With the remaining base defenses that hadn't been destroyed or incapacitated having been powered down, Lily was almost disappointed, figuring that there wasn't going to be much left for her to do with the blue and red lances already running rampant and laying waste to the buildings. At least it meant a particularly good pay day if nothing else, since the repair costs would be almost insignificant. But before she could decide what the money would be spent on, things suddenly got more interesting.<br/><br/><em>Too</em>interesting, in fact, judging from her sensor readouts and the comm chatter. Seemingly before Lily could even blink, MacLeod was either already down or not far from it and some foreign voice was welcoming them into hell - a pretty clear declaration of hostility if she'd ever heard one. As she continued to backtrack towards the southernmost barracks building, she twisted her Axman's torso slightly towards the left and then to the right, trying to get a visual on any of the red triangles that now outnumbered the green ones on her scanner's monitor roughly two to one.<br/><br/>They weren't Battlemechs, obviously, since she couldn't see any, and logically, two dozen, several story high war machines couldn't just have sprung up in the middle of the airfield, but they had to be something nasty nonetheless. As she caught her first glimpse of the enemy, Lily had to agree with Elisa's assessment - some sort of powered body armored. Their movements seemed too natural for them to be automated, so she was nearly certain that there were human pilots encased within.<br/><br/>She couldn't help but groan, realizing that her weapon loadout was far from ideal for dealing with such a threat. It was definitely one of those situations where Lily wished that she had the N1's autocannon instead of the N2's LRMs. Against such small and agile targets, and with much larger friendlies in the fray, chances were good that she'd be doing more damage to her fellow Mechs than to the armored suits if she decided to fire any missile barrages.<br/><br/>With that in mind, she slowed her pace down to a slow crawl in order to maximize her laser accuracy, a must considering the size and speed of her targets. Lily barely managed to graze her target with her initial laser salvo, two of the three red beams missing entirely with only one of them connecting and doing minimal damage. However, she used the knowledge gained from that first shot to adjust her aim slightly before firing her bigger gun, this time connecting perfectly with the entirely of the pulse laser blast and burning a hole right through the power armor's chest as the heat in her cockpit spiked up momentarily.<br/><br/>The dead Elemantal's jumpjets went out and it plummeted to the ground, but by then his twin was already melting some of the armor protecting the Axman's torso. Before her lasers could rearm, the pesky foe had retreated behind a building, but Lily would soon find out that that was the least of her problems. Her cockpit shook violently and her Mech stumbled forwards slightly as several missiles - at least four or five - struck it in its lightly armored back, causing her to pivot around as quickly as she could in response.<br/><br/>She came face to face with three more Elementals, which was bad enough, but not nearly so much as the eight or so more that she could see not far behind them. "Putain, mais c'est pas vrai! Qu'est-ce que c'est ce délire!?" Lily exclaimed to herself as they homed in on her like a pack of killer bees. At least the rest of her lance was not too far off, so they'd be able to provide some much needed assistance. The only other thing that she had going for her was that since all of the allied Mechs were either behind her or to her flank, it actually gave her an opportunity to fire a hail of missiles towards the more or less dense cloud of Elementals, some walking and some flying towards her with practically no cover.<br/><br/>If she had to guess, she'd say that they were being so bold because they intended to swiftly pick off the stragglers that were currently somewhat separated from the main force, namely Kismet and Defiance. Another wave of heat filled the cockpit, this time making it noticeably uncomfortable as thirty warheads flew towards the Elementals, most of them exploding on the ground, causing only minimal splash damage at best, but at least a few managed to connect. If nothing else, the smoke and explosions made for a decent distraction as Lily maneuvered her Axman backwards, trying to meet up with the rest of her lance that was slightly further inside the base without exposing its vulnerable back to any further attacks.<br/><br/>"What the fuck?" Lily mouthed the words silently to herself when she heard Puma's suggestion. She'd known that Miyoko had at least a few screws loose, but now she had to wonder if the chick was just straight up retarded. What kind of attitude was that, anyways, losing your shit and admitting defeat at the first sign of opposition? Thankfully, Erich promptly took charge and dismissed Puma's suicidal plan, proving that not everyone had lost their head just yet.<br/><br/>"Defi, can you lay down some suppressive fire while we join up with the others? I'm running pretty hot, got maybe one more LRM volley in a few seconds before I need to cool off." Lily had no reason to think that Elisa wouldn't have done just that even without her calling for it, but she figured that it was better to communicate clearly than to assume on the off-chance that it might come back and bite her in the ass.