Ryder's troubled expression showed a glint of anger from within her FRAME as Cecilia radioed her. She gritted her teeth as she retracted Theta's skates. Despite her urge, she was not about to disobey her C.O. Theta's LMG peppering halted with a short echo as she drew up her Autocannon. Her eyes locked onto the FRAME that had started to advance on her, but it was made quick work of by Cecilia's fire. Ryder found herself a new target, seemingly holding close to the cargo, firing off occasional rounds at random Panthers. With her target in sight, Ryder aimed the rather large assault rifle. 

Theta pulled back the trigger letting a barrage of bullets fly forth. Ryder and her FRAME were a primary target of the enemy FRAMEs and the minimal cover around her wasn't helping. Firing in bursts, she managed to disable her opponent, before she had Theta start to backpedal. If she was going to fight with her Autocannon now, she might at well put some space in between her and her enemies.

It was obvious Cecilia didn't like her head-on assault idea, so Ryder would simply stay back and play it the C.O.'s way. All her teammates were relatively safe, so there was no reason to put herself in harms way if Cecilia didn't want to engage them close up. Her Autocannon continued to rattle off shots until the opposing FRAME she had targeted was seemingly disabled. He was at least not going anywhere or shooting anything. 

With that, Ryder's skates activated and Theta flipped around. Her FRAME darted back towards the trees and the fire concentrated on her started to slow. Quickly, she prepped her Autocannon for another attack, her radio still dead silent. It seemed this battle was on the move now. With the cargo truck already ahead of the Dreq FRAMEs, the firefight had been split in two. Ryder peered out of the tree cover, assessing both her allied numbers and the numbers of her enemy. She planned to take out the remaining enemy FRAMEs and she'd have to rely on Cecilia and those that went with her to secure the cargo.