Chris continued his methodical assault, slightly adjusting his aim to continue hammering the incoming formation of mechs when the split, the head mech stumbling into a burning heap. 

[quote]"Scatter! Don't let 'em box us in." [/quote] Chris' headset yelled causing him to wince a bit. Goading his mech to leap up and begin running he took a second to assess the situation, the majority were sweeping left, and that was good enough for him. Chris cut towards the enemy group, running for a low outcropping, it wasn’t much more than a pile of rubble to knight, but any cover is good cover. 

Diving into the dust behind the rocks, Chris silently promising to have knight repainted as he crawled into position. peeping around a boulder, and pausing just long enough to sight in, he sent another barrage down range.

[quote]"You holding up?" [/quote] his CO asked as Chris switched to his shotgun as one of the enemies came closer, chipping his cover away as it advanced.
"Knight, yes, the rocks, not so much" he growled as he flung knight clear of the debris, and fired the heavy gauge cannon. Flaying the cheap mech ahead of him with tungsten flechettes the size of lag bolts and smiling before knight lurched violently forward. 

 the smile became a yelp as chris fought the controls, knights left leg was jammed at the hip, and the ground was racing towards his monitor. Chris coughed as he shook off the shock of his mech face-planting onto the martian soil and reflexively rolled knight back to cover with some difficulty, rounds churning the dirt behind him.

“Knight’s hit, still operational…I think.” Leaning to peak behind cover he quickly ducked back as the rock shattered from a slug. “I’ll check when things aren’t trying to kill us”