Posted by Commander Richard “Ricochet” O’Shea (Cmd Air Group (CAG)) in Fighters and Runabout, Entering the Antioch System

Posted by Commander Richard “Ricochet” O’Shea (Cmd Air Group (CAG)) in Fighters and Runabout, Entering the Antioch System

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Ael Khev (Pilot, Grn Squad) in Fighters and Runabout, Entering the Antioch System
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OOC: pasting some things I accidentally snipped out.

IC: When Ric landed, Xandra was in the hanger. She helped the little girl down and smiled. “Ready to fly, Sir… cleared by medical. Choice is yours… shuttle with you to the surface to help out, or you want me in a fighter?” Whichever he chose, she wanted him to know she was truly ready, either way.

Xandra
“Little Sehlat”

Ric was relieved to see Xandra AND hear she was cleared to get back into the sky. He wanted desperately reach out to hold her and confirm for himself that she was fine. This was not the time, so instead just gave her a smile and a nod.

“Was the doc able to confirm what happened to you? My guess is that it had something to do with the microwaves, but that shouldn’t be a problem anymore. Papa Bear and Apex destroyed all the emitters in the area. The rest of the squads are going to keep their eyes open as to what’s going on down there. My orders are to take out any other emitters they come across.”

The CAG watched Michaels and Dr. Clint escort the child out of the hangar bay. He gave her one more wave as the doors closed.

“Wait a minute–who wants me on a shuttle to the surface? And what for?” Ric queried. His eyes swept the hangar bay and he spied one of the shuttles being prepped.

As most of the the other fighters had left the bay after refueling and arming, Ric spotted the new boot climbing into the cockpit of his bird. “BANNER,” he called out, “Report to Apex as Red 5. He’s co-ordinating the patrols until I can get back out there.”

Ricochet (CAG)

The CAG watched Michaels and Dr. Clint escort the child out of the hangar bay. He gave her one more wave as the doors closed.

“Wait a minute–who wants me on a shuttle to the surface? And what for?” Ric queried. His eyes swept the hangar bay and he spied one of the shuttles being prepped.

As most of the the other fighters had left the bay after refueling and arming, Ric spotted the new boot climbing into the cockpit of his bird. “BANNER,” he called out, “Report to Apex as Red 5. He’s co-ordinating the patrols until I can get back out there.”

Ricochet (CAG)

After all the checks were done, Lt. Banner was finally ready to be afapart of this mission. With everything in the flighter ready he asked,

“USS Brian A. Olinski, this is Lt. Banner, red squad, awaiting launch approval.”

Lt. Banner (Red Squad)

=/\=Banner, this is control. You are good to go.=/\=

“Roger that and the lunch switch is go.” With that Banner launched into space behind the rest of the wing.

Out in space, Red Squad and Green Squad were forming up. =/\=Red 5, form up with the rest of us. Papa Bear take lead on Green Squad, I’ll take Red. Red Squad fly first patrol, Green Squad follow. Copy?=/\=

=^=Roger, Comrade Apex,=^= came the reply from the Russian pilot =^=We will keep watch from orbit. ready to commence on your call, Apex.=^=

Banner responded, “Roger following into line with red squad as ordered.”

Banner

After Xandra explained what Ric’s orders were to be, he looked at her with consternation on his face. It wasn’t that he disbelieved her, but he thought both his and her skills would be more useful in a fighter than a shuttle. Hitting his comm badge, he connected to the bridge.

=^=Skipper, this s Ricochet. I got your message about piloting a shuttle down to the surface. Not to disregard or contradict your orders, sir, but I’d be a lot more comfortable taking a fighter down with Lt. Primage. That way we can offer both air an ground support to the surface team.=^=

While waiting Parker’s response, he said to Xandra, “Round up a flight engineer and make sure a Ranger class is prepped. With the Skip’s okay, we’ll take that to the surface..

Ricochet (CAG)