"OK, I'll give it a try," YingJue said. She piloted the Gundam Mk.V out and took a few shots with her beam rifle, which the Victory Gundams dodged easily. She sent out the only two INCOMs that the suit had in order to surround one of the AI suits, but they wouldn't allow themselves to be surrounded by the wired weapons. YingJue wished she had more INCOMs but proceeded; she tried shooting the Victory's with both the INCOM's and her beam rifle, but with only three beams coming out, they were easily dodged. Yingjue was used to completely inundating her opponents with beams so this was very frustrating. She tried firing repeatedly, alternating between the INCOMs and her rifle to throw the AI off, but it was no use. She fired simultaneously instead and noticed something that she probably should have noticed before. All three beams intersected at a single point. YingJue stopped for a moment. She always wanted all of her shots to hit the target, and she always shot at where the target was, not where they were going to be. If they were moving, she needed to lead the shot, but what if they weren't moving? What if, like these AI, they were just waiting for her to fire so they knew how to react? Shooting at the enemy from a variety of directions did no good unless she fired at a variety of potential locations. This time, she fired her beam rifle repeatedly at on gundam, causing it to move forward, then she fired her INCOM's simultaneously, one aimed in front of the gundam, one where the Gundam currently was, while the beam from her rifle continued to follow the target. This way, if the target continued, it would get shot, if it stopped, it would get shot, and if it reversed, it would get shot...

The Victory shot upwards. YingJue clenched her teeth. Of course, in space, all dimensions were maneuverable. She tried the same thing again, only this time, instead of lining up her three shots up in a straight line parallel to the flight path of the target, she fired in a triangle that was wide enough to catch the target, but small enough that it couldn't easily slip in between the shots. This was how anti-air flak cannons were designed, to shoot in a two-dimensional area rather than in a straight line to increase coverage and the chance to hit a fast-moving object. One beam grazed the foot of the victory as it attempted to dodge upward again, but it was still a hit. "I think I'm figuring something out," YingJue said, mostly to herself.

Smart shooting had never been something YingJue had to develop, as she had relied on volume and it had served her well up to this point. Yet she looked a the INCOMs floating there. As they were, they were nothing more than stationary turrets. Maybe it was time she learned how to fire while moving.