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=== Mask of Arcadius === Ava returns as a companion character in ''Sunrider: Mask of Arcadius'', where her past with Kayto is more deeply explained upon and her fate has a potentially major branching choice near the end. <big>Shore Leave - The Last Sane Woman</big> [[File:ava_beach_altneutral_neutral copy.png|right|thumb|260px|Ava in her swimwear.]] Shortly after the Battle of Far Port, the Sunrider crew was allowed some R&R at the [[Lydia resort station]], where every member was able to relax after the grueling first battle of the war in addition to the hardships they had faced beforehand - with the sole exception of Ava. After a short time on shore leave, the workaholic Ava began to suffer a mental break from the lack of progress being made in their duties. Unable to cope with the lack of scheduled duties or command chain, she took to writing a personal log, denoting that it had been "months" since she was "marooned on this godforsaken place." She commented that the chain of command was "dissolving" with each day, and that some of the crew were supposedly talking about "building a settlement." She then takes it on herself to "preserve order" among the crew before they "mutiny" - at which point Asaga and Chigara happen upon Ava, who is sitting at the beach still clad in her full uniform while everyone else is in swimsuits. Ava expresses horror at Asaga's reminder that Kayto told them that there were no ranks while on vacation, while the other members of the crew mull around her in varying degrees of recreation, ranging from frivolous to insurmountable. Between Icari and Kryska comparing Ryder's and fighting proficiencies in a grapple-fight, Chigara and Claude comparing breast-sizes, and Asaga asking to confirm whether Ava dated Kayto in junior high-school, Ava finally snaps and begins screaming, running off the beach in a panic at the utter anarchy that is the Sunrider crew's shore leave. Returning to the Sunrider, Ava protests Kayto's decision to grant the crew extended shore leave, arguing that the only reason the crew did as well as they have was through constant vigilance, and that they should not be spending so much time playing around after only winning the war's first battle. However, Kayto rebukes that Ava is perhaps the one person on the Sunrider who needs a break the most, as even she cannot remember the last time she ever did something she could consider fun. Kayto then orders the begrudging Ava to "Buy a swimsuit. Get some drinks. Make some mistakes" - an order that Ava reluctantly complies with, procuring a black monokini-type swimsuit with a gold fastener that connects the two halves at the stomach. She returns to the beach with Kayto, who brings the food for the grill - during which most of the crew almost fail to recognize Ava outside of her uniform, with Asaga amazedly noting that Ava is a "babe" when in a swimsuit - and Ava finally admits that, while she wants to run the ship as efficiently as possible, it also means accommodating the needs of the crew, shore leave being one of these things. <big>Following the Leader</big> Ava ultimately takes to pouring out drinks - "vanguard shots," as it were - and downing a few quietly. When approached by Kayto, Ava expresses that they ought to be fighting the war and stopping PACT, to which Kayto replies that a rejuvenated and optimistic crew would do more for the war effort then endless patrols would. Ava, impressed by the judgement and seeing its merits now, notes that Kayto has grown since his school days and become a leader, brushing off Kayto's retort that he'd learned from her. While her organizational skills had always ensured she got positions of authority, Ava remarks that she was never an actual leader and was unable to inspire people the way Kayto can, and the effective dissolution of the Student Council under her lead proved it in her mind as Kayto was the only one that stayed out of everyone else. However, she does acknowledge that Kayto stayed the entire time, but goes silent at this point. Changing the topic, she makes remarks about the string of failed romances that Kayto had in school, and about how he was always fawning over a blonde girl named Hana in their second year. When Kayto declines to comment about it after Ava asks what happened between the two after Ava had left, Ava jokes that Kayto is more flustered about his school crushes then he was fighting Cullen at Far Point, commenting that Kayto had always been found of "cute little things." She then excuses herself to use the bathroom while Kayto moves on to speak with the rest of the crew. After she returns and begins cooking the food, Kayto rejoins her and comments on how he remembers similar outings with