<strong>0558, Day 1, along the ridges of the base.</strong><br/><br/>Walter allowed him self a self-satisfied smirk as he stood on the crest of the ridge. The mountains were just about covered in a thick as pea-soup fog. The runways would surely be heated, so it would clear up on the way in, but for now his company was ghosts waiting for the signal. He checked all instruments and levels once more before he opened the channels to the two Lance-leaders. In case the base was actively scanning the bands he kept it short and to the point.<br/><br/>"Begin."<br/><br/>He started up slowly but built up speed through the snow covered slope. He checked his sides, Maho and Miyoko following in his stride. He wanted to hold them back at first until they came out in the open. The fog was clearing up and he could see the shadowy shape of the SAM-turret as he pushed the jump jets into full blast. The 90 ton 'Mech roared through the air and landed on top of the turret, shards of twisted metal flying around him. Not a sneaky entrance perhaps, but he wanted the turrets to focus fire on him. He bounced off the wrecked turret immediately and leaped onwards, his strides just about as long as the Highlander itself. It seemed the base wasn't prepared, no ground crews out on the runway, not a single man. The air sparked as azure lances of energy started tearing through the air around him. He swerved to the left, aiming to have the turrets track him along the slope so that the others could advance relatively freely along the runway.<br/><br/>"Maho! Comm-tower, then keep along the hangars until you get to the plant. Miyoko, cover her as good as you can, fire at any turret which doesn't track me."<br/><br/>He locked on one of the turrets and fired a gauss round straight through it. It kept spinning though, no internal damage done to the axis as he had hoped for. One of the laser blasts graced his left shoulder so he fired the jumps again and soared through the sky, forcing one of the turrets to elevate along with him. As he reached the peak of his leap the was the chunking sound of a gauss round entering the chamber and he pulled it of almost immediately. It struck neatly into the hull of the turret, passed through and demolished the elevator. That turret wouldn't be shooting at anything on ground level anymore. Another azure beam struck him in the chest, but the armor held true as he landed in between the trio of SAMs. He allowed himself a second to look around to see how the others were doing...