Naina was grateful for the lord's understanding when she left, "Thank you Lord Lindemann. In the meantime it would be helpful if you could confiscate any possessions the former General has on him. If we are to discover what key he is holding we should be able to determine what the Coalition has long based its aggression on." She left with this request while she followed Milou to leave the building. She heard Milou's concern on the state of their leaders. She considered the obsertvation from her brother when she answered, "Understandably so. These new leaders have already been through more than they could have anticipated. We can only hope that it won't be enough to break their spirits for now." The two left the building while Naina noticed the brewing rain Milou had pointed out.

Mercurio noticed Milou had returned from the meeting with Naina following. Milou was right when he pointed out the rain had begun. He agreed to his request, "Sure. We'll head for the hangar bay." The day had been long and he hoped by now the soldiers would have some moment of peace.
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Oleg saw the cables release from their previous positions and agreed to the engineer's observation, "You catch on quick McNeil. We'll just have to see if this manages to be enough now." He grabbed one of the nearby cables and offered it to the nearest Leo unit. The assembly was quick when the barrels were detatched to combine with one another. The new gun was long enough that it was being supported by one of the other Leo units and taken outside to be prepared for firing.
The pilot holding the gun prepared the batteries while reporting, "Here goes nothing. We need to make our shot count." 
Oleg saw the charging had begun when the gun battery powering up. "How's the gun charging?"
The pilot with the trigger responded, "Already at maximum tolerating pressure. Don't know how much more it can take."
Oleg tried to remain diligent to the goal when he said, "Get it in range. You see one of those things out there?"
As soon as the target was locked the pilot agreed, "Got him. This better work."
Out of reflex he ordered, "Fire!" At the order the gun fired towards the nearest Sol Thero unit. The blast was more wide than the usual shot but didn't initially damage the gun barrel. It was after a few seconds of maintaining the blast the gun showed a small sign of overheating before it exploded. From the damage done he saw the Leo III unit had its right arm completely blown off with a quarter of its main body leaving the pilot inside visible. Oleg wasn't concerned about the shot when he called to the pilot, "Hey! You alright?"
His screen responded when the pilot answered, "I'm... kay. ... ems like it... won... hand..."
Oleg warned the rest of the squad, "It's a one time shot. Whatever you do don't hold those things."
The shot made its way across the area while the Sol Thero units progressed to their destination. Due to their programming determining the enemy units weren't worth their time they hadn't considered the shot possible. It was a mistake that one of them couldn't make a second time when the shot managed to surpass the planet defensor shield and blast off its gattling gun arm. It was in this moment when struck unit began to process the sudden information. 'Enemy fire confirmed. Detriment to overall objective.' The Zero System quickly calculated the squadron's next move, 'Remainder of squad resume progress.'
Oleg saw the unit making its way from the group when he warned, "I think it's getting attention alright. Might have evened the odds at least."
One of the other pilots saw Sol Thero unit was on its way towards the city. He remembered Tano was probably waiting for his first chance to attack one of them. He contacted him warning, "Lieutenant. I think that thing is headed your way."