Panzer Paladin [cracked]

Malachar laughed—a wet, mechanical sound. "You’ll delete yourself, pilot. That core is gone. You have less than a minute."

The core ejected in a spray of white-hot plasma, blinding the Phalanx’s optical sensors. In that moment of artificial eclipse, Ariane drove the Panzer Paladin forward like a lance. She discarded the Gloom Lance. She discarded defense. She used the suit’s own massive weight and the last shred of its emergency thrusters to turn the Paladin into a seventy-ton projectile. Panzer Paladin

The story sets a familiar yet high-octane stage: a demon horde from space is invading Earth, and the only thing standing in their way is a giant mecha and its courageous pilot. Malachar laughed—a wet, mechanical sound

"Forty-five seconds," Flint said softly. You have less than a minute