When the counter finally reached zero, her fuel gauge was hovering only a short distance above empty itself, and there was no piece of debris close enough to snatch up and swing the way Ning had done during his own run.
She did the only thing left to her and tried to keep moving, threading between a pair of asteroids while three Mekharans closed in from behind.
One shot clipped her Mecha's leg, and another struck the shoulder.
When her fuel ran dry a few seconds later, the machine simply drifted along its last trajectory while the enemies finished it off.
The cockpit display filled with damage warnings before it went dark entirely.
For a moment, the room outside the pod remained silent as the observation screen shifted to the results.
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The silence broke all at once as several students began speaking over one another.
