[h2][b][color=92278f][u]Madison Cole[/u][/color][/b][/h2]
If it wasn't for the fact that the Mad-e was anchored securely into the ground, the force of the shells hitting the NC would have knocked the unit onto it's back and put it into a very precarious state. Still, it's own rigidity actually hampered it's defences as the second barrage of attacks cause some major damage. Madison was plunged deep into the dark with the second hit as the cockpit shut itself down due to an electrical shortage, most likely from when part of the auto-cannon barrel that had been ripped from the torso.

[color=92278f][b]"What the hell was that?"[/b][/color] she spoke out in absolute surprise as she tried to feel her way around the cockpit, pressing any button in order to get a response. The screen then suddenly lit up but instead of the usual start up procedure, it looked as if it was doing a hard reboot.

[color=39b54a]> Running Boot Sequence
> Error: C̶̕o͏r̢r̸u̢͟͡ṕ́͏ti͝o̴̢n̢̨ ̵̧͘found in OS
> Error: Corruption found in Aưḑ̷͠i͘o̡͠ ̶̴D̷r̡͟i͡҉v̷̴̕e͝r̢̧s͏̀
> Error: Corruption fo̸u͟n͠d͟ i̶n͡ ̧Cerebral Link
> E͟r҉r͠òr̢͢͞: Corrup...[/color]

Madison watched with each new line of code that appeared on the screen, another error message would tell her that another system was failing. She reached over and swung the security code keypad in front of her body and began to type in a few lines of code. [color=92278f][b]"What the hell did you guys do to my NC?"[/b][/color] she growled as she typed away, following the commands given.

[color=39b54a]> System Restore Requested
> Please select OS to boot from:
	1: OS 6.98_5 - C͏ó͜ŗ́͟r͏͏̀u̧p̵̸t̴͝i͏͘on̢͡ ̡̀ļ̡é̶v̡e̛͏͞l 100̸%
	2: OS 5͜.̷7͏3_͞0 ͝- C͜o͡ŗru̡p͜ti̡ǫn level 60%
	3: OS 4.36_1 - Corruption level 20%
> _[/color]

She reached over and press the number 3 on the keypad, knowing that there was no time to test out an OS that was running at less than 50 percent capacity. Only to receive a series of more error messages.

[color=39b54a]> Warning: Unrecognisable Drivers
> Unknown Communication/Audio Driver
> Unknown Cerebral Link Driver
> Continue? Y/N[/color]

[color=92278f][b]"Holy Fuck! This is god, damn, bullshit!"[/b][/color] she yelled as she hit the keyboard Y button on the keyboard, forcing it to enter into a reboot status and initialise the cerebral sync. With no music to act as a regular pacing device, the system would have to rely on Madison's heart rate and thoughts which at the moment were racing due to the frustrated anger that she was feeling.

[color=39b54a]> Initialising Mad-e System Software
> System: Failure[/color]
[color=92278f][b]"Override!"[/b][/color]
[color=39b54a]> Admin command accepted
> Weapons: C̸͘h̢҉̵ę͡͞ć̛͝͏̧ķ͞
> Ammunition: 99%
> Power: 97%
> Cerebral Resonance: 7%
> Cerebral Resonance Failure[/color]
[color=92278f][b]"Override!"[/b][/color]
[color=39b54a]> Admin command accepted
> Brain Mapping Sensitivity reverted to 100%
=̩͚̜͇ͅ ̳̲͚̮̥̩͡A̭͇̘̪̱̹̣̟͝l͉̤̬̥͝l͉̘̘̫͇͔͖͟ͅ ̶̮̬̦̼̱͜S̮͖̯̜͘y̛҉͈s̪̯͉͓̦̀͞ţ̛̼͇͠è̜̠̤͙͙͈͡m҉͎̖͙̬̙̮̯̪̱̕ś̶̗̘͕͇̣͇̻ ͚̣͎̤̲̕͞O̜̮̙͝͡͝ṕ̗̺̼̖͞e͏̸̢̲͇̳̦͈̖̯̥̞r҉҉͏̹̙͍a̢̧̜͍͜t͈͓͎͞i̵͈̗̯o͠҉̦͎̝͙͎̖̪̦n̸̩̳̝̟̙͢ͅͅa͏̧̦͇̫͖l͙̗͉͡͠ ̴͉͚̮͈̥̩̲͢=̢̢̦̞
"Welcome [New User]"[/color]

As soon as the welcome message appeared and the screen lit up with the outside world however due to the use of a previous OS, the screen occasionally flickered and lacked many of the tactical information that a pilot would need to make any targeted attack. Madison flipped the handlebars into their joystick position and slammed them as far forward as possible. The wings of the Mad-e sprouted open and accelerated to full speed as the 60 tonne NC began to speed across the landscape on a beeline towards the Denver-Vegas Siege Tanks.