Date June 12, 2213 12:14 AM

*Warning! Warning! Titan is now at 25 percent power, core going critical. I recommend we avoid further conflict and change tactics. *

     She said in a calm monotone voice, the situation was everything but calm as Ronin titan continued to swing its blade at Troy, his ion titan was too bulky to evade most of his attacks and paid dearly for it, taking a blow to his left arm. “For fucks sake, where is my back up?" he yelled in his headset but no one answered his cries, everyone around him were getting Slaughtered, the poor saps were either gunned down by the enemy titan's weaponry while others were just stepped on without a care, leaving traces of blood and entrails under their feet. "we are setting up some Archers to help you out mate hold..." his sentence was cut off by gun fire and then metal hitting against flesh, screams soon followed and then silence. men and women were struggling to fight back the militia, most of the remaining ground forces ran inside the poorly built garrisons that were meant for small engagements, not 20 ton walking tank. This was supposed to be a simple refuel operation no casualties, no fighting. a simple easy mission. intelligence didn't say anything about the damn 6-4 militia fleet jumping on top of them!   

     The Ronin brought up his broadsword up and swung down hard, landing a direct hit at the ion's chassis opening up the cockpit and exposing Troy in the open. with all remaining external power, he punched hard on the engine thrusters to push himself away from the crazed Ronin titan for quite a distance. unfortunately, that's was all his mech could offer him, the ion collapse upon a downed drop-ship. his mind was panicking at this point which caused the neural link within his titan to disconnect from his brain, making his her completely useless to. The emergency eject systems were not responding, he had no choice but to climb out. Troy unbuckled his straps as best he can, struggling to find the unhooking mechanism while smoke was building up inside the cockpit.

*Be advise, enemy militias forces closing on our position, I can get my reactor to go nuclear and take with me as many as I can while you escape pilot *

     The titan stated, Troy didn't have much time to think about her option, his heart climbed up to his throat when he heard the deafening stomps of his adversary closing end on him, the crimson red and black mechanical beast had its sword out and pointed right the small man, the entire blade was glowed and sparked with electricity. He could feel the blood-lust coming from the pilot controlling the very thing that is hell bent on ending his life on this barren rock, his story in the frontier ends here.

     The inside of Troy's titan was beginning to flicker, alarms were going off in his heads-up display “ion core going critical, nuclear explosion imminent, eject eject eject!" he felt everything around him vibrate as the reactor was starting to tear itself apart, his straps were still clinging to him. Fear was starting enveloped him when the Ronin was only 100 yards away and closing fast, he didn't have much time left.

*I am sorry Troy for not being able to save you or our forces from the militia, I have failed all of my prime directives. protecting you was the most important. *  

     Her voice was but she meant every word of it, something he never seen his titan seen his do before let alone any that he operated in the pass. He smiled gently while slowly laying back in the cockpit, “it's alright, our days here are finally over. It was an honor fighting alongside you" he said. Troy didn't even notice the giant towering over him, sword raised high above and ready to swing dead center at him.

*goodbye troy*

There was a brief flash of white light and then darkness.