"This is strange..." Naomi thought as she observed the combat situation. The way the enemy moved and positioned themselves--it was as if they had started anticipating where they were about to position themselves. 06 seemed to be holding out well enough although it lost the opportunity to rendezvous with the stolen enemy craft. "Don't tell me--our opponent's psychic?"
Flashing alarms suddenly went off near her right radar side, prompting her to check up on the situation. By some odd turn of events, Drastania's ranged weapons suddenly turned against them, with the targeting of the homing missiles changing to lock on to their own allies.
"Cyber-electronic warfare huh? If that's the case, then I can assume that both our communications are being monitored--" Naomi analyzed the interiors of her machine. "Wyvern's an outdated model so this system's codes are entirely different along with its method of communication. In that case--" Naomi immediately booted up the old mailing system used before the advent of online real-time communication. Immediately, she messaged 06 about her intentions.
"One eye, patch me a direct link to the ship through 06's S.U.M.I.R.E OS. Your craft is equipped with powerful hacking defenses and processing power--pave me a way to communicate with our forces without being tapped.
A few moments later, Kalia Koizumi's voice spoke out on the other end. "Done. As long as all lines pass through Sumire before transmitting, Orvanti communications should be safe. Unfortunately, I was unable to acquire clearance to include Drastania in the process.
"Never mind. Are you sure the annihilator is sufficient enough?"
"If that's not enough, the OS programs our communications to change frequencies every .004 seconds."
"Advantages of non-humans huh? Alright, I'm cutting off for now. I need to address our fleet. With no news or change of orders from our Captain, I'm going to settle this matter with my own hands." Cutting communications off, Naomi turns to address her forces currently fighting in the front lines.
"Special Operations Officer Naomi Shironoa speaking. For now, I'm going to use the license received from the Ambassador to take command of our forces. For starters, we'll turn this Wyvern coupled with that T-rex thing outside as our main communications center. Patch all communications with each other through her before transmitting. Our enemy seems to be equipped with cyber-warfare devices. We need to establish at least four radar-dead zones as we make our retreat. Change all ammo configurations to manual. Disable homing and auto-targeting devices. The enemy may be able to hack those. In a minute, I want the Viper to fire radar jamming rounds at the coordinates I'll be sending while calling all our allies back. I'll launch and make a quick pass around the enemy flanks and hit the enemy ship with all I have--"
"Isn't that too crazy?"
"Well, we're not going to get much by just blindly shooting at things. Our objective is the retrieval of that green machine. Seeing as they're now on the retreat--there's also no reason for us to stay in combat with the Kiritine army either. However, we'll need to secure our escape route by crippling our pursuing enemy forces. This Wyvern has the specifications to do just that. Oh, One-eye? Retreat and anchor yourself on the Viper's catapult. In a few minutes, fire the Convergent Particle Cannon directly at the enemy's front."
"I don't like the sound of this damn idea. But, seeing as how I'm not receiving any further commands--fine..." Checking on the radar, Naomi saw Kalia moving back.
"Well then--" Disconnecting from the platform arms, keeping her in place, Naomi accelerated to reach Mach 4.0 immediately, activating the stealth system as she does so. "If you're going to be a cheap bastard, then I'm going to be a cheap bastard too..."
Along the way, she saw Orvanti finally heading into retreat maneuvers, indicating that the Viper's about to fire soon. Continuing her path, she avoided the enemy forces pursuing by staying off the perimeter until a red warship came into view. "The enemy mothership? I've heard they called it the Vigilanti. Haha...well, you don't quite live up to your name don't you?" Without going too near, she fired off her anti-armor napalm set to corrode the ship's hull. As she acknowledged the rounds making contact, she immediately made a quick pass, tipping over her Wyvern over the hole she made before retreating.
"Catch you later~" As soon as she was within considerable distance, she booted up an alternate control for the automatons she dropped inside the ship. Prompted with the configuration panel, Naomi selected "Kill Mode" before cutting off all remote access to the small machines. "Start killing everyone on board for starters. Not even allies with similar IFF codes are safe from this assault. This is what you get for playing cheaply with me." Naomi laughs maniacally within her cockpit as she shot at two approaching Kiritine craft, delaying their advance and moving them out of the way. Suddenly, a message from Kalia popped up.
"What have you done?"
"I just left them a little present. That should force all machines to retreat and deal with their "internal" problem." Naomi answered back while still listening in to the sounds of slaughter transpiring within. Automatons, being the machines they are--do not make any distinctions once set to "Kill Mode". Only its programmer has the kill switch and unless activated, the machines will only continue to ravage and shoot at any living creature it sees. Granted it can be destroyed by your regular army infantry weapons but unlike a human soldier, these do not go down in a couple of shots. And with remote access gone, there really is no other way to stop them, save for destroying the damn things. "By now, those machines should've spread like wildfire to various sections of the ship, piling up corpses along the way--"
"Using anti-personnel automatons are--!"
"And do you have a better idea? Our Captain--for all his toughness doesn't seem to grasp the situation well enough based on the lack of proper orders we're receiving. Anyway, the fact that you're contacting me means you're now in position to fire?"
"---Yeah-- I'm in position."
"Good. I'll be there in a few seconds. Fire as I give the signal." Continuing to fly while remaining vigilant, the sight of their gray dreadnought was a relief. "Now!"
"Don't be so cocky just cause you have a license!!!" From Kalia's side, she had already taken up position as she kept 06 anchored to the Viper. Sumire's mouth-mounted cannon had already started accumulating energy, in critical condition. "Eat this you sons of b*tches!!!" With that, Kalia fired straight ahead annihilating anything that stood in the beam's path.