บท 169: Battle in Space.

Minutes fell like the scattered sand and the time for deployment had arrived.

Zaine who had completed the [Basic Movements Outline] with his mech had mostly grasped the intricacies and nuances of the Rifleman mech. 

His eyes unfalteringly stared forward and his grip over the joystick-like controls tightened. The faces of his squadmantes flashed through his head causing Zaine to slightly tear up.

Biting down on his lips, he swore: 'Watch me as I kill those bastards and avenge you guys!'

"You ready to go, kid?" Zaine heard Zara's voice inside the mech.

"Yes." Zaine curtly replied. He then moved his mech towards the launch zone.

The launch zone was a long, horizontal corridor with a slingshot-like machine fixed at one end of the passage and the other exiting into outer space. Once a mech enters into this machine, it grabs the mech and shoots it into space, much like a sling shot.