Difference between revisions of "Skyward Flight"

The two remaining members of Skyward Flight, Jorgen and FM, graduated and became full pilots. The flight was then disbanded, as Jorgen and FM were forced to immediately join full DDF Flights to fight in the [[Battle of Alta Second]].{{book ref|sky1|48}} Mongrel, Spin, Amphi, Quirk, and Nedder also participated in the battle, although they did so outside of the DDF's authority.{{book ref|sky1|51}}{{book ref|sky1|52}}

After the Battle of Alta Second, Skyward Flight was reformed. Jorgen and FM were transferred back to Skyward Flight; Nedd, Arturo, Kimmalyn, and Spensa were recalled to active service; and the veteran pilots [[Catnip]] and [[T-Stall]] as well as the cadet [[Sadie]] were added to the flight to fill in some of the gaps in the flight's roster.{{book ref|sky2|3}}{{ref|group=fn|text=When [[Alanik]] arrives on Detritus, Spensa notes that there are nine members of Skyward Flight,{{book ref|sky2|8}} but during the tryout for the [[Superiority]]'s Delver Resistance Project she notes that the flight usually had ten members.{{book ref|sky2|14}} Assuming both of these statements are accurate, the ship lost in the battle at Detritus right before the Superiority's capital ships arrived{{book ref|sky2|2}} may have been from Skyward Flight as well.}} Since the flight's reformation, its pilots have changed flight numbers several times.{{book ref|sf1|1}} In particular, around the time of Spensa's mission to [[Starsight (station)|Starsight]], Sadie has the identification Skyward Nine{{book ref|sky2|2}} and FM has the designation Skyward Five.{{book ref|sf1|1}} During the flight's mission to [[ReDawn (planet)|ReDawn]], [[Alanik]] flies with Skyward Flight and is given the designation Skyward Eight.{{book ref|sf2|7}}