When the Admiralty Board had adjourned, Marina went back to the Midway, attempting to resume work on her 'Mass Enlightenment' project. Now that she had a direction to go on, she was now ready to work on what can possibly be one of her life's defining projects -<br/><br/>Except not, as the noise of the bombardment penetrated through to the soundproofing of the lab, and the Engineer knew that something was wrong. She brought up images from outside - and howled in anger as the Reaper Invasion showed up on the screen.<br/><br/>"IT'S NOT FAIR!" Marina howled in allcaps. She just developed a way to further bolster the Sapient Races of the Galaxy against the Reaper Invasion, which was supposed to be delayed by Shepard's destruction of a Mass Relay and a Batarian Colony, but apparently, even<span style="font-style: italic">that</span>came to nothing.<br/><br/>Marina rushed outside to find that everything was going to chaos, thanks to the Reapers and Esone, who was invoking his immense 'Prototype Solar' powers to summon up a large amount of summons, illusions, and effects that overshadowed 042 and Bau, two other Exalts. This caused her admiration for the Green Sun Prince (not that she knew he was a Green Sun Prince) to grow, although she knew that he had run out of motes saving them all.<br/><br/>"You will not come between me and innocent civilians, Reaper!" she spoke as she noticed the summoned Thresher Maws keeping several groups of civvies safe. She then leapt up to one of the worms, and summoned four Plasma Elementals to further protect civilians and destroy more Husks and Undead. She then cast a protective spell on herself, and drew her plasma pistols and started shooting up every necromantic being in sight.<br/><br/>However, she saw that she needed<span style="font-style: italic">more</span>; more firepower, more endurance, more everything. But her greatest trump card, an Eezo Elemental, required six hours, time she didn't have. So, Marina contented herself with casting spells to further protect civilians and to destroy undead, something that she combined with her Medicine Charms and Engineer powers, which included the deployment of Epic Turrets, which, instead of shooting out railguns, had barrels made from the shrines of tiny 'Gods'...<br/><br/>...Tiny 'Gods' that empowered each bullet with blessed power. This was accompanied by Epic Incinerate and Epic Cryo Blast, both of which were, ironically, more effective than their sorcerous equivalents, which took up valuable casting time. But it still wasn't enough; nothing was ever enough for the Defense of Earth. Marina felt it; her Limit building, her Compassion becoming a bind within her that drove her into unstoppable rage...<br/><br/>"HOW DARE YOU?!" she screamed at the Reapers in all caps, finally losing it. She had now reached her Limit Break, and was throwing all caution to the winds; now, her Positive Intimacy to Earth had broken the walls that held back her rage, and she leapt down from the Thresher Maw, her Perfect Defenses activating. Screaming incoherently, the Engineer dove into the fray, shooting up undead and Husks, legions of tech and undead. Her Perfect Defense shielded her from all harm, allowing her to slay many, many, foes, and not just that, but, somehow, through the tricks of the Pattern Spiders, her rage diminished the cooldown of her Engineer powers, allowing her the use of Epic Cryo Blast and Epic Incinerate sooner than was usual.<br/><br/>Angry tears now flowed from her eyes as she pondered the death of all she once knew, her family, who were living comfortable lives in North America, and her friends, at least those who still dwelt on Earth.<span style="font-style: italic">The Reapers will pay!</span>she thought,<span style="font-style: italic">The Reapers will pay!</span>Her elementals, feeling their master's rage, sped up their rampage, while said master was surrounded by a terrifying vista of fire and ice. Her Anima Banner, a Mechnical Spider, rose up, high into the air, seeming to scream its bearer's rage.<br/><br/>Then, it happened. With angry words in Prothean, Marina invoked a spell that surrounded her in a Mecha-like construct of Essence, further strengthened and reinforced by Wyld Cauldron Technology, which increased the energy of the Mecha. Not just that, but every footstep of said construct's spells shaped Orichalcum, Starmetal, and Jade from the Wyld Zone, providing weapons for her fellow Exalted.<br/><br/>"You want death, Reapers?!" Marina shouted. "This is death!"