(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/9/9a/Tony_Leung.jpg)(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/5/5e/Sarna_reserves_kamakura_s_hussars_spider_by_viereth-d585zvf.jpg)<br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">Hiro Kagekaze</span></span><br/><strong>Location:</strong>Betelgeuse, starting point, about to head south to the power plant<br/><strong>With:</strong>Both assault and recon lances<br/><br/>I checked out the maps.  The facility was to the west, but that wasn't Recon's objective.  Erich wanted us to hit the power plant to the south, and then rob the exhibition to the southwest.  I smiled at his mention of "chase the Spider."  But I still wondered about the location of the rendezvous point.<br/><br/>Assault was hitting the research facility to the west, grabbing the VIP codenamed Varyag, then going north and east.<br/><br/>I checked my loadout.  Trying out different combinations of weapons was interesting for anti-infantry training, but for this op I went back to the medium laser and flamer.  Fomr our tests, it seemed I got lucky with the flamer helping to kill an Elemental, but we weren't expecting battle armor here.  Any infantry that came after us would not be fire-proof, and there was plenty of forest to burn up.<br/><br/>I set up a tight beam message to Alroy.  Our brawl turned out to be quite a technical match.  I tagged him a few times with my superior reach and speed, but his strength and his wrestling skills mostly prevented me from taking him down and using my jiu-jitsu on him.  He got in close and nailed me with some vicious uppercuts to the jaw and liver.  By the time it was over, we were both bleeding and tired but still talking smack the whole time.<br/><br/>I wish I saw the ending, because apparently our haymakers landed simultaneously resulting in a double K.O.  My jaw hasn't felt right since.  But I could still talk to Alroy.<br/><br/><strong>"Ninja, Vice.  Try to not get knocked out again, will you?  Marik scum with your glass jaws.  Have fun babysitting the VIP.  Meanwhile, I'm gonna bag me an Atlas skull and wear it like a hat.  Over."</strong><br/><br/>I looked forward to him taunting me back.  After his retort, I extended a pair of mech middle fingers at his<em>King Crab</em>, even jabbing them upward a couple of times.  There was no way he could provide a similar rude gesture with the paired pincer claws housing his AC/20s.<br/><br/>Still, I sure was glad he was on our side.  Before following the treeline south, I gave Alroy's mech a salute and a thumbs up.<strong>"Happy hunting, brother.  Come back in one piece.  See you on the other side.  Ninja, out."</strong><br/>