his family when he was younger, regretting having not taken them to the beach one last time before he left home. Ava warns him not to become too emotional, to which Kayto asks why Ava changed her mind about coming out to the beach, and, after initially blaming it on being because he ordered her, Ava ultimately admits that it isn't entirely bad to take an occasional break. She also admits that she doesn't have much, if any, experience with it aside from the school's summer vacations, as her family never did such things - something supported by how Kayto recalls Ava's attempts to do paperwork at the beach outing he organized, which she claims she has no recollection of. They then reminisce about some of their classmates - including one of Kayto's crushes, Kazumi - until the pair inadvertently get their eyes stung by the strong scent of the onions they are cooking, prompting Ava to leave in order to get something to counteract it. Later on, Ava stumbles onto Kayto sharing what seems to be an intimate moment with Sola, disbelieving at how even now it seems that Kayto cannot keep from being attached to multiple women. <big>Command Breakdown</big> At night, Ava's attempts to maintain order among the crew are once again stymied by the more rambunctious Ryder pilots - foremost among them being Claude, Asaga and Icari with their suggestion to play strip-poker. Ava beseeches Kayto to say something, but he leaves her to the chaos and retires to his room, nearly causing the commander to faint as Claude and Icari take her by the arms and sit her down with a glass of wine, determined to get her to enjoy herself openly for once - and perhaps amuse themselves by seeing how she is when intoxicated. Ava eventually decides she "must" stay and try to ensure the crew behaves themselves after getting herself hooked on the wine, resulting in her becoming rather drunk and going on an angry tangent about Kayto's many school crushes, having declared it her life's mission to turn Kayto into a respectable, mature man. Eventually, Kryska denotes that Ava has likely been drinking too much, to which the latter rather unconvincingly protests she isn't. Afterwords, a drunken and mostly-unaware Ava is dragged outside by Icari, Claude and Asaga to try and see if Chigara can confess her feelings of affection to Kayto and offer silent moral support, and when Ava finally realizes what's happening, Claude distracts the already-impaired Ava with more wine. However, after Kayto reaffirms that Chigara is his emotional support along with everyone else and the latter denotes there really is nothing she can say that would make a difference, Ava succeeds in coercing everyone to bed. The next morning, a hung-over Ava awakes with disorganized but clear-enough memories of her drunken actions the night before - and in the Novelization, promptly falls ill and vomits out most of the alcohol that her stomach refused to process, discovering some hangover medication left by Claude as an apology for getting her so drunk in the first place. Thoroughly embarrassed with herself in the aftermath of remembering how she'd behaved, Ava decides to make up for it by promptly ordering the rest of the crew up and active for departure back to the ship, proclaiming their shore leave officially over and that it's finally time to return to the war front. Taking the time to reaffirm her own dedication to being Kayto's second-in-command on the beach, she and the Captain return and resume their battle against PACT. <big>Return to the War Front</big> With the [[Alliance-PACT War]] in full swing, the Sunrider is now lined up for more missions then ever, with the primary one of importance being an attack at the PACT supply depots constructed at Versta in the wake of the planet's subjugation. Ava informs Kayto that the Alliance has learned a battleship squadron is there in the next few days for maintenance and resupply, and that using stolen copies of PACT's operation schedules, the Sunrider's mission is to quickly warp in, destroy the inactive ships and supply stations, and then warp out before PACT can call for reinforcements from Ryuvia Prime. The Sunrider is able to successfully drop in while the PACT battleships are disabled for maintenance, crippling their efforts in the system with a short but fierce blitz attack, sinking the battleships and destroying the resupply depots. There are also reports of a lost Ryuvian artifact on the moon of Far Port, but that the Alliance lost the scout force that was sent to retrieve it, asking for help in discovering what happened as just about every ship that has ever gone there has been lost. Ava recommends caution when approaching the site, as anything that could destroy so many ships would undoubtedly be a threat. Upon heading