I sighed into my mask, feeling my body relax as I felt my ASF-X Shinden II accelerated upward. Climbing away from the merchent base that shrunk from sight behind, I took the time to acquaint with the fighter's systems. It was a maneuverable little thing, almost too responsive for me to handle properly. It had forward swept variable wings and swiveling  vertical stabilizers located on either side of a two-tier engine setup. Looking back over my left shoulder, I saw the wingtip swing down as the vertical stabilizer rotated upward.<br/><br/>'This is a freaking awesome aircraft.' I thought as I looked forward again as I leveled my craft out, 'I'm gonna love flying this plane.'<br/><br/>I caught sight of a airliner being tailed by a pair of Su-27 Flankers to my low right. They hadn't bothered it yet but I didn't like it. I looked over my weapon stores, noting with a nod that I had only two AIM-9M sidewinders and about 568 rounds for my aircraft's main gun. Not much to work with but I'd make it work.<br/><br/>I was a good three miles away and had the sun covering me. I had trained under a air force Major for four years but I'd never really been taught ACM(Air Combat Maneuvering). As he saw it, I was the most naturally talented yet stupid young kid who would get himself killed if the chance arose. I damn near rocked his dome when he said that to me my third year up him.<br/><br/>I closed my eyes, letting my instincts speak. The airliner was large, easily a 767. It had to be packed too. There was rumors that to nations had gone to war over one almost wiping out the other. However, that 767 was not my business, I needed to find a base to land. Then again, those Flankers would rip the 767 apart if that wanted to. I took a deep breath as I started tuning my radio to a base frequency the merchent gave me when I heard:<br/><br/><span style="color: #FF8000">"Mayday, mayday. This is Air Savium 398, we are being tailed by rebel aircraft. Requesting immediate support. We have defecting scientists as well as their families on board. Send help immediately. Hurry, they could fire on us any moment!!!"</span><br/><br/>I was pulling into a high speed rolling dive when I opened my eyes again. 'Time to dive into the Fireworks.'<br/><br/>--------------------------<br/><br/>Welcome to this roleplay I put together. Feel free to jump in. I welcome anyone whose willing to be apart of this. You can be anyone you wish. Even someone on the 767 that is being targeted for destruction by the Flankers. Just keep in mind all characters will meet up at the same place. Anything in color is to be considered an NPC so my apologies to those who use colors to highlight their spoken words and thoughts.