JP: Margherita, Afterburner Fuel and some light Editing...

Today's Joint Post is brought to you by Jay and Dean, (Andy and Chris) - treat it gently, we were both knackered.
 
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He figured if
anything was going to come at him- it would be caught by the ion
field and rapidly broken down into its atomic bits and pieces. He
then settled down to await the putcome of the battle
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What he wasn't expecting to come to him, and get stuck amongst the pylons of the Blue Dwarf's enormous scoop, was the Thomas-piloted Inbound Raven, Dean in a miraculous feat of piloting had somehow gotten the craft lodged firmly in the recess between a vertical and a diagonal strut. "Oh now thats just fantastic..." he murmered "Little help!?"
"You there, in the Starbug. Can you just give me a push?"
"Umm.. what?" said Mortimer blankly.
"Never mind." Dean suddenly hit reverse, the scoop shuddered and vibrated. Then suddenly the bottom pylon broke off downwards and the Raven shot out like a pea from a 670bhp pea shooter.
 
 
Unfortunately for Mortimer, the pylon broke off and hit the Starbug, throwing it up and around in space, just in time to hit the Raven as it thundered out in reverse gear.
 
"Look at that!" McJohn squealed excitedly as a large chunk of debris tumbled past the Phoenixes windscreen. Flashing a photo or two as he did so. "What the hell is that?!" Jay asked. "Looks like part of the scoop to me..." McJohn suggested "Bug's must have attacked it"
Jay caught a glimpse of the Raven, colliding with a starbug. "Dont' count on it..." Jay said "DEAN!"
"Yes Jay?" said Dean as he manuevered the Raven into forward motion and headed straight for the heart of the bug fleet.
"What on Io are you doing?"
"Watch."
"I can hardly bare to." said Jay, shooting down another ship and doing a barrel roll over another before his eyes refound the Raven... right above two bug ships. "Umm.. Dean?"
"I know. Watch." Dean waggled the stick.
 
The left wing of the Raven came down first and hit the first bug ship, before the right one came down and hit the other. This happened multiple times in quick succession.
"You see, when you take heavy-ship unarmed for fighter-fighter combat out into the field..." said Dean, "...you have to rewrite the book a little."
"Not when I wrote it. You don't edit it without my express permission."
"Spoilsport"
"Look whatever, just.." *FLASH* "MCJOHN GET THAT SMEGGING CAMERA OUTTA MY FACE!...just get fighting, AND WATCH OUT FOR AMBER!"
"Why? She can handle herself normally!"
"Because shes insane"
"Shes a FeBuggure"
"I can't deny you have a point." said Jay, but his conversation was interrupted as he swerved to avoid the still spinning Mortimer Plank. He scrabbled for the comm which had flung itself the extent of its cord as a result of the manuevuere.
"BUG 674... WHAT THE SMEG ARE YOU DOING?"
"Umm.. hello? Mortimer Plank here..."
"Ok. MORTIMER? WHAT THE SMEG ARE YOU DOING?"
"Eating pizza...want a slice?!"
 
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A Joint Post brought to you by Jay and Dean (Andy and Chris) - see, I did tell you to treat it gently.