MoonMan
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MoonMan said:Rico Sanroma waited with surprising patience as he tapped his foot fervently just to the left of the main Armor Bay entrance. He knew the other Epsilon members had received the message...and he was growing tired of waiting for them to show up.
"Man...they better have some damn good reasons for makin' me sit here as long as I have..." the sergeant fumed silently.
JP said:“Attention all Marines,” Ally said over the PA system. “The NSS Alliance will be entering an Interdiction Field being generated around Kennewes in 5 minutes. Estimated time to arrival in extreme low orbit is 32 minutes, 15 seconds. I will be adjusting deployment speeds so that all power armors land within their designated deployment zones. Be ready to deploy within half an hour.”
"You heard the lady! Final systems checks! Thanks to Keats here, you
now have no reason to fuck up in the water! Look over the notes that he scribbled up and try to fucking remember them!" Stromm barked over the squad's communication line. He looked around, seeing the other squads in the vicinity, the Sergeant got a thought.
"We'll be going down into one hell of a firefight, I suggest you go talk to anyone you'll miss that's in another squad." Stromm said, in a more solemn tone.
Autumn almost came to complete stop in corridor when she heard the new announcement. She frowned and then proceeded to run, double-time towards the armor bay ahead of the large ID-SOL and the floating Yamataian who were accompanying her.
Uso let out a large yawn as she continued her stretching, raising her hands high above her head to work out a few kinks before removing her uniform jacket. This left her in the uniform tan pants and a small light green shirt that clung to her upper body. Her arms then moved out in front of her so she could pop her fingers, then her shoulders, then her neck, with deliberate jerks of her arms and careful placement of her hands. With her own system checks out of the way she moved onto the NDI Quantaconstruct pad to have an M1 Super Phalanx built around her body.
"Yes sir." Gran responded, his HUD popping up dozens of simultaneous tests and configurations. He ran them all quickly and proficiently, each one ending with a green 'GO'. He thought about the few people he had talked to. Most of them would be down there with him. He wasn’t gonna let them die and he knew they were gonna do the same for him.
"Stelshen, you ever been in underwater combat before?" Stromm asked the woman, hoping her battle experience would come into play.
“Unfortunately my experience with exploding things is limited to an oxygen environment.” Uso replied, using her suit’s speaker systems. “But I assume it will be just like fighting in any other environment. Be careful with your ECM and sensor use, scout with drones, and don’t get shot.”
The Geshrin armorer finally arrived in the Power Armor bay and proceeded to look around for her squad mates. Autumn's eyes were shining brightly in excitement as she saw the bustle of activity of her fellow Marines as they prepared for the drop. She held for breath for a moment, she was excited and terrified all at once to be getting a chance to fight the Reds.
"Ow. Watch it boy." Kagura winced, her shoulder still a bit sore but not as much as before. It must've been the alcohol in her blood making her nerves sensitive for whatever reason. In a moment as she got hauled out of her medbay she balled a fist and lashed out, slugging Gyles hard in the shoulder and pulled her arm away and continued toward the armor bay, adjusting the dark blue bodysuit that was still showing. "Humph."
Gyles clenched his teeth when the marine hit him. "Jeez... I was just-" The tech sentry exclaimed as he rubbed his shoulder, trying to numb the pain a little. It wasn't couldn't be as bad as one of his migraines, but there where many other sensations he'd rather be experiencing. This woman could hit. He shot her an amused look, still wincing a little from the hit. "Hey... I need that arm for things: like fixing that arm of yours. Oh... hold on...I grabbed that sensitive shoulder, didn't I?"
Uso pointed her EM-9L at one of the nearby power armors, checking the sights and then saying, "PEW PEW!" Loudly.
Stromm raised a brow at Uso from behind his nerimium mask. "Woman, are you stable?" He asked her.
Uso turned towards Stromm, pointing the EM-9L at him instead of one of the random power armors, “I’m sorry, would you prefer I go ‘ZAP ZAP ZAP!’ instead?”
Henry was in the Power Bay, ready for when he was sent to do what he was trained to do. He was in a calm state of mind as he cradled the LBR in his hands and watched the other marines flow into the Power Armor bay. This was his first chance to get some real combat into him using his WATER2. He fondly remembered the Kestrel for a moment as he waited for everyone else to get suited up and launch.
Kokuten had finished talking with William and looked around, he had met some of the others before, but there was one that seemingly kept to himself. "Hey there!" Kokuten called over to Henry, "I don't believe we really introduced each other." He held out a hand for a shake.
Unable to spot Rico or the others, Autumn gravitated towards Kokuten when she heard him shout. She yelled with a smile and a wave as she jogged over to the medic, "Sergeant Chiaki!"
Henry looked over to his Medic, Kokuten. He seemed to have the same sort of predicament with the eyes. He extended an armored arm and received his Handshake.
He activated a speaker on his WATER2, "I am - Henry Morris." His quivery voice seemed to do the job of telling a bit about his character, "You're the - medic. Correct?"
