[h2][color=0054a6][center] Cody Ang [/center][/color][/h2]

Cody hesitated taking his aim off of LaBelle, but followed through with his orders as he saw several of Zahra's drones move towards the rat. The Halberd then began taking steps forward, moving closer to the battlefield but still keeping a respectable distance away. He then opened the Comms and sent a reply to Zahra:

[b]Cody:[/b] Affirmative, moving to cover pilot Amarati now.

As soon as he was in range to eliminate any threats that would go after the NC, Cody deployed the Halberd's outriggers, anchoring it to the ground. The mass driver cannons also shifted to prepare for fire, as the sensor systems began looking for potential targets. The coordinated map that the squad had put together proved to be quite useful, giving away the locations of much more foes than how many the Halberd could originally locate on its own.

 Through the external cameras, Cody could see Sahaquiel fighting against another NC that looked strangely familiar to him, although he could not exactly remember where he remembered it from. He decided against interfering with their fight and instead opted to take out the 5 RS reinforcement NCs that were coming to aid the red NC. After taking several seconds to lock on to its targets, the dual cannons unleashed a salvo of AP rounds, aimed straight at the nearest hostile. The first shot managed to punch a hole through the thin leg of the NC, and the second obliterated the cockpit and eliminated the NC, a lucky shot to say the least. The rest of the NCs stopped in their tracks, seemingly unaware of what just happened to their comrade, before continuing forward several seconds later. After spending a relatively lengthy time reloading and aiming, the Halberd fired another round of cannon fire. The second salvo hit the shoulder of another NC and the center of its torso, crippling it. The rest of the squad managed to figure out what was going on, and started retreating, with the damaged staggering away, trying to escape to the best of its ability.

Suddenly, Cody heard an extremely loud roar emanating from Sahaquiel, a roar loud enough to be heard without the need for external sensors even while inside his NC. He would then receive another message from Sahaquiel, proclaiming that mental contamination was at 94% and that it had gone berserk. He could also notice the NC now fighting with renewed vigor, seemingly getting the upper hand.

[i]Going berserk?[/i] 

Cody thought to himself 

[i]Never heard of it before... I'll have to look into it later.[/i] 

Pilot Amarati's voice could then be heard on the comms, screaming insults that seemed to be directed towards her foe. Despite what was going on, he had full confidence that he could handle the situation at hand. He was still a good distance  away from the actual fight, and if Sahaquiel were to turn on him due to the "mental contamination", he had enough firepower to keep it at bay. Cody would then open the team comms and send a message to pilot Trillanes, who was assigned to assist him.

[b]Cody:[/b] Pilot Trillanes, you may move to support the others instead, I require no assistance here.

No sooner than he had spoken, cannon fire whizzed past the Halberd, barely missing it. Several RS battle tanks had managed to make it to the back line, and were now opening fire on them. Fortunately, if they could hit him, he could hit them. He switched the payload of the launcher from ripper missiles to lancer missiles, which were more equipped to handle armores targets. As he armed the missiles, the panels on each side of the cockpit lifted up, exposing the missile tubes. Eight orange-colored streaks suddenly shot out of the tubes and flew across the sky. It didn't take long until they reached their target, ultimately exploding, shattering the ground and making quick work of the enemy tanks upon impact. The salvo did not manage to take out everything however, as the stragglers, two remaining Overlord tanks countered with a salvo of cannon fire. Two shots managed to reach the Halberd, but were stopped by the NC's energy shields, although they did do quite a lot of damage. Cody then switched to the heavy plasma cannons, as the Overlords had managed to move close enough to be in range. The dual barrels on each of the NC's "hands" glowed a bright blue, before unleashing four devastating bolts of plasma towards the two remaining tanks. Needless to say, they couldn't even dream of surviving direct plasma hits after already receiving a beating from the lancer missiles. After the RS battlegroup was eliminated, Cody would scour the area for more hostiles, and greet them in kind if they wanted to mess with them.