John pulled himself to his feet, his armor's auto-injector system fighting to keep his system supplied with painkillers and coagulants. Strangely, his target's healing factor wasn't working. There was something in the Cain shot, then, that nullified Exalted abilities temporarily. His target was vulnerable. John drew and reloaded his pistol, severing the Lion's legs at the knee with a flurry of incendiary shots. Immobilized, the Lunar couldn't stop him from running away.<br/><br/>'Commander, what are you doing?' Joyeuse asked.<br/><br/>'042, how's the power situation coming along?'<br/><br/>The Geth's end of the link was awash with the sound of gunfire and screaming Cerberus soldiers. 'Statement: We estimate that power will be restored in thirty seconds.'<br/><br/>'Good.' John disconnected Joyeuse from his helmet and reinserted her AI chip into the fire control station of the railguns' command center. 'Joyeuse, once the power's up, get ready to fire.'<br/><br/>Without waiting for a response, he leaped out and switched his pistol for his shotgun. It hadn't finished fully cooling off, but there was enough heat capacity now to plant a few shots into the Lunar. he had to do as much damage as possible now before the Cain's effects wore off. To Cerberus' credit, their cybernetics were supremely tough. Parts of them remained operational even after this second incendiary barrage, and the Lion attempted to crawl forward even as he burned. John obligingly closed the distance with a biotic charge, hammering a boot into the Lunar's face with enough force to split a mountain in two. He followed up by launching the Lion with a shockwave then charged again, battering his torso with a flurry of punches then snapping the cyberarm holding the daiklave.<br/><br/>'Solar-Commander,' 042 chimed, 'power is restored.'<br/><br/>Suddenly, there was a great hum of power as the railguns' autoloaders began cycling rounds into the great anti-orbital weapon array. Perfect.<br/><br/>The Lion tried to bite down on John's arm as he lashed out with another punch, but the Solar was faster. He drove his fist deep into the Lunar's maw, tearing through the back of his throat and destroying the nerves and muscles he needed to fully close his jaw. Weakly, the Lunar continued to fight, trying to claw at Gold Experience's sanctified plating. That was all he could do before John pulled off a Crashing Wave Throw, hurling the Lion's ruined form in front of the surface-to-orbit weapon array.<br/><br/>'Joyeuse, fire now.'<br/><br/>There was a great peal of thunder. It sounded as if the very heavens themselves crashed down on the world as the mass drivers fired their first volley. No Lunar, not even one as juiced up on regeneration as the Lion, could survive close contact with an anti-ship slug. He was annihilated in an instant.<br/><br/>A look at his armor's motion trackers showed that the mortal Cerberus forces had been killed to a man. The only thing left was the enemy Sidereal. Still hopped up on painkillers, John limped down off the platform above the railguns and checked his weapons. They'd spent way too long on this sideshow already.