Kate concentrated on watching for that telltale blue crackle of energy the instant before a PPC fires, knowing that was the only weapon Chi had that could potentially have stolen the victory. As soon as she'd seen it, Kate ducked and shuffled slightly to her right, using the momentum of her own movement to almost skip out of the line of fire without losing stride. It was a deft maneuver, one Kate hadn't been sure she could pull off but she did and she did manage to avoid the blast from Chi's ER-PPC.<br/><br/>Kate couldn't get her<em>Centurion</em>out of the way of all Chi's weapons, however. The medium laser caught her low, a red line of melted ablative armour plates showing where on the upper left thigh it had hit. The SRM connected as well, four of the six missiles in volley peppering the<em>Centurion's</em>center and left torsos, and one more exploding against the left arm, just below the shoulder.<br/><br/>Finally they collided, Kate grinned with delight at the shock of the sudden stop in forward momentum as she watched Chi's mech spring back, before finally comming to rest in the lake.<br/><br/>Kate checked her own mech to see the final damage report, and was pleased to see that besides the predictable dents and damage to her mechs armour, there was only one real spot of critical damage. As she'd expected, her left arm was left with only the tattered remnants of it's armour, and the upper arm actuator was badly damaged, right where that lone missile had impacted.<br/><br/>It didn't show in her expression wow pleased Kate was when she popped the hatch on the simpod and hopped out, her pale skin glistening with a light sheen of sweat from the overheating. Kate shook out her shoulder length red hair and sternly eyeballed all the new arrivals as she asked Col. Angel, "Gathered a few more, Ma'am?"