[i]Win or lose ^_^[/i]

After Logic Diver activated its cloaking system and the reply was sent, Elora had set off, aiming to reach the enemy side as quickly as possible so she could begin adding targets for her allies. On the way, she saw Rex Artus taking cover on the east side: having already taken the positioning data before, Elora didn’t need to look to know where he hid himself. During this time, she had fully updated the 2d-map into 3d, and doubled the sight ranges for team Apple, letting them spot at 20 square range: while not too impressive due to the prevalence of cover in the battlefield, she would endeavor to rectify that issue with the next phase of her plan.

However, she quickly realized her initial plan would not go as smoothly as she hoped: her scanners detected a recon drone on top of one of the buildings, as well as Argo and Argent Wings coming in hot. To not risk discovery, she decided not to fly overhead, and used the cover of the buildings as she dashed around, quickly pinging Argo’s position as she passed, though at the time she didn’t have the time to get a proper targeting lock. Finally, she reached the perfect position to set up data accumulation: the Combat Analyzer performed the Framewerk scanning subroutines, and the Hyperwave Array updated and carried the bulk of data transfer, updating their positioning in real time to fellow Apple members; she had managed to overcome the anti-radar cloaking on both Bug and Ava’s Frames, though the dots still flickered intermittently on the team’s minimap, making them difficult to follow in frantic combat.

She listened to the comms conversation, and typed in a callback sign to signal she had received the Fruitpunch command instructions from Mema-Ka. Her fingers typed away on the keyboard at a blinding speed, Elora spoke in the encrypted channel, forwarded only to members of team Apple:

“Wings and Cockroach targeting partially completed. Indirect fire at will,” she stated, her voice slightly shaky from nervousness: she had successfully linked up targeting systems for team Apple to target the two Frames even without line of sight, and through or over any obstacles as if they had wallhack installed, though due to their cloaking systems there was an accuracy penalty. “Proceeding to complete targeting, analyze for weak points and targeting range boosting,” she quickly voiced out her trained responses.

She then noticed a glow on the ugly Frame’s weaponry. “Warning, Cockroach charging weapons!” However, unbeknownst to Elora, Bug’s drone, marked as red on Cockroach’s minimap, was on the lookout specifically for her, and laid out an approximate radius for where Logic Diver could be hidden, also marked on Cockroach’s minimap as a transparent red area.

As Atty passed by and saw a glimpse of Rex Artus fleeing towards the east, she informed Mango team of having sighted a black Frame, most likely Banana, and pinged its last known location as an orange triangle marker before it disappeared beyond sight radius, finally taking cover beside a building.

Opposing Serah, both Raptor and Shiva took up positions at the frontlines, ready to intercept incoming enemy units with reaction shots. However, thanks to the distance and the cover, Atty was able to avoid enemy fire as she saw the two units coming in. Likewise, both Raptor and Shiva managed to spot a smaller red Frame peeking from behind the corner. In addition, Shiva managed to get a positive reading on Mother Goose, the behemoth-like Frame stomping in like a force of nature.

Electric Dragonfly moved up with the frontliners, and activated its devastating jamming system, covering most of the battlefield in an electromagnetic pulse-like wave that disabled communications for Serah: Atty’s output only produced audible static, and the screen showed “WARNING: COMMUNICATION ERROR” in bright red text over her written communication display. For the rest of Mango, it looked like Atty had shut off communications, having turned radio silent. Of course, team Apple avoided the same fate due to the Hyperwave Relay circumventing the affected frequencies.

Sparks on the opposing front had activated its repair drones, marked on his minimap as green markers, and spread most of them between Guinevere and Mother Goose, attaching themselves to the back armor plating with dextrous magnetic claws, ready to start performing emergency repairs.

Horst slid into position, aiming its weaponry down the sights between the megabuildings, ready to start shooting. On his way, Arrish passed by Jake and his Angel Zero, who activated its cloaking system: as the camouflage field surrounded him, the Frame automatically crouched down to one knee and shut off all redundant systems, putting its engine in silent running mode: In such a state, with no movement allowing even any shimmer to be spotted, the Frame had achieved complete protection from detection. Now, he was ready to ambush anyone foolish enough to try and rush Sleeping Thunder.

With the Frames on all three sides moving into the frontlines, into flanking positions or even out of the way, the moment of clashing was but mere nanoseconds in:

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