He finished getting into the hanger, and smirked as he saw the light from the cutting torch. "Our mystery guests appear to believe the emergency exit is empty. I shall disabuse them of that notion. Kill all hanger lights in my hanger please."<br/><br/>He activated the legs of the mech after maneuvering it against the wall by the exit, and dropped the metal sheath over the view port, allowing him to only see what was going on with the cameras. Since it was pitch black now, he was relying on the night vision and thermal cameras. He then began doing a systems check while he waited for them to finish cutting.<br/><br/><em>Altus Mech, Mark 4, Diagnostics<br/><br/>Power core: 78% functionality, within safe operating parameters.<br/><br/>Offensive Systems:<br/>Rear electrical discharge pulse generator: online<br/>Right arm kinetic cannon: online<br/>Left arm manipulator/crusher claw: online<br/>Left arm flamethrower: <strong>ALERT; insufficient line pressure for fuel lines, offline</strong> <br/>Side facing micro missile launchers: <strong>ALERT; ammo expended, offline</strong> <br/>Forward facing micro missile launchers: <strong>ALERT; low ammo (1 volley),</strong> online<br/>Left hip flash bang grenade launcher: <strong>ALERT; low ammo (2 shots),</strong> online<br/>Right hip smoke grenade launcher: <strong>ALERT; ammo expended, offline</strong><br/><br/>Defensive Systems:<br/>Top mounted rotary siege shield launcher: <strong>ALERT; low ammo (1 shot),</strong> online<br/>Psionic/Psychic cockpit shielding field: online<br/>Magical disruption field: <strong>ALERT; instabilities in harmonic frequencies, intermittent functionality,</strong> online<br/>Armor plating: 87% integrity, moderate damage - rear chest, minor damage - right leg<br/>Cockpit armor plating: 95% integrity, minor damage<br/><br/>Utility systems:<br/>Thermal camera: online<br/>Night vision camera: online<br/>Normal cameras: <strong>ALERT; deactivated</strong><br/>SONAR: <strong>ALERT; not installed</strong><br/>RADAR: <strong>ALERT; not installed</strong><br/>LIDAR: <strong>ALERT; not installed</strong></em><br/><br/>He finished the weapons check, and then rested his hand on the switch to stand up, so he could immediately begin moving and firing as they came into position. "Junkyard, in position, ready to receive visitors."<br/><br/>Since the flame thrower was having a fuel problem, he couldn't wait until they got close before engaging. Instead, he would let one or two get on the ground, with another descending, and then power up and start blasting with the kinetic cannon. Since it was pitch black, and the cannon didn't use ignition based propellents, they were about to get a rude surprise.