The squad is en route to the single attack target. Tanikaze is catching up with the four-man clasp array. The prototype has been hit with a cannon, but not with the g-cpds, which is a new type of cannon that uses high-velocity projectiles to hit the ground. The capsule on the proto has been destroyed, but the core has not been destroyed. They should use their secondary cannon, the higgs-particle cannon, which can fire thirty-six rounds at full auto. They release the clasp array, and the capsule hits the proto. The proto's right arm is lost, and it is clear that the commander is not doing well. They prepare for sortie. The second gauna has ignored them and is headed in the opposite direction.