they were unsuccessful and the frigate was almost instantly blown to pieces as the torpedos hit. "Last target destroyed.  Lets get back to the Atrus guys." Kain said with a relaxed voice. "Alright flight 3, right echelon formation." smiled Kain. Kain and the rest of his squadron flew back to the Atrus with one thing on their minds...bar, alcohol, and partay!
 
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Warrant Officer 1st Class Kain Rennok
FL/WO1 Kain Rennok/Aegis 3-1/mSSD Atrus/VE/VEN (=A=) (=MA=) [VC:Silver]

OOC: That was kinda fast. Fallen took of his helmet and Riel immedaitely grabbed the entire Aegis Squadron for a drink at the Lounge. Bottles of Ale was passed around, everyone was recalling their battle experiences .....
 
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WO2 Swarveth 'Dogfight' Fallen
Aegis Squadron, Vast Empire Navy
FM/WO2 Fallen/Aegis 3-3/1/mSSD Atrus/1ESF/VE/VEN/(=A=)

Darkhawk was sitting in the far back booth of the lounge, all to himself. He'd ordered his usual drink right when he'd arrived in the lounge and slipped away to the back where he could be alone and think. Viper had just now come into the bar. They had stayed outside, patrolling, but nothing showed up. Just like Claw had figured. The Devastator has headed back home for repairs, and some repair crews from the Atrus were over working on the Saratoga right now to get it repaired. Darkhawk sighed and stirred his drink with his straw. Several of the pilots were right - that had been fast. Adn not nearly as hard as Kadaan had warned it would be. Something just seemed out of whack here. And still, something did just not feel right. Oh well, no use worrying about it now. No ideas seemed to be coming to his mind, and there was a party going on. Besides, Darkhawk had ended up third in kills, behind Lonewolf and PJ. Not too shabby. So maybe it WAS time to celebrate. He got up from the booth and wandered over to talk with the rest of Aegis. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Later that night, Claw recieved a message from PJ. He had been sent to investigate a distress call in a nearby system. The message said that it had been sent by one of the Vast Empire's scout ships ... but the truth was far from that. When PJ arrived in the system, an entire New Republic fleet was there in wait. As far as Claw knew, PJ had been captured after putting up a decent fight. At least, he hoped he had been captured. The transmission was cut short . . .  If he had been killed, things were going to get bad, very soon. Either way, they had to do something. And sitting around and waiting for repairs on the Devastator and Saratoga was not it. But the Atrus and an interdictor could not bust up an entire Republic fleet ... especially with weary pilots and damaged fighters. What a mess, Claw thought. What have I gotten myself into? Finally, as the night wore on, he decided that he would go ahead and announce the bad news the next day. Malik had been crippled in the battle ... he would never fly again. And Riel had taken a blow right at the end was in the med wing at the moment. He found himself with fewer and fewer people around to confide him. Now it was just him, Bear, Daishi, and Piett to decide what to do to get PJ freed. This was not going to be easy...
 
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FL/WO2 Darkhawk/Aegis 2-1 (Aegis Five)/mSSD Atrus/VEN/VE/(=A=)/(=MA=)/[BRC]

"A man cannot be too careful in his choice of enemies."

