"I don't think my father thought the world would turn out like this. All he wanted was peace for everyone, but now the world is burning and millions are dead. I... I'm at fault for this, Equus wouldn't have done this if I wasn't here. So It's my duty to make everything right."

  Alicorn, Strider and Cyclops squadrons, plus a few other pilots enter a meeting room. Everyone sits down and starts to talk and ugh.

  "Well, you could hardly tell that this mission will turn the tides of the war with how everyone acting." Count mutters.

  "Everyone's nervous, Count." Húxiān states.

  "I agree." Jeager agrees. "They're just trying to alleviate some of the stress."

  "Aren't you nervous, Count?" Alicorn asks.

  Count scoffs as he crosses his arms and leans back in his chair. "As if. We just got done with a heavy battle yesterday, so this should be a cake walk."

  Fre leans onto the back of Count's chair. "We don't even know the mission yet, Count."

  "Can't be as bad as trying to fight off a hundred pnes from bombing a convoy over a desert. With a sandstorm just on the brink of reaching us."

  Lanza shivers. "That was a scary battle."

  Tailor rubs his tired eyes. "I'd say."

  A Captain enters the room and everyone stands up and salutes.

  "At ease." The Captain waves a hand and walks up to the podium at the front of the room.

  Everyone sits down as the Captain turns on a TV showing off Europe and Asia, most of it being red.

  The Captain clears his throat. "Iron Blood forces have managed to push back the Separatists to the edge of their territory. And with that they managed to halt supplies reaching the Separatists allies within the rest of Europe, effectively cutting them off."

  "Finally some good news." A pilot sighs in relief.

  "Haven't had any of that in two weeks." Another sighs.

  "However, The Separatists are feeling the pressure and are reacting by attempting to activate a ballistic missile base in the Zugspitze Mountain range." The Captain informs as the screen shows the mountain range, along with lots of information. "For the past 72 hours, they've put their resources and people into action. And have already entered the final stages of a unch."

  "Shiiiit...." Count grumbles. "So this probably just got harder."

  "You had to jinx us, Count." Húxiān lightly elbows him

  The Captain continues. "The missile silo is deep underground. To destroy it, we'll need a bomber to drop a huge deep-penetration bomb in a precise pce. Unfortunately, the airspace is thick with clouds at the moment, so it'll be difficult for a bomber to hit the target accurately. Normally, we'd wait for the weather to clear, but with the situation being what it is, we don't have that option. So, we will be the bomber's eyes and find the missile silo."

  "Won't be too hard for me." Alicorn smiles.

  "That's because you're mostly a computer." Húxiān points out.

  "Exactly."

  The Captain continues. "You'll all be equipped with targeting pods instead of special weapons. We need you to fly at low altitude, visually identify which silo they're activating, then acquire it with your targeting pods. Once you press the firing switch, the bombers will drop their payload based on the location data provided by the targeting pod. You will need to keep the silo in the center of your sight until the bomb hits its target, or else it will miss entirely. It takes a high level of airmanship to properly guide these bombs to their targets while flying a pne."

  "Ah, we can handle it." A pilot chuckles. "I've bombed targets in a thunder storm before. I can do it in a cloudy area."

  "Hey, don't get too cocky now." Another pilot says.

  The Captain continues. "Naturally, we assume the enemy has positioned anti-air artillery and aircraft in the area of operations, so stay alert. Additionally, we suffered human and material losses in the st battle, so Cyclops Squadron will sit this one out."

  Fre groans in annoyance.

  The Captain gnces at Alicorn. "Trigger, it's up to you to make this work with just Strider Squadron."

  'Kinda forgot that was my tac name.' "Yes sir."

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  Bunker Buster13.Jul.1943 1012 Zugspitze 47°25′16″N 10°59′07″E Cloud Cover: Broken Operation: Magic Spear

  Destroy the ballistic missiles.

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  Alicorn taps on a few buttons on her Mig-29K with red tips, and her emblem on her tails, as she and Strider Squadron arrive in the mission area.

  Alicorn flies at low speed to her allies, flying F-86s, can keep up.

  AWACS Long Caster speaks over the radio <>

  <> Count asks.

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  <>A bomber says.

  <> Another bomber says.

  The Squadron flies over the mountains and into the area. A couple SAM sites turn towards them, but a pair of missiles knock them out. Alicorn speeds ahead towards a silo.

  Long Caster speaks over the radio. <>

  Alicorn flies over a silo target as a couple AA guns fire onto her. Alicorn chuckles as she spins her jet down and fires onto the AA turrets.

  <> Count asks.

  Alicorn blows up the two AA trucks. "Why? Well, it takes my rigging to form it, and at that it kinda exhausts me when I use it for long periods of time. Seems like a me excuse, but I don't really even think we'd need it for this mission."

  Alicorn flies up and circles around the silo before targeting it.

  <> Long Caster orders.

  A rge bomb sms into the top of the silo and goes deep down.

  <> Count shouts.

  After a second a massive explosion goes off under ground, and fire leaves the top of the silo. Alicorn flies off towards the next silo target.

  <> Long Caster informs.

  <> A bomber says.

  <> Count states.

  <> Jeager agrees.

  Alicorn flies over a missile silo, while blowing up a SAM site and a AA gun. She flies up into the air and flips back down and fires her machine gun onto another AA gun, blowing it up. She then pulls back on her speed and activates her targeting pods on the Missile Silo.

  <> Long Caster orders.

  <> A bomber informs.

  A bomb drops deep into the silo and after a second a massive explosion goes off, and fire escapes from the top of the silo.

  <> Long Caster informs. <>

  "This is too easy." Alicorn smirks as she flips her jet around and speeds off towards another silo.

