Tetsuo felt sweat trickle down his brow as the simulator dumped the heat from his fire into the cockpit. He cut towards the water in front of him, seeing Arminas mech rising on its own jump jets. An eyebrow arched as it spun in the air, and he nodded in silent admiration of her ability. Lining up his own weapons he triggered the PPC, then the Streak 6 as it finally gained lock. That was the problem with jumping .. nothing to hide behind.<br/><br/>He could taste the heat in the mechs cockpit now ... the PPC generated a lot, but it was worth it for the range and damage. His mech rocked as Arminas shots struck, the PPC gouging the armour on his left torso, while 8 missiles walked their way across his right torso and arm. The mech stumbled slightly, drawing on Tetsuos own sense of balance to let it keep its feet.<br/><br/>He stepped down into the water, sending his own lasers at Arminas quickly descending mech, steam boiling off the surface of the water as it disappated the heat he had built up. His mech strode through around the edge of the small lake, letting the heat bleed off while he readied his next attack. In a few moments he would be back to nominal operating temperature, while Armina would still be a little hot.<br/><br/>Ahead of him he could see smoke rising from the forest. It seemed at least one of his lasers had missed, but started some fires instead. The heat would render the IR less than useful, and compound Arminas own heat problems if she remained near there.