OCC: Alright...Navy's turn for my evil posts...muwhahaha...I don't think your going to like this one   Just a forwarning...I am posting as enemy forces.  Do NOT post as the enemy as I am, this is to be left by the HC and to establish more of a story line...  This start just before the ending of bears last post = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = m/SSD Atrus - = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Bear and the rest of the NHC stood as the blasters rang in their ears.  They have lost a few but overall a fairly simple battle.  Almost a little to simple, most were expecting more.  As the blaster fire came to a close it ended with an extremely loud blast.  Bear looked over his shoulder to talon, talon giving a small shrug, symbolizing that nothing was wrong.  Bear still on the younger side of commanding was still a bit jumpy about everything.  His girl coming to his side and they started to walk off.... The gates to the hanger bay opened as bear and the NHC apporched it.  Just before walking through it another sound of the large blaster fire rang out.  Bear stopped, turned and rushed back to his platform, putting his hands over the railing leaning over above the hanger bay and looked out into the darkness of space.  listening closely he could hear other very small blast...But it wasn't blaster fire... = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = SSD Black Hawk = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = “Status report, number two.” "Commander," a New Imperium officer said to his captain, "We have reached the coordinates, it appears our hired band of mercenaries has failed…and without any sort of effort on the Vast Empire’s part.  The rest of our capital ships are making their way into the system now.  Two of the four VSD's will be hear shortly, and numerous numbers of our corvettes are arriving every few minutes.  Upon arrival there were blaster fire, but the shots seemed to go no where, aimed at nothing.  Since then the firing has stopped and we continue to arrive from the various pointed around the VE fleet.” “Good, once the last of our few VSD’s  arrive launch all fighters… Concentrate all fire the Super Star Destroyer, once that is gone we should have no trouble taking the rest…”  The Captain said in response. “I’ll watch over it my self commander.”  = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = m/SSD Atrus = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Bear still stood over the balcony of the hanger looking out.  Another loud blast rang threw everyone ears.  This one a lot closer.  Slowly the outline of two VSD’s slowly made their way into view.  Two medium blast came toward the VE fleet in warning, striking the m/SSD Atrus square on…hardly no damage.  Bear’s eyes widened as the High Command and their pilots fell to the ground from the shook as the blasts rammed the side of the ship. “Take evasive action!!!”  Bear yelled out over the comlinks “Deploy all fighters!” The pilots scattered below them and immediately ships began to pour out of the many hangers of the ship. OOC: Now…we are talking Imperials here, as apart of the NI.  This should…take you more then a week :wink: :wink: Keep in mind they have the same training as you do and have more numbers, this will not be easy.  Remember no posting as the enemy I’ll take care of that aspect.  Be real in your posting.  Place yourself in their positions…What would you do?  Good luck and have fun… 
 
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-=:Colonel Anakin:=-
Operations Officer for the Vast Empire
OO/COL Anakin/HC-3/mSSD Atrus/VE [SCP][CDS][IOC][CM-SS][LoCx23]
E-mail 

G5 dove out of the hangar at the highest throttle allowed by the manual. He loved flying his TIE Interceptor but he wished he didn't have to go into combat with it quite so soon after the last tough battle. He glanced around and found Daishi's TIE Horror. Just as he started speeding towards it Dai came on the com, saying to go one on one. He followed the orders but decided not to get too far away from Dai if he had a chance. he didn't want a member of the High Command too die cause he forgot about them. He stayed aobut 3/4's of of a kilometer behind Dai. As soon as he dove into the fray g5 found someone targeting Dai. He brought the ship up on his display. It was a T/I. He tried to sneak up behind it but when he unleashed a quad shot the fighter juked to get Dai in his target box and only 2 of the bolts hit. The fighter was damaged but still flying at almost full. This would be hard now that he had lost the surprise. The T/I did a reverse thrust and then popped his trhrottle to full as he hauled back on the stick. The throttle cut had thrown off g5's aim and the acceleration increased his turn speed a little bit. While turning he got g5 in his box for a split second. in the heat of the moment he hadn't had a chance to switch from dual fire to quad. This was what saved g5's life. As his fighter crossed the targiting reticule of the enemy the other pilot fired. both bolts hit. One scraped a little metal off the bottom of the right connecting pylon and the other blast blew a neat little hole into one of the solar panels. Luckily nothing was really damaged. It was just a small clean hole, not a big gaping one that could take off the port panel. he knew he'd have to win this fight on his own, there would be no one to take a bogey off his tail. It would be difficult but he would prevail.
 
