This week's mission is called "After Ram"

::Castor paces the center of the arena as the Grey and Cadet combat 
pilots scramble into the circling benches.  Some of the Cadets begin 
to emulate the Greys and sit with their feet up, or otherwise more 
comfortably than the "stiffs" - those who felt it necessary to 
constantly stand, or sit, at attention::

::As the throng quites, Castor projects his voice::

The Ram's Head Two has just launched.

For those of you who don't know, the Empire, before the destruction of 
the first Death Star, was developing a "super-shield" technology to be 
used against us.  The Ram's Head was the Imperial prototype - a 
Corvette which was their demonstration model.  The Alliance mounted an 
operation to steal this prototype, which was to be used in a 
subsequent operation in preparation for the attack against the first 
Death Star.

The Ram was quickly mapped and spec'ed by our best people, and it's 
computer core - which held the "prints" - was copied.  With this 
information we were able to duplicate the technology later, and even 
improve on it.

The first Ram, however, was set on it's final course and the autopilot 
was locked in.  The pilots then evacuated the Ram and escaped in a 
Shuttle - no one trusted the Ram enough to stay on board during the 
operation - and sent into the area an Imperial Star Destroyed Space 
Dock.  The Star Destroyers, all docked in a nice and neat row, fell to 
the Ram as it physically and literally pounded it's way through each 
ship's bridge section.

The original Ram, not meant for such a large job, developed a 
malfunction in it's hyperdrive controller, and proceeded to jump.  
Having no crew on board on board to bring the Ram out of hyperspace, we 
can only assume that it burned up in the center of a star somewhere 
alongs it's original trajectory.  Subsequently, the Alliance "cloned" 
the Ram and the technology in the Ram 1 series.

Many of you have observed Kedrin's Avengers making short "hyper-hops".  
This is a tactical capability that is quite useful, but the technology - 
a few examples of which were found on Kedrin's Star Destroyer when we 
captured it - has not been fully tested by our experts.

The first Alliance prototype of this "hyper-hop" technology has been 
introduced into the Ram's Head 2.  This will allow the Ram to make 
multiple passes through an area.  This, however, requires that the crew 
remain on board.  Volunteers from the Shock Team have been installed 
onto the Ram for this operation.

In this case, since we are attacking an aramda, we expect to be able to 
make no more than two successful passes.  However, the General feels 
that two passes will be sufficient to decimate the main body of the 
armada while leaving it's command craft crews in a severe state of 
chaos and thereby vulnerable to attack.

When the Ram's Head 2 has finished it's second run we will receive the 
"go" signal.  If all goes well, we will only have the command craft - a 
Star Destroyer and a single Frigate - along with their Starfighter 
support, with which to deal.

In this mission you will have your choice of flying B-Wings or X-Wings - 
Flight 2 will take the other.  Cadets will have the A-Wings this time 
around, and Flight 3 will stand by in X-Wings, just in case.  Shock 
Team Group 3 will lend immediate assistance in bringing down the 
Frigate's shields, while Shock Groups 1 and 2 are waiting in Corvettes 
for "go" orders to capture the two capital ships.

::The battle-stations claxton begins, and a female voice sounds over 
the ship-com "After Ram is a 'go'.  I repeat.  After Ram is a go.  Grey 
Leader, After Ram is a go."::

::Some of the Cadets had started to jump toward the door, but stopped 
short when they noticed that none of the Grey pilots had moved from 
their previous positions::

::Castor continued quickly::

Expect both Opaline and Emerald to run - get them down as quickly as 
possible.  Make sure that you stay alert for ANY escaping craft and 
prevent them from leaving the scene, as well.

We expect alot of expert Starfighter resistance, but little in the way 
of larger craft.

Soar with the Gods!

::Before Castor's last word faded, the Grey pilots were already through 
the door on their way to their Starfighters.  The ship-com voice 
continued "The Ram reports the successful destruction of twenty three 
Star Destroyer and Frigates - only the command craft remain." ::

**Notes - Grey316b is the B-Wing version of this mission, while 
Grey316x is the X-Wing version.  Choose one to run for your Mission 
Report, but try the other out if you have the time this week.  The 
missions are the same, but the results can be quite different.  In 
either case, while you don't really have time to relax in this mission, 
you should have plenty of time if you approach the mission correctly.