there, the Sunrider crew discovers an automated Ryuvian fleet like what was encountered at the Mnemosyne Abyss - including a group of lethal [[Nightmare|automated Ryuvian assault Ryders]] that leagues above anything they have at present, leading to a grueling battle to defeat them. In the aftermath, Ava puts together a search party and scouts out the moon of Far port to discover what the units were guarding. Afterwards, she informs Kayto they have discovered a relic that Chigara and Sola identify as a "Wishwall" - a device that can warp the boundaries of time and space to splinter the Sunrider into "parallel realities," or in laymen's terms, can allow for one split-second change in the immediate fate of the person using it. As such, a powerful and reality-altering device such as this is undoubtedly valuable. Finally, Sophia Brooks has requested their help in clearing out three new groups of pirates that have replaced Cosette's forces in the space above Tydaria ad the dominant force - many of them refugees and displaced populaces who have turned to crime to support themselves. The Sunrider is able to successfully break through the pirates and destroy their bases, but Ava discovers that many of the pirates are actually former Cera Space Force members who turned to piracy after the fall of Cera. She and Kayto ultimately decide their fates themselves rather then let the Alliance do so, as the people of Cera are their own people first and foremost (NOTE: While this mission is optional, yet likely played through by most players, the Novelization denotes that Kayto and Ava opted to ignore it so as to not have to spill more Ceren blood in conflict with the pirates, though Ava remarks she would have seen them spaced for becoming pirates in the first place). At some point after briefing Kayto on these missions, Ava latter comes to deliver the Alliance requisition forms, during which Kayto notes with some surprise that Ava didn't remove the GameStar7 console that a "certain pilot" requested, to which Ava denotes that she is starting to become too lax in her duties and promptly strikes it from the manifest. Ava then brings up to Kayto that its election year in the Alliance, noting that she'd nearly forgotten about it herself and reveals that Admiral Grey is running for office in order to try and solidify the Alliance and continue pressing against PACT. Ava and Kayto then take a moment to debate on the merits of the Alliance being run by military instead of the civilian governments and what it would mean for worlds like Cera post-conflict, with Ava being a strong supporter of the stability and security that military doctrine could bring to a galaxy ravaged by the war, citing that sometimes stern and diligent officials are needed to keep peace in times of chaos and reform. <big>Rendezvous with the Admiral</big> Later on, the Sunrider is requested by Admiral Grey to meet him at the recently-liberated world of [[Ongess]]. Ava takes the time to update Kayto on the situation on the planet's valuable one-of-a-kind mineral called Ongessite - the reason the world was so heavily contested for during the five-day [[Battle of Ongess]] - and of success of the war front itself, with Kayto noting that they aren't very far from Cera now. After arriving in system, Ava is given the bridge while Kayto meets the Admiral himself. During Kayto's meeting, the docking station the Sunrider is moored to is suddenly bombarded by pirates under the command of Cossete Cosmos, forcing the Sunrider to pull out just as the station's ongessite containers rupture, effectively destroying the station. Grey then informs the bridge crew, Ava included, of the reason he has brought them to Ongess - he wishes them to deal with Cosette for good. Ava later comes to Kayto's quarters to update him on their search for Cosette and to inform him of the updates to the security forces around the remaining five Alliance stations. Ava also notices that Kayto is concerned about more then just Cosette, to which Kayto remarks that the Alliance's space stations are precursors to orbital elevators - the Alliance is not liberating Ongess but are instead claiming it for themselves as a permanent foothold in the neutral rim, and he fears that Cera may be trading a PACT flag for an Alliance flag instead of regaining its independence. Ava however counters that nobody would simply leave a resource as valuable as Ongessite alone after putting out and losing so much just to win it away from PACT, and that it's supplies and guns that win wars, not political debates on what who's rights are. Ava also remarks that Cera has long-standing rights of independence, whereas Ongess is entirely lawless and has no justifiable rights to make such claims - though Kayto remains