The lieutenant pursed her lips and thought hard. She'd little idea what the Lucians' defensive capabilities were, and property damage was essentially a given. On the other hand, destruction of the city had been defined as unacceptable, and it was their duty as an expeditionary force to abide by that.
She steadied her wings and squinted through her visor. In response, the intelligent viewfinder zoomed in to 20x magnification. Two more high-tension lines ran from the far side of the city, forming a sort of triangular intersection with the severed conduit. A large substation appeared as a darkish speck on the horizon.
A double-tap of her faceplate returned Kirino's view to normal.
"You'd think they'd have a backup."
Her wingman shrugged.
With a slight nod in return, the lieutenant keyed the comm once more.
"We hear ya, Princess! We'll dispatch some of our engineers to route power from the rest of the grid."
Following a few callouts to the control tower, the lieutenant decided to call in the rest of her squadron. Things were getting real bad real fast, and she'd likely need all hands on deck for this one.
"Ehh... Copy that, Red One. ETA, seven minutes." affirmed the control tower.
"Make it snappy, Launchpad; the Lucians are counting on us! @[deleted] out!"
Kirino scanned the area before planning her next move. Spotting a familiar shade of purple through her polarized visor, the lieutenant gestured towards a copse of trees by the riverbank. In response, a pair of airmen dove for the ground.
The sound of their thrusters preceded them by almost ten seconds. They set down just outside the clump of woods, just as @All in One was about to step out into the open field.
They exchanged a nod, and one of them lifted his faceplate. Behind that vermilion steel was a rather puckish young lad; messy, firelike hair, and the most charmingly vulgar of accents.
"Need a lift, love?" he asked with a grin, "Just pick a spot and hold on tight; we'll have ye there in a jiffy."
No damage dealt or MP expended, but additional allies will arrive in a turn or three.
@All in One gets a free reposition to anywhere on the field. I tend to make only one post a day, so feel free to play 'em as far as that goes. They can also dress that wound, if ya like. c:
