Next chapter pointers

After I've gotten done with Starlight's Revenge, I've briefly begun to shift focus back to the Echo Squadron. The next chapter is going to focus on the Echo Squadron after their vacation to Equestria Shores.

Here's some pointers from the mini-story involving the Squadron as well as the squadron getting new planes:

Prologue: Ter spoke to Dro, “Hey genius, have you built any new toys yet?”

Dro tapped a button on his mechanical glove as a holographic display of three new aircraft emerged, “I built three new aircraft while in my down time. I’ll explain more once we get to the chutes.”

The team ran down a lengthy hallway until they reached six chutes that lead into the launch bay where their aircraft waits. Dro pulled up the image of the fighters again as he explained,

“The first aircraft is called the F6E White Shark, it’s an advanced all-range fighter that has a special weapon and three speeds. The speeds are high speed, top speed and normal speed. The F6E also has a shotgun function to it, so it doesn’t use missiles. But the shotgun makes it a fearsome craft when in close range.”

He went to the next fighter, “This is the F/A-12 Lone Eagle, it’s like the White Shark, it has the same speed functions, but this one has remote controlled missiles that home in on a target when it’s locked-on. But it has to stay locked on to the target to home in on it's target”

He went to the last aircraft, “Last but not least, The YV-21 Raptor, this swing-wing aircraft has the same functions as the F6E and F/A-12, but this one uses regular missiles that you don’t have to keep locked-on.” He pulled up the only special ability of all three aircraft, “The special ability of all three aircraft is locking onto a target for a few seconds and releasing the trigger to fire six high-speed missiles at the target.”

He went over to his chute as he pressed a few buttons until the shape of the F/A-12 fighter appeared on the screen above the chute, “You guys can also choose your aircraft by using the selection screen above the chutes. When you select an aircraft, it would immediately be transferred from the hanger to the launch bay.”

Chapter 8: After dwelling on that little memory, she went down into the zeppelin and into the hangar where several of their aircraft were stored. Why was she in the hangar at sunrise? She was there to check out a new prototype craft that Dro was working on. She knew for certain that Dro has been conducting a series of two-hour morning projects to which he naps for a least fifteen minutes a day. Those naps make him fully focused for designing a new aircraft.

It was Dro’s technique of working in the early morning hours which produced the new XFA-24a Apalis. The next craft that the technique produced was a switchblade stealth aircraft like the Talon. But instead of closing the aircraft’s fuselage, the forward-swept-wings were stored inside the inner wings of the craft.

Sonata knew that the new aircraft that she came to see was the ‘Wyvern’ It was almost like the Talon, but it was a lot more smoother and looked more like a standard fighter jet than the Talon. But if it flies, it’s good as any aircraft is. As she approached the stealth aircraft, she couldn’t help but feel excited to fly it. Ever since Dro started, she has taken a liking to the prototype craft, Dro always caught her staring at the blueprints all the time. Shaking off the memory, the siren reached her hand out and tapped the inactive prototype on the nose before sliding her alongside the craft’s fuselage before stopping at the air intake. She said,

“One day, I’ll take you up for a small flight around the island.”

She studied the craft as she walked around to check out it’s features, including the thrust-vectoring nozzles on the back of the craft. The wings of the craft are what caused Sonata to think of Knight Light once again. Although they were open, seeing those wings reminded her of the Trap Master. But she shook it off and left the hangar and the airship.

Chapter 9: In the skies above the island, a mid-sized aircraft was flying over the mansion. This craft didn’t look like any commercial craft, this built for warfare purposes, but there was little weapons to defend itself as two fighter-sized aircraft accompanied it.

These fighters were fast fighters called CFA-44s, these aircraft had the image of a lightning bolt draped in shadow as the aircraft themselves were a dark color. They were escorting the big one until they saw the Wings of Freedom parked near the mansion. The mid-sized aircraft reported,

“Scout Team to Aigaion, we have found the Wings of Freedom.”

‘Aigaion’ reported,“Aigaion to Scout Team, confirmed zeppelin as Wings of Freedom.”The voice of the Aigaion captain soon ordered,“Your scouting mission is complete, return to the air fleet. It’s not time to deal with Echo Squadron.”

One of the fighters scoffed, “And just when I thought we could catch them by surprise.”

The mid-ship spoke, “Orders are orders, Bolt 1. The airship isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.”

The fighters and the ship departed in the direction that they came from. No one was aware of what happened, but there is one thing that’s for certain; They will come back.

Chapter 10: Soon enough, the radar screen turned on as Legend noticed, “What’s going on here?” The leader went to check the radar and noticed two large blips on the radar. Ter checked the radar and noticed, “Two blips on radar, near the outskirts of the island, no IFF squawk.”

Legend asked, “So, they’re hostile?” Ter asked the leader, “Remember my contact from the fights?”

Legend nodded, “Yeah, he goes by the call-sign ‘Gentleman’ when contacting us. And he gave us some insight on a new weapon that the Disciples are in possession of.”

Ter nodded, “This could be what he was talking about.” Legend looked at the radar and knowing the dangers of a new weapon in the Disciples of Malefor’s possession, it could mean that Equestria Shores maybe their target. Legend brought up his communicator as he said, “We need to inform the others to be in the briefing room at 1030 tomorrow. It seems like our vacation has ended.”

Ter understood as they sent a message to the rest of the squadron as they decided to turn in for the night. As Legend went into his personal quarters aboard the airship, he couldn’t help but shake the feeling that whatever was on radar seemed to be hunting them.