@Decon Chamber:
"Negative," the AIES replied to Miyoko.
"My composition allows for insulation against extreme heat and cold, but I have no temperature regulation functions that would trump that showerhead."
Kotori, for her part, remained sitting in the corner of her shower stall, leaning against the wall while letting out rapid, shallow breaths. Her panting stopped one moment as she spat out blood which briefly sizzled against the whiter tiles before the water drops both cooled and diluted the spittle.
@Defense Line:
With a crash, Masako's gauss cannon round finished off the weakened battlepod. The machine veered backyard, lost control and plowed into the throng of zombies, slaves and thralls.
It didn't seem to appreciably stem the flow of incoming hostile humanoids. They carpeted the floor from over the two passages out that were lower to the ground. There had to be thousands of them.
With the help of the supporting fire given to her, Mara managed to clear out the humanoid enemies in the immediate vicinity, enough so to have her afford the time to back away behind their badly pitted fortifications.
"Asher's going to be pissed he's missing all the fun!" Mara quipped to Masako. Despite her seeming good humor, Masako could see the armored shoulders of
Miharu's power armored avatar heaving from her breathing and bleeding out from several punctures made through the yama-dura alloyed armor plates of Mara's Daisy armor. The sprite leading their defense was probably feeling just as tender as Masako felt herself.
@Nao:
From cursory examination, it looked like the aether generator could still function. It would require from jury-rigged adjustment to the unit's scalar field emitters and Nao wasn't sure if the Xiulurium casing was sound enough to adequately protect the surroundings from harmful scalar radiation if it was activated.
The gravimetric engine looked like it could also still be turned on if provided power, but it was doubtful that its state could amount to much - maybe it'd activate, and warm up like any working engine, but it wouldn't produce strong enough gravimetric field to produce any meaningful thrust considering the section's weakened structural integrity and how the wrecked remains of the main hull were mired fast into the side of the Mishhuvurthyar flagship.
"Nao!" Suzume called. "The fusion reactor's a mess. I don't think it'll work and this room's power grid was ruined beyond repair. What do we do?"
@black Knights:
Twists and turns and corridor ribbing blurring - these were what followed next for the Black Knights as they sped ahead on Yukari's orders, following Hinoto's directions.
Boobytraps were triggered, plasma mines bursting with crackling power, but their power armors only briefly brushed against them as they maneuvered around at breakneck speed, their barriers ably fending off this much abuse.
Hinoto's reply to Nyton was succinct:
Code:
She's doing her best, Taii.
It was a vague answer, but perhaps she had taken cue after Asher's suggestions: maybe Nyton
didn't need to know.
They flew over a formation of nine well-armed and armored Mishhuvurthyar Elites, veered sharply around the next corner and flew straight ahead up to the intersection leading to possibly the bridge and the ramp leading up the observation deck where Melisson hopefully resided. They turned for the ramp and were about to again fly over more defenders before their progress was cut short.
Large triangular-shaped blast shutters closed into place to obstruct the path up the ramp, forcing them to an abrupt stop. The defenders ahead consisted of six
Mishhu shocktroopers with... a mandarin dress-garbed nekovalkyrja with honey brown hair worn in twin tails.
As the shocktroopers readied for combat, with energy cannons charging and aiming, their tentacles curling and tensing; with the group of Mishhu Elites the Black Knights had left behind likely hot on their heels things were about to get very tense. Adding to the hecticness of the situation, the nekovalkyrja gave the yamataian power armors a wide-eyed look before she yelled: "Don't shoot me!" and promptly cast herself aside to cower in a corner of the passage.