worried. Shortly after this, Kayto is taken off the ship by Kryska to observe Ongess personally, leaving Ava in command of the Sunrider - however, Kayto and Kryska end up captured by Cosette, and Ava is left trying to control the several frantic members of the crew as they wish to mount a rescue mission, foremost among these being Icari after she breaks into the armory and begins loading up on weapons. The Alliance ultimately mounts its own rescue and recovers Kayto, albeit at the cost of many civilians that get caught in the crossfire between the soldiers and Cosette's pirates. Kayto is left discussing things with Admiral Grey in the aftermath, while Ava works on getting the ship back in order. <big>The Second Battle at Ongess</big> In the week following Kayto's rescue from Cosette, Ava tracks fifteen PACT scouting ships that warp in, hover out of range of combat, and then leave again - the likely precursor to a PACT invasion. Ava briefs Kayto on the commander of the fleet - [[Veniczar B. Fontana]] Arcadius' second-in-command and the effective top of the command chain for PACT's military, a young but strategically brilliant commander devoted to PACT's cause. Brushing off Kayto's accusation that she is "crushing" on Fontata, Ava also informs him of how Asaga had met him during her capture by PACT, and warns Kayto that they shouldn't underestimate him. Later, their fears come to fruition as Cosette's pirates amass an immense fleet, which Ava speculates must have been pulled together from at least fifteen different crime rings, and notes that the PACT fleets must be working with them as the ships are coordinating with each-other. Fontana takes the time to contact Kayto and rather courteously announce himself and his intent to end the Alliance occupation of Ongess and capture Asaga, but Kayto promptly refuses. After the conversation ends, Ava breaks down the situation - the PACT and pirate fleets appear to be launching a pincer attack, intending to break through a single point in the stretched-out Alliance parimiter to detonate the Ongessite fuel stations and destroy the Alliance fleets docked there. Kayto resolves to hold the line with the Sunrider as vanguard and hold the enemy fleets back until the Alliance can reinforce them. In the end, the Sunrider is able to decimate the incoming fleets as Alliance support comes in to mop up the remainders, but Fontana reveals that he has been holding back, unveiling the true core of his fleet - a new breed of ship similar in design to the Sunrider, and perhaps even based off it itself; [[PACT_Assault_Carrier|the PACT assault carrier]]. Ava then realizes that the initial fleets were a trap - they meant to draw the fleets together so that the more versatile PACT assault carriers could ambush and cripple the defensive fleets. Facing the PACT fleet and it's newest Ryder types - the [[PACT_Support|Support ]] and [[PACT_Elite|Elite ]] - the Sunrider crew fights a significantly tougher battle, but they ultimately triumph against the ships in their area. However, Fontana reveals a horrifying truth - the entire battle was a massive ruse, meant to distract the Alliance so that Cosette could get her own Ryder squadrons together from inside the Ongess colonies without anyone noticing. Locked in battle with Fontana's fleets, the Sunrider is unable to intercept as Cosette's forces begin attacking the Alliance docks and inflicting massive casualties, and Fontana begins demanding surrender from the Sunrider - however, both Fontana and Cosette are stopped cold in their tracks by Admiral Grey, who throws Fontana's own plans back in his face by threatening to bomb Ongess with nukes and detonate the entire planet's supply of Ongessite, which would effectively destroy everyone and everything in range of it. Shocked by the demand, Fontana realizes he doesn't trust Grey's character enough to call the bluff, and reluctantly forces Cosette to pull back as well, leaving the Sunrider crew exhausted in the wake of a non-victory as Ava declares that the plan has worked. Kayto then directs her to help with repair and salvage, with Ava reporting that a hundred and twenty ships - nearly 30% of the Alliance fleet - were lost and that the docking stations were severely damaged, although Grey notes that it could have been far worse. <big>The War Goes Ever On</big> In the aftermath, Ava informs Kayto of the media response across the galaxy regarding the events at the Second Battle of Ongess and for Admiral Grey's standings among the Alliance in the wake of the attack. Ava defends Grey's actions at Ongess, citing that threats and the ability to carry them out have always been part of diplomacy and even more-so in war, and that in war the lines between right and wrong are overruled by