The shot launched from one of the cat eyes of the Spirit of Bentheim's iconic prow had missed the mark!
Granted, any rifleman mech that attempted to strike a target from so many kilometers away would have missed anyway. It was just too difficult to control so many variables and keep the rifle of a barrel at the perfect angle to secure a hit.
As the native aliens gloated at the incompetence shown by the powerful marksman mech, the human defenders grew dismayed.
How come the puelmer heavy cruisers were able to maintain consistent and accurate laser beam fire at such enormous distances while their best marksman failed to land her own shot?
In fact, it was a bit unfair to compare the two with each other. The puelmer warships exclusively hammered the largest orbital fortresses that all followed constant and predictable trajectories.
Any human mech would struggle a lot more to do the same!