I went up for just one flight ... I don't know if its this terrain or my DSL line acting up again, but the warps were real bad. Since they were worst around the fields, I'll assume it was the terrain.
Anyway ... dragged my 51 up to 25K to hunt dweebs. Yes, some of us still can hunt alone. Every Bish I encountered made at most one half-hearted merge before either extending to Jupiter or diving for something that they could justify as a better target.
Then a Fw looked like he was trying to keep me busy S of ... whatever the hell field it was. A876543. So I eased West a little, Bish 190 in long trail but no threat, and saw a lovely sight. A nice cluster of dots at 20K. Yum yum. 11 Mosi's splooging along towards the base.
So I call it out to folks and see the message getting relayed on distance channel. Haul the Pony around and dive in. My intent is to shoot a couple down if possible, but scattering 'em is just as good as it buys the defense time and pushes the fight lower.
Bore in fast - real fast - right at the edge of buffet - tough to aim if you aren't used to operating at these speeds. They start to break turn as I hope - except one who isn't watching. He be dead.
After plowing through I extend out a little to survey the carnage and see what the high cover 190 and Spit (who started trailing in late) are up to. The Knights are on 'em now and it's a melee over the field. Even more so because the warps or frame choppiness or who knows what.
I just start making high speed runs on anything red and calling 6 to whoever needs it. A Bish Yak tried to sneak in on me but he didn't read my energy state right - he cranked it in hard only to find me still going plenty fast and ended up with nothing but air to shoot at. I pulled around a little to keep him interested - so he'd slow down more - so someone green could kill him quicker - which they did.
When I'm down to a minute of fuel I do Ye Olde belly slide landing to get off the runway ASAP. 1 kill, 3 assists, FH's still up.
Dunno ... I saw nothing really awe inspiring in the attack save for numbers. And there just wasn't critical mass on the defending side to make this work out.
I think in a way the MA does mirror reality in one respect. That is, a handful of really experienced people can make a big difference, but at some point numbers just become too overwhelming.
