Shinon listened to transmission and smiled. Good to know there were paying attention to what was going on outside. She was worried about suits sensors, but if sensors fail you still have eyes and ears. That was another good advice from her father.



She sended a message and then heard Shimei-hei with report. Shinon-boss? Thinking about it, the neko sounded slightly different outside in the field. She was more confident it seemed. It also meant that at least comms were okay.

"Feel free to test it out!" Shinon replied. "No one said we cannot go twice. Have your back cover you, while you aim. Everybody status report!" She than said, wanting a roll call from anyone.

Lina blinked in slight confusion, calling a princess by her first name?, that certainly was an informal way of doing things and not something she would get used to anything time to. "Umm, y-yes ma'am," she said.

She stood there for a moment in thought, then said. "Ah! My manners, my name is Lina Yusentia."

The Genesis responded, as if to make sure things were clear.

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"Welcome Lina, make yourself at home!" Rikou responded, smiling at the suddenly flustered neko. "Could you remind me of what your occupation is, and then I will hand you over to Mister Larai, The Taii, here, so that you may begin your duties."

When his name was called, Seth, whom had been hanging back to observe Rikou's performance, nodded, stepping forward so that Lina knew who he was.

"Ah! I'm a starship operator," the Neko said a bit nervously, Lina had hoped to come onboard without any fear of meeting the princess; but that got blown to pieces right quick. "Thank you ma'am."

"Mako here, Heading at the rock as quickly as I can, I'm not far out now"

She kept trying to get a fix on a target point of the rock. She was sweating under her armor, not from heat just nerves of wanting to get the op done and doing it correctly. She tightened her grip on the railgun and tried to sight a fix again.

"Ah! Nice to meet you, Rüd! Ich bin Evelyn Fritz." She shook the offered hand. "Do you think there's anything I should be doing right now? I know all the medical supplies are out of here, but maybe there's something I can do to help you all."

As the head engineer opened up the locker, her eyes settled on the contents with anticipation, which quickly turned into shocked disdain. "Aw hell, AMES suits? I knew we got the goils from the Stah Army hea, but I didn't think we'd have thea stuffs too," she sourly remarked. Despite her initial reaction however, Yoko slowed down to eyeball the suit she was holding in her hands.

I guess I'd look sorta pretty in it...ok, OK! I'll just pretend I'm cosplayin!


At that, Yoko was running out of the airlock inside an AMES, the second suit clutched in her arms. "Shit, Amnythist! We gots trouble," she yelled out to the other engineer from inside her suit, voice muffled. "The shields are malfunctioning, but ignoah that - thea's a power reg problem!" the engineer explained, tossing the junior engineer the suit before making her way back into the are they just finished up with previously

Meanwhile, Yoko's clothing sat in the floor of the airlock in a puddle.

"Here! and good!" Shimei called, taking careful aim at the exposed patch of comet.

"Status normal!" Kin called out, and similar responses could be had from Sinclair and Tamari, as well as Nova.

The reports finished, Shimei pulled the trigger of her modified Gauss-rifle cum Harpoon-Launcher. The harpoon flew out with a swiftness, pulling the lead-line out with such ferocity that it actually countered the recoil, but the forward pull of the line stopped as the harpoon hit something. "I've hit something! Let me go and see if it's in good!" she called.

Mako's Suit was still unable to get a fix, so instead it started doing some predictions as to where the Comet would be- not difficult, given its size, but they could not exactly tell the makeup of the surface proper from where they were. Instead of a single definite fix, it gave the PA pilot three points where it predicted there would be a solid enough hold for the harpoon to work.

Shinon had to smile as Mako called about hurrying forward. "Now, now Tani-hei, this is no race. Be careful." She said as she herself moved forward, making sure to maintain visual on Tani. She listened to chatter and smiled when Shimei got solid hit.

"Okay Kazako-hei, be careful." She said and then added. "Sinclair-hei, keep an eye on her. I don't want anyone to be hit by chunk of ice. Not to mention I never heard anything good about the surface of the comet."

"Ah, good. Starship Operators are good to have when you're operating a Starship. I'm one by training, myself, though somebody decided to put me in a crash course for captainship!" Rikou responded to Lina, with a bit of a Giggle. "However, I think Mister Larai, Or should I say for your sake, The Taii here, is ready to speak with you about your assignment." the young Ketsurui motioned toward her instructor and Executive officer, who stepped forward and cleared his throat politely.

"Ah, yes. Currently we only have newer operators aboard the ship, so we need a guiding hand for them, as well as someone who can be counted on to operate any of the command stations at need." Seth explained, motioning to the Bridge which, as Lina had noted earlier, was not exactly a standard Star Army Bridge. "You will find the stations operate the same as those of KZ make, although the layout and position of them is slightly different. It should not take long to get used to."