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[color=6ecff6][i]‘Merde’[/i][/color] Aurora cursed in the privacy of her thoughts as the comms were slowly overtaken by static and distortions. This was explicitly why she had warned Logic Diver away from going deep! The foolish girl had possibly destroyed one of the few advantages they had in this mission.

It burned at her. In the field this level of insubordination could mean death for far more than just one Pilot.

Regardless, she pulled back on Sleeping Thunder’s throttle. Full speed ahead wasn’t needed anymore, but she was far from just standing around as well. She hit the toggle next to the throttle as she set about adjusting some of Sleeping Thunder’s compression and suspension systems. 

In response the lumbering behemoth slowed, but dozens of thrusters lit up along the underside of its legs. Newer Frames would have taken to the air with this system, hovering even as they crawled forward. But Sleeping Thuder was a bit too old, and a lot too heavy to have that level of supplementary propulsion.

[color=007236][b][Spider Legs - Hover Move: (Z)15 -> (Y)15][/b][/color]

But that did not mean the Frame gained no benefits from the subsystem. 

[color=B4251D]'[u]Target acquired[/u]'[/color]

At the outer edge of Sleeping Thunder’s range sat a wounded and temporarily blinded target. One that neither Pilot nor Frame had any intention of letting slip out with such superficial wounds. And with the activation of ‘hover suspension’ there was no interference from the lumbering gait of the Frame to throw off their aim.


[color=007236][b][Particle Cannon(Full Charge): Attacking Squid (Q17)][/b][/color]

The discharge of the cannon split the air with a roar as she restrained the urge to vent her frustrations alongside her Frame’s destructive salvo. And yet in the midst of her attack one of the many screens she had before her flashed an update at her.

[color=B4251D]'[u]Priority Target in range - initializing Missile Lock[/u]'[/color]

Atty had blitzed inside their perimeter with startling ease. At least for a moment, until the smaller frames trajectory clicked.

[color=6ecff6]“Did she really let herself get tossed!?”[/color] Aurora couldn’t help but ask, not seeing any other way outside of assistance from Mother Goose that Atty would have been able to come up and over like he was doing so.

The cannon discharge ended. And before Aurora could reorient Sleeping Thunder to unleash a hailstorm of bullets in Atty’s decent, regardless of Electric Dragonfly’s proximity. Angel Zero raced past, their destination clearly to assist Dragonfly. She discarded the idea of opening fire in that direction now. Atty for Dragonfly might have been viable, if only to curtail some of Mango’s speed, seeing as Dragonfly was soon to become as much a liability as an asset. But Dragonfly and Angel were not worth one Frame.

She returned her attention back to Squid. The targeting system installed into Sleeping Thunder having already lined up another shot.

[color=007236][b][Automated Targeting System - Moonbreaker(AB-AP): Attacking Squid (Q17)][/b][/color]

Aurora couldn’t help but notice that Horst as well was moving out. Their intention also to assist. But she couldn’t help but feel it was a move born more out of chivalric pride, then tactical sense. Seeing as there was little to nothing that anyone on Apple could do to truly assist Logic Diver at this point.

She would be more upset at this if it didn’t create a reasonable line of scrimmage, what with how it seemed that the Pilot from team Banana choosing to pivot to Apple’s side for the time being.

But truly, little about how this mission had been playing out so far was how she had expected it to go. Much to her consternation.


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[Dragon Wing Missile Launchers; Attempting Lock on to Atty. Cockroach, Guinevere, Argo priority targets upon entering range]
[Moonbreaker; Empty]
[Particle Cannon; Uncharged]
[Artillery Mortars; Artillery Mode, HYDRA Shell Loaded]
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