[center][color=steelblue][h2]ECHO DOMAIN - PLATFORM #2884[/h2][/color][/center]

Echo's warform slowed to a stop as they came across a field of rubble and bodies- with obvious signs of a recent fight. It wasn't difficult to deduce that this area was very recently- and possibly was still now- a killbox. Whether or not the ambushers were still there, remained to be seen, but at the very least Salvator wasn't willing to take any risks, disembarking along with the rest of the squad as they reached the edge of the area. With the higher vantage point of the Warform's main turret, Echo began scanning for potential hostiles hidden around the killbox, even as it redeployed its Warform to join the squad on the ground.

Taking 'cover' wasn't exactly a tactic that unztadtlige typically employed, but as hardy as its armor was, even Echo wasn't invincible. Many unztadtlige platforms had met untimely destruction from not adequately assessing danger before marching in- many of its kind found themselves to be generally untouchable in a lot of conventional ground fighting, which often led to something similar to 'overconfidence' in typical humanoid organics. Still, it wasn't exactly as though the Warform could really hide behind anything, instead settling for hunching down on its legs, providing cover for the squad's flank. The Endoform was a bit more capable of taking advantage of the rocks around it, checking the charge level on its bubble shield in case the squad came under fire.

Deploying from the Warform's sides were a quartet of Microforms. Given the possibility of contact, Echo was wary about removing [i]too[/i] many of its close in defense weapons from the main host, but as it was, they had no information and the Microforms were one of their few options of collecting information without risking casualties to the squad itself.

[color=steelblue]Deploying Microforms.[/color] Echo's voice crackled across the squad's comm network. [color=steelblue]Beginning reconnaissance of local area. Stand by.[/color]