Had she cause to worry when the Saurids had first began their assault on the drop pods? Perhaps she would have, but Hu-Shi, for the first mission with her team, decided to trust in the piloting skills of the leader of the team, who doubtlessly had much more experience in these landings than she did. While the Chinese pilot did know the basics of manoeuvring a drop pod, she never delved deeply into it, partly due to not having many chances to, and partly because it didn't play that big a part in her marks. Nevertheless, she busied herself with scanning over the status of both Core's drop pod, as well as those of Rapid and Overwatch, making sure that there wasn't something missed by the eyes of her teammates. The effectiveness of the acidic assault was short-lived though, and even though there were warning displays on her HUD, showing temperatures outside had gone beyond that in which a human could survive in. It was nice and cool in the AWE though. After all, she was sitting on a freezer full of ice cream.

With a shudder and a boom that were both respectively dampened by the shock absorbers and sound cancellers built into the Chrome Ex-Road, Hu-Shi nodded at Thessalia's announcement as her AWE's mechanical fingers found their grip on the cleaver-like Dragonslayers. Following the tunnel in the smoke that Hagelstrum left in its wake, the AWE swivelled 180 degrees from side to side, insuring that its ball joints were undamaged from the descent, before Hu-Shi leaned forwards. With a mighty rumble, the bright red Chrome Ex-Road emerged from the smoke, with the same majesty as a tank during the first World War, centuries past. She smiled and saluted the foot soldiers nearby, before revving up the core of the AWE once more, cruising towards the bridge at a nice, steady pace of 40km/h.

[b]“Core 1, I'll be making contact with hostiles in ten seconds. Please cover me,”[/b] Hu-Shi said, cheerily. It was good to keep a positive tone, after all, especially in such a stressful, violent situation.

Ten seconds later, Chrome Ex-Road smashed into the first Saurid, a few tons of metal reducing the Tearer into a flattened blob of flesh as the tank treads rolled over it. Humming a cheery marching tune, the Chinese girl drew out the Dragonslayers, and finally began to get to the meat of the issue. Undeterred by the Saurids that approached, the metal juggernaut spun and swung, accelerating now to a speedy 65km/h as it smashed through enemy ranks, the barrier coating keeping alien matter off the shiny paint coat of the AWE.

It was nice, really, fighting in an urban environment against enemies that didn't even have hidden railgun turrets to turn you into swiss cheese.

Spinning, not stirred, with artillery on her side, Hu-Shi set her swords to her sides as she turned the Chrome Ex-Road into a spinning top.