The comm channel opened up to reveal a rather well built man in a grey uniform, reminiscent of the security uniforms worn by station security a few decades ago. "You must be the pilot I was informed of.  We don't have a lot of time, so I'll cut this short.  Go to the blip on your radar.  You'll find a blue energy fluctuation there. Contact me when you arrive." The channel abruptly closed.<br/>--------------------<br/>"acknowledged.  Please hurry. Several Einherjar seem to be on their way here. You should arrive before they do, but I'd rather not take any chances," Cali replied. As her transmission ended, the Ice Princess began picking up distress signals from the various forces in the station.  From a security mech, "oh god! They're too fast, I can't....." the transmission ended.  From a rebel mech, "what the heck is that?  a black angel?!  Oh shit!  BACK UP. WE NEED BACK....."<br/>From one of the Ragnarok mechs, "Commander Delta, unknown force is engaging us.  Be advised." The reply was near instantaneous, "I've encountered a few of them.  They seem to be nothing more than a rag-tag militia, they shall not impede our progress. Their presence here is nothing more than unfortunate.  Purge them with the rest."<br/><br/>---------------------<br/>Roll Result: Saiko rolled: 1d6<br/>Comment: Renault attack following auto-fire rules<br/>Result: 3,<br/>Total: 3<br/><br/>Roll Result: Saiko rolled: 1d20<br/>Comment: Renault defense<br/>Result: 11,<br/>Total: 11<br/><br/><br/>Though the attack managed to connect, Sarge's armor absorbed the impact, reducing the damage to next to nothing.  In order to deal any significant damage to Sarge, more of the shots would have to connect.  As Sarge charged forth to attack with Flare, Golden Chevalier activated the arm mounted device, forming a blade made of crackling energy and blocked the attack.  He then pressed the attack and tried to surge forward with the blade raised for a lancing attack.<br/>It was obvious that the weapon he was using was designed for an Armored Core, but had been adapted to the Chevalier.<br/><br/>"You're perfectly right about that. Such an operation is highly illegal, and we will pay the price for it.  Believe me, I would rather it not have come to this, but the activities planet-side can not be allowed to continue, and like it or not, the people of this station were in danger of getting involved either way. That's why we're doing everything in our power to reduce the bloodshed here on the station. The people living here have no idea what's going on, and just want to be left alone. They are not the ones we are here to fight!"<br/><br/>Roll Result: Saiko rolled: 1d20<br/>Comment: Counter attack. Armor piercing.<br/>Result: 14,<br/>Total: 14<br/>---------------------------------<br/>At first, the pod did nothing. A soft pop was all that acknowledged something had happened. A moment later, the pod began to dissolve, leaving a humanoid mech curled up in fetal position on the ground, as if it had hatched.  Attached to the back were 7 slender blades.  Each blade had a symbol of the Zodiac engraved on it. The symbols from left to right were: Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, an unknown symbol, Sagitarius, Capricorn, and Aquarius.  The mech itself looked vaguely female, with what appeared to be the control section in the torso.  Unsure of how to get inside, Ciel touched the control section and the outer shell dissolved, granting her access to the spherical interior. Once she had managed to clamber inside, the shell closed around her, and the interior became transparent so she could see outside.  "Great.  Where the heck is the control system," she muttered as she tried in vain to find the control yolk.