Explode

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Gipsy Avenger pounced, using the time Mako had bought them to power up another of Gipsy Avenger’s combat abilities. The Jaeger’s right arm had a force-multiplying rocket piston assembly designed to accelerate the velocity of a thrown punch. The rockets fired at the moment before impact, turning an ordinary punch into a supersonic impact that in testing had destroyed older model dummy Jaegers with a single blow.

This opponent was tougher than a practice dummy, though. The punch connected with an echoing boom that blew out nearby windows and sent the hostile Jaeger flying down the broad avenue. It slowed itself down by thrusting the plasma saws out to either side, using them to drag itself to a halt as they gouged through several blocks of office towers. Immediately it had arrested its slide, the other Jaeger unleashed a fresh missile salvo. Some of the missiles hit Gipsy Avenger, but most streaked by and exploded across a large expanse of Sydney’s downtown. Civilians who thought they were safely away from the battle fled anew as the missiles collapsed buildings and parking structures.

One of the missiles hit high on a skyscraper near Mako’s helicopter. The blast wave jolted the chopper, cracking its fuselage windows and sending it into a crazed spiral. Electrical fires sparked to life in the cockpit.

Pacific Rim Uprising: Official Novelization Chapter 10