Max felt Nico smile as the Fighters linked shields and charged to provide cover for the wave of War Walkers that were following them in her direction. It was both the best and the most predictable and, therefore worst tactic they could have chosen.
A blind toddler playing a strategy game could have seen through their tactic, so Max charged the Orbital Lance and waited for Nico to approach the linked shield before firing.
The shield shattered just as Nico's blade passed through the point where it used to be to chop apart a Fighter Craft, followed by three more as she spun Shattered Pride with her thrusters. The remainder of the shield faltered as a hole was cut in their formation, and Max took out his Mass Driver to put a round past Nico and into the group of Command Walkers.