Too late  Chi saw the incoming flight of LRM's. Juking the stick she again showed great piloting skill as the<i>Daimyo</i>spun gracefully like a balet dancer, even coming up on the tip of a single foot for a moment. Yet again her best was not quite good enough. The wardheads banged noisily against the hull of her machine. She resgistered hita hit to her right arm. Then her ears rang, and the cockpit shook as a final missile detonated against the head of the mech. The<i>Daimyo</i>stumbled foward halfway bent over.<br/>Ironically the head shot had saved her. She hadn't picked up the incoming autocanon fire. As she gought to regain control she heard the stream of slugs rip by a mere meter from her head. Had she not stumbled she would have taken the hit to the already damaged head armor. Finally regaining control she glanced at her damage readout.  The damage was fairly minor, even with the head shot.<br/>Kate was retreating back into the fires she had set. Chi knew she had to end this before the other woman's mech was hot enough to activate the Triple Strenth Myomers. Backing up she then slammed the throttle to full and Sprinted across the northern side of the lake.<br/>Once agai nshe tried to get a solid lock on her foe but the smoke, along with her enemeies movements and the bouncing of her mech runnign at full speed made it impossable to achieve more than a partial lock. Trying to predict where Kate would move nexts she tried to lead the enemey mech. Yet again the PPc belched a blue ball of energy toward the<i>Centurion</i>