Several Kilometres away, Jalith stopped her 'Mech's forward momentum just short of a hill's apex, and sighed, looking at the Map she had taped to the right side of the cockpit. "Stupid GPS. I knew it was going to give up the ghost as soon as I installed it, so why did I?"<br/><br/>Shaking her head slightly, she focused on the viewing port and HUD projected onto the visor of the neural rig built into her combat helmet, the rig designed to use her sense of balance to ensure that her 'Mech didn't topple over at the worst possible time. Throttling up again, She edged the heavy 'mech over the ridge, ignoring the dull scrape of dirt and rock being displaced by the multi-ton machine's underbelly rubbing the edge of the ridge's apex, and finally letting her see the base that was her destination.<br/><br/>Like any other military base, it was mostly angular ferracrete structures, designed to take a pounding, and not collapse, and, considering the incessant flares of light mortar impacts, it seemed like the base was tough enough to ignore anything short of a weapon of mass destruction. Pausing for her 'Mech's sensors to update themselves, she smiled as the chin-mounted Gatling, placed several feet below where her feet were opened up at the touch of her thumb on the trigger, spewing a hail of lead at a mortar crew as she continued to walk her 'Mech towards the distant invitation of a large Hangar bay on the Base's grounds.<br/><br/>Stopping the 'mech at the main gate to the base, she listened to the ping and patter of shrapnel bouncing off of the reinforced plating covering the 'mech, as well as the faint hiss of the coolant sinks working to keep the Ammunition lockers almost ice-cold. After a few moments, she sighed, watching a mortar shell leave a scorch mark on the three-story tall gate, so, Swiveling her 'mech around, despite the ponderous movement required, She let the Targeting system trace the trajectories of the three most aggressive Mortars, and, with a flick of her right thumb, Fired her 'mech's main gun; a Spine-mounted Howitzer nicknamed 'Long Tom' for the range, and the sheer power in each forty-kilogram shell.<br/><br/>The First blast was powerful enough to cause nearby windows to shake in their frames, and the parabolic arc traced the mortar's path nearly perfectly, a large mushroom of dust and fire a few seconds later telling her that the shell had hit the Mortar, and likely blew the ammunition reserve sky-high. Swiveling the targeting pip on her HUD to the other two Mortar emplacements, and hearing the Dull Thud of the autoloader reloading the cannon, She fired twice more, each shot seperated by several seconds as the mortars, for a little time, fell silent, allowing the gate to open.<br/><br/>Jalith simply reversed her 'mech, walking it Backwards into the base as the gate closed again, and the mortars started firing again, as she turned the cumbersome heavy towards the Hangar, cruising slowly into her 'Mech's new home.