Chapter Three (C): Jake & Thorchan

[Akirapryde]

As Jake and Thorchan walked up to the table filled with crew members and the Nova Cat pilot. The focus of the attention had shifted from the Clan pilot to another member at the table. “In the heat of the battle, that was when it happened! There was the Sho Sho making her stand, alone against over fifty Clan Omnifighters across the skies of Tukayyid. While her fellow pilots were making a run for it, she stood against the might of not one, but two Clans! And it was at this moment, that the legend was born!”

There was a dramatic pause to build anticipation, “she turned her fighter around and charged in to the heart of the Clan formation. Sho Sho Tetsuhara’s fighter vanished from all radars and sensors. She flew right in to the middle of them, firing all of her lasers at any moving target. No one could touch her as she cut through their lines. As the story goes, she fought to buy her own aerospace fighters time to regroup while sacrificing herself before the Clans. But that is not what happened.” The story was compelling as the eager crew member recited the legend. “Within minutes of the battle being joined, she dropped thirty-five clan fighters by herself. Through the mystical powers of the universe she had become invisible to their targeting systems!”

It was in that moment one of the crew members spoke up, “you’re lying. It couldn’t have happened like that.” He turned to the Clan pilot, “you were there, is that true?”

The clan pilot leaned back in his chair, “I was shot down by Sho Sho Tetsuhara early on, so I don’t know about her ‘becoming invisible.’ But I can tell you that she is a remarkable pilot who did stand up against incredible odds and was victorious. The air battle what has become known as the Battle of the Jaguar and the Storm was one of the most remarkable events I had ever heard of. This one battle was the reason why I left the Clans and joined Sho Sho Tetsuhara air group.”

Another crew member spoke up to the younger members of the crew listening to the story, “supernatural powers had nothing to do with. But that doesn’t take away from the battle that she took part in. I had seen the vids of the aero-battle. The last time I had heard of anything like that was during the duel between Yorinaga Kurita and Morgan Kell. What Sho Sho Tetsuhara did that day allowed her unit to regroup against overwhelming odds. If not for her actions and those like her of the Hurricane Legion during the larger conflict, Comstar would have never had their decisive victory on Tukayyid.”