The king demon is this Sadaan? Overseeing Amunet at the edge of the pit?

And what's the oval object at AA9?

All please see Marduke's last post, msg #476.  When Aborting you may only abort to Defensive Actions.

List of these added to References thread msg #1.

Provided some options in msg #476 but at this point Tiberio and Chang are really the only 2 close enough to have a reasonable chance (I think).  Please let me know one way or the other if you plan to try an abort action.

A character can Block for someone else — a
useful tactic when he wants to defend an injured
or defenseless person from an attacker. To do this,
a character must be within Reach of either the
attacker or the target (either naturally, or because
he can extend his Reach with a weapon or some
other way).
An attempt to Block for someone else is made
at -2 OCV. If it succeeds, the attack is Blocked.
However, the character doesn’t automatically get
to go first before the opponent whose attack he
Blocked if they both have their next Phase in the
same Segment; they act on their respective DEXs
in the usual manner.

To use Dive For Cover, the character chooses
a target point to move to, then makes a DEX
Roll with a penalty of -1 for every 2m of distance
moved (or fraction thereof). A character can only
Dive For Cover up to half his maximum movement
with the mode of movement used in the
Maneuver.
If the DEX Roll succeeds, the character is at
the designated target point when the attack goes
off. He’s considered to be prone (and thus at half
DCV) until the next Phase in which he can act.

If a character has Skill Levels that can apply
to DEX Rolls, he may use those to improve his
DEX Roll when Diving For Cover, provided he
hasn’t already allocated them in the Segment when
he uses the Maneuver. Typically this does not
include Skill Levels with all Agility Skills or All
Noncombat Skills, since a DEX Roll is a Characteristic
Roll, not a Skill Roll. The GM can, at his
option, treat the DEX Roll as an “Agility Skill”
roll, thus allowing 5-point Agility Skill Levels or
8-point All Non-Combat Skills Levels to apply, but
this is not recommended.