Sitting somewhere in the distance behind the others a frustrated Kat screams at her botchy makeshift cockpit window while slamming the non responsive throttle back and forth. She raises a knee to deliver a heavy kick, stomping down hard on a pedal as she yanks against a power lever. 

A grinding clanking hum slowly jerks to life and ascends into a bumpy purr. The sound brings an ache to Kat's heart every time, opening the memories scar of what was and how it left. She closes her eyes and steadies her thoughts. 

This FRAME is far from the leopard it once was. It moves awkwardly, it's uncomfortable, nothing in its hub is of standard issue and it leaves a bulky awkward claustrophobic feeling. 
Like Kat's face it still carried the reminding marks and scars of the steel shrapnel of an exploding FRAME.
They would never be the same.

"Come on kitty." 

She begs the machine, tapping on a screen to get a clear reading. 
"There you are!" She lets out an excited exclamation as her fellow FRAME's appear on screen. After a quick diagnostics check, Kat asses the map and layout of her comrades to calculate the enemies position before engaging her cloaking device. Stealthily she nears the enemy from the left, favouring heavy cover. 

The sound of battle had adrenalin pumping heavy through her heart.
Despite all her inner rage, Snow leopard was reacting too slow to jump straight into gunfights. Kat knew her role and got into position.

Flicking through switches, twisting dials and running results Kat soon had her ECM ready to interrupt the enemy com's. Next she took a firm grip on a sturdy handle and fought against the machine to move it.
A loud grinding shook the FRAME as her prized specially named FSU bazooka 'Buster' slid into place over Snow Leopards shoulder. 

"C'mon boy"

Having to put her entire shoulder and arm into moving the heavy gun Kat finally flicks on her own com's to share her news.

"In place boss, wanna eaves-drop or shut down the party? 'N' busters ready and waiting, just give him a scent."

Kat was anything but military, there were some compromises slowly growing but the professional army lingo wasn't one of them.