Lt. Martin was quickly extinguished thanks to the efforts of the firefighters. If her missiles and autocannon shells had cooked off in the fire, she would have been seriously injured or even killed and the firefighters might have been killed too.
As it was, she was in no condition to fly as she needed to be cleaned up, repainted and inspected for damage to her components.
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"Captain Fairchild will be coming as well. I need a few minutes to refuel and have my weapons stocked up," Major Lockie said as he poked his snout into the broken window to talk.
He then opened his rear cargo door and sent a light signal from his rear mounted landing lights for some ordnance handlers to stock him up with extra ammunition. As they were moving the crates of shells inside, him he spoke. "Everyone who can fit inside my cargo bay, it's open; get in!"
He then switched channels to Captain Fairchild. "Avenger, we need you and Pomegranate's help for a rescue mission!"
A yawn was heard through the radio. "Yeah, I'm just waking up from a nap and Pomegranate burst into flame; she's going to be out of commission until she can get cleaned up, repainted and inspected," Captain Fairchild said via radio.
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The hangar doors slid open as Captain Fairchild slowly rolled through the doors and onto his personal runway in preparation for take-off.