  
  

  A hostile Mig-15 flies towards Alicorn, but gets shot down by Húxiān.

  <> Húxiān flies past Alicorn.

  <> Count stays.

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  Alicorn fires two missiles onto an enemy jet and blows it out of the sky.

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  > Long Caster informs. "It must be the reinforcements they called in. They don't appear to be going after our bombers. Take 'em out if they interfere with our mission.>>

  Alicorn rolls to the side as a jet flies past her, firing its machine guns at her. She drops her speed and banks after the jet and flies after him.

  

  Alicorn fires her machine gun at the enemy jet, blowing up its engine, and sending it crashing towards the ground.

  

  

  Alicorn fires a pair of missiles onto another jet, blowing it up. Alicorn lets out some fres as a few missiles fly towards her, one barely misses her canopy as it flies by.

  Alicorn lets out a breath as she flies up and down towards a silo, blowing up the AA guns with her machine guns then activating her targeting pod.

  The bomb sms into the silo, but nothing happens.

  <> A bomber informs.

  Alicorn huffs in annoyance and flies off after another silo.

  <> Lanza asks.

  <> Jeager suggests.

  <> Count says. <>

  Alicorn flies past a damn as several AA trucks fire onto her. A mig-15 flies up behind her, but get blow out of the sky as Count flies past it.

  Alicorn reaches another silo, and she blows up two SAM sites then activates her targeting pod.

  <> A bomber informs.

  The bomb sms into the ground and after a second the ground shakes as an explosion goes off, fire escaping into the air.

  <> The bomber cheers.

  <> Long Caster informs.

  <> Count asks.

  Alicorn pulls back on her stick and flies straight up as a pair of missiles shoot past her. She then flips back and fires onto the jet that got behind her, blowing up the canopy, killing the occupant within.

  Count sighs over the radio. <> He sighs again. <>

  Alicorn reaches another Silo and activates her targeting pod. Lanza and Count fly by, destroying the AA pcements.

  <> A bomber informs.

  The bomb sms into the ground, and as usual an explosion goes off, shooting fire into the sky.

  <> Count cheers.

  <> Long Caster informs.

  <> A bomber says.

  Alicorn flies towards another silo, after shooting down a pair of helicopters.

  <> Long Caster informs.

  Alicorn huffs as a few machine gun rounds bounce off her jet, scratching the paint. She does a Cobra maneuver and gets behind her enemy, then fires onto him with her machine guns, blowing up the jet.

  <> Count says.

  <> Jeager points out.

  Several hostile pnes converge onto Alicorn, but she pulls several High-G maneuvers, getting behind each one and blowing them up.

  

  

  Alicorn blows up the st pne and flies towards the silos.

  <> Count asks.

  Alicorn reaches a heavily guarded silo and she uses her target pod to see a bomb as missiles and bullets fly around her. The bomb hits but nothing happens.

  <> Lanza points out.

  Several bullets sm into the side of Alicorn jet as she blows up two AA guns and flies off. Alicorn bobs and weaves through AA gun fire onto her and she manages to let loose several missiles, blowing them up.

  Alicorn goes after another silo, and activates her targeting bomb. The bomb is dropped and reaches its target, but nothing happens.

  <> Count says.

  Alicorn grumbles. "Nothing can ever be easy, can it." She flies after the st target.

  

  Alicorn reaches the final target, blowing up its protections and activating her targeting pod.

  <> A bomber informs.

  The bomb flies into the silo and after a second a massive explosion goes off, sending fire into the sky.

  <> Long Caster informs.

  <> Count questions.

  "Count?" Alicorn calls out.

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  At the dam Alicorn flew past earlier a ICBM unches out of the water and into the sky.

  <> Long Caster shouts. <>

  "Shit!" Alicorn spins her jet around and flies after the ICBM, throwing her throttle forward, her engines burning red hot.

  <> Jeager shouts.

  <> Long Caster points out. <>

  Alicorn grunts as she flies past several hostile jest, which unches missiles at her. Alicorn turns her jet to the sky and locks onto the ICBM.

  <>

  Alicorn unches several missiles, and they reach the rocket, blowing it up. A rge blinding explosion goes off and Alicorn yelps as her eyes burn. She flips her jet back and rubs her watering eyes.

  <> Long Caster informs. <>

  Alicorn rubs her eyes and flies after the second rocket. Several jets fly after Alicorn.

  <> Húxiān shouts as she chases a jet away from our Sub-girl.

  <> Count blows up a couple jets with missiles.

  Alicorn reaches the second rocket and locks onto it.

  <> Long Caster informs.

  Alicorn fires off a couple missiles and turns away from the rocket before it blows up in a rge and blinding explosion. Alicorn starts to sweat and takes deep breaths as she full throttles towards the third rocket.

  Alicorn reaches it and locks up and fires, but nothing happens.

  "Ammunition Zero." A female voice in her head informs.

  "Shit..." Alicorn mutters, then gets closer to the rocket and open fires with her machine guns.

  Alicorn closes her eyes as the rocket blows up, shaking her pne and cracking the canopy. She turns away and flies towards her allies.

  <> Long Caster informs.

  Alicorn lets out a sigh of relief and leans back in her seat. The rest of the Squadron form up on her.

  <> Count states.

  <> A bomber starts. <>

  <> Another bomber says.

  <> Count says. <>

  <> Jeager states.

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  The Squadron arrive back at base and go into the meeting room.

  The Captain smiles at everyone. "We have successfully prevented an enemy ballistic missile attack. Strider Squadron, you did very well without your unit commander, and having Trigger acting as Strider 1. We are now preparing for a long-range operation on a rge air camp in Northern Parliament territory."

  Alicorn rubs her eyes. 'Well, now were one step towards our victory.'

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