Eight remained out of the original twelve pilots of the "Wargods" 3rd squadron. In other words, four MAS pilots had been killed in the failed defense of Cerol, and the slaughter had yet to end. The EENS Solace was being attacked yet again, and according to Rexer, there were eight Ferir IIs this time. The commands were simple: take care of the enemy MAS's and don't let them near the ship.

	At squadron leader Simm's battle-cry, Natalie flipped a few switches and her dashboard lit up for what she hoped would be the final time for this battle. Gripping the controls, she could feel the internal mechanisms whirring into action as the MAS switched into gear. As soon as the HUD appeared, information flooded the Messer's screen, some of it courtesy of her fellow soldier 'Web' Darley, who was springing into action before her MAS was even fully active. One of the Fenrir's on the left of the enemy formation lit up in an explosion, tearing through its armor like paper. Nat smirked at this, knowing she was going to have to make up for lost time if Web had already taken one of eight enemy Mas's down.

	Web called out his shot, and at that, the Coalition formation broke apart. Nat noted the others as they began to go on the offensive, the lights of boosters and blasters filling her peripheral, and in particular she noticed that Freund kid going in with his stealth mechanisms activated. He couldn't have much more juice left in that thing, so he'd have to make it count. In the same vein, Natalie had to do the same, considering her ammunition was drawing a little on the low side. Not dangerously, but to a worrying degree if there would be much more fighting after this. Her MAS had more than enough energy in it to last though, so as the others started their attacks, Nat launched into action. There were seven left, scattered into the battlefield after Web's sudden attack left them reeling with the revelation that they were fighting MAS pilots a little better than most.

	Nat knew that Halcyon was going in with his cloaking devices up, so she focused her attention on the more up-front Ferirs. Committing to anything seemed a bit risky at the moment, so the Messer strafed out of what enemy fire she could as she unloaded some rounds into the enemy with her M291A autocannon. It wasn't much, but it was something. Luckily, her intuition to stay out of trouble was right, as some others had gotten into their own sticky situations. Several sets of brackets lit up in her view as missiles flew past, following an ally MAS into the area below the belly of the ship. It took her a moment, but it registered with Nat that it was the Old Crow that was being hunted down with missiles. The enemy had probably locked onto him as he was the one who made the powerful first shot.

	Web managed to keep a few of the missiles away, but there were plenty more coming his way. How long he could hold out, it was anyone's guess, but Nat wasn't about to find out. "I gotcha, Web," she called out as her MAS quickly intercepted the heat coming Web's way, shooting down a couple of the still incoming missiles with her MAS's head-mounted machine guns. Before the Ferirs could launch anything at her, the Messer fired the last two of her claymore missiles at one of the assaulting Coalition MAS's, sliding back after the missiles went live. Nat's interception wasn't too surprising to most of the enemies, but luckily, the Ferir she'd chosen as a target was too focused on downing Web that they'd failed to noticed Nat's attack soon enough. The first missile was shot down by a panicked shot from the Ferir's autocannon, but the explosion was too close and left the MAS reeling back with minor damages to the armor. The second, however, flew in and made direct contact with one of the weakened sections of its armor. The resulting explosion ripped through the Coalition MAS, boring a massive hole into its side. Suffice to say, the Ferir was totaled in a matter of seconds. Nat felt a bit of a grin form on her lips. "One down."

	As a result of her interception, the heat shifted off of Web a bit, allowing for some more breathing room for him. Nat's defenses were still up and able, evasive maneuvers removing the bulk of the attacks from her shields.