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As the dropship landed He reactivated the motors and needed systems then stood the Mech and walked it out of the drop ship rifle at the ready not knowing what to expect then. " well in anycase despite what we need to do, try not to blow the enemy into smitherines. that way we get good salvage and spare parts. "

Suddenly, the mercenaries heard a low rumble off to the east. A lick of fire, a bright dot on the sky, appeared low over the horizon.
"It's a missile! I'll get it!" said Jeffie eagerly.
"No," Ermor said. "Wait." The fire grew larger and brighter by the second. Ermor scanned the target, took some data, and finally realized. "It's a mobile suit. Adler and his Aries to be exact. He said he'd be coming late."

In the Aries, Adler pressed the controls to deploy airbrakes and apply reverse thrust. He came to a smooth halt in front of his team.
"Hey guys," he said casually. "Reporting as ordered, General."

Ermor plodded over to two canisters. "Armorius, since you have the other humaniod Mecha that can lift some weight, take one of these with you." Ermor's Mecha reached down and lifted up one of the canisters. He swung it up and it landed on the Mecha's shoulder with a loud crash. "We have to bring some of our units to the battle field." he explained. "Enemy forces nearing the camp, prepare for battle. Repeat, enemy forces nearing the campsite, prepare for battle. Small squad of Commando Mecha approching." An unidentified voice said over the com systems. "Thats our cue." Ermor says, hefting his weapon.

"Nothing nuclear, I want to leave the surface as unmared as possible." Ermor says, thinking about the best possible course of action. "Also, Jeffie's unit is faster than yours at full power." Ermor scanned the Mecha ahead, using the longest range sensors his machine had. "Its doesn't look like they have anything special with them. Wait, looks like they have a canister with them, larger than these two here." He says. "If I'm right about whats in that canister, we're in for a long fight." He swung the canister that was on his shoulder onto the ground. He twisted the top of it and the clamps on the sides began opening. The bottom of the canister expeled smoke and Ermor lifted the top of it. Once the casing was fully off, 25 tank like machines were ejected from the sides.

Jeffie, having very little actual battle experience, is beginning to get nervous. "So, we're trying to shoot them down, but only disable them? Like, try not to hit the reactor or power core, right?" Anxiously, he looks forward, scanning the approaching enemy lines.

"Yes sir," answered Adler. "Let's get a move on, Jeffie!" With a quick punch of some buttons, the Aries transformed into its flight mode and rocketed straight up into the air, coming to a hover at about one thousand feet. He patched into video communications with his teammate. "With all due respect, Jeffie, the Aries is faster than the Phoenix. I don't know where General Ermor got his statistics, but he's off. Don't tell him I said that though." With a wink, he engaged main thrust and started climbing. "This suit's a fuel hog at low altitudes. I'm going to climb high. Besides, that'll give me a better view, right?" Adler then switched his radio's focus over to the General. "Sir, I'll report back at about 0400 Zulu," Adler said as his mech began to fade, a small speck on the dark lunar sky.

"Awaiting orders, sir," Adler said nervously. He had been keeping his eye on a very faint blip three miles from the camp that appeared on his electronic warfare display as soon as he had landed on the moon. It was very possible that it was just interference, but it was nevertheless something to monitor. Adler continued to stare at the display, thinking.

Just as he looked away, the contact strength spiked in power, now bright green on the display. It then began to flicker quickly. Wheeling the Aries around toward the bearing of the source, Adler shoved the throttles forward, dove at the ground, and shouted to his teammate. "Hey, Jeffie, keep me covered!" Adler pulled up and flew as low and fast as possible. Passing through four hundred miles per hour, he patched the electronic warfare readout into his combat module.

"That pulsing radio source was probably a burst transmission from the enemy. I'll bet you anything there's a mech there calling his buddies and telling them all about us. The bastards! How did we miss them?"

The enemy was now two miles away. The target designator was fixed behind a tall ridge.

"That's why we couldn't see them on the ground. They were masked by the terrain. Luckily, we were just high enough to pick up that radio source. Let's get 'em Jeffie!"

In one smooth motion, Adler transformed the Aries into humanoid form, and rotated 180 degrees. Now travelling toward the ridge backwards at 200 miles per hour, he released the servo joysticks and switched to the mobile suit's bio-amplification controls. He and his mecha were now one. When Adler moved, the mecha moved too. He raised his arms as if he were holding a rifle himself and watched with an awe that never died as the Aries copied his motion and brought the gun up into a firing position.

The mecha blazed over the ridge and a stationary convoy of six Thor tanks came into view at the base of the ridge. They were going to shell the camp! Time seemed to come to a crawl. Adler crisply squared the rifle sight on the treads of the lead tank and fired a volley of heavy depleted uranium slugs into the vehicle, rendering it unable to move. He then fired a quick burst at the turret in order to disable the cannon. The other tanks reacted quickly; Adler saw the five active turrets spin toward the Aries.

"Whoa, whoa, guys, I could use some help here!" Adler called to anybody who would listen as he turned the mecha about and landed on the ground, about two hundred yards from the convoy, using the lunar dunes for cover.