This week with Arlene and Jeff:
...Back on Earth, there was panic in certain areas, but more often than not, the attacks provoked anger that continued to gain momentum. There were record numbers of people volunteering for the armed services the world over, although a soldier stood little chance of even seeing one of the Paladins, much less in being able to do anything constructive toward downing one of the things.
The Earth's skies had more fighters in groups searching for an enemy than had been the case since World War II. Unfortunately, many of those pilots died as the Paladin Commanders seemed to take great pride in destroying the Earth jets. But two more of the Paladins went down as groups of fighters rained missiles on the alien machines. Since the Miadax had never faced a race to give a no-holds-barred response to being attacked, they had never developed sufficient countermeasures to break the lock on incoming missiles. There had never been the need before. Now that the fighter pilots understood that they could down the alien craft by repeated multiple hits from missiles, they went after the Paladins with a vengeance. Still, many pilots died, but for every one who died, it seemed there were two more volunteers willing and able to avenge his/her death.
The Earth was taking a beating, but attrition was taking its toll on the alien craft as well...
Have a goodun;
Roust