Damn, RPG'ers. Why'd they have to go and bring those guys out? His own Wanzer wasn't built for hits; one or two shots from those things, and he'd be dead. Direct hits, at any rate.  Luckily for him, he was able to get to cover without any incident, and before Halle even gave the order to do so; he didn't need to be told to do it. He knew, because this was part of his training.<br/><br/>So, instincts honed by training and trials under fire--though admittedly, both involved the comparatively claustrophobic streets of cities--He placed a whole building between himself and the oncoming enemies.  Also--perhaps seen as cowardly--he put himself in a position where he was unable to take any shots at enemies making it past the building, leaving that task up to the assaulters. His reasons were two-fold: The rifle he used was not particularly good up close and personal, and the assaulters had more ammo they could afford to make use of. His rifle was already 2/3rd's empty, and he only had the one full magazine in his backpack.  Hooray for tactical decision making.<br/><br/>'So, where to from here?" He would ask Grim, after their reinforcements had arrived, and saw fit to absolutely annihilate the enemies immediately posing a threat to them.