The exchange between Calliope and Prewrek is interrupted by WholGram announcing over open lines, "Approaching Outer Atmospheric levels, all Raider leaders form squadrons into close wave formations, and prepare for descent."

PreWrek notes, "Close Waves, a little tighter style of flying for our old acquaintance."   The Regional Commander over rides the Pre Wrek, "WholGram is one of our most accomplished attacking leaders, I am granting him choice of attack as to allow him to solve this exercise."

"I was rather expecting a barrel-rolling," PreWrek adds, "Tto hear old WholGram tell about it, it is an efficent way to bring a Raider to the proper attack-velocity for within an atmospheric setting."

"Within the confines of his piloting-crew selections, four squadrons of Raiders free-rolling in close proximity,might lead to an unmitigated disaster," Calliope, the Regional Commander points out.

   The PreWrek scans the simulated-plots of the WholGram's Raiders already weaving slightly as they try to maintain proper spacing in the close waces formattacking formation, "Agreed," is the Prewrek's assessmment.

   "Target-complex acquired, displaying to scanner," the loaned officer informs the attack-leader seated in the Command-Control Console.

   On the Simulation Wall, the distant target looms as a rectangular-grid of free-standing geometrically shaped figures, colored in white, Yellow, Red, or Orange, that show up against the gray-nuetral surface.

   And then WholGram is heard over all relevant circuitry, "All Raiders, descent to low-level attack, prepare assault speed upon my signal, concentrate your salvoes to targets designated by priority colour, Raiders, close to point blank range to engage cannons," there is a micon's moment, then, "Continue task completion to Success, Prepare, All Raiders to Attack velocity."

   The Wavering Raiders start to gainspeed and the formation smooths out as the Raiders begin to skim low accross the surface and close in on the target-grid-complex.

"Acquiring target," the Calliope's Officer manning the Star-Raider's right-side statin informs