project sylpheed : day 5

Yes, I skipped some, I was stuck remember. Ok, to bring you up to speed on the story : After having your talk with Margras, you do a few missions of little importance storywise, protecting your base from ambushes and such. Then, Admiral Viera decides he wants to go attack Acheron. If you remember my intro post, this is Margras' home planet that was decimated. Big mistake, at first things seem easy. After you complete objective 1 however, a small fleet seems to flee. Viera follows them, and orders you and your squad, Rhino squad, to come with him. Leaving only Bird squad to protect your base, the ACROPOLIS and to finish off the stragglers. While taking down the enemies that supposedly ran away, you and your men suddenly realize the enemies are taking their time escaping. Then you get a message saying the ACROPOLIS is under attack by a heavy ambush. Needless to say, Viera doesn't care. Eventually another ambush comes out and tries to shoot down Vieras ship, these ambushers are two elite squads - The Guilty Roses, and a few of the Night Ravens, which is Margras' squad.

After defeating them Admiral Viera finally runs away, leaving you free to go to the ACROPOLIS. When you get there, the situation is BAD. So to help protect the base, you decide to lead away ALL members of the Night Ravens, after a cutscene where you and Margras talk. In the same cutscene, Margras' right had man, Taskent, gets tired of you two talking, so he shoots missiles at you. Your old commander, who has stolen a training ship to help you, shoots the missiles and goes flying through the smoke. Into Taskents ship, killing them both. Then the mission starts, its you, and about 30 other Night Ravens. HARD mission, trust me. Once you shoot down Margras he lands on Acheron, and tells you how he saw the Terran forces annhilate his home and tries to convince you to join him. Katana tells him that killing them would just make him the same as the Terrans, and refuses.

Back at the ADAN base, Margras is seen meeting with Chairwoman Egan, the leader of ADAN. She sees that he has started to think about his cause, although still comitted to it. The scene ends with her looking toward the screen saying "It's always the sharp blades that dull the fastest. A shame, I was growing fond of him."

Possible assassination? Love interest? Do I get MORE missiles? who knows? But, this should be fun.