<blockquote><div><cite>Goblin wrote:</cite>Azzy had settled for ignoring the inane, meaningless chatter from the other pilot. At the moment he was pretty pissed off. There was no excuse, in his mind, for the Stalking Cat and the Hornet to be the only two outside. â€˜<span style="font-style: italic">Looks like we lost the game.</span>â€™ <br/><br/>â€œShaddap Jackâ€¦â€ He yanked on the controls, maybe more savagely than he needed to, slipping once again behind his targets. It came as a slight surprise that the new pilot had switched over to something he could understand, but that wasnâ€™t his worry. The two Kamiâ€™s were still on his tail, but he was prepared to deal with them now. No one else wouldâ€¦<br/><br/>In a short time, two of the three remaining Kamikazeâ€™s were floating scrap heaps. Theyâ€™d not only been run in circles, but disabled by the EMP blasts, and shot through the cockpits with the lancing surge of energy from the Hornetâ€™s bow. Then a hail of bullets ripped through the machines armor, which was truly little more than an air tight dust guard. Not meant for close combat, or even combat at all. Azzy swore, sirens blared (just in case he hadnâ€™t noticed), and he broadcast an open transmission to both allies. <br/><br/>â€œNow â€˜at yous â€˜ot-shotsâ€™ve got all acquainâ€™ed, oneâ€™a yous minâ€™ gettinâ€™ this bastard offâ€™a me?â€ Something sparked on his console, and he chittered at it in surprise and fury, then slapped it. â€œItâ€™d be wonâ€™erful if yous could make it fast.â€ The Hornetâ€™s cockpit was filled with hissing, blaring, noise. But Asmodeus appeared mostly calm, with an edge of anger and determination. <br/><br/>â€˜<span style="font-style: italic">Hull breached. High, right booster damaged. Working at ten percent. Hydraulics leak, isolating source.</span>â€™ <br/><br/>â€œKeep the cockpit pressurized Jack. Onâ€™y one more ta go.â€ He didnâ€™t dare turn around to take care of it himself. With even one booster damaged, the Hornet had nowhere near the maneuverability it had with all of them working at full power. Enough to keep up his ragged, erratic flight patterns, but barely. And besides that, he didn't want to risk flooding all the air out into space by taxing the Hornet's capabilities while it was damaged.</div></blockquote>