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[h3][center][i][color=aqua]Aqua Regia[/color][/i][/center][/h3]

[@KoL] - Offering a rebuttal to Victoire.
[@Flamelord] - Being thankful for defenses.
[@Ryonara] - Putting [i]way[/i] too much faith into.
[@Rune_Alchemist] - Standing ready to fight with Gwynn.

The Machina in command of this final line of defense looked upon the released Valkyrie stolidly, her inaction in countermanding any of Gwynn's words all the approval the defenders needed to heed them as the front line GRNTs shifted slightly towards her in order to maximize the effects of her holy aura. While some of the pure humans held the messenger of the Heavenly Host with contempt, the logical Machina understood that her aid, crippled as Gwynn may be, would do much to bolster their odds of success... 

[i][color=dc143c]"Attention all Sleeper Agents and Demons inside this fortress, the Prize is being held on the Cargo Hold, on the ship's lowest levels. All of you who remain loyal to the Armies of Darkness, converge there immediately and assist in crushing the remaining Machina resistance. Don't kill any humans on the way, I repeat, don't kill any humans on the way there. Round them like the cattle they are and force them to the Cargo Hold as well. Spread chaos through the enemy, force them to think if they are shooting friend or foe, if you can do this, victory is ours..."[/color][/i]

Only for the calculations to be reworked and found wanting. The Demons modus operandi shown through with this vocal declaration of their plan, turning the defenders upon their own forces in the hopes the Man and Machine would be too conflicted with their own number to target the demons slipping in amongst them. A sound plan if a human or Angel were in command of this force, but Aqua Regia wasn't flesh and blood. Ice flowed through veins, keeping her processors and the processors of those around her at peak efficiency. With the passive cooling of her own creation, Gwynn's holy aura, and their pre-established defenses, these would the be the toughest troops still left aboard the Elicitor. 

Regia opened up her own link to the intercom, broadcasting her rebuttal to Victoire's ultimatum. [color=aqua]"To all those aboard the Elicitor, know this. Any who enter the cargo hold before the Demons are eliminated or detained will be shot on sight. Do not retreat from this enemy and die upon our Queen's Treasure. Fight to the last, knowing you will be remade all the greater for your sacrifice."[/color]

As though to punctuate her statement the defenses were restored, every door save the main entrance sealing itself with thick slabs of metal before crackling with electricity. Inside the ventilation ducts, powerful fan blades whirled to life at every junction and grating to make undetected infiltration through the ductwork nigh impossible. 

[color=aqua]"Unit's Shizuka. Hibiki. Valkyrie Gwynn and I require your assistance. The Angel is wounded from our prior engagement, while I lack the available injector to attempt to mend the damage done."[/color] The Machina said, eying the severed tube elsewhere on the ground. [color=aqua]Assist the Angel as her shield bearer while I prepare to attack the Demons before they arrive. This will require time to charge, so I shall require aid if they encroach upon our position early.[/color]

Along Regia's back, the four focusing units broke away from their silent vigil and hovered before her. Each tip joined together into an X-shape, and when Regia raised her rifle it became clear that this was the reticule for her most powerful weapon.

[i][color=aqua]"Arming Niffelheim."[/color][/i]