T'lan Meth System, Mission 1 (416.3)

Briefing Intro: Generic Opening #7

ICIS Text: Our limited intelligence has revealed that the Kilrathi planet E'loy, in the T'lan Meth System, is being blockaded by enemy forces, but an unknown source is jamming our sensors and preventing a full assessment of the situation. As soon as the Midway jumps into T'lan Meth, all wings with the exception of Alpha and Bravo will be deployed to assist E'loy's defenders in any way possible. Meanwhile Alpha and Bravo wings will perform a sweep of a nearby asteroid field in an attempt to locate the alien jamming equipment. You are to locate and identify the broadcast source so that it can be recovered for examination. Due to the jammer's operation and the presence of the asteroids, a proximity sensor sweep will be required to identify the target. Once the jammer source is identified, an SAR team will be dispatched to retrieve and dismantle the jammer. Eliminating this jammer and restoring the Midway's sensors to full operating status is of the utmost urgency.

Briefing Exit: (Movie Filename -- 0790.WVE)

CAG: Oh, and one more thing. Major Marshall.
Maniac: Present!
CAG: Major, you are now in command of the Black Widow Squadron. I expect your Bravo Wing to provide backup for Alpha.
Maniac: Yes, Sir.
CAG: You're dismissed.
Hawk: What's the problem, Major?
Maniac: After all these years to finally have my own squadron.
Hawk: To be in control?
Maniac: Yeah.
Hawk: To be in command?
Maniac: Yeah!
Hawk: To be the one they string up when your squadron screws the pooch on a mission?
Maniac: Yeah. Hey! HEY, wait a minute!

Takeoff Scene: Panther (Movie Filename -- 2541.WVE)

[Fly Mission, T'lan Meth 1 - Treasure Hunt]

[Midway]
<Stiletto> Hey, ace. Betcha I can find that buoy before you do.

[Nav 1]
<Maniac> Encountering light enemy presence at NAV 3. Situation nominal.

[Nav 2]
<Maniac> Heads up, Casey: we've got an anomalous reading back at NAV 3. Can't pin it down. You might want to check it out on your way through there. We're heading back.

[Nav 3]
<Maniac> Hey, plebe, I thought you guys cleared this place out! It's crawlin' with bugs!
<Stiletto> Scanners picking up multiple unknowns in the asteroid field. One of 'em might be our jammer.
<Stiletto> Time to see who's got it... and who doesn't.

[Find buoy]
<Midway> Good job, Lieutenant. The SAR will pick up the buoy. Come on home.

[Take too long]
<Midway> Midway to Alpha Wing, the CAG's ordered you back. Return to base on the double!

{If you lose T'lan Meth 1}
(Movie Filename -- 0830.WVE)

[Check Terminal]

Landing Scene 2:
{If you win T'lan Meth 1}
Generic

{If you lose T'lan Meth 1}
(Movie Filename -- 0240.WVE)

Stiletto: Rough mission, Casey?
Casey: Yeah.
Stiletto: So you let one get past you. It happens. Besides, I picked up the buoy anyway. Just dropped it off in at Science Division's lab. They seemed pretty excited. Coming?
Casey: Yeah, I think I gotta, um... I'll get the next one.
Stiletto: Suit yourself. See you in pilot country.

Scene - Rec Room (Movie Filename -- 0850.WVE)
{Plays automatically}

Casey: What's up with Major Happy Feet over there?
Hawk: Beta Flight got cut up pretty good out there. One of 'em didn't come back.
Casey: Anyone we know?
Hawk: How's life on the edge, Mister Squadron Commander? I heard you lost one of your adoring fans.
Maniac: You know I've got a good pilot MIA and I come back to this!
Casey: Does the SAR have a line on your pilot?
Maniac: No. He ejected into the asteroids. There's no sign of him. And the CAG... The CAG has pulled my boys off rotation to get a straight eight. That includes me, so I can't even go out and look for my own guy. It gets better. Word is the aliens are scooping up every pilot they can get their hands on from wherever. I bet they're not serving 'em milk and cookies.
Casey: What's that smell?
Maniac: What? Is it me?
Casey: Something stinks.
Maniac: It's not me.
Casey: I'll tell you what it is, Major. It's the Plebe that's going out into the asteroids to save your wingman.

Always go to T'lan Meth 2.