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TO:A/1Lt G5/Viper 2/Wing 1/mSSD Atrus/VEN/=A=
Combat Engineer G5

"Three flight, get to your TIE Fighters," Kain Rennock roared.  "The Atrus must be defended," JMac sprinted to his fighter and ran through his preflight checks at lightning speed.  Believing that the order to go had been given, he launched into space.  As soon as he got out he relized his mistake.  The order to launch had not yet been given!  While not lacking in boldness, he knew that going in without a wingman would be suicide, so he waited near the hanger for his flight to launch.

Darkhawk threw his TIE Fighter into a tight barrell roll as laser bolts streaked through the space where had just been. A green TIE Bomber pilot flew in front of him. Darkhawk squeezed the trigger on instinct and smiled as he saw the bomber explode. But he still had two TIE Interceptors on his tail. He looked around for sk8guy, but he wasn't anywhere to be seen. "Seven, where the heck is Six?" he called, juking his starfighter back and forth. "He's over here covering for me and Yodah8r, sir. Do you need some help?" "Damn right, I need some help," Darkhawk spat back, nearly avoiding another shot. "Six, get over here." "I can't, Five. I've got TIE Fighters crawling all over me." Darkhawk slammed a fist against his control panel and sent his fighter into a steep dive. Things were not looking good. The pilots were tired from the last battle, and now this. Plus, there were other things to worry about besides the numerous dogfights being waged across the sky. Suddenly, one of the squints on his tail winked off the radar. Darkhawk checked his aft and smiled. "Thanks, Two." "No, problem, Five. I owed you one," Lonewolf answered. "Hah. Well, we're even now." Darkhawk watched as TwinFury picked off the other interceptor on his rear. "Why are you two flying wing, Two, Three?" Darkhawk asked. "Well, with Ypod retiring last night and heading home, Twin was without a wing," Lonewolf answered. "And Riel's nowhere to be seen." "What?" Darkhawk questioned. "He and Zed left right before the battle. Claw said it was something about Dark Jedi training," Piett answered. Darkhawk noticed Viper Squadron heading toward their position, having finished off a squadron of Preybirds. "Crap. That leaves without two of our best," Darkhawk muttered. "Kain, are you out here?" "Roger that, Five. Just testing out my new fighter. The rest of Three Flight is over here with me, right outside the Atrus. We decided to fly TIE Fighters this time . . . better defense." Darkhawk smirked. Three Flight was always whining about being stuck in bombers. "Guess you're in charge, eh, Nine?" "Looks to be that way, Five." "Question," Piett called. "If you all are in fighters, does that mean my gunboats are the only bombers out here to take on that interdictor?" "Don't worry about that," g5 called back. "Raptor Squadron will escort Viper's Three Flight on their bombing run." "Just send your boys on over," Daishi added. "Roger that, Admiral," Piett called back. Throughout all this discussion, more and more TIEs had been pouring out of the enemy's hangar bays. And the enemy Super Star Destroyer hadn't even begun to launch its fighters yet. Things were not looking good. All the VE had was the crippled Saratoga, its own interdictor, and the Atrus. The enemy had come at them with their own SSD, two ISDs, four VSDs, and at least a dozen support ships. Things were going to get nasty really quick if they couldn't get that interdictor taken out. "Claw, are there reinforcements anywhere nearby?" Piett called out. "We have two Dreadnaughts and two lancer frigates in a nearby system, but it will be a while before they get here." "That isn't near enough," Corran said. "I know," Claw answered. "I'm hailing some of our Allies right now to see if they can give us a hand." Darkhawk grimaced. Riel, Zed, Ypod, and Malik were all gone. Several of their pilots had died in the last battle. And on top of all that, PJ had been captured by the Rebels. That thought hit Darkhawk hard. What were they going to do about PJ? Their rescue plans had all been put on halt when this attacking force had jumped in. Oh well, he thought, blasting an eyeball out of his path. He was sure Claw would come up with some brilliant plan . . . And, if not, there would always be more of these damned TIEs to kill . . .
 
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FL/WO2 Darkhawk/Aegis 2-1 (Aegis Five)/mSSD Atrus/VEN/VE/(=A=)/(=MA=)/[BRC]

"A man cannot be too careful in his choice of enemies."

