Today is a dark day for the Revolution. Myself and Captain Baranov led an operation into Stuttgart, in an attempt to get valuable experience for Gold Wing.
Joining us were Lietenants Roberts, Thorvaldsson, Gellantra and Sotskov. We found ourselves brought into combat against a squadron of RM fighters and bombers, after we broadcast information to the civilian populace of Planet Stuttgart and had destroyed a Battlecruiser and an incoming RM Wrath.
After a long fight, in which the agile Wraths proved too much for ourselves to handle, we started to lose vessels. All pilots were downed, excpeting myself and Captain Baranov.
It is my opinion that Gold Wing need training in two main areas. Firstly; basic flight controls. Practising combat maneuvers won't hurt, and can only prevent future embarassment.
Secondly; disengagement. The recruits seemed to have trouble with extracting themselves from our more skilled opponents. This is an important skill to save lives, and had Baranov and I not managed to retrieve the escape pods, the recruits' lives would be a living hell right now.
Lessons have been learned, and more will be learned in the future. The embers of our ships today will spark the inferno of revolution, that I swear.
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