necessity. She also advocates that the Alliance wasn't the one that started the war - PACT were the aggressors, and at the very least actions like Grey actually prevent more bloodshed by forcing the enemy into compliance without having to actually go through with it. She will also defend the idea that civilian deaths are expected in war as there will always be those unlucky enough to escape the crossfire between warring factions, and that sad as it is, it often cannot be helped. The following day, Ava updates Kayto on their search for Cosette in the wake of her flight from Ongess, as well as informing him that Sophita has contacted them with a new job request - an escort mission to get a freighter past a PACT blockade. Kayto also starts drawing up plans to hunt down Arcaidus' flagship, the Legion. However, their plans hit a snag during the escort mission for the Mining Union, as a blockade fleet, a battlecruiser squadron and even a vanguard of assault carriers sets upon the Sunrider, all for a single transport. After managing to, with much difficulty, scrape through the blockade and escape to warp, Ava all but demands that they simply stop taking escort missions, thoroughly frustrated and incensed with how they had just risked their lives for cargo they aren't even being told the contents of. Afterwords, Ava comes to inform Kayto of the Alliance's progress in the war, and that they have begun pushing heavily against PACT's forces, leading to Arcadius working to consolidate forces at Cera for a final stand at the gates of PACT's core worlds - in other words, Cera will be the definitive battle of the war. After that, PACT will be open to invasion and will either have to surrender or be obliterated. However, Ava voices doubt that the Alliance would go as far as to conquer every world PACT owns, conquered or otherwise. Ava remarks that they are finally close to reclaiming their homeworld, to which Kayto notes that he'd wanted to celebrate his sister's birthday on Cera, but that it doesn't look like they will make it. Ava, in a rare gesture of open concern and sympathy, comforts Kayto and suggests that it might be time to try and let go of the past, as it cannot be changed. Kayto however refuses the suggestion, citing that he can't do so yet - not so long as PACT remains in control of Cera. Ava, letting her mask of professionalism return to normal, respectfully leaves Kayto to his thoughts as she returns to the bridge. <big>Hunting the Crimson Fleet</big> Some time later, the Sunrider gets a priority message from the Alliance that Ava delivers to Kayto - they have finally located the Legion, holding position in the remote [[Helion]] system, far removed from the theater of war. The Alliance has begun massing fleets together to deal with it, and the Sunrider is one of the ships that they want at that battle - if the Legion is at such a remote location, there must surely be a reason for it. After arriving at Helion, the Sunrider powers down all systems and engages in stealth operations, nearing the Legion's coordinates. After conducting long-range scans, Ava discovers a massive unknown [[Paradox Core|space-station superstructure]] in orbit over Helion's star that is surrounded by a massive combined PACT-pirate fleet, including the Legion. Kayto orders them to use the star's radiation to mask their approach as they close in on the structure for a closer look. After getting close enough to properly identify it, Ava discovers it is actually a design in their own databases - from [[Diode]], the world Chigara was a refugee from in the wake of its destruction when an experiment to create a controlled black hole backfired and destroyed the entire planet. Chigara confirms Ava's fears - the structure is indeed a replica of the Paradox Core project built at Diode, only immensely upscaled so as to be able to extinguish an entire star rather then just a planet. Ava realizes that PACT has turned Diode populace's project into a weapon of mass destruction, capable of wiping out not just fleets but entire star systems - not only will every victory they ever won be worthless, but Kayto also realizes that PACT would change the face of war itself as they wouldn't even need fleets to obliterate their enemies. Ava muses on how PACT could have possibly gained the knowledge to build it, but Chigara is unable to answer the question since everyone that knew how to build it had died in the [[Diode Catastrophe]]. On Kayto's orders, Ava works with Chigara to draw up battle plans for dealing with the Core before it can be completed, since the Legion's presence in the system means it's still unfinished. <big>Crippling Blow</big> Shortly after they start drawing up their battle plans, Ava detects PACT and pirate ships on an intercept