Ariel was too busy to notice that Havoc was there too. Since her squadron was mostly rookies like her, they were last in the launch schedule. After reality returned to normal after the Artemis jumped, Ariel had to fight back bile. She wanted to throw up so bad. Her body was already stressed out from all that had happened this morning...and she was still hungover.
By the time Kitten got into her Viper and was launched, there was already a battle underway. Swarms of unknown fighters were meeting the advance squadron and fighting over the remains of the civilian convoy. Beyond the convoy was...she had no idea. A massive ship that was beginning to launch missiles...
"Frak! That's Cylons!" "Deadeye is just sitting there!" "I'm hit!" "Epsilon is experiencing power problems." "Any survivors?" "Watch your tail, Niner!" the chaotic jumble of voices spoke at once over her helmet radio.