Jal snickered, having heard most of Mheg's conversation with her AI due to a certain AI's penchant for using open channels, as she stopped her 'mech at the second heap of wrecked 'mechs, this pile having been savaged by the Base's turrets. Toggling her comms, she spoke into the mic at the base of her helmet. "At the second pile, Megs. If you don't hurry up there might not be anything left for you to collect. It's also gotten damn cold; better make sure the bearings in the joints don't freeze up."<br/><br/>Climbing out of her 'mech again, she walked back along the line of heat sinks in her 'mech's spine, the hot air blowing up from them warming her feet as she collected the portable winch and began wrapping cable around salvageable parts, mostly severed limbs and torsos, until she had only twenty feet of cable remaining. Moving back to her 'mech, she wedged the Winch into a secure place that wouldn't bend or shift; namely the artillery cannon's main platform, then climbed back up onto her 'mech to get back into the cockpit. "Alright; two loads in one. returning to base. Oh, if Shi's on the line, I picked up her 'mech's old legs, so maybe that'll help."<br/><br/>Slowly turning her 'mech, she headed back towards the main base, forced to rely on her compass and a nav beacon's ping due to the heavy snowfall and rapidly-gathering darkness. Her 'mech's speed was hampered greatly by the mass it was dragging, four crippled heavy 'mechs were not light by any stretch of imagination.