finished the tutorial mission. beat that helicopter boss on my second try, but I also spent all my repair kits and most of my remaining armor, during that attempt. can do better next time.
keeping enemies in sights tightly enough to keep the pressure on them is hard, but it's mostly because I'm not used to it yet. I'll get there.
problem: I can't bring myself to start another sortie without giving my mech a proper paint job. so that'll be coming up next.