The man faced Alpha but strafed towards the approaching mech, avoiding the plasma bolts and unloading a few short bursts of his turret to keep the unarmored teen behind cover. He then straps the turret onto his back (a seemingly impressive feat in itself) and then rushes towards the mech, gauntlet blades drawn. At first he seems slow, cumbersome even, but when he's close to the mech, he picks up speed, accelerating to a full on sprint as he slides between the mech's legs, and then reverses momentum as his rocket boots activate, propelling him onto the back of the mech. He embeds his blades into the back to lodge himself onto it, and then with his prosthetic, puts his flat palm onto the surface of the machine.