A mission marker for players in the nearby area lay just ahead.
Clearly, these allies had been heading to the rendezvous as instructed, but had run into fierce enemy resistance along the way.
They had evidently used up most of their ammunition in earlier fighting. Now, they were barely holding on with their rifles, and their situation was desperate.
Both sides in the fierce battle immediately spotted Lancelot and Black Pineapple at the edge of the battlefield. One Chainsaw Maniac promptly rumbled toward them, raising its gun and aiming at the pair.
Seeing this, the two immediately linked up with the allies on the battlefield without another word.
Regional Tactical Platform connection complete. Tactical Assistance System activated!
At the system's chime, the display before them suddenly changed.
Not only did the enemies' threat levels and combat power appear before their eyes, but the system also calculated an "optimal combat solution" based on each player's remaining weapons and ammunition, assigning precise combat targets to everyone.
A few simple solid and dotted lines, arrows, and differently colored markers on the enemies told everyone almost instantly what tactical moves they needed to make next.
"Smoke grenade!" Lancelot shouted, pulling out a smoke grenade while moving swiftly to evade the enemy Powered Armor's line of fire.
Yet he did not throw it at the closer enemy in front of him. Instead, he hurled it toward the largest concentration of enemies farther away. At almost the same moment, Black Pineapple completed his own throw.
The two smoke grenades immediately obscured nearly half the battlefield. The special black smoke temporarily blinded four Chainsaw Maniacs, cutting off more than half the enemy's concentrated fire and giving C4, whom everyone was protecting at the center, a chance to breathe.
Protecting C4 immediately was the best tactical