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BATTLELOG COMMENCING
- Unforeseen Inaccuracy, damage dealt to neutral unit. Readjusting...
- Reinforcements in atmosphere. Firing to draw fire until forces can be reorganised.
- Activating protocol 51ER Alpha Alpha "Cheeky Bastard". Responding with algorithm change and subsequent hard lock rehash of main protocol module. Target vectors adjusted, beginning hyperlevel deepscan to estimate relative positions of hostile units, relative to neutral and friendly units.
- Relaying instructions to ground force. Ground force will act upon instructions immediately, provided that target vectors change according to the protocol's estimation model.
The weapons on the Control Ship adjust, aiming for the artillery as it identifies its mistake and accounts for it. It won't happen again.
Meanwhile, the other units that had just been deployed have reached the ditches, seeing the soldiers throwing the grenades, they lay down heavy fire towards them. This succeeds in dealing with the later nimrods that attempt the trick, while some grenades of the robot's own strike out with vicious fury, blowing up the grenades that were waiting to be thrown.
Unfortunately for the recon units, they're too slow to deal with the first lot of grenades. One of the units is torn to pieces as it leaps and takes most of the first grenades, while the others scatter. Another one is damaged by a grenade, but the others continue firing as they rush to new positions.
In the farmhouse, CP-012 sees one of the cannons fire and loads his rifle with a new round. He waits for it to fire again, then pops out and shoots. The round hits the cannon and blips. Almost instantly, a blue lance of destruction spears out of the sky, a kinetic round from one of the battleships. Another cannon round hits the house, knocking CP-012 to the ground. He's not destroyed, but barely able to crawl. Another bot goes over, shunting him out of the way and dragging him towards the stairs...