Characters involved:
- CPT. Leone "Dysfunction" Castro
- LT. Jean "Camel" Stows
- Josef Miramar (Tanker Pilot)
- Mission Command

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[April 2, 2024 - Tensions over wright as civil war looms over the horizon. 2 fighter jets fly away from wright after a long reconnaissance mission]

Leone - <<We've seen enough, return to base>>
Jean - <<Righto>>
.
Leone - <<Good work out there, somehow you didn't go showing off like a clown this time>>
Jean - <<Look, showing off is a necessary part in->>
Leone - <<yea yea just don't do it when you're TRYING TO BE HIDDEN IN ANOTHER COUNTRY'S AIRSPACE>>
Jean - <<Alright alright, jeez no need to shout>>
Leone - <<I know, I know but YOU JUST KEEP DOING IT>>

Mission command - <<...are you two done arguing like a married couple?>>
Jean - <<Well she started->>
M C - <<I didn't ask, now Leone, we have a sudden and very urgent assignment for you, divert to the tanker on the marked location, Jean, return and land on the base>>
Leone - <<Affirmative>>
Jean - <<Righto>>

[At the tanker]

M C - <<now Jean, we will be sending you over to coordinates [Redacted], your mission is to watch over the area until you see something of note, radio silence is crucial for this mission, so you cannot contact us once you get to the location. Refuel your aircraft and get going.>>
Leone - <<Affirmative, Altough, why so sudden? Can't you use another aircraft for the mission>>
M C - <This mission requires you to be hidden at all costs, our other stealth fighters are currently on a military exercise with an allied nation, we cannot pull them out to prevent suspicion>>
Leone - <<I understand, over and out>>
M C - <<May the goddess of luck be in our favor>>
Tanker - <<Good luck over there, you still owe us a 50 dollars. :)>>
Leone - <<Yeah yeah shut up>>

[location redacted, Leone flies towards her destination, recording what happens using a Digital Voice Recorder]

Leone - "I am nearing the designated coordinates, so far I see nothing of note. Just water."
- "Altough, I am noticing what seems to be the wake of a ship on the distance."
- "It's a little off from the designated coordinates, but I'll be checking it out"

- "...."
- "As I suspect, it's a ship"
- "Vessel suspected to be a battleship, Altough it does not look like anything I've seen before< hell, anyone has seen before"
- "I'll try to get a closer look, but so far, I see an all black ship, with bright yellow marks and some weird extensions on the side."
.
.

- "....What the fuck?"
- "ARE THOSE TENTACLES? HUH?"
- (unintelligible rambling)
- "...."
- "A-alright, I've calmed m-myself down. I hope."
- "Vessel seems to be alien in nature, no other ship bears a resemblance to it's design. Tentacles are found on the sides of the ship, and it appears there's a fighter aircraft secured on a pair of them."

- "Altough, the fighter seems to be from the Monarchii and not alien, I believe it belongs to a pilot named "Lucky J" based on its markings. It's quite distinct."
- "I'll stay above them for as long as my fuel allows, I'll note anything that happens"

[1.5 hours have passed, nothing of note has happened]

- "The Monarchii aircraft seems to be leaving now"
- "nothing else of interest has happened, so I think I'll be taking my leave now."
- "I have plenty of fuel to return to our tanker, but man am I fucking tired."
- "Altough, I am feeling a weird sensation, probably from the exhaustion."
- "..."
Leone begins to sweat for no apparent reason
- "..."

Leone turns to look at the alien ship, it's emanating a strange aura, and it's following her. She gulps at the sight of the ship, goosebumps forming all over her body
She feels that she is being...watched

-"...I-it knows t-that I'm here...."
-"B-BUT HOW!?"
-"I-im in a s-stealth f-fighter, h-how?"
-"-its not possible!"
-"..."
Leone takes a deep breath to calm herself down
-"...Maybe I'm just h-hallucinating yeah..."
-"...M-maybe I'm just that t-tired..."
-"..hehehe.."
-"...."
??? - <<......Greetings human!>>

Leone freezes on the spot, suddenly paralyzed by an overwhelming amount of fear

??? - "My name is Observer alpha, care to mention why you've been spying on us for the past 1 and a half hours??

Sweat builds on Leone's face. She tries to speak, but not even her mouth can move at the moment

Leone - <<....>>
Observer - <<Human??>>
Leone - <<...>>

...

Observer - <<Despite your.... apparent inability to talk, I find you to be an interesting, specimen. How bout we meet here at our ship, just like the other pilot we met.>>
Leone - <<....H-huh?>>
Observer - <<Oh so you CAN talk, GREAT! Were going to make you land on our ship, please stand by as the fighters are preparing to->>

Leone immediately floors the engine and turns on the afterburners, with only escape on her mind, her face covered in sweat, not able to speak a single word.
The Fighters try to chase Leone's fighter, but observer stops them, claiming that it's not worth it.

Observer - "Oh well, what a shame...but we'll meet again soon enough.."

[Leone arrives at the tankers location, still panicked from the encounter with "observer"]

Tanker - <<Greetings Leone, please refuel immediately so we can head back home, we're tired and I'm sure that you are as well>>
Leone - <<...>>

She wordlessly connects with the fuel probe, unnerving even the tanker crew with her unusual silence
Tanker - <<you've been awfully silent there buddy? You ok?>>
Leone - <<...>
Tanker - (Damn, she's usually so.. energetic, so talkative. What the hell happened?)
Tanker - <....Right, let's head back home>>

The journey back to base was as uneventful as it was eerily silent. As soon as they landed, Leone wordlessly goes back to her quarters, still very shaken, face still covered in sweat.
She did not sleep that night.

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I'm counting this as a teaser for the plane in the pics lmfao

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