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The Cantina / Re: Burning Skies Saloon

« on: May 26, 2013, 09:37:06 pm »

--Saloon--

Sky sees Zill wander in, like everyone else, he greets him.

Sky
"Greetings Zill, how have you been these past few days?"

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The Cantina / Re: Burning Skies Saloon

« on: May 26, 2013, 03:59:13 pm »

--Saloon--

Sky walks into the saloon, much happier than the last few days, he greets everyone in the saloon.

Sky
"Good morrow, how's everyone doing this day?"

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The Cantina / Re: Burning Skies Saloon

« on: May 25, 2013, 09:59:01 pm »

--Saloon--

Sky walks in, this time with a small crowd of people with him. They all had one thing in common, a medal that says Flying Panthers 1st Air Squadron. One of them helped Sky bring in a box, and set it down in front of Yiski. Sky speaks.

Sky
"We've got this for the saloon, its a radio, but this one is special. It has a link to a commentator called Qwerty, he's actually quite funny. And we'd thought it'd be safer here since this was the one place not leveled from the attack.

Iris
"And besides, why keep it to ourselves?"

They all agree and then take a seat down at the closest two tables and turn the radio on.

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The Cantina / Re: Burning Skies Saloon

« on: May 22, 2013, 05:08:44 pm »

It had taken awhile for Sky and Iris to find the remains of their fallen comrade. Many planes were lying on the ground completely destroyed and burned leaving nothing behind but a hollow shell. Even then all they could find was the tail and wings of their friend's plane. The ram was so harsh and quick it basically evaporated both the biplane and the cockpit of the other plane. Sky carved onto the tail "Charles Dart/Ralph Underhill Flying Panthers" and carried it to the Anvala grave where many funerals were being attended. It took sometime for Sky and Iris to leave the grave, even though all they had left of their friends were burnt metal and that tail piece. After they were done, Sky headed off to the Saloon.

--Burning Skies--

Sky walked in quietly, and without saying "Good morrow" to anyone. He see's Paradox on the couch injured, then everyone else in the saloon.

Sky
"No one was to come out of this event unharmed or uninjured.... Wait..... Where's Zill? Don't tell me he's dead."

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The Cantina / Re: Burning Skies Saloon

« on: May 21, 2013, 10:37:52 pm »

As Sky was about to land, a loud "BANG" noise was heard followed by a yell. Sky looked over to see his plane was leaning to the left by a lot and something was grabbing onto the wing. It climbed toward Sky and Iris.

Sky
"What the hell is that thing?!"

Iris
"Whatever it is, it just jumped onto our wing and is going to KILL US!"

Sky saw a building up ahead, instead of trying to land he thought of something else.

Sky
"HOLD ON!"

Sky angled his wing at the building and barely missed it. Another loud "THUD" was heard and the plane was thrown into a spin. The plane landed belly-flat onto the ground, enough to cause Sky and Iris to hit their heads on the canopy. The building had a huge hole in the side and the monster was no longer on his wing.

Sky
"We're still alive HUZZAH!"

Iris
"Take that you piece of rotting flesh!"

Sky
"Ha, he couldn't even take our wing off!"

The engine on the plane caught on fire, both Iris and Sky panicked to get out of the plane. They got out and extinguished the fire with lightning speed. Then Sky pulls out his sword he keeps instead of a pistol.

Sky
"What ever that was, I wouldn't go empty handed.... Or alone. Rally up the rest of the Flying Panthers and find Yiski or Zill. So we can figure out what is attacking us exactly, that was not a human."

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The Cantina / Re: Burning Skies Saloon

« on: May 21, 2013, 08:23:10 pm »

Sky noticed how the M'Naghten didn't shoot at any of the falling planes. So Sky and the Flying Panthers finished some of them, however most recovered and a huge dogfight began. After awhile they were close enough to Anvala that flak opened up on the remaining planes. One plane missed Sky and overshot.

Sky
"Today ain't your day huh?"

Sky fired a short burst at the plane, and the thing evaporated. Sky hit the engine which ripped everything apart. Eventually no one was left on the retreating pilots, they all took a long time too remember the two crew on the plane who was rammed. Then they made it back to an airport and landed.

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The Cantina / Re: Burning Skies Saloon

« on: May 21, 2013, 06:14:50 pm »

--Above the M'Naghten--

Sky hasn't been lucky today yet. He couldn't see how many planes were behind him but one thing was sure, every time they shot one down two would replace it. Then Sky gets an idea.

Sky
"Everyone pull up into the vertical, NOW!"

Everyone does as he says, including the biplanes behind them. The bi-planes soon began to fall from the skies as their engines weren't as good as the one Sky installed into their planes, Sky calls out to Yiski over the radio.

Sky
"Yiski, if you can spare a moment, we have about 50 planes falling from the sky. Enjoy the free kills!"

Sky and the rest of the Flying Panthers flip over and dive on the falling planes.

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The Cantina / Re: Burning Skies Saloon

« on: May 21, 2013, 05:25:15 pm »

--High above the skies close to Anvala--

Sky and the Flying Panthers had been up in the sky for some time now, nothing had happened yet. Then the drone of engines were heard, getting louder and louder. When sky looked to see what it was, it was a group of Junkers being escorted by multiple bi-planes, and they were headed straight to Anvala. Sky spoke over the radio to the rest of the planes assisting him.

Sky
"Hostiles below us, get ready to dive on the airships first and destroy their balloons with the bombs we have! On the count of three we dive! 1...2....3!

