Chynn suddenly found herself the target of one of the crude mechs, apparently she must have angered the creature inside of it for some reason.They couldn’t just surrender and be done with it already.They stood no chance of winning, not after losing half of their small force, yet they never gave up. She was about to break off the engagement that the earth crawler was trying to drag her into when another pilot signaled her to deal with the threat. All of the slugs Chynn had evaded had to end up somewhere after all, and her allies had been in the way of a few.
She reluctantly did as she was commanded, and engaged the enemy. The crude mech increased its speed and flew in the direction of the nearby planet. Chynn figured it was no threat to the rest of her squad by then, but if she didn’t destroy it the pilot would probably just follow her back to the others. The earth crawlers should take the whole fleeing concept further than they were if they wanted to continue as a species.
Chynn skillfully evaded the slugs that were aimed at her, amused by the fact that the earth crawler was slowly backing into the planet behind her. If she could push the enemy far enough the mech would likely get caught by the gravitational pull, and she wouldn’t need to waste energy trying to punch through its armor at the range that separated them. It was the plan with the least risk and effort, so she kept up the charade. She’d never met anyone who’d been able to escape after crashing on an unexplored planet, assuming they even survived for more than a few hours. There were stories about it though.
She should have realized that it wouldn’t be that easy, that she was being overconfident. The maggots had a knack for finding ways to bring their betters down with them. Chynn had seen it before, done to pilots that were way more skilled than herself. Yet the overcharged rifle came as a surprise. She attempted to evade the slug, even though she couldn’t see it, but had no such luck. Her lower thrusters were torn off, leaving her with very few ways to control the direction of her mech. If they’d been further from a planetary body it wouldn’t have been a problem, but she’d been flying towards it. Now she feared that she’d get pulled in by gravity as well.
Chynn tried using her comms to call for help, but there was no response. Unusual as that may be, she didn’t know how they could have helped her even if they’d responded. There probably wasn’t enough time for them to catch her, and she doubted they’d risk their lives for her by following her to the surface of the planet. Better to count their losses and move on at that point.
She decided to do the same, but if she was going to die like this she’d make sure to destroy the enemy before she succumbed. She increased her speed, switched weapon to close combat and went after the crude mech. Normally she wasn’t a reckless or emotion driven individual, but losing what small chance she had at returning to her home one day unleashed a burning rage within. A rage she took out on the other mech with her weapons as they entered the atmosphere of the nearby planet, both heading for death when they crashed.