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Shortly thereafter, a woman from antiaircraft gun outpost fourth-seven reported that it, as well as outposts fourth-six and fourth-eight, had been hit by the lifebuster blast and destroyed. The gunner who gave the report then asked Ironsides if she had a nearby debris fall on her radar. The gunner took out a pair of binoculars and reported multiple Krell ships dropping through the debris field, right over where the destroyed antiaircraft gun outposts. The gunner told Ironsides to scramble the reserves, not knowing all the reserves were out fighting at the shipyard. Ironsides ordered Riptide Flight to return to Alta Base immediately, but their flightleader informed her that even at Mag-10 it would take over thirty minutes.{{book ref|sky1|48}}
Ignoring the defect, Spensa ran to the DDF hangars and asked [[Dorgo]] if she could fly [[Arturo]]'s ship, Skyward Five. He told her it was barely functional, no shields and poor steering, but it had destructors and ejection. Spensa got in the ship and took off for the rogue lifebuster.
[[Spensa]] defended the base in a damaged [[Poco]] by anticipating the movement of the Krell using her [[cytonics|cytonic]] abilities, however, was eventually shot down. She managed to land her ship successfully, despite the damage it had taken. [[Cobb]], piloting [[M-Bot]], found Spensa and gave her control of the ship so she could rejoin the battle. When the Lifebuster dropped its bomb Spensa jumped it away to save [[Alta Base]] and [[Igneous Cavern]].{{book ref|sky1|49}}{{book ref|sky1|50}}{{book ref|sky1|51}}{{book ref|sky1|52}}{{book ref|sky1|53}}{{book ref|sky1|54}}{{book ref|sky1|55}}{{book ref|sky1|epilogue}}▼
Admiral Ironsides stood in command room, watching a hologram of the fifteen Krell ships, lifebuster included, approach Alta Base unopposed. Suddenly, rising from the hangars appeared a single red dot, who flight command confirmed was Skyward Ten: Spensa.{{book ref|sky1|49}}
Ironsides gave Spensa a heading for the Krell force, eight minutes away from the death zone, telling Spensa she could make it in two. Spensa told her she might have a few reinforcements coming, and headed towards the force without a shield.
Spensa got a visual confirmation on the lifebuster, so Ironsides gave her the order to shoot it down, regardless of how close it was to Alta Base. Spensa engaged and immediately gained twelve tails. They chased her around, trying to draw her away from the lifebuster, but she stayed focused and scored a few hits on the bomber, which its shield absorbed. She continued dogfighting with the escort, and found that she could faintly hear the commands being sent to the Krell ships and was able to act on them before the Krell.
All of the junior admirals gathered around Ironsides, gazes locked on the hologram of Spensa weaving in and out of destructor blasts. All of the remaining flights had been disengaged from the battle for the shipyard, and were on their way back to Alta Base. They would be too late, so all of Alta and Igneous' hopes rode on Spensa.
Spensa counted five hits on the lifebuster when Jorgen contacted her via the general comm line. He asked how she was doing and informed her that he was with Riptide Flight, streaking toward Alta Base at Mag-10. Suddenly, Spensa was hit, on the nose of her ship, disabling her destructors. It was one of the sleek black ships whose commands she couldn't hear. Ironsides informed Spensa she had full authority to shoot the ship down even if it reached the death zone. The lifebuster was one minute away from the death zone, and with no weapons, Spensa resolved to kamikaze into the lifebuster. Ironsides asked what she was doing, and Spensa informed her of her weapons malfunction. Ironsides understood and gave her a solemn wish of good luck. Spensa streaked toward the lifebuster, nose still on fire, when her battered ship finally gave out. The acclivity rings on the bottom of her ship gave out, and she undershot the lifebuster and started spiraling towards the ground.{{book ref|sky1|51}}
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