Fighting the Ohm....IN SPAAAACE!

[yubyubcommander.livejournal.com]

As soon as the Ohm appeared, Wedge had begun moving. He practically sprinted off the Obs deck, yelling at Stacy as he headed for the hangar bay.

“Stacy, I need our fighters prepped now..” He doesn’t wait for an answer, instead lifting his comm ring to his lips and speaking into it, the message transmitted across open channels to everybody in range with their own rings.

“Attention, Rogue Squadron. Scramble, scramble, scramble! All pilots report back aboard Stacy and to your fighters. This is no drill! Again, Rogue Squadron, scramble! All pilots to your fighters!” He glanced back at the others who had been close enough to the Obs deck to accompany him back aboard Stacy.

“This is it. We’ve trained. We’re as ready as we can be now. This is for real this time.” With that he headed deeper into the ship.

As he arrived in the hangar, he was already discarding the civilian clothing he’d picked up and was half-running, half-hopping across the bay to his fighter as he struggled into his flight suit. His helmet was waiting in the cockpit. He clambered up into the cockpit, kicked the ladder free to be caught by a tentacle and tugged his helmet on. No time for a walk around. He simply had to trust that the ship was in shape to fly. He keyed the comm system on the fighter, as well as speaking into the comm ring.

“This is Rogue Leader to all fighters. Launch as soon as you’re ready. Form up in wing pairs and engage the enemy. Our primary objective is to keep additional Ohm fighters from reaching the planet and from attacking Stacy. Fly your best out there, everyone. May the Force be with us.” With that he, began a quick-start check of his systems, and punched the throttle as soon as he was sure that his fighter wouldn’t explode when he launched.

“Rogue Leader is away, four lit and green.” His fighter slashed out into space, free of Stacy. And the Ohm were everywhere.

[[Alright! No post order for now. Just get out there and into the furball. Have fun, tag each other, back each other up. Late arrivals can join the fight, of course.

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[silverduelist]

"You two better be on your way back to the spaceport! As if a machine like that is anything compared to a mobile suit against these bastards!"

He quickly glanced down his comm ring. No response from the initial announcement from Wedge. Not surprising, they were probably already out there fighting, without him. And clearly without Kira or Shinn, either-- he cursed to himself.

"Damn it--! Why did I have to come back down here?!"

[jesushasagundam]

"Where do you think we're--" Kira shakes his head. "There's no time! Just get there!"

[silverduelist]

"WHAT DO YOU THINK I'M DOING?!"

This exchange was quickly turning into a circle. But at least they were both on the same page now (hopefully, at any rate). Giving a disgruntled sound, Yzak raced on, past others who were on their way to the evacuation shuttles, swerving around them as well as anything coming down from the combat that was already starting from above.

[on-an-impulse.livejournal.com]

"I'm flying, would you all shut up?" Shinn screamed calmly.

[jesushasagundam]

"Just... get us to the extraction point!" Kira shut up. They weren't far from the drop zone anyway. They had to get up to Stacy and into their mobile suits - a little fighter like this wouldn't do the job.

[silverduelist]

"You know, a lift would probably be helpful, too, you know!"

[on-an-impulse.livejournal.com]

"Do we have room?" he called to Kira.

[jesushasagundam]

Kira looked down at Yzak, and around at the little gunners' compartment... it'd be tight, but this was no time to quibble over comfort.

"We can make it work," Kira called back over the roar of combat. "Take us down!"

[on-an-impulse.livejournal.com]

Avoiding the influx of magical girls, Shinn did.

[silverduelist]

That was one thing Yzak could agree with Kira on. When they were low and close enough, Yzak grabbed onto the side of craft to pull himself up into it, not wanting to waste any time so they could speed right up again.

[jesushasagundam]

Of all the people Kira could have ever imagined sharing a gun turret with, Yzak Jule wasn't very near the top of the list. Kira scooted as far to the side as he was able, leaving part of the seat open for the other man, though the new position limited the angles he could cover as gunner.

"He's in," Kira called back, "Let's go!"

[on-an-impulse.livejournal.com]

As Shinn took off, the music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK3E6IBhX0I) changed again. "What the--?" he shouted, slamming the stupid thing off. The ship jerked wildly for a moment before he had both hands back on the controls.

[silverduelist]

"Music? Really?! If--"

He stopped short, holding onto the side of the craft to keep himself steady when it jerked. Yzak sent a quick glare toward Shinn.

"What the hell?!"

[jesushasagundam]

"It's been doing this since we took off," Kira explained, adjusting for the abrupt motion, aiming, and squeezing the trigger to shoot an Ohm from the sky. "I don't know what's wrong with it."

[on-an-impulse.livejournal.com]

"If you're not shooting, change the channel!" Shinn barked at Yzak, banking hard to avoid incoming hostiles.

[silverduelist]

"Change the channel my ass, I'm turning this stupid thing off!"

He leaned down to check the controls, reaching for what looked like an off button. Instead, a different song came through the speakers.

[jesushasagundam]

"If we knew how to turn it off, we would have!" Kira gritted his teeth against Shinn's sharp turn. "I can't line up a shot if you keep turning like that!"

[on-an-impulse.livejournal.com]

"If I go in a straight line, they'll shoot us and we'll die! Yzak, turn the music off!"

[silverduelist]

"I don't even want the stupid music on!"

"Tch, this is ridiculous...!" he grumbled under his breath, hitting another button.

[jesushasagundam]

"I don't think any of those turn it off! And nobody said anything about just going straight - just level off once in a while!"

[on-an-impulse.livejournal.com]

"Why don't you just learn to aim?" He banked sharply up, grimacing as their fighter accelerated to break the planet's gravity. Back to Stacy. We need to take out those Shrikes!

[silverduelist]

This wasn't the most preferred way to get back into space, but upon Shinn's change in angle, Yzak readied himself as best he could. At least they were almost there.

[jesushasagundam]

"It's completely different when someone else is flying for you, you know!" Kira exhaled, though as Shinn pulled up, he swiveled, bumping up against Yzak as he took aim and fired again on a Shrike trailing them.

[on-an-impulse.livejournal.com]

"I don't care!" he growled, rolling around a stream of enemy fire. "Just -- hold on to something!"

[silverduelist]

If the situation wasn't so dire, Kira would have gotten either a Remark or a hard nudge back in return. But seeing as he was busy at the turret, Yzak just tried to make way for him and take Shinn's advice.