course with their position, and despite Kayto's attempts to maintain stealth, it becomes patently obvious that the PACT forces know exactly where they are. After being hailed by Cosette as the enemy fleet approaches, the Sunrider makes for the exit to the system with the PACT and pirate forces in hot pursuit as they spend the next fifteen minutes fighting off the enemy as they calculate for the warp-out. In the Novel, this entails taking the ship dangerously close to Helion's corona, exposing the vessel to high amounts of radiation and ion energy. Kayto orders they perform a dangerously fast emergency slew to turn the ship around, resulting in a small hull-breach before the Sunrider is reversed, but the most insane strategic suggestion surprisingly does not come from Kayto - rather, it comes from Asaga, who suggests mooring the Ryders to the Sunrider's dorsal armor to add to the ship's flak guns, as a large amount of missiles may get through even with the help of Helion's corona, a single missile potentially being disastrous if it hits at the wrong time. Ava is left dumbstruck at the recklessness of the decision, but is left even more-so when Kayto approves the order and allows the Ryders to sortie out to the ship's surface. However, against all odds, all six pilots manage to complete their deployment, exiting the ship from the rear hanger what Kayto regards as an "emergency reverse-landing". However, while Asaga's plan works well at first in shooting down the enemy missiles, a squad of PACT Elites manages to quickly replicate Asaga's idea of using the Sunrider as a shield against Helion's radiation, following in the vessel's wake as it traverses the corona and entering a small pocket of safe space behind the Sunrider, attempting to snipe out the ship's engines and force the crew to abandon ship where they will be swiftly captured by PACT en-masse. It is only due to Sola brazenly risking her life to stop the elites by detaching from the Sunrider that the ship is kept safe, the Ryuvian Princess enduring immense physical strain on both her body and Ryder in doing so as she uses her "Awakening" to keep pace with the chaotic turbulence of her battle situations, eventually falling unconscious from the effort. However, even as they succeed in bypassing the PACT and pirate fleets, the Legion comes bearing down hard on the Sunrider, firing its main cannon and severely damaging the vessel, temporarily knocking out the warp capabilities. A second shot badly damages many of the internal systems and hull, with an explosion badly injuring Kayto - revealed in the Novel as having been a metal beam lancing through his right leg and puncturing his femoral artery, shortly before an exploding console knocks his head against his seat hard enough to render him unconscious with a concussion. Ava also sustains a light injury as her arm is dislocated amid the severe damage. But before the final shot can be delivered, engineering - under Chigara's direction in the Novel - is able to get the Sunrider's warp core back online, jumping out right before the ship can be destroyed by the Legion. Kayto is among many crew members severely injured, but he is ultimately saved by Claude in the Sunrider's medical bay, awaking to find Ava there along with Icari and Chigara. As the first thing Kayto does is ask about Ava's condition, she walks up and informs him that they managed to get warp capabilities back online at the last moment, reporting that twenty-three other crew-members were injured and six killed. She delivers a full damage report to Kayto after he has been released from the medical bay and allowed back into his office, where Kayto orders the crew to work overtime on getting the ship repaired, informing a disbelieving Ava that he intends to take the Sunrider back into battle and sink the Legion once and for all. Ava attempts to protest, but Kayto cuts her off and directly orders her to ready the ship, refusing to budge on his intent to destroy the Legion and descending into a rage as he lists off all the Legion has taken from both of them - their homeworld, the majority of their people and everything they'd ever known. Ava, finally cracking, shouts Kayto's name in order to snap him back to reality, only for Kayto to then fall to the opposite extreme and become remorseful and brooding, denoting that the Legion hasn't actually taken everything as he still has Ava, questioning her on this to confirm it. Kayto recalls the reason he'd never left the Student Council was because he'd always cared for Ava, which Ava confesses she knew about the whole time, though her face doesn't betray any emotion, and she attempts to stop him from going further, telling him that they have a duty to the ship and that now isn't the time for