As Sarah entered, and started getting plastered, Marlene was just about ready to make a move and introduce herself just as the eccentric little lady went into something of a happy-rage and left, followed by the others just as her own PADD informed her of the why; Priority one order, defend Cradle Dynamics from attack.

A distant explosion punctuated the fact that this was sort of a 'now' thing.

It didn't take Marlene any longer than the others to get to YASSIR, but as it was still nested inside of its pallet for transportation, she had to take some time chopping-off the supports and pre-starting the core. Starting a FRAME without a pilot inside isn't exactly a good idea in a confined space, lest one of the arms suddenly lash-out, but time was important and they didn't have enough people to run things by the numbers.

Speaking of which, she was neither assigned their radio frequency, nor had she taken the time to actually look at the FRAMEs her allies piloted before they left. Well, besides Mr Bubbles, and that was entirely because of how much trouble Sarah was having getting hers started.

[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m3aPOnnr-U]Once everything was warmed-up[/url], she strapped-in and made her way to the outskirts before activating active-camo, looking for anything trying to outflank anyone since an unidentified mech in the middle of combat is usually a dead one. She was quickly rewarded by the sight of an unmarked FRAME about to make a pot-shot around a corner. Against whoever they were aiming at, they had very little exposed, but from her angle it'd be an easy shot, [url=http://farm1.static.flickr.com/144/338295034_3a07cc7041_o.jpg]made even easier by the make and model of the FRAME[/url], still, there was [i]a chance[/i] this was a friendly...

She slammed a mortar-shell into the side of the building it was using for a brace, blowing-out fragments, concrete and re-bar into their line of sight and hoping to spoil their aim [I]and[/I] reveal their position.