Masako winced as she noted four of her "pawns" being taken out by the "enemy" and sighed lightly. She partially wished she had kept her ability to play god over the simulation, but that would have been cheating. She was to play the enemy commander during the simulation, so she had decided to limit herself like the enemy commander.
Listening to the comm. chatter, the Warrant Officer decided to move her Reserve Forces back towards the shuttles and split them up to cover both of them. Of course, she was part of that reserve force and was placed outside of the battle for now.
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One of the Nekomachina had just enough time to detached a grenade from its belt and throw it towards Gunshin. Instead of a time delay, this seemed to detonate when it was near the Santo Hei. Surprisingly, a high explosive blast didn't erupt from the small object. On the other hand, a simulated psychic attack did and stunned the young Neko for a moment.
The five of the Nekomachina tried to attack both Yukari and Tsuya, but failed to strike their targets as the Executive Officer's fire disrupted their aim. Three of those Nekomachina and two of the ones attacking the Engineering Defenders succumbed to Tsuya's flamethrower, which luckily didn't ignite any of the grenades upon their belts.
At that moment, the simulated Defenders began to increase their attacks as the Miharu simulated an increase in morale. Three more Nekomachina were mowed down by the Defenders, leaving only two Nekomachina and the Black Mindy. The Black Mindy charged at the reckless Tsuya and ignited its aether blade in a bid to slash at the Santo Hei.
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"Maybe I'm going too easy on them," Masako muttered to herself as she decided to execute the next step of her plan a bit early. "Teams Bravo and Charlie, execute plan "Cutthroat."
As soon as the words were out of her mouth, two teams began to pile out of the shuttles and enter the Miharu's corridors. A group of fifteen began to head towards the Bridge, while a team of ten went the opposite direction towards the ship's MEGAMI.