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"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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