Ritsu dusted herself off as she stood up. She didn't mind the fact that Lorenzo wanted to continue the exercise, but the fact he elbowed her off the microphone was not polite. Then again, Lorenzo never was a gentleman, she thought. She continued watching the fight through the visual feeds of the Framewerks and cameras that flew above the arena while Lorenzo was completely immersed in the action on-screen. It was impossible to gauge what the man may have been thinking.
When Setsuka first arrived in the Mystery Zone, it was an empty area only consisting of dirt and rocks. However, when the Framewerk took steps closer to the center of the area, Mai heard a click below one of Setsuka's feet, followed by an explosion. It turned out zone C was a mine field, and the mines turned out to be immobilization mines: explosives filled with a substance similar to rubber cement, but which had incredibly high durability for such a flexible material. Setsuka's feet were now bound to the ground by the viscous glue, unable to move for an entire turn.
As Elora had her moment of grieving, the battle started around her, Framewerk going against Framewerk in a mindless show of violence. At first she didn't feel like fighting for such a pointless cause, not when there were already casualties. It seemed like she wasn't the only one either; Ryan took a while before he started attacking Caliburn in the Forest of Pillars, and Roxy was kneeling next to Diver. She wiped her tears off her cheeks, and took another look at the map she made. She thought about assisting Macabre in zone B, but was still hesitating on what to do. She saw how several Framewerks were moving to other zones, like Yeshua to the lake, and Mai to zone C. Whether they were setting up for ambushes or simply running away from the heat of the conflict she didn't know. But then she saw the Black Komodo attack Archer. She knew that without assistance Krista would fall to Miles, and she hated the thought of the bully attacking her and taking advantage of her helplessness. She decided to help her right then and there by showing the arrogant boy she was not as harmless as he may think, and launched off with Diver.
Diver was faster than the Komodo, and soon caught up to the charging Framewerk.
"Initiate Framewerk scan of enemy unit," Elora then ordered once she was in range, and her Data Drones buzzed around the Komodo while scanning the unit's structure and systems. Just as she planned, she got the entire data of the unit in a fraction of the time thanks to her earlier configurations of the Combat Analyzer. The data included the weapon systems of the Komodo, the structure of the Framewerk's armor and any weak points it had, Elora counting four or five. If it was a more armored Framewerk, like a Heavy-class, it would have probably only had one or two. Elora also had the data on the Framewerk's movement patterns, and the Combat Analyzer created predicted movement trajectories of the Komodo for up to five seconds in the future, allowing her and anyone who received the data to predict the Komodo's actions before they happened. She transmitted this data to Ryan, Koehler, Krista and Ramirez, whom she saw pursuing Miles while piloting Rose. Elora then started contacting pilots through the voice channel. First she contacted her teammates:
"Ryan, Koehler, I'm going to help Krista take down Miles." Then she contacted two other pilots:
"Krista, Ramirez, I transmitted data of the Black Komodo to you. You should now see the Frame's weapon data, weak points and predicted movement trajectories on your visual feed. Teach him not to bully others."@LHG100
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