Long Day

[Eisa Swan]

"Look alive Star Squadron" rang out the voice Star Three over the comms channel as the light of the swirling blue vortex of hyperspace reflected off the canopy of the cygnet's cockpit. Its Ashen haired pilot running over the last of the systems checks before priming her weapons and shields. "ETA on drop out of hyperspace in two minutes so prepare yourselves, Intel read outs show that Drax's command ship is positioned within the shield envelope that is protecting Bannistar Station from the planet's surface. We cannot get to it until the ground strike team are successful in destroying the shield generator, Our Mission till then is to achieve fighter superiority so that the fleet support ships can move in and provide supressive fire on Drax's ship. Once the Shield generator is down, we'll commence our attack runs on the command ship" the pilot spoke out, giving a final reminder of the mission briefing, before closing the comm link and toggling the frequency over to the two members of Star Squadron that were carrying out the attack on the surface of Triffis.

".... Ill keep this brief. We're about to drop out of hyperspace and commence the assault on the pirate forces that have blockaded Banistar Station" Eisa spoke out over the comms channel to the flight carrying out the planetary assault on the long range turbo laser and shield installations that defended the Fueling and refinery station that the fighter squadron were about to attempt to wrestle out of the Pirate Lord's control.

As Eisa continued with her remote mission briefing, her attention was pulled away towards Ditto, whom was signalling that they were about to cross the threshold of the hyperspace corridor and drop out into real space. Swiftly the ashen haired Jedi master rushed through the remainder of the mission brief, imploring them to make the most of the element of surprise whilst the pirate's Forces were distracted by the sudden assault being launched the planet's upper orbit.

Leaning back against her seat, Eisa tightened the restraint harnesses that held her firmly in place within her cockpit, knowing all to well that this was not going to be a smooth flight, the last thing she would want in the middle of a dog fight was to find herself slipping around in her seat - been there and done that before. Once the mission briefing was concluded, Eisa pulled down the visor of her flight helmet, her emerald hued eyes adjusting to the HUD display flashing up into life in front of her. Pressing down on the alliance comms channel, so that those attacking the ground and those who were about to drop out of hyperspace could hear. "May the Force be with us”

Seemed that no sooner had she said those words, the swirling blue vortex, suddenly phased into streaks of piercing white light, as the fighters and the Squadron's support ships dropped out of Hyperspace with a sudden lurch. As soon as the ships dropped into real space, the exhausts of the Cygnet flared with a burst of light as the pilot threw the throttle fully open, breaking off from the transit formation and into an attack pattern.

The Ashen haired Jedi Master's gaze narrowed as her attention focused onto a pair of patrol fighters who by the looks of it had only realised what had just happened. Swiftly and with a near predatory speed, the Cygnet was aligned in pursuit of the two Pirates Craft, with slight adjustments made to refine the targeting reticules to achieve a weapons lock. No sooner than the High pitched tone sounded, Eisa squeezed down on the trigger, opening fire on the fighters in front of her. Crimson streaks of laser fire flashing out from the wing mounted laser cannons, streaking a path towards the rear engines of the closest fighter. The laser fire tearing through the hull of the ship spiralled off in a ball of burning flame and vented plasma from it's ruptured engines.

As the trailing of the two pirate's ships spiralled of out of control, the remaining pirate started to erratically bank off to the right, looking to try and evade it's pursuer. Tightening her grip on the control yoke, the Jedi Ace pulled her craft into a tight banking dive, using the Force to compress her body as she did so - whilst the burst thrusters firing into life did greatly enhance the manoeuvrability of the agile fighter, it did have the side effect of inflicting some heavy g turns.

The combination of the enhancements made to the Cygnet over its years of active operation, had allowed it's pilot to swiftly intercept the enemy fighter from the underside. Where without hesitation of a solid weapons tone, the ashen haired pilot opened fire on the fighter as she strafed under her target's dorsal hull. The alternating crimson streaks of laser fire ripping into the pirate's exposed under belly, tearing through the hull of the ship before it violently explored, forcing Eisa to suddenly bank off to her left in a combined yawing and nose down dive to avoid the blast radius, only to sharply circle the fighter round once it was clear so to get a visual of the next of the Pirate fighters.

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[Ashlyna Talmount]

Ash was rather excited about the mission looming before her. She was getting tons of flight hours docked this day, hell, she might even make ace at this rate. But on a serious note, there was alot riding on this mission. She ran a flight check as Master Swan explained a mission. "I read you Star Three. I'm ready to go." Ash stated, as her nav-computer began to beep loudly, letting Ash know they were about to reach the destination. Ash paused, fixing the small holopic she had of Tycho on display in her cockpit. It brought a smile to her face to see him there, but at the same time she knew that there was a decision she would have to make about their future; she could only hope she made the right one. Putting those thoughts aside, Ash put her hands on the controls, as she got herself ready, her hands flying over the controls, as she merged with the force to guide her hand.

