Asuka's heart was racing - she could hear the blood rushing in her ears. Finally, real combat. A real chance to show she was the best. TO show that she wasn't a useless waste of space. That she was more than just some little girl. She was still struggling into her suit as she half-hopped across the hangar towards "her" X-Wing. She was going to do this. She tugged her helmet on awkwardly and then shot up the ladder to the cockpit. She secured herself and ran through a hasty pre-flight checklist as the canopy lowered. She flexed her fingers over the control stick and then kicked her throttle wide open as she roared out of the hangar and into the inky blackness of space.

"Rogue Four away! All engines green!"

Below her, she could see the blue-green planet. Not to mention the millions of Ohm.