this. But Kayto presses on anyway and confesses that he still loves Ava and always did, causing her to finally lose her composure and choke back on tears. However, she forces herself to calm down and, after a moment of hesitation, tells Kayto she can't reciprocate his feelings. Kayto, almost desperate, asks about the promise he'd made her, but Ava, unwilling to allow Kayto to compromise her emotional state further then he already has, tells him she doesn't remember him ever making it. Despondent for a brief second, Kayto finally gives a grim acknowledgement of Ava's choice to keep things professional so as not to cloud their judgement in the coming battles, restating his orders to sink the Legion to her. Ava briefly tries to protest, but after seeing the state Kayto has been left in by this, she withdraws the complaint and complies with his request, leaving him alone. In the Novelization, there is an extra scene in which Ava is shown sick in the washroom of her quarters, dry-heaving as she tries to get her emotions back under control now that she can no longer hold them down, bitterly asking herself why Kayto had chosen now of all times to try and rekindle a romantic attachment. Remembering her father's harsh teachings about how one life never outweighs a trillion, Ava forcibly tries to convince herself that she did the right thing in turning down Kayto's advances, reminding herself that the Captain of all people cannot afford to become emotionally compromised when so much rides on their shoulders. Resolving that her single life is inconsequential in the overall goal of liberating Cera, Ava steels herself so as to not put personal desires over the mission and to ensure Kayto does the same, regardless of what she is losing because of it. <big>The Battle of Helion</big> After repairs to the Sunrider are complete, Ava greets Kayto on the bridge, reporting that the Alliance fleet has arrived as well. Ava then informs Kayto that Chigara, after examining all of the combat data they have gathered thus far, may have found a fatal weakness in the Legion - the entrance to its main cannon. As the cannon's interior lacks the same armor as the rest of the vessel, a well-placed shot from the Sunrider's Vanguard Cannon down the main firing shaft could puncture the interior decks all the way through to the Legion's core, and the ship's heavy armor will actually work against it as the explosion will be trapped within the vessel's hull, the chain reaction from it's ruptured reactor coring the entirety of its insides and imploding it from the inside-out. Kayto, dryly commenting on how befittingly-insane the move of going directly in front of it's primary weapon to fire straight at it is, approves the mission plan in short order. After addressing the crew of the Sunrider and having their faith in him reaffirmed, determined and ready for the final battle, Kayto directs the fleet to warp in and advance on the Legion, taking the Sunrider into a battle unlike even what was seen at Far Port as dozens of Alliance and PACT vessels clash against each-other in a torrent of hellfire and death. In the Novel, the Sunrider begins engaging one of the Legion's Assault Carrier vanguard units, their missiles shot down by the PACT vessels flak guns - only to be saved as one of the dying [[Alliance Battleship|Alliance Battleships]], the Fairlight, takes the hit for them and drags the PACT ship down with it as the Sunrider gets it's shot, coring the Assault Carrier in retaliation for the sacrifice made by the Alliance units. After one of the most intensive battles of the Sunrider's career, the ship finally manages to break through the Legion's escorts and weaken the external defenses of the vessel enough to start closing in, but the dreadnought itself continues to hammer the Alliance fleet and cripple their advance. The Sunrider itself continues to move in on the Legion, shrugging off increasingly-severe barrages from the monstrous vessel and taking more and more intense damage, the ship's CIC consoles rupturing and overloading one by one and injuring many of the bridge crew, but the ship is finally able to close in enough to fire a Vanguard at the Legion's main firing shaft. However, the intense damage from the Legion renders the Vanguard Cannon inoperable, and Kayto is forced to try and order a break-off and tells Ava to have Machivelli Actual to take the shot instead, but Ava tells him the Machivellis aren't agile enough to even approach the ship - only the Sunrider can take the shot. Meanwhile, the Legion powers its main cannon, tearing into the Alliance fleet once more. Ava, realizing that the Legion will slaughter the fleet and everyone in it and that nobody aboard the ship can repair the Sunrider in time, opts to volunteer