The shield is invaluable when you are concentrating on shelling the enemy base from afar - if someone honed their sights on you, your shield could absorb a few hits, giving you time to retaliate. Finally, with a quick boost of my jetpack, I made my way back to the inventory station and changed into heavy armor (I'd rather use something faster, but only the heavy armor lets you carry the mortar artillery) complete with a shield pack. It took me a while to find a good position for the turret due to interference from turrets on other floors. The room was not in the way of much traffic, so I placed a couple of mines at the entrance - they would remain undisturbed till the enemy decides to pay a visit. Hopping on to the lift, I made my way to the generator room, where the dual power sources were providing the juice for our supply stations and shields. When it was my turn, I quickly grabbed a medium armor, which let me carry the heavy turret, and a few mines. Heading down the ramp, I made my way to the inventory station. I could see at least six others in our base and sufficient defenses were in place, except for the generator room - I resolved to check it out and then go for a little ride. There were a couple of remote turrets around the flag room and one behind the main entrance, conveniently placed just around a corner waiting for the enemy to walk into it. I could also see a few of cameras already stationed within the enemy base by our own intruders. Our coverage was adequate - the pulse sensor on the roof lit up almost half the map, while motion sensors kept an eye on two of the three base entrances, watching for those sneaky saboteurs with pulse sensor jammers. I powered on my PDA looking at the overhead view of the battle arena and the locations of our various stations, turrets and sensors, as well as checking out those of the enemy that were within our sensor network. 'Another day, another capture the flag mission.

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