Kate poured on a llittle bit more speed as soon as she saw the blue flash of PPC fire. As quick as she was, she couldn't quite make it and her mechs trailing left arm took a good part of the blast. The<em>Centurion</em>was well armoured, though, and absorbed it, but it's armour wouldn't be able to stand up to two ER-PPC blasts in any one location.<br/><br/>Kate never slowed back down, keeping her speedy<em>Centurion</em>at a run as she moved through the fire she'd started with her lasers before swing back, cutting between the small lake and the north face of that wall. She checked the heat gauge, pleased to see she was still carrying some excess. Now she only had to maintain it. Kate fired both lasers this time, using the rear facing medium laser to pick another spot behind her in case she had to go back that way. Smoke makes for good cover, and the fire was a purpose of it's own. Kate doubted Chi would be as happy to fight on a flaming battlefield as Kate was.<br/><br/>Kate's forward facing laser picked a spot slightly ahead of her, once more hopefully starting a small blaze, one Kate wouldn't reach just yet but that she would either wind up stopping in or moving through. She had to hold her autocannon and LRM, however, in case Chi should reappear from behind that large stand of trees.<br/><br/>((OOC: I'm figuring Kate as being just at the SW edge of the lake at this point. I don't want to pose to far ahead, since this is a potential recruit and kind of a shakedown of posing these battles, but I could if you would like. Just let me know. ;)