Tetsuo nodded to himself as the virtual reality enviroment formed around his pod. Ahead of him was a large concrete berm, or similar obstruction. The map overlay showed the landscape they'd be fighting in ... water, trees, fairly good cover, no great lines of fire. "Good enough." he thought. "The Griffon has the edge in a long range engagement, therefore I should close the range to where my Streaks may tip the balance. If I can get in under the LRMs minimum range, they should prove less effective."<br/><br/>The Wolverine wasn't the mech he would have picked for a knife fight, but so be it. In one corner of the screen a timer was counting down. When it hit zero he moved, bringing the mech to full sprinting speed and running down the western side of the sim. The cover was better on the east, so it was the logical way he should have taken to close the distance. Hopefully going this way would throw Armina for long enough for him to close somewhat. Even better, if she was moving to cover the eastern approach, this might let him get off a long range shot or two with the ER PPC, and perhaps weaken her before he closed.