"Yes, I'm one of the Medical Officers of the ship. Kokuten Gaiasis Chiaki the 5th, at your service." He nodded at him, but through mid-shake he heard Autumn call towards him. "Hello there, Soldier Wilde!" Kokuten answered warmly to her, trying to get his other arm to wave his SBR.
Kagura nodded to him and kept going. "By the way, just what armors do you suggest using for this?" she asked. "I heard it's a submarine mission"
Gyles smacked his forehead and gave the woman's shoulder a quick look. "Ah man... sorry about that. Well... I'd go for an AIR2 or one of the NDI armors. Or... if you're willing to play it risky, I've got this design that I'm finally getting to try out." He said, almost goading her into asking him to divulge more.
"Well I’ll bite, I always do, what's the design techman?" Kagura said
Stromm caught a bit of her humor, but it was a little stunted as he moved out of the way Uso's EM-9L. "Well, it sure as hell sounds more Nepleslian that 'pew pew'." He replied, trying to add a girlish tone to the 'pew pew', but seemingly unable to get his voice to do so.
Uso opened and closed the locks holding the drones onto the back of her power armor, and sent a small glowing ember of plasma towards each of the emitters on the suit before re-aiming the gun at Stromm, "ZAP ZAP ZAP!" She said over the suit's PA system before holstering the weapon and checking out her communications and ECM gear.
Autumn came to a stop in front of Kokuten, still smiling brightly. "Are you gonna come play in the water with us too, Sergeant? I'd hate to get wet and play with myself if I can't find the boys."
Kokuten could realize a joke when he saw one. "Well, I'll be sure to keep you company." He replied with a chuckle.
Henry looked over to Autumn and gave her a nod of acknowledgement. "I don't think - I'll be in the water." He was able to remember the mission objective for his squad, "We're launching attack - on the Water Treatment Plant."
"Oh! Perfect...a customer. I call it the AIR2 Lancer, a high maneuver assault version of the AIR2. I had a familiar asshole refine the concept for me, but it's a solid design overall. It has this nice lance, monomolecular, molecular weave, mounted with a heavy cutting tool and the PPG. And it has really big boosters mounted on the rear. Kinda like the ones on the DD." The tech sentry paused for a few seconds, with a wide grin on his face.
Kagura facepalmed a bit. "Chances are that we don't even have one of those on this ship." She pointed out. "though it does sound like a trip to use"
Gran finished his diagnostic and sat for a moment. He looked over his mission briefing one more time and opened a channel to Stromm. "Sir, are there any other squads accompanying us on our underwater mission?"
"Epsilon, apparently they're droppin' in the dip with us." Stromm replied shortly. "I have something to ask you though."
The dark haired Geshrin woman nodded at Henry with a smile. "Sounds like it should be some pretty straight forward carnage for you, Henry. I'm not sure how I feel about playing with the jellyfish, that' not really my favorite thing to do fully clothed. I'm more a skinny dipping type of gal." Autumn commented brightly.
"Damn, and here we are with all this armor in the way instead." Deon said jokingly from above Autumn and the others. The cockpit of his nearby AIR2 was still open. "Though I think it's not exactly skinny dipping weather this far down. You'll just have to use that charming personality and a good dose of heavy firepower instead Autumn. And Henry, no dying!"
"Never done a polar bear swim, Deon?" Autumn asked with a smile. "You know all the right things to get a girl all worked up! What armors work underwater? I know my WATER is out so you'll have to direct me towards a nice big one to use instead."
Henry nodded to Autumn: "I've never liked - Skinny Dipping." He told her, "I've just never - felt good about it. That's all." He had a small fear of water, unless he was drinking it. He made a quick mental note to himself: 'Try not to die. I have friends here.'
Ian hopped from the constructor platform, his shiny, newly constructed Warhawk armor and SIAR glinting in the light of the bay. He started towards the rest of the marines, already pondering just how a tactical coordinator was going to be of much use underwater. Well shit. I can't order in orbital strikes, and no one's gonna fly a ship down there. Wish whatever fuckhead thought that a submarine factory was valid threat against an airborne invasion had given me a little more to work with... The tall cadet stopped outside the group and rested his rifle on his shoulder, eying the marines and wondering which ones would die first.
"Yes sir, what is the question?" Gran gave a quick response to Stromm.
"You got any leadership skills?" Stromm answered simply, instead of quickly.
Gran thought for a second, recalling all his experience. "Some sir: I managed a small squad of men in a combat sim."
"Sorry about it, but I've only got one unit prepared. Once we have some downtime, I can hook you up though..." The tech sentry said rather uncomfortably, rubbing the back of his neck. "So that's two things I owe you, isn't it? We'll let's see that arm." He added quietly, as the two stepped into the Armor Bay.
Kagura just smirked a bit as they stepped into the armor bay and looked around a bit. "Let's see..." she said and just kind of ignored everyone there for a moment.
