pdevries 001

[philiip]

Eli's managed to confirm intel provided by Bishop, so we're reasonably confident there are nine planes we can salvage from abandoned bases that are all within reasonable distances.

Fresh birds for the flock? I hear you ask. Yes! Except we're not entirely sure how fresh, which means I'm going to need pilots and engineers to fly out to assess and, with any luck, bring them back home. Additionally, I will need to borrow some of you lovely Espio and Ground Force types to take us out in those dreamy Blackbirds and to remain on standby as we scope out the jets.

Mission specs:

MONDAY, 07:00. de Vries + Olshanskaya +1 pilot + Wijk + Dawson (pending confirmation). Destination: Naha airbase. Target: 3 x F-15s.

TUESDAY, 07:00. Sinclair + Hyun + 1 pilot + 1 Engineer + Aldana Gutiérrez. Destination: Misawa airbase. Target: 1 x F-15, 2 x F-2s.

WEDNESDAY, 07:00. Thomas + 2 pilots + 1 Engineer + 1 Ground Force. Destination: Guam airbase. Target: 3 x Gripens.

Factsheets on plane specs will be distributed later today. Read them, learn them, memorise them.

Appreciate it's a tight schedule, but those aliens aren't waiting for it to be convenient for us. Don't all volunteer at once.

Comments

[backdrive]

I know, but if you take them out who knows how many other problems we'll find.

[highvolt]

it's for backup. the older the cables the better because we're running on 20 year old machinery and anything too new would short the systems, but if the insultation runs out, there's only so much i can do. we don't have a lifetime supply of sugru.

[backdrive]

I mean I'll LOOK I just don't want to be taking the ship apart when the Architects are coming

[highvolt]

babygirl, i'm not taking the ship apart. i'm just part of a wee team managing the power and electrical systems. if the power fails in any major way, the architects will see us.

[backdrive]

I knooow and I am going to look for your things I promise but it's been like that since I got here and it hasn't.

[niim]

Mav, can you give us a list.

Ordered by priority.

[highvolt]

sir yessir!

[niim]

Thanks. We'll grab what we can. If the jets are air-worthy, there'll be plenty of room on the Blackbirds.

[highvolt]

séarlait has already seen this list, but reorganized, taking into account your destination:

1. new superconductive cabling - the more i think about it, older isn't better. grab me anything. i'll give you my firstborn if you find any sugru or equivalent sealant.
2. insulated cable cutters
3. discharge rods. a military airbase should have these.
4. more precision torque wrenches would be a nice touch.

for general needs:

1. a backup surge capacitor bank. we're still using her original ones, and we need to keep the system from surging, or we're toast.
2. field-regulator coils - same
3. EMP-hardened circuit replacements - same

[niim]

You got it.