It was in a total mess. Jmac had leapt his bomber out of the hangar with a suddeness that made Gravin, Fallen and Kain rushed to their respective bombers to gain on Jmac. 'Jmac, stay in Atrus area. Do not engage enemy alone. We'll be with you shortly.' Kain said over the intercom. Fallen sped his TIE bomber out of the hangar. A quick glance showed Jamc's bomber hovering near the hangar. Almost out, but not enough to attract and enemy fighters. This guy is smart. With minutes, Flight 3 regrouped, and Kain led the bombers to one of the VSDs making way towards the mSSD Atrus, and it is starting to release starfighters. Masses of TIEs flew out and the entire Navy fleet was engaged in hard action. 'Flight, proceed to bomb radar and shield facilities. Let's knock out their outer shields and radar. We are on a ROCK 'N ROLL!' Kain shouted. ' Okay! Let's blast this ship into pieces.' Fallen took a steep bank towards the shield generators, followed closely by Jmac. Over his right, Fallen spotted what looked positively like shield generators. Except .... 'JMAC! LOOK OUT! SHIELD GENERATORS COVERED BY PROTON GUNNERS!' Fallen tried to evade the masses of proton missiles aimed at him. He broke off from his current line and noticed that Jmac also pulled out of his curent attack route. 'Kain, shield protected by proton.' 'Take them out from their  weakest point. Aim for their axis.' Fallen flew towards the back of the proton guns. Before they had the time to turn and focus their shots on his craft, Fallen pressed his trigger, letting a series of heavy bombs onto the guns with a wolf yell. 2 guns were cripled. There were 6 left. 'Jmac, attack on their axis. Cripple their remaining 4. I'll cover you.' 'Kay Fallen. Going in .... ' Jmac's craft banked in. let off a series of bombs and 1 gun exploded into pieces. Fallen was going to cheer his head off, when he noticewd that a series of TIEs were on their way. Obviously the control station had notified them of his Flight's presence. 'Darnit. Flight. Enemy fighters in range. Look out for your butts.' 'Cmon. Grav, take them out. Fallen, Jmac, fly out of range for the time being. I dunt want to lose half my flight.' 'LOL' Fallen took his craft out. Gravin swooped in to started bombing out the TIEs. Luckily they were so close to each other ....
 
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[Navy - Fallen] FM/WO2 Fallen/Aegis 3-3/1/mSSD Atrus/1ESF/VE/VEN/(=A=)
[Army - Raxen] ETRP/CPL Raxen/1SQD/1PLT/1COM/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE

'Long Live the Vast Empire. And my TIE Bomber.'

[Well appearently people were not paying attention to my post.  I ordered all craft to be outfitted to engage enemy fighters.  We got the speed and the firepower to not have to worry about the capships.  The fighters are the only real threat at preasent time.] Daishi looked over his displays and was furious. "I ordered all craft to engage fighters if I catch anyone making strafing runs again I'll frag them myself is that understood?"  Daishi almost felt his microphone cringe in fear from the anger in his voice. "YES SIR!" Came the silmutanious response from all pilots. The enemy was being clumsy by engaging in more then one on one fights.  The resulting friendly fire incedents were forcing the NI pilots to back off because they were loosing too many pilots to friendly fire. Daishi knew that the Interdiction fields could be readjusted faster then the Atrus could move but as long as they kept moving the enemy couldn't use thier superior numbers to absolutely abliterate them. Daishi locked onto another Assault Gunboat and fired a pair of missles.  The explosion that followed told Daishi that the craft was no more. The Dreadnaghts and Lancers if they could come into range would give them enough of an edge that they might actually get out of this one alive. The two disabled VSD II's had done some damage to the forward shields of the Atrus.  Daishi figured that the other two VSD II's and the ISD II's were currently calculating thier micro jump to put them in a position to finish what the first two started.  Normally this would take hours but with the Interdictor it would only be a matter of moments before they'd jump.  That gave them precious little time to take out the hord of fighters and bombers.
 
