Eugene Solano's Memoirs: Standoff in the Skies II, Rough Translation

Eugene Solano's Memoirs: Standoff in the Skies II
2nd Volume

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Just the first half of the article. For the latter, maybe next week or so. Someone - anyone - please paraphraze and edit anything that you think is awkward. I don't have much time now.

The Gleipnir had always been lingering on my head since that bad night mare of the battle where Gryphus Squadron was almost annihilated by the attack of just a single SWBM. Aurelian ground forces organized a formation to settle the score with that monster and were advancing toward the water city of Santa Elva.

"There it is, the Gleipnir!"
"Commence firing! Give it everything you've got!"
The ground forces quickly opened fire on the giant hull of the Gleipnir when it showed up above the sky. Attacks from the ground were supposed to be the best bet against the Gleipnir, for it was believed that the Gleipnir was not capable of launching an attack downwards. But the ground forces underneath the Gleipnir were instantly blown away just after the moment it emitted a flash of light. An unknown attack from the Gleipnir. Something that was not in our data... Looking at the shockwave spreading downwards, I learned that our operation was totally beside the mark.

The moment I realized it, I found myself shouting on the radio.
"Gryphus One! If our ground forces are wiped out here, we'll be unable to maintain the military. I'll display damage status of our friendly ground forces on your MPG. Protect them and don’t let it max out please."

This was different from the mission at Cape Aubrey.
Gryohus Squadron took back even Port Paterson, which gave the Aurelian forces a little bit of hope.
For those who gathered, and for the purpose of taking back Aurelia, the importance of the roles we had to carry out was growing bigger than ever.

I saw the Gleipnir in front of me for the first time, and its presence was overwheming, almost godlike as if it was the incarnation of the sky itself. Its giant body disappeared like it soaked into space.
And then, an Aurelian aircraft that was flying close to it blew up.
It crashed into the invisible giant. Other planes hurried up and dispersed.

It seemed there was nothing we could do against the Gleipnir’s optical camouflage.
However, there was one plane that was inflicting damage to it accurately.
Gryphus One… The flight lead.
The missile fired from his plane hit the invisible wall and exploded.

“Serious damage on the optical camouflage system! We can’t maintain optical camouflage!”
A strained voice of a Leasath soldier was heard on the radio.
At the same time as that voice, the giant hull of the Gleipnir showed up.
“Right on! The cloak’s been stripped off!”
I could hear Gryphus Squadron members rejoice, but that moment of our hope lasted only for a second.

A missile was launched from the upper deck of the Gleipnir.
It smoked a long trail to climb up the sky, and started to dive down on us.

“Gleipnir fired a missile!”
I shouted out right away. Tension was bursting from my chest and made me feel suffocated while I was couting down. The hammering of my heart couldn’t be subsided.
“10 seconds to impact. 5… 4… 3… 2… 1… Impact!”

Just that moment, a spear of light tore up the sky.
An even greater fireball exploded in the air.
When the light was set off, the explosion gave birth to intense shockwaves which swiftly expanded away to consume the surrounding space.
A moment after, a thunderous roar resounded the sky and it felt like my body was blown away.

The shot that reminded me of the nightmare at Cape Aubrey threw me into confusion with such ease.

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