Wednesday, January 13, 3025
Cosmo, Axel, and Joanna pour fire into the Marauder until another hit burns out its cockpit. In their movement, Cosmo has swung wide to the east, and Max has been left isolated with the Valkyrie and the Commando.
Their mission complete, the Second begins to evacuate. The Merlins fire into the retreating lance. One of them scores a telling blow on Cosmo, and they begin to focus fire on him. With his AC20 destroyed, he dumps its remaining ammunition.
In a panic, Max moves back and forth between his current patch of woods and a topiary behind the mansion. From the latter position, he ignites the CMD’s magazine. Axel jumps over to the woods to help Max with the VLK.
The MLNs pursue Cosmo up the eastern slope and eventually core his Hunchback. Cosmo ejects and begins scrambling down the southern face of the slope, but the nearer MLN searches for him.
Joanna rushes to pick up Cosmo, but the MLN unleashes its weapons across her front. A laser blast incinerates Cosmo, and a second salvo results in an unlucky shot to her missile rack, vaporizing her Shadow Hawk.
Gameplay ends
Epilogue
Max goes on a suicide charge against the Merlins.
Joanna had deactivated her auto-eject to prevent being taken alive by the Combine.
Axel disappears and, with help from Comstar, is never seen again.
Nathaniel deserts and makes his way to a mercenary hiring hall.
The involvement of the Second Battlemech Lance is undeniable. MacCathasaigh is forced to resign in disgrace, and the AFFS sends no reinforcements.
The Sayama Diet votes to realign the world with the Draconis Combine. Once Kurita forces take control of the planet, they execute the alleged leaders of the Golden Sun. The Golden Sun’s activity ceases, but their assault lance is never found.
