The autocannon fire tore through the torso of the AKEMA, followed by a mid-stream ejection by the pilot.  The center of the vehicle exploded outwards shortly thereafter.  Critical systems had been damaged beyond operation and the auto-ejection protocols had kicked in.  The pilot's core landed beyond a nearby building, cascading through debris and dust.<br/><br/>With the core of the hodgepodge mech largely torn apart, what remained was laid across the barren ground.  The MSR lay on the ground.  The sidewinder missiles had all but certainly been part of that huge internal detonation.  There were still good servos and other bits in the remaining limits, certainly, to have kept it moving and fighting to the end.  A full salvage op was not very practical at the moment however, without a full team to effect extraction.<br/><br/><strong>"Kill confirmed Warrior Cotton,"</strong>came Fox's voice.<strong>"We are leaving, stat.  Hostiles are neutralized but this region is definitely not safe.  Time to put rubber to road boys!"</strong><br/><br/>A burning cluster of corpses and husked ruin of a mech to either side of them, the convoy rolled up to Bunny's side.<br/><br/><strong>"Ready to move when you are,"</strong>Fox conveyed before cutting his screen.  The convoy was certainly worse for wear, but all the vehicles were still rolling and the casualties looked liable to recover.  A few combat bandages here and there on drivers and gunners suggested they'd taken a few hits--and the gaping holes in the armour of the formerly lead APC suggested it had taken a lot, though the admirable tug continued forward, Fox having transferred it to the rear and taken up position in the backing one.<br/><br/>The read to C-Town lay ahead of them, and dark storm clouds began to gather as the trailing smoke from the flames left by the fighting steadily ploomed into the air above to meet them.