[center][h2]Junior Lieutenant Aryo Jameson|On Patrol[/h2][/center]

Aryo, as was his job when the 12th was on patrol and he was with them, hung near the back of the formation of MAS's, his cannon already in hand due to it's unwieldy size. He could see the Coalition sniper had had a similar idea to his, since they both knew the snipers weren't exactly "draw fast when shit hits the fan" type weapons. Of course, his looking at the Coalition sniper was short lived, as he could see the one man who'd avoided taking a fatal shot from the Archer he flew, Raul Tigres, the Bloody Valkyrie.

He had crossed paths with the man a couple of times prior to these peace talks, and the pair had never come away from the bouts unscathed, though Aryo admitted to being the worse for wear of the two, since he DID specialize in long-ranged combat over close range when it came to MAS piloting. If he ever met Raul on the ground without his MAS, well, that was an entirely different ball game as far as the sniper was concerned. Noting that Raul had looked his way, he offered the man a nod of his MAS's head before returning to his vigil.

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Just moments before anything good could come from the first non-hostile interaction between the pilots of the two warring sides, chaos erupted as the Coalition ship, the [i]Perseus[/i], exploded in a brilliant ball of flame and debris. True to instinct, the majority of both squads of MAS's, Imperial and Coalition alike fell back, both confused about what had happened. But a split second later, two things happened; the first was his read out as his sensors lit up targets.

[color=cyan][sub]> WARNING: Coalition weapon signatures detected. Nearest target:...[/sub][/color]

And the second was the Coalition MAS opening fire on the 12th's own newly arrived newbie. Nix had, before all hell had broken loose, called for the team to fall into formation, though the sniper ignored him. He didn't much care for Nix's habits of taking command from Shaw, and he already had standing orders from their commander. The only good idea Nix had was the two of them dealing with the Bloody Valkyrie together if it came to that, which if something wasn't done about the Coalition suit soon, it would. Opening the squad wide channel, Aryo spoke. "Chew my ass later." His sniper came up, ready to fire, and after a moment of no movement, fired. For the split second that existed between the round finding a mark and when the MAS had fired, it could be assumed he'd aimed center mass on the enemy rookie, but impact proved that to be wrong. The Coalition's rookie would find that his autocannon had been turned into two twisted pieces of scrap metal, useless for little more than some more target practice.

The sniper's voice came over the short-range COMS. "Keep a tighter leash on your rookie, or the next one won't be non-lethal." There had been no orders to open fire on the MAS units themselves, and there was still a chance to recover the situation, especially since the Coalition's pilot was still alive.