(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9h_FmmDtwcQ/TkWBhEQm8NI/AAAAAAAABFs/zAjdm4rAZCI/s400/CCG_Unlimited_Hatchetman_S.jpg)<br/><br/><strong>Ranna Krannok<br/>Recon Lance<br/>Objective: Betelgeuse </strong><br/><br/><br/><hr/><br/><br/><em>Ranna, we are at the following coordinates with Walter and backup......DO you need backup?........</em><br/><br/>Ducking around another building Ranna smiled seeing the sudden triangles of green light up on her HUD.  Before her elation could take hold two red triangles popped up just near her position as she watched salvo after salvo of LRM's fill the air headed towards the treeline.   Somehow they were in front of her and hopefully not aware of her approach.  A second later a ball of flame exploded off to her left as half the city lit up.  Whatever had just exploded would have to act as a substantial distraction.  Firing her jump jets, Ranna rose on flumes of steam and smoke as she cleared the top of a building.  Holding her fire, aiming manually without tracking, in order to maintain the element of surprise, Ranna's hatchet swung high over her head.<br/><br/>Assured of maximum damage range and a clear shot with her Hatchet, Ranna fired all three of her medium lasers at the far Trebuchet while her hatchet swung down hard on the head of the closest Trebuchet.  The medium lasers cored deep into the light back armor of the unsuspecting medium mech while the her hatchet plunged deep into the side of the first mech's head.  Without letting the normal system reset kick in, Ranna cycled her mediums again, destroying the remainder of the furthest Trebuchet's rear armor and piercing internal cooling.  The closest Trebuchet slumped to hit's knees under the weight of her attack as the further one lurched to the side, trying to turn.<br/><br/>"Have....I...mentioned......"Putting one foot on the shoulder of the closest mech, Ranna pulled the hatchet free, ripping the majority of the mech's right arm and shoulder loose with the blade.  "I, fucking......"  Resetting her stable stance, Ranna swung the hatchet up from an underhand swing, ripping deep into the Trebuchet's back, ripping the head clear off the mech's body.  ".....hate Capellans"  with her upwards stroke she targeted the standing Trebuchet with her medium lasers and fired another full burst as she followed through on her swing, flipping the hatchet, bringing it down on the mech's weakened side.  The right arm along with most of the mech's right torso crumbled under the assault as her medium lasers tore into the shielding around the fusion reactor.  With one last ounce of defiance, Ranna kicked out at the teetering mech, pushing it into a building before breaking down the road towards her unit indicator.<br/><br/>"shit...shit ....shit..."  Her sensors began screaming at her as she turned to run down the road.  Planting her feet hard on the floor, her jump jets engaged as the core of the Trebuchet breached.  The small nuclear explosion vaporized stone, brick, steel and air as it spread out from the dead mech.  The other broken Trebuchet chain reacted as the nuclear reaction tore thorugh it's armor and set off the core.  The blast radius while small, was enough to barely catch Ranna as she shot into the air.  "FUCK!!!!"  she screamed inside her cockpit as Harlequin was thrown into an uncontrolled flip, tossing Ranna around in her control seat.  She was thankful she had the lostech Aerospace style helmet instead of the standard mech neuro helmet, but the pain in her head was no less intense when Harlequin crashed down inside of a nearby building.<br/><br/>When she came to, she realized she was hanging from her safety straps, there was a small crack in Harlequin's HUD and she could see lots of brick and mortar.  "Uuugghhh.....next time.  Definitely need to run faster....what do you say big guy!!"  She laughed a bit to herself patting the control panel in front of her, groaning at the pain in her chest as she did so.