"Argeltia, eyes," said Gata. "Lios, ears. Bit, eyes. Decima, eyes. Pash, eyes. Kraken, movement. Astra, eyes. Don't rate any of them except Kraken. Watch out for her. Maybe Lios." 

She ran her finger over her lip, adjusting her legs under her. Patience and immanent violence in the same posture.

"Optical disruptors are shit at the speeds you want to move at," she said. "Smoke, same. Discoballer'll fuck everyone except Lios and Kraken, no brainer if they're both on your team. Eclipse, glitterdust, good enough all rounder. Albedo for Argeltia, Astra, Bit."

Optical Disruption Devices: Technical invisibility, a thirty year old technology at this point, now diffused to the point where it's in reach of regional police departments. Discoballers: wide-spectrum optical light displays like those perfected by Prysm. Glitterdust: Gata's signature technique, a faceful of clinging eclipse-particallate rainbow dust that rendered a target blind. Albedo: The inverse to ODDs, complex and ever-shifting blends of anti-camera technology. It's in a constant back-and-forth arms race with common visor types and settings so the exact composition will change month to month, but the overall trend has been against the visors.

"Taowu will make it seem unfair," said Gata, her tail wiggling as the pounce built its inner momentum. "It's not. Don't fall for it. She's down in nationals for a reason."