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While operating the old, clunky rocket launcher was proving to be quite difficult, with the adrenaline and the urgency of the situation not making it any better, Alice at least didn't have to worry about getting shot in the mean time, thanks to the covering fire being provided by the rest of the team. Salvator, after getting a rail-gun from one of the dying insurgency members was the first to jump into action. The familiar whine of the rail-gun powering up and charging it's shot, when coupled with the rhythmic noise of Echo's short beam cannons shooting down any incoming missiles definitely helped to calm Alice down, at least enough for her to continue operating the old piece of artillery without struggling too much. 

Truth be told, Alice hoped the rail-gun would be enough to disable the gunship, knowing that loading the rocket-launcher would only be the beginning of her problems. With that said, she had no time to wait for the results of Salvator's shot. The Gunship was a definite threat and even if it was overkill, she wanted to be sure that they would be able to take it down. Plus, she knew that even Echo wouldn't be able to hold it forever. One HE missile had already passed through his active defense, exploding in the ground, dangerously close from both Echo and Kleo. Despite the shockwave having struck Echo, it was still able to fire it's main cannon together with Salvator without missing. Kleo, unlike Echo, seemed to be much more affected by the close explosion. While she didn't appear to have any external wounds, the impact definitely shook her, possibly even giving her an internal one.

One quick sweep through the battlefield was all it took for Alice to notice even more bad news rapidly approaching them. Taking advantage of the gunship, the few survivors of the firebase had enough time to reorganize themselves and were launching another attack. Taking control of the deactivated automatons and with the added support of a few Walker gun platforms, they were aiming to overwhelm the Envenomed, while they were being focused by the gunship. Ilshar was already in combat with one of the automatons, having been caught off guard by it. While it did seem like he would be able to deal with it, the Envenomed were still in heavy disadvantage, both due to their positioning and their numbers.

[color=8882be]"We have another assault from their ground forces coming! They are reactivating the automatons and have a few walkers with them!"[/color] Alice warned by the radio, before she turned her attention back towards Kleo.

Seeing Kleo's state, Alice immediately grabbed her rifle, using the extended tube of the rocket-launcher as a support as she pointed towards Kleo, loading a single syringe round with a cocktail of adrenaline and painkiller, before shooting it on Kleo's thigh. The moment the syringe round hit Kleo, she would feel a powerful wave of adrenaline surging through her body, together with the pain of her wounds disappearing.

Kleo would know well, due to her medical training that even though the painkiller and the adrenaline would give her a burst of energy for her to go on, she would crash hard due to her wounds once the effect was gone. Regardless, it would be enough to support her for now.

[color=8882be]"Sorry for the sting Kleo! We have more league units arriving!"[/color] Alice said, immediately turning her attention towards the rocket-launcher again.

Fortunately, the second assault from the enemies' ground forces wasn't fast enough to stop neither Alice's rocket nor Salvator and Echo's attack. At the very same time Salvator fired, the old rocket-launcher finally locked on the airship. With a loud noise and making enough smoke to force Alice to get out of the tent, the AP rocket slowly flew towards the gunship. The difference in technology was too much though and despite being distracted by the rest of the team and being already damaged, the gunship was still able to evade the rocket, albeit with much difficulty. Fortunately, the moment it did, it was promptly hit by  Salvator's rail-gun. The Rail-gun proved to be much more effective than the old rocket-launcher, not only having enough force to go straight through the energy shield, but also completely obliterating not only the chin-mounted gun, but also a good part of it's lower side. The fact that the gunship was still flying was a testament to it's durable and sturdy construction, but without it's energy shield, main gun and damaged like it was, it seemed like it was finally going down after much struggle.

Still, the pilot was quick to show it wouldn't go down without a final stand. Using the remaining pod-mounted weapons of the gunship, a salvo of missile were launched towards Echo and Salvator. Seemingly disregarding even it's own allies, which were approaching the Envenomed, the gunship wildly fired it's missiles. Still, it's desperate struggle was for nothing as Echo's main cannon was finally charged and ready to fire. The first few missiles were promptly taken down by Echo's auxiliary beam cannons, while the remaining tree immediately fell as the powerful beam of energy was fired from the main cannon. Having nothing else to rely upon, the gunship couldn't possibly dodge Echo's main cannon, which struck it with enough force to leave only a flaming, distorted wreck behind to fall on the ground.

[color=8882be]"Kleo, are you good to go? The adrenaline and the painkiller should give you enough fuel for now, but try not to overexert yourself. Ilshar, I have your back. I'm moving to assist with the automatons!"[/color] Alice said as she watched the wreckage of the gunship falling to the ground before she immediately relocated herself, getting in position to support Ilshar with the incoming ground forces while giving Kleo some breathing room for her to get back up.

[color=8882be]"Echo, how much damage have you suffered? Can you still go on?"[/color] Alice asked, as she quickly crouched down and fired a shot towards the automata that Ilshar was fighting, hitting it right in the shoulder, aiming to destroy it and prevent it from continuing to flail it at Ilshar or trying to hold him down, like it had done a moment earlier.

[color=8882be]"Understood Salvator, you and Ilshar have both my attention."[/color] Alice said, quickly moving her gun to where Salvator was and back to Ilshar again, sweeping the area near both of them.

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