Editing Advance Guard (section)

===Post-[[Mathers Compound Assault|Fallen fall]]===
The team reeled from the damage they suffered, and vacated their position in the leading trio of The City teams.<ref>"Advance Guard’s having trouble bouncing back.  They got hurt badly by the injuries and loss of infrastructure.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/06/09/torch-7-6/ Excerpt] from [[Torch 7.6]]</ref> Later, the team came under political pressure, as [[Mayday]]'s leadership qualities started being questioned by the general public.<ref>In one area, according to a headline on a news ticker, Mayday was getting a hard time.  The territories that Advance Guard was managing were seeing civilian pushback, citing Mayday’s lack of leadership in years before Kenzie had even joined his team. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/07/14/beacon-8-4/ Excerpt] from [[Beacon 8.4]]</ref><ref>“He was in the last episode,” Sveta said.<br><br>“Of Hard Boil?  Yeah,” I said.  “Questioning competency, organization, the PRT, getting into the Echidna event in Brockton Bay, the allegations about the Protectorate.”<br><br>“Yeah,” she said.  “He’s sticking his neck out.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/08/11/beacon-8-12/ Excerpt] from [[Beacon 8.12]]</ref> These losses and hits to morale had a severe impact on the team, cutting its numbers by half.<ref>Advance Guard was in a bad spot, and they had to be careful.  It had been a leading team and its numbers had diminished.  A handful of losses and a bit hit to morale had led to a cascading effect.  The team was half what it was. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/07/17/beacon-8-5/ Excerpt] from [[Beacon 8.5]]</ref>

Nevertheless, Advance Guard continued its activities; on one occasion, Mayday and ReSound traveled to [[Earth Bet]] to fight toxic waste-eating mutants, while a team comprised of Shortcut, Spright, and [[Flapper]] pursuing the villains [[Trial]] and [[Error]].<ref>Mayday<br>Re: Proposal<br>ReSound and I are away right now. Killing toxic waste eating mutants on Bet. Wish I was joking. Not even the lousiest part of my week. If Looksee hasn’t had any contact with the files or computer in question we will look at what you have. Meet our guys on their patrol and give them a disk or something? Sound and I will review when we can or others can check it out and give us feedback. Sound good? Will call my guys and find out who you’d meet and where.<br><br>Antares<br>Re:Re: Proposal<br>Sounds good.  Looksee is busy with a project- no issues there.  I’ve got a flash drive with info I can leave you guys.<br>Sorry to hear about the mutants.  Good luck.<br><br>Mayday<br>Re:Re:Re: Proposal<br>They’re racing down Post st. in pursuit of unpowered criminals and should pass through Westport soon coming from the east.  Can’t call them but you should be able to help intercept. Notify if intercept fails or is too much trouble. Is Spright Flapper Shortcut. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/07/17/beacon-8-5/ Excerpt] from [[Beacon 8.5]]</ref> [[Breakthrough]] began to communicate with Advance Guard about the possibility of cooperation, and Mayday invited them to help address the latter pursuit; as Trial and Error proved to be more difficult to fight than expected, more teams were called in to deal with them.<ref>[[Beacon 8.5]]</ref> Mayday later reached out to Breakthrough and confirmed his team's cooperation, following Breakthrough's appearance on Hard Boil (which Mayday had previously appeared on).<ref>“A response from Mayday through his intermediary, while you were talking,” Byron said.  “It’s hard to decipher.  A tentative yes?  He doesn’t seem sure.  It might have been a mix-up in communication.”<br><br>I saw Kenzie do a fist-pump.<br><br>“Better than nothing,” Rain said.  “It’s movement in the direction we want.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/08/11/beacon-8-12/ Excerpt] from [[Beacon 8.12]]</ref>