herself to go down to the damaged C Section of the ship through the CIC access corridor, intending to use the manual override to fire the Vanguard Cannon herself. NOTE: (based on what choice Kayto makes, there are two different major outcomes to this) <big>To Protect and Serve I - Preservation</big> NOTE: (These events detail the result of Kayto intervening in Ava's choice) Kayto, stricken at the idea of losing his last living family from his past, disbelievingly questions Ava's sanity in her decision to go to the crippled lower deck to try and override the Vanguards, to which Ava throws Kayto's own words back in his face - they won't get another chance to take down the Legion. Kayto however states that its not worth it anymore, infuriating Ava as she replies they have come too far to back down now, reminding Kayto that the Legion destroyed their homes and likely killed Kayto's sister when it destroyed Cera City. Kayto however cites that Ava is all he has left of Cera, and Ava, panicking as she realizes that Kayto is still incapable of letting her go even after her prior rejection of him, desperately argues that the entire Alliance fleet and all aboard will die if they do not destroy the ship. Kayto, defiant till the end, retorts that it doesn't matter to him - the Alliance, the galaxy and all of humanity can burn to ashes for all he cares as he simply cannot allow Ava to throw her life away, and he fully acknowledges that he is indeed emotionally compromised in his choices and doesn't care about it either. Tearing up and giving a sad, almost mournful smile at how he has remained unchanged from his school days, Ava calls Kayto an idiot but ultimately follows his orders, taking her seat and bypassing the Legion for the Paradox Core as the dreadnought continues to besiege the Alliance ships. She then proceeds to direct the Sunrider under Kayto's command as they engage Veniczar Arcadius - or rather, the many individuals who seem to make up a joint collective consciousness that calls itself Arcadius - and their personal vanguard. <big>To Protect and Serve II - Sacrifice</big> NOTE: (These events detail the result of Kayto allowing Ava to override the Vanguards) [[File:avaleverpull1.jpg|left|thumb|360px|Ava attempting to manually override the Sunrider's malfunctioning Vanguard firing controls.]] [[File:avaleverpull2.jpg|left|thumb|360px|Ava, near death with a missing arm and a rupturing eye, finally pulls the Vanguard lever downward to destroy the Legion.]] Realizing that he truly cannot allow the Legion to escape again, and that Ava would never be able to live with herself if she felt he put her over so many other lives, Kayto finally, if not bitterly, lets go of Ava - the last tie to his past - and allows her to head to C Section, ordering her to get the Vanguard cannons back online. Ava manages to reach the C deck through the CIC emergency access corridor, but the ship takes more and more damage as the Legion blows gaping holes in the vessel, causing internal overloads to the vessel's systems that ruptures the floor panels under Ava, flinging her into a wall and gashing a wound into her forehead, if not causing a small rupture in her eye. Ava reports that she's alright in spite of it, and forces herself up to reach the the override lever, ignoring the blood running down her face as she tries to engage the Vanguards. Further shots from the Legion cause even more damage to the Sunrider, and the mounting explosions cause numerous wounds to Ava as shards of broken glass and shattered steel pelt her and leave multiple small injuries across her body, but she finally reaches the override station. She grips the lever in spite of it being super-heated by the blasts, the boiling-hot steel fusing the flesh of her palms to it as she tries to pull it to the active position. However, the nearby console then explodes violently, tearing off Ava's right arm and literally splattering parts of her flesh across the room, leaving her a bloody mess heaving on the floor. Eyes watering from the pain and coughing up blood from internal injuries, Ava, not even aware of if she is even still alive anymore, spurns her wounded body to grab the lever with her remaining hand, using the last of her strength to finally force it down and fire the Vanguard cannon down the Legion's central firing shaft. The shot succeeds in coring the Legion's interior and sending the dreadnought's husk plummeting into Helion's surface, destroying the PACT flagship at long last and finally avenging the fall of Cera. However, she no longer responds to Kayto's increasingly frantic calls on the Comm, having fallen unconscious from the trauma of her gruesome injuries coupled with severe blood-loss.
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