Dropping into combat, Ash's fingers twitched for the deflector shields, as her fighter would become enraptured by the shields. Swan was already gone, causing Ash to let out a whoop of surprise. Seeing that the master had things well in hand, Ash banked off towards a trio of pirate fighters. She lined up a shot on the middle fighter, squeezing off a burst that struck the starboard engines of one, causing it to spiral into the path of his right most wingmen. The left most fighter steered off, banking back and trying to come towards Ash's fighter. She smirked, seeing what the other pilot was trying, as she banked to the right, going into a barrel roll as the incoming pirate fired towards her, narrowly missing her.

Ash leaned her fighter back to line her attacker up in her sights, and with one squeeze of the trigger he was gone. It made her a bit sad knowing that she was blinking these lives out of existence one squeeze at a time. Seeing another group of fighters up ahead, Ash steadied her fighter before zooming up ahead, only to find that she had gained a new pair of friends that were now coming up behind her. It gave her a buzz of excitement, a smirk coming across her face. This was going to be good.

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[Omnis Waszylla]

Omnis was fighting to keep his adrenaline from bringing out his other persona, the justice-loving and incredibly forward Potencia. He needed to keep it under control at least until they were ready to attack the command ship, especially with the number of pirates that were going to be in their way in the form of other fighters. The Jedi had been in precarious situations before, especially behind the cockpit of his Magnum, but this was the culmination of efforts more than just himself. He couldn't let his desire to bring Justice to those that deserve it overshadow the mission. Slowly, mission by mission, he was getting that side of him under control. No, it was more than that. They were becoming one, the meek actor and his brave and bombastic persona were combining to become the person he always wanted to be.

"Understood, Star One! I'll save my Torpedoes for the big fish, time to flash fry a snack while we wait, then. JUSTICE!!" He couldn't help but give out the yell as a kind of battle cry, having seen a plethora of targets after having dropped out of hyperspace. He fired his afterburners, spinning off to the right where his companions hadn't gone yet to cover fighters from that side. His ship was more maneuverable than most would think, and had a good amount of firepower. A couple shots from his cannons and one ship was flying without a wing, spinning off into the depths of space. His ship wasn't as maneuverable as his fellow squadmates, though, so he had to pull off to start another attack run into the plethora of pirates. With his shields, though, he'd be able to stay longer in the active battlefield. Oh, this was really going to be BADASS.

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[Eisa Swan]

A bemused expression crossed the ashen haired Masters features as the male Jedi reported in, the euphemism of dealing with the smaller fish for the start of the mission. Was unusual but in the same breath was fitting for the situation at hand, until they had the clearance from the planetary strike team, the Star Squadron trip would have to thin out the numbers of the pirates forces. What was however unexpected what the battle cry, well she assumed it was his battle cry ringing out over the comns before Omnis' ship broke off to the right and engaged the pirates.

The wave of bemusement soon washed over her, as the Cygnet barrelled round to incercept a group of enemy fighters that had broken off towards the Fleet support ships. Pulling the fighter into a tight yawning turn, Eisa held her finger firm over the trigger waiting as the targetting reticule aligned with pirates, squeezing down as soon as they came into cannon range. Crimson bolts of laser fire ripping out of the Cygnets laser cannons as its pilot carried out a strafing run into the path of the two fighters, the bursts of laser fire streaking harmlessly off infront of them, before drawing rapidly closer as Eisa closed the distance and increased the accuracy of her fired rounds, the first few blasts to strike the pirates, slammed hard into the nose cone of the lead fighter, sending it flaming off into the path of the pirate in the fighter trailing behind it.

Sweeping through the resulting explosion, pulling up into a steep climb, the Jedi master circled her fighter back round towards the swirling dog fight that had broken out between the fighters of Star Squadron and the Pirates. Her gaze narrowing as she intently surveyed the battle that was taking place around her, identifying any potential targets that may pose a threat to any of her squadron members. Her emernald green eyes focusing on a fighter that was in a pursuit course for one of the supporting squadron members, its dual quad cannons raining down green laser fire against the fighter. Throttling her fighter to full acceleration Eisa went streaked towards the freighter. Maneuvering herself so that she would pass by on its under side.

Her breathing slowing down as she focused the Force around her in preparation for what she was about to pull off. As soon as she crossed the freighters threshold, Eisa leveled her craft off: looking to draw the freighters attention onto her for a moment before Eisa suddenly closed off the throttle and stamping hard on the yaw contol pedals, throwing the cygnet into a high velocity yawing turn, spinning the craft about face. Eisas breathing became more controlled and focused as she maintained the Force pressure on her circulatory system, making sure that the flow of blood throughout her body remained even.

As her fighter barreled around in its high G turn, the ashen haired pilot toggled her weapons system over onto the heavy laser cannons - before squeezing down on the trigger as the bridge of the freighter came into view. The fired bursts of cannon fire tore through the light hull of the freighter with ease, taking out the cockpit within a small Fiery explosion, before sending the craft spiralling out of control, the flames from the ruptured Hull billowing out in plumes before the freighter suddenly exploded