Other Side of The Archipelago | An SMG4 Fanfiction, Sort Of

Warfare on the Clouds

June 6th 2019
South of Anime Island

Thumper : all aircraft, status

Comrade-121 : 121 to Thumper, vector northeast, angels 19, mach 0.81.

Comrade-122 : 122 to Thumper, vector northeast with 121, angels 19 mach 0.81.

Brute-71 : Brute-71 to Thumper, vector northwest with Brute-82, angels 17, mach 0.82.

Tanooki-1 : Tanooki flight leader to Thumper, vector west, angels 19, mach 0.85.

Corkscrew-1 : corkscrew 1 to thumper, heading west with visual on Tanooki, angels 19 mach 0.85.

Elang-1 : Elang flight leader to Thumper, heading due south at mach 0.44, angels 2 RTB.

Striker-107 : Striker-107 to Thumper, heading due southwest at mach 0.44, angels 2 RTB to carrier

Skylight-05 : Skylight-05 circling the town, angels 3.

(Clockwise from top left) : Tanooki flight group (Arwing), Elang flight group (Hawk 209), Corkscrew-1 and 2 (F-16C), Brute-71 and 82 (F-18), Striker-107 and 103 (Harrier), Skylight-03 (AC-130), Thumper (E-7A), Comrade-121 and 122 (MiG-29SE)

*several minutes passed without communication*

Thumper : Thumper to all aircraft, contact at 12, heading due south bearing 177, 26 miles, angels 15, flight of 7, mach 0.8, over.

Brute-71 : 71 to Thumper, do they have a homeplate?, over.

Thumper : copy 71, origin unknown, over.

Brute-71 : roger that, permission to head northeast to intercept, over.

Thumper : Roger, permission approved, separation 24 miles, over.

Brute-71 : (to Brute-82) don't go too aggressive on them, bogeys may have been neutrals

Brute-7 : agreed, let's descend to 16,000 feet for visual identification, approach them at around... 533

Brute-8 : Wilco.

Thumper : uhh, another contact, bearing 12 heading 177, 30 miles, angels 7, flight of two, mach 0.4 over.

Thumper : also Elang flight group be advised, seems they're coming for you.

Elang-1 : affirmative, everyone let's firewall outta here

...

Brute-71 : okay, 20 miles now.

Brute-82 : should we uhh, try to sneak on them from behind?, so as to not give them any radar warnings.

Brute-71 : well, uh, I think yeah, 40 degrees offset to port now.

Corkscrew-1 : Corkscrew-1 to Thumper, permission to head south for intercept, over.