In unison, all the planes dived down upon the Junkers. They certainly lost the element of surprise since the dive sirens kicked in, telling the pilots they were in a steep enough dive. However, the guns on the Junkers didn't have the arc and the enemy pilots were frantic trying to figure out where they were. Sky drops his bombs on the lead Junker, the bombs go straight through the balloon and into the hull, which explode on impact. His fellow pilots did the same, and when they were done, the 4 Junkers were reduced to ash and falling debris. Sky's wing-man responds.

Ivan
"We did it, now all we have to do is...."

Ivan's plane is suddenly shredded and he pulls away as a fighter dives on him. Sky's tail gunner opens up on the one of many planes on his tail.


Sky
"Hostiles on our six! Iris bring them down!"


Iris
"Sure thing, I don't feel like dying today!

Sky
"Ivan, how are you holding up?"

Ivan
"I've got a fuselage fire! A hundred bullets in my left wing and my elevators are barely working!"

Sky
"Hold on! Everyone! We'll bring them into friendly flak, form up on me!"

As Sky says that, bullets shred his plane as well, but the plane behind him isn't so lucky. Iris (Being the tail gunner) shoots the pursuer's wing off and the plane barrels into the ground. Ivan and the rest of the Flying Panthers go into formation, while still dodging as many bullets and giving their gunners a clear shot at the enemies behind them. One of the pilots in formation is rammed by a diving plane and explodes. No one was to survive that, and it was clear either they would die or everyone would.

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The Cantina / Re: Burning Skies Saloon

« on: May 20, 2013, 05:40:15 pm »

A lone plane that was flying around Then It Was Fixed Again had been seen for awhile now. Its markings on the wings was a clear symbol of Skyraider's Flying Panthers. The radio buzzes and Sky speaks.

Sky
"Well someone is in a rush. What troubles you now? Or are you just eager to get back to Anavla? I heard panic over the radio, but it was all muffled and hard to hear."

Sky's plane flies level to Then It Was Fixed Again and he shakes the plane's wings to get Zill's attention.

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The Cantina / Re: Burning Skies Saloon

« on: May 15, 2013, 11:21:32 pm »

*Sky barely manages to regain his lost altitude and flies toward M'Naghten Returns. Glad he didn't become part of the ground he responds.*

"Wait, who exactly are you, and what are you doing with Yisk's boat? Choose your next answer carefully."

*Sky flies around the ship in a circle, waiting for an answer.*

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The Cantina / Re: Burning Skies Saloon

« on: May 15, 2013, 10:21:32 pm »

As Sky turned to pick on the lone Junker, he switches to HE Incendiary ammo, and aims directly at its powder magazine. Once he was at the tip of the dive he carefully aimed his shots and fired. Bang. Bang. Bang. Bang. The dive was complete and he pulled away from the Junker. At first, nothing happened. Then a fire broke out around where the ammo is stored. Then a deafening explosion rips the Junker into two pieces, which then collapse apart. Sky responds.

"Well that went up! Sadly I am running low on cannon ammo. I ne-"

He was cut short as a flak shot explodes close to the rudders of the plane. The plane begins to spin out of control towards the ground.

"I've been hit, hard!"

"Focus, or this can cost you your life."

Instead of trying to correct the plane, he relaxed and was tossed around his cockpit helplessly, then the plane straightened out. He managed to pull up just in time before hitting a sand dune. He took a deep breath and said.

"I just mowed my lawn, I meant to do that."

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The Cantina / Re: Burning Skies Saloon

« on: May 15, 2013, 08:59:53 pm »

*Sky sees where the shots lead, and spots a raider Junker out of formation, trying to get a broadside. Sky proceeds to fly straight over the top and begins to go into a deep dive. He taunts as the dive siren activates.*

"Death from above!"

*37mm bullets rain down on the raider ship, destroying the starboard engine and disabling the two weapons on that side. As Sky flies under the airship, its port side opens up with a Gatling and flak. Flak explodes all around Sky's plane but not close enough to even put a dent into the engine.*

"He's disabled, going around for another dive attack!"

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The Cantina / Re: Burning Skies Saloon

« on: May 15, 2013, 07:52:38 pm »

*A buzz can be heard from the radio, but there is only a handful of people who know what frequency Zill uses. Of course, a familiar voice is then heard over the radio, its Sky*

"Ho' boy, looks like you got yourself into some trouble there Zill! On your mark I can dive on these swabies and put them out of their misery!"

*The grunting of an engine is heard right when he finished*

"Ack, I hate sandstorms! This plane can barely keep aloft by itself with two engines!"

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The Cantina / Re: Burning Skies Saloon

« on: April 25, 2013, 07:05:25 pm »

*One of the first few people in the saloon was Sky, he seemed to be in a good mood, he speaks*

"Good morrow everyone! Along with the latest report from the Flying Panthers, training has been going really well, we've spent almost all of our time flying in formation and striking ground targets with bombs and rockets. Also, I've let them customize their airplanes, funny what they come up with. A lot of them have mismatching colors and different symbols..."

*He throws a picture down on the table, it shows the different planes as he described*

"I've never been a guy that likes uniform, I find it boring and to predictable."

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The Cantina / Re: Burning Skies Saloon

« on: April 20, 2013, 09:57:02 pm »

*Once Sky recovered from his shock, he says*

"Yiski, imagine there were a hundred bullets firing into the side of a spire. If they were normal rounds they wouldn't put a dent. But if it were these rounds, they could punch holes into their armor. And if it hit the powder magazine... I certainly would take these things into combat. Right now I'm not fighting any heavy armored targets, but when I do I expect these to be the main ammo. Also if infantry can carry it then its fine."