of course it's not over lol
better outcome than SOLDIER 1sts at least!
ok, we can expect JENOVA to have some nonsense to make them way stronger than a regular soldier 3rd and also some tricks, probably. probably some ability/something using the bike?
for now, we should probably get their measure. a few attacks/debuffs to see how they respond, normal stuff like that?
no point healing when we're full hp, so aerith try and inflict bio in-case they're not immune (if the dude's posessed then physically they should be and it'd be brute force past, if it's biomanipulation they might be more resistant to poison/disease. worth a try regardless? the shaken debuff makes this harder, but probs just best to wait that out, stuff should still be valuable if riskier?)
Shadow might be best off with a regular attack at this juncture (see how they respond, save resources for when there's more to do?)
Zidane protecting girls seems the obvious thing to do when Aerith's being targeted/is shaken
Vaan might be best off using a debuff since those are handy and it's the start of the fight, but "bone crusher" may also be good if JENOVA is currently off-guard (not expecting them to be much of a factor/monofocused)?
lastly, everyone else grabbing weapons seems a good and simple first step to give us a leg up (assuming we only get one option from those?)
if we could disable the bike that would also be good, though it might be a long-shot? seems like it can take a lot of abuse, i'm thinking of it like darkest dungeon's Brigand Pounder or such, the sort of thing that's not realistically killable. thus, getting it out of the way sounds like the best option
(ideally without tossing it off the ship, that'd be a waste when it looks like it'd make for some great salvage to give to Cid or someone)
btw, if people don't want to check, Aerith's new trait gives +10 to rolls to perform and shadow's new trait gives him a personal to craft combat items (and lets him start adventures with a few more if under 10). neither directly relevant here, but the latter is where those scrolls came from ig
disclaimer: this is more of an initial impression and was written without actually knowing how stuff like the bike works, so some of these takes may suck? just as a warning lol
