Mission up, place going down.

[Zero]

<sub>The 12 cobra's of Red Squadron jumped out of hyperspace right where they needed to be: on the edge of an asteroid field. Zero knew all about these, and how to best navigate and use the asteroids to his advantage. He hoped everyone else was able to keep up with him.

Wings break off. Everyone in attack position. Keep it clean. Locate the headhunters and take those out first. Leave the rest for the boats.</sub>

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Zero was serious now. Him and second flight broke off, taking center behind the other 8 fighters. All sensors were up, working to pick up the base and all fighters, even for the boats. They were pulling away from them now.[/center][/sub]

[Odan Thos]

Samantha Aran and the Silver Squadron exited hyperspace. There was not even a word said as they entered the asteroid field. The Missile Boats broke into elements as the battle plan which Samantha sent before leaving Mon Calamari. Each element headed into the field looking for their targets then would go into search and destroy. Samantha had assigned her flight with the mission of destroying the transports.

Samantha and her wingman switched to proton torpedoes and linked the beta launchers together. The two of them flew towards base with the hopes that the targets there; sense sensor reading were scrambled by the trinary star system creating so much electromagnetic interference. As the fighters made its way through the asteroids and approached the location that that the data said the former Union base was located; thanks to the data from Illum. The two transports were docked with the the side bases base and the Y-wings were just launching.

Samantha and her wingman broke right while the element leader and his wingman broke left to engage the two transports. Samantha and her wingman headed in and open fired on the transport with proton torpedoes. The two Missile boats open fire on the transports why they activated the SLAM drives, dumb firing four torpedoes each. After the missile were launched the fighters broke hard as enemy Z-95 came in shooting at them. They simple continue to use the SLAM drives to put distance between them and the Headhunters.

[Zero]

_{Headhunters located, Four. They were in the asteroids, and now their going after the boats. All wings, break off and head after the fighters.
Roger lead, lead. Here's a tip, everyone: save your missiles unless you need them.}

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No jokes, no wise cracks: it was all serious right now if anyone wanted to avoid the asteroids and get out of here alive. Zero may have been use to using a twintail, but the better speed made up for the lack of shields and armor he was use to using when flying in a field like this.

Zero and his wingman broke off from the group, heading around behind a pair of headhunters attacking some of Sam's boats. There were a couple more pairs ahead of them, causing the slower and less maneuverable fighters to break away. Zero took off after a pair heading after a new target, his wingman right behind him. Before he had a clean lock, he opened fire on the first headhunter, who was stupid enough to have all its shields forward as it was attacking. It went up in flames. The second one was smarter, having its shields evened out. Zero and his wingman slowed down and peppered the shields with fire until they were depleted and the headhunter destroyed. It took long enough with the asteroids everywhere, but at least it was done.[/center][/sub]

[Odan Thos]

Samantha and her wingman turned and engaged the Y-wings that were just finishing to launch from the base and trying to retreat after the destruction. The Missile Boats switched to advance concussion missiles and open fire. As two the missile closed with the Y-wings, it turned hard and used one of the asteroids to block the missiles. However Samantha's Missile Boat did not give up their pursuit of the Y-wing. They went into SLAM drive mode and headed to run them down.

The other missile boats were also using concussion missile on the Y-wings. Their was a large number of explosions both of missile hitting and destroying fighters and missile slamming into asteroids. Samantha though was not going to stand for if. She used the Missile Boats speed to close with one of the fleeing and at point blank range launched two missiles. The two missile slammed into the Y-wing and then the laser cannon from her wingman which sheared the Y-wing. At this time the K-wings exited hyperspace and started to head towards the base armed with their payload of Proton Rockets.

[Zero]

<sub>A loud cry came from the comm system after Zero vaped a third headhunter. One of the cobra pilots either got outsmarted or flew right into an asteroid. It was sad that a life was lost, but their part of the mission was over.

Eleven, form up with me. We can avenge Twelve for you.
Roger, Four. Forming up.</sub>

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The cobra formed up on Zero's left wing, and the trio of fighters flew into the mass of other fighters and debris. Two headhunters and the shields of perhaps the last Y-wing went down to the trio of cobras, and then leader came over the comm,

Alright, boys. Most fighters down. Start to had back. Cover the boats and the K-wings on your way out.[/i][/color][/center][/sub]

[Odan Thos]

Samantha noticed the K-wings heading in to bomb the base. "All Missile Boats form up on the K-wings, we well escort them in and the stations defense more to shoot at." Samantha said as the missile boats flew in from all direction and formed up around the K-wings. They all switched to proton torpedoes and linked the weapons. They would not do as much damage as the Proton Rockets, but they would help to overwhelm any defense that are set up. The ships thew in a loss formation to avoid the asteroids when a pair of Z-95 flew in behind them in. Samantha hit full reverse and slammed into one of the Z-95 pushing off its attack path fired two concussion missiles at point blank range at the second without even locking on.

The two missile struck Z-95 which exploded into a fireball. She then rolled and and headed to engage the other Headhunter. She seen it running to the right trying to get back into firing position. She got good tone with her alpha launcher and fired another missile at it to drive it off. She continue to engage it as the Missile Boats and the K-wings launched their weapons at the base. The rockets flew at the base, but base itself does not have any weapon mounted to it. This meant that rockets and torpedoes flew directly into the base, blowing large parts of the base way including the entire hangerbay.

Samantha in the meanwhile engaged and destroyed the second Z-95 Headhunter and turned to head out of the asteroid field. She slowed to a stop and waited for the other squadrons to return. Once they did she returned to she and Silver Squadron jumped to hyperspace. She thought if she really wanted to stay with this group or go answer the call of Mandalore.

[Zero]

_{Zero and the remaining 11 cobras were keeping the path ahead clear, as the other fighters could take care of themselves, but they waited for silver and green squadron to jump to hyperspace before they did. As soon as everyone was clear, Zero set the countdown, bringing everyone into formation, and the 11 fighters jumped as a group.}

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