Operation Beehive

Operation Beehive was an air raid conducted by the Long Range Strategic Strike Group on Shilage Castle. The objective was to raid the castle for its supplies.

Prelude
With the LRSSG's base running out of food, fuel, and ammo, the decision was made to raid Shilage Castle. Strider Squadron was tasked with pacifying the local anti-air defenses. Meanwhile, Cyclops Squadron was tasked with supporting the transport to ferry the supplies.

En route to the castle, some members like Húxiān and Jaeger expressed concerns about the mission. But they understood that they had to do everything they could to survive.

Battle
With no Osean forces in the region, the attacking forces didn't need to identify their target. However, the Erusean units defending the castle are soldiers who want to see Shilage restored again.

Strider Squadron destroyed pocket after pocket of resistance, soon forcing Sol Squadron to take to the skies to shoot them down.

Despite their skills, Sol Squadron was reduced to just Wit and Seymour in the ensuing dogfight. Mihaly eventually arrived, piloting an X-02S Strike Wyvern equipped with a railgun. As the two Sol aircraft retreated, Mihaly and Trigger engaged in a grueling dogfight. But in the end, Mihaly was shot down.

Before his radio went out, Mihaly told Trigger that he agreed to have his data recorded for the drones just so he could fly again. Lamenting the chaos he had unleashed upon the world, he pleaded to Trigger to stop the drones.

Aftermath
The LRSSG managed to stock up on supplies, good for a few days. Still, they have no idea how they'll proceed after this. Days later, however, they received a communique urging them to go to the International Space Elevator for one last fight.