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"I know! And the potential applications of standardization might help reduce losses in the long term. I've also been looking at ways to safeguard the pilot from damage and possibly even allow them to eject from their cockpit in an emergency.

Of course, the issue is that the landing might be painful and possibly fatal, but if it helps to-"
Then Corporal Killjoy Hosier.

"Yes, Corporal."
She picks up a piece from the wreckage- part of an Qaluplik control console- and takes out her shawl, wrapping it around her as she walks back to the Edelweiss.

Iris eventually gets out of the Edelweiss and helps sort the scrap, using her knowledge of mech parts as a former engineer to sort the parts into useful salvage and scrap metal to be melted down.

((Nope. That's the disadvantage of a group attack against one enemy.))

Name: Virgil Owen
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Garu: Deals 20 base Wind damage. 9 SP cost.

((Your own application says otherwise.))

Nope, you're all in rest mode. I basically crunched some numbers and killed off the mechs likely to die. So....luckily, none of you guys and mostly them.

Final Turn
Most of the salvos and rounds fired fail to do any significant damage to the fleeing Edo mechs and artillery trucks as they leave the battleground, clearly outmatched and scattered without their leader. However, Red 2 and Orange 2 were hit and taken down in the chaos, both taken down by volleys of concentrated fire and in the latter's case, an angry mech-pilot's borderline suicidal manoeuvre. Orange 1 is also down due to equal amounts of salvos smashing into it.

As the remains of the destroyed mecha smoke and their pilots climb out, suing for mercy, a feeling washes over all of you, as if a great weight has lifted from you, whether you were a freshly minted soldier shoved into the cockpit or a hardened veteran, saltier than any other soldier around.

You have survived your first encounter with an enemy in a new war. That much is enough of a prize to begin with. Not all are so lucky.

But more than that, you are victorious.

The enemy has fled before you, their vehicles lying open for the plunder and their pilots kneeling for mercy in front of you. At that, one may pat themselves on the back.

Your radios beep into life as the Terralban officer above even Lieutenant Aurelio commands that you set camp to scavenge all the salvageable parts from the remaining mecha and capture all Edo pilots to ensure that they do not have the chance to take them back. Hence, you are to set temporary camp here until a team arrives to continue salvaging parts and retrieve the pilots.

You will likely return by evening to be debriefed and celebrate your first victory.

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((Sorry for the lack of rolls, but I wanted to end this quickly so this thread didn't end up dying.))

Akemi's dorm, which is in the opposite room, is far more unkempt, with clothes messily scattered about- no undergarments, thankfully- band posters, her drumsticks, and what looks like a console and a laptop stacked on top of each other. Her textbooks lie on the desk next to those, unopened and left alone.