"Belona just turned into a frakkin' battleground..." was all Anya could think to say, as if to point out to herself that, yes, this just got real! Now she felt guilty for slacking off! The comm channels started being flooded with Imperial commands and requests for reinforcements, and the odd insubordinate yelling for direction as to what exactly was going on. From the sky, it was clear to see what the TIEs objective was.
"Squadron, form echelon. We're going to make an aerial sweep and hunt down the enemy fighters - leave the ground issues to the Stormtroopers, they are more than capable..." The flight leader spoke clearly over the net, the renewed zeal and readiness for battle filling his voice. By his command, the squadron made a staggered line as they entered combat airspace. A minute ago they were returning here to call their patrolling a day. And now, they were likely not to land ever again. Among the enemy air units were Y-Wings, tearing up Imperial positions with their considerable firepower. If those cannons managed to make contact with a TIE, the fragile fighter would be a fireball in no time at all. "Focus on the fighters - we'll hit the bombers when air superiority has been successfully regained. Break and engage at will!"
Anya raised an eyebrow inside her helmet at this order. It didn't take a keen eye to see that the defences were being torn apart, regardless of the casualties the enemy suffered. If those Y-Wings didn't go down, things were going to be very nasty for the ground units. One static-filled call for air support came through after a Y-Wing strafed a street, and the blasterfire down there was insane. If there was an Imperial unit in need of saving, that was them... Locking onto the comm source might have worked too, but Anya was already setting up her run.
"BS-214, the troopers can handle anything these scum throw at them. Get back on interception, Ensign Shade. Now."
Anya's TIE was just standard. No heavy cannons, bombs or anything - but she was a damned good shot behind those controls. One clean strafe might be enough cover for Imperial forces to displace. Or, if they felt like it they could hunker down, fight like mad and die for the Empire. Everyone here was expendable after all... She cut communications to and from the squadron and concentrated on her run, sighting up where the rebels had gathered in small pockets... "TY-375, acknowledged. Keep your heads down. Decided to stick my neck out for ya' - commencing strafing run now."
Large bolts of green rained down across the street, slamming into the surface in the rebel ranks in the hopes to suppress them at the very least. Anya would have to be pretty dead-on to cause any significant damage, and with the amount of fire being thrown around there wasn't a lot of time to concentrate. Not to mention, an enemy air unit could've spent that whole strafe lining up a perfect shot! After the run was finished and Anya had no space left, she jolted the steering controls back towards her, making the unremarkable TIE Fighter fly up and away from a straight flight path that left it exposed.
"214, focus!" The flight lead barked as soon as the communications came online again. Either he was very angry, or he meant that Anya was being tailed now. Or, perhaps it was both.