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Barron Administrator Daishi
"If we had all knowladge then why would we seek what we already know and if we had no knowladge then how could we even ask the question?"  Plato
"Indeceant exposure is fun." Sonatina
"There are at least three sides to any situation." Me

Zed and the flight 2 shoots some X-wings that attacking Atrus left side. "Art, cover my tail,... 8, make my target as yours,.. Boba, cover 8's tail." With Zed and Ez8 co-op, the X-Wings don't stand a chance. "Zed,.. you have 4 X's at your right", said g5. "ok,.. got that... Vipers lets make them another space dust", said Zed.
 
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Leading Crewman Zed "118" Zeon
EFL/LCRW Zed "118" Zeon/Viper2-1/m-SDD Atrus/VEN/VE(DSM)[=A=][=MA=]{-GS-}
Adept Zed "118" Zeon/VEDJ Academy/VCF Deathscythe
-RIOT OF BLOOD-
Webpage|Email

Tarkin breathed heavily as approximately 10 fighters were chasing his tail.  "God darnnit! Someone get their butt on these fighters!!" Yelled Tarkin on his intercomm. "On my way." Replied Emon.  Emon's fighter was going at full throttle, trying to close the distance between his fighter and the enemy fighters pursuing Tarkin's TIE Interceptor. Tarkin felt his T/I shake hard.  He looked at his shields...50% Tarkin swore. "Come on people! I have like ten fighters here!!"  "I'm on my way. I have visual." Said Emon. "Flame their a**!" Yelled Tarkin.  Emon fired, hitting one fighter and destroying it.  The enemy fighters saw their comrade's fighter explode right before their eyes, and discontinued persuit.  "Thanks." Said Tarkin. "No problem.  Let's go chase 'em."  Tarkin nodded. "Yeah." Tarkin increased his throttle as high as it could go.  The enemy fighters were after another friendly craft, and firing. "Ok, let's get hits this time. Let's wipe out the squadron."  Said Tarkin. Emon nodded. Tarkin's T/I spiralled towards his targets and fired.  The enemy ships' shields were failing, but they discontinued pursuit and turned towards Tarkin's firing craft. They fired now... Tarkin quickly flew downward, evading the fire.  He quickly put on the breaks and flew upward...he was right underneath them now...fired...  Emon fired as well, destroying one fighter at a time until there was none left. "Good job." Said Tarkin. "You too." Tarkin and Emon raced towards the rest of the red dots on their radars...
 
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EFM/PO2 Tarkin/Viper 1-3/Wing I/M/SSD Atrus/1VENF/VEN[BRC][BRC][SV][=A=][=MA=]

"The Viper Squadron won't stop until our 'Best is Better and our Better is Best.'" - Tarkin

Tarkin picked up some enemy fighters on scanners.  "I have some pretty bad news." Said Tarkin. "What's that?" Asked Emon. "Well, it seems that the enemy's interdictor cruiser is no ordinary one." "Oh?" "I can get a good glimpse of their fighter bay's...There are robotic arms moving about.  It seems that they have an small on-board shipyard that constructs continous fighters." "S**t." Swore Emon. "Most definately.  They probably have a busload of pilots on that rig." "Most likely." Replied Emon. Suddenly, three squadrons of fighters were heading towards the Atrus's location. "Oh no..." Said Tarkin, under his breath. "Emon.  We've got two squadron of bombers and one squadron of fighters heading towards the Atrus. We've got to intercept now. Let Viper Squadron in on it." Ordered Tarkin. "Yes sir." Replied Emon. Emon commlinked the rest of the Viper Squadron, informing them of the new threat....
 
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EFM/PO2 Tarkin/Viper 1-3/Wing I/M/SSD Atrus/1VENF/VEN[BRC][BRC][SV][=A=][=MA=]

"The Viper Squadron won't stop until our 'Best is Better and our Better is Best.'" - Tarkin