THe Archer purred at a 75% Synchro rate as Krista launched. After a moment that felt like all of her muscles flexing, she was in control of the Archer's limbs as it rolls out of the hangar. She was predictably one of the last out of the gate with such a lumbering mech. As she neared the starting area a she spotted Stukov's Framewerk glowing and crackling as it sped off into the distance. Krista steels herself, watching this new development carefully. It took a moment to realize that Stukov was in distress. Krista barely had time to curse before the Daemon exploded, rocking the Archer. What happened? Were they under attack?

Lt. Ritsu's voice chimed in [color=0072bc]"Attention Cadets, the operation has been canc-"[/color] A smack could be heard on the command channel

[color=f26522]"-The operation continues on, despite Cadet Stukov's accident. Let it be a warning to anyone who tries to surpass their Framewerk's limits. Carry on with the battle."[/color]

Krista sat there for a moment, stunned into silence for a moment. However several impacts on her left side knocked her back into reality. She glanced over towards the source of the attack. The Black Komodo was rapidly approaching, firing several rapid shots at her. Behind that she could see the Rose trying to keep pace. Krista fired once at the Komodo to try to throw it off before backing up to try to keep it away. She knew she needed to keep as much distance between herself and the Komodo, as it had a much better close range fighter than her. Hopefully she could keep the Komodo off her until the Rose caught it, but at this point she knew she was effectively being herded towards the Lake in the north east.

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