<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/f/f3/Max_Cosarina_-_Macross.jpeg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Lt Maxine "Max" Cosinara<br/><strong>Callsign:</strong>Phade<br/><strong>Date:</strong><em>Flashback</em>02 March 2032<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Moon Airspace/Training Area<br/><strong>With:</strong>Lt Cdr Zilkin Kaverosky, Closed<br/><br/><hr/><br/>She should have seen him, should have anticipated him, that's what she did.  In truth she did, just not right then.  There was every indication he was another twenty thousand kilometers further on, not behind the rock she'd not expected him.  The unfortunate part of the miscalculation ended up being the speed that Max had been moving with through the asteroids.  She knew where they were, so she could navigate around them.  Zilkin on the other hand had not been on her scope until it was too late, and by this she truly meant<em>too late!</em><br/><br/>The hard burn around the last asteroid had been well timed, she'd cleared the rocks shift in movement by less than two meters as she skimmed the edge.  Unfortunately, she'd come around the rock too fast and at such an angle she didn't realize what was in front of her until her sensors went crazy with the collision avoidance.  The simulated bullets flying past her cockpit had been the first indication.  The deathly loud collision klaxons blaring in her ears had been the second.  The third had been the white flash as Max spun to avoid his battroid.  The last indication of their proximity had been the jarring thud and the sense that her flight controls were much less receptive than they had been.<br/><br/>"I cannot freaking believe I clipped my tail wing on your arm.  The CAG's going to be furious!"  Max said, laughing as they slowly worked their way back to Aluce Station.  "I certainly hope you're going to keep the reason for the clipped wing to yourself Shin!"  Max said it more as a statement than a request.  Not only was her reputation as a pilot on the line, but the embarrassment of having scratched one of the new VF-5's on such a high speed maneuver was likely to draw some unwanted scrutiny from the leadership.  "You've gotta admit though, it's nice to know the 5's are capable of that though."  Max joked looking over at Zilkin in his fighter to her right.  She knew he wouldn't say anything, partly because he wanted to be able to get out like this again in the future.  "I've got the rounds tonight."