Erich grunted at the pop-up on his sensors, the sheer size of the imprint obscuring several buildings on the map overlay as he calmly stomped his 'mech through the side of a warehouse, sending crates and a cluster of armed guards flying with a well-placed kick. "It seems our extraction target has a sense of humor. Too bad it's a stupid one."<br/><br/>Walking his 'mech through the far wall of the warehouse, he finally came upon the first hint of actual resistance as a Cataphract, at the edge of its effective range, opened fire with its Autocannon and PPC, barely missing the slab-sided Awesome, which weathered the storm of shattered brick and static from the PPC's near-miss like a summer shower. "Contact; looks like the vanguard; Newboy, go hunt down that damn bear-shaped interference and extract the target; take Defiance with you as backup. Vice and Kismet, on me. Bring your party hats."<br/><br/>Swiveling his 'mech towards the Cataphract, Erich settled the crosshairs on the Capellan heavy's left hip, before thumbing the primary target interlock, all four PPCs erupting in a focused blast of searing energy, sending heat alarms warbling as the heat sinks laboured to cool the massive 'Mech, even as the four blasts all hit the same spot, blowing the Cataphract's left leg off at the middle of the thigh, sending the 70-tonner tumbling to the ground, the impact shattering ferrocrete and leaving armour plates torn from the impact.<br/><br/>Hot-cycling the PPCs, Erich watched the suddenly one-legged Heavy try to aim with the PPC mounted in its right arm, before he fired again, the wave of hot, dry heat filling the cockpit as his aim again proved true, Coring the Cataphract's torso just above the autocannon mount, and hitting its ammo reserve. The explosion, a cascade of large-calibre shells erupting like a volcano through the 'mech's flank as the gaping hole created by the PPCs vomited forth chunks of internal structure and glowing slag was impressive, but, more importantly, it destroyed the 70-tonner's XL engine, leaving its partially-dismembered body limp in the street. The Brick slowly shambled forwards, heat pouring off of its body in waves, even as Erich was forced to rely on his eyes rather than sensors as the Targeting system nearly shorted out from the massive heat-dump, alarms blaring in his ears as the Engine tried to shut down for precious seconds to mitigate the immense heat load the 'Mech was forced to deal with.<br/><br/>Toggling his 'mech's ECM, he smirked as the countermeasures powered up, shrouding his 'Mech's massive electronic and heat signature in a cloud of electronic interference, suddenly making it far more difficult for any more targets to get a good lock on the 80-ton war machine. Not bothering to toggle his comms, he smirked as another Cataphract came out of an alleyway, Both 'mechs opening fire at the same time, the Cataphract peeling armour from the Awesome's left leg and right arm, While Erich's steady hand, despite the massive overheating, sheared off the Cataphract's right arm at the elbow, forcing the Lighter 'mech to withdraw as half of its long-range firepower laid, crumpled and smoking, on the roadway. "Score one for me. Better hurry up kids."