The Battle Quickly erupted, and escalated beyond that of the previous battle. Ari's group was not particularly thrilled to be constantly threatened, and attacked. In the JTN, Arizona only eased her embrace a little bit. She looked up at Suzu, and nodded at the Samurai's words. Ari was very thankful for Suzu's support. Ari gave Suzu a soft smile as she tightened her embrace of the Samurai once more. Mashing her large breasts against the Cruiser's Mental Model. "You're right, this is the outcome that I did not want. However, that does not change the fact that we're in a battle now. Thank you, my<em>Shield</em>. But remember, you must come back to me." Arizona whispered as her form slowly faded away from the JTN. She, and Suzu needed to put their focus in this fight.<br/><br/><em>Jean-Beat</em>'s Missiles, and volley would prove to be deadly accurate. The rounds, and missiles slammed hard into Arizona's klein field. Fire, and energy crackled, and washed over the Battleship's protective field. Though the ship was rocked violently. Threatening to topple the Flagship. Arizona gritted her teeth, and pressed on.<em>Jean-Bart</em>hit hard, but Arizona was determined to show that she could hit just as hard, if not harder. She aimed her forward six 14" Guns. the barrels splitting along their vertical, and horizontal axis. Energy crackling along their lengths for a split second as the capacitors charge. An instant later, bright white beams lanced forth from Arizona's guns, and streaked across the oceans directly for<em>Jean-Bart</em>.<br/><br/>Even with this fighting going on, Arizona was trying to monitor the fighting as a whole. She had to, she was the Flagship. "All Ships, maintain a defensive formation. Work to concentrate fire on Enemy ships, but do not get too focused." Arizona called out to her fleet. Soon, a screen popped up signalling one of the Enemy ships was activating her Gravity cannon. Some quick calculations showed that its intended firing Arc was going to strike<em>Ranger</em>. Arizona immediately opened up her channel to Ranger. "Ranger. Evasive maneuvers! You're being targeted." Arizona instructed.