I was playing around with special rule where there are 2 pilots in the F4 at the time
Can't rememebr the exact skills but they were along the line of
F-5 "Timer" Leader 0 init, 0 man, 0 AtA(H) -1 guns 4 AIM-9, ext fuel tnk
F-5 "Fireball" XO -1 init, 0 man, -1 AtA(H) -1 guns 4 AIM-9, ext fuel tnk
F-4 "Roadkill" F-4 specialise(F-4) 4 AIM-9, 3 AIM-7
"Missy" F-4 0 radar, +1 AtA(R)
Missy was Road Kill's RIO
Used every special rule in the book hahaha
Mission was moderate threat level shoot down some migs I think was 3 Mig21 but so far this MAS made it through hard times (lost 2 rookie pilots) and I was feeling crazy and needed money, them failing me never entered my mind.
started in band 2 moved through the bands and no contact, radar didn't detect anything come target area in addition to 3 Migs another 2 Mig21 popped out, initiative was something like
Mig21 #1
Timer
Mig21 #2
Mig21 #3
Mig21 #4
Fireball
Roadkill/Missy
Mig21 #5
game plan was for F4 to hang back and use up the Sparrows while the two more experienced pilots go in and get some, there's plenty of ammo.
Turn 1
Mig #1,2 & 5 went for Timer while #3 went for Roadkill/Missy and #4 and Fireball had a private fight
Timer fired a sidewinder and damaged a mig I think it was #1 or #2
#3 tried to kill Roadkill/Missy with a long range shot but missed. Roadkill/Missy fired back with a sparrow but missed
Fireball out maneuvered #4, got off a sidewinder then again during his activation.
Timer 3 aim-9
Fireball 2 aim-9
Roadkill/Missy 4 aim-9 2 aim-7
Turn 2
Timer got a shot off and damaged (-1) I think #1 while #2 came in and splashed him while he was celebrating
he did parachuted5-2 odd and I was wishing I had Roadkill and Missy in 2 separate planes.
Fireball was in a bind missed with another missile but managed to dodge a missile as well.
#3 tried to engage Roadkill/Missy but didn't manage and they got off a sidewinder but missed, they fired again at #4 and killed that one, first kill of the mission and the 2 pilots were paying off.
Fireball 1 aim-9
Roadkill/Missy 3 aim-9 1 aim-7
2-1 odds
Turn 3
#1 went after Fireball now and missed
#2 managed to catch up to Roadkill/Missy but the missile missed
#3 been after Roadkill/Missy all along and got a missile to connect and my 2 pilots in the Phantom came down on silk
Fireball went after #2 and missed with the last missile
#5 was easy and went after Fireball.
I wondered why I even gave him any missiles
Turn 4
Fireball got jumped by #1 but pulled up and got a gun kill, ok lucky shot he wasted 4 missiles I still didn't like him very much
#2 came in a wide circle and put tracers all over his F-5 but only managed to do -1 damage
#3 did some weird maneuver and came out staring at Fireball's canons and got blasted away, ok so 2 in a roll lucky.
He put himself behind a mig but the mig pulled a gun on him but he managed to dodge it.
#5 came up but Fireball did that thing in Top Gun and got a gun kill again
3/3 kills I really wondered why I didn't give him a gun pod
too good to be true from 5-3 to 5-2 to 4-2 and now 1-1
Turn 5 do or die now, neither plane have any missiles left and Fireball only has 2 ammo left and fuel was low
#2 attacked but Fireball managed to get a shot out first, and he missed, I knew it was too good to be true.
Fireball turned around and attacked again but the mig had the upper hand and went guns on him and missed
Turn 6
and Fireball was running on fumes with 1 shot left and 50/50 chance I thought of running but greed made me go ahead
#2 pulled up on Fireball and he counter maneuvered and shot the last mig down.
Managed to return to base with an F-5 after all
Timer never got back to base and that was a big hit, Roadkill and Missy would be back after 1 mission so for the next mission it was just Fireball who was the new leader and made ace, put experience into AtA(H) I think he was good enough with guns.
Never used 2 pilots on any two seater again.
As it happened there wasn't enough money for a new plane, just enough to repair the F-5, activation and 2 missiles, guess who died on the next mission?
