Jal chuckles, then stops the 'Mech, and presses a button, letting Shi look out the side of the viewing screen to show that the four heavy pauldrons guarding each leg's 'knee' assembly were on hydraulics, and already doubled as bracing posts when firing the main gun. Each Shovel-blade-like pauldron wrapped over the joints by several feet, clearly capable of being effective armour, as well as effective pitons.<br/><br/>"Way ahead of you on that one, Shi. However... I was thinking; What about some MRMs for added mid-range power, or a cutting laser for additional close-in defense? I have enough power output in this thing to light up a city block, but It's still stongly ammo-dependant." Jal smiled, tapping the button again to retract the pauldrons into their 'travel' configuration, and moving her 'mech forwards, only a few hundred yards from the Hangar.<br/><br/>Toggling her radio, she sent a quick message to Aren. "Shi and I are at base; allocating Base Defense Towers to fire on Unidentified IFF automatically. How's the fight?"