Gyles replied with his own smirk and reached for the box of tools he had set aside. "Alright, would you care to sit down Miss Balfour? It would make my job a lot easier..."
Kagura sighed and went and sat down to let him work on the arm at least. "I'm still wondering what to use."
"Could you trust somebody’s life by it?" Stromm asked him, hoping for a solid answer.
Gran thought deeply at Stromm's question, his voice sounded a little disappointed in himself. "I couldn't trust myself yet in a real life situation, sir."
Deon slipped down into the cockpit, let it close around him, and then said over the speakers. "Well from what I've picked up anything non energy is the way to go. I'm thinking a nice shiny FMD myself, loaded with as many high explosive shells as I could get packed on this baby. Water, plus boom, equals KABOOM after all. That and I wanna see just how wonky the PPG tries to act underwater too.
Autumn offered Henry a soft reassuring smile as she pondered what power armor she might be able to use instead. She didn't like the idea of using an AIR and instead, pulled out her datapad from her pocket. "Know anything about the NDI armors, guys? Like the Warhawk or the Golem?"
Gyles gently loosened and pried off several plates, revealing the electronics and servos below. "I'd stick to kinetics, since energy weapons tend to have varying levels of horrible backfire underwater. Missiles work surprisingly well too." He said, grunting a bit when a stubborn component refused to move.
Kagura winced a bit. "Watch it. that part is directly attached to....something I think." She said.
Henry shook his head in his metallic shell, "No. I have only had time - to study the ELEMENTAL series - of Powered Armor." He seemed to have a hint of shame in his voice, "Maybe afterwards - I can research them."
"Right. Just gimme a sec." Gyles replied uncomfortably, trying his best not to make things any worse. He tapped his right visor pod, cycling through the databook on cybernetic maintenance. "Now if I recall... all I have to do I replace this part, and clean out these two..."
She nodded with that. "Yeah that's about right. the reason it's aching it probably because it's dirty or something." Kagura said, playing with a bit of her hair as she waited.
"Time to learn, boy. You're my second in the squad right now. Stelshen will run battle advisory to you if you still uncomfortable." Stromm sent back. "If I go down, you're in charge of keeping the operatives from dying."
Gran took a deep breath with his microphone off. This is it... I can't let any of them die. Gran concentrated, trying to keep his voice confident as he replied to Stromm. "Yes sir, it's an honor."
"Errrr..." Deon was glad the armor hid his embarrassed look. "Not really, I only had time to read up on the DD's back on the Kestrel, and then the ELEMENTAL ones when we got here. Remind me to try and channel my obsessive manual reading that way later."
Autumn sighed and scanned over her datapad as she pulled up the information, "I'm just sad I can't use the LBR or the SBR. They were so nice and..." she lost her train of thought as she scanned over the information on her datapad about the Warhawk.
"Hey Kokuten!" Adrian pushed through a couple marines towards the other medic, smiling behind his armor. The tall marine stopped several feet away. "You joining us down in the suck, mate?"
"Adrian!" Kokuten turned to see his good buddy. "Naw, our squad is dropping on dry land, hitting a treatment plant. But! How is being in Delta treating you?"
"Eh, it's alright," Adrian looked around at the others, "We got a fuckton of those IPG guys. Apparently, we were supposed to do some big, funky spec ops thing, and then we just got plunged into the water." Adrian chuckled, "Man, I gotta say, I envy you."
"At least they can't see you in the water. We're on open, dry land, and anything could take a potshot at us." Kokuten grunted. "However, I've been wondering, Adrian. It's a question that's been on my mind for awhile."
"Shoot," Adrian encouraged his friend.
"Damn right it's an honor, you seem like the smart type, not the kind of brave dumbass that would get us all killed." Stromm replied, his replies scraping off rough.
"Thank you, sir." Gran said curtly. He took another deep breath. People weren't relying on him for points in matches now... they trusted their lives to him... even if they didn't know it. "Uh sir, would you like me to disperse my notes to Epsilon? You said they were accompanying us underwater."
"Uh... This is sorta embarassing, but..." Kokuten cut it to a private link. "What's the real stuff like? Combat I mean, I've only been through sims and I've never really seen any real action."
Adrian pondered the question for a moment. "Well... shit, I don't know how to describe it. Biggest thing to remember is that now, your job matters a lot more than in the sims. Be prepared for a lot of blood, and a lot of screaming if something bad goes down," Adrian stepped forward and patted his friend on the shoulder. "Just remember to keep your cool, mate. But you've always been good at that."
"Right, I guess I'm just being nervous for nothing." Kokuten chuckled as he opened his comm channel back up.
"Ooh. I love the specs on the Warhawk. It kinda makes me feel all warm and squishy inside," Autumn commented in a soft, near moan. She pressed her fingers to her lips as she continued reading over the specs on her data pad.
Henry was at a minor loss when he saw Autumn melt at the thought of a power armor in front of him. Sure, he did prefer to stay in armor, but this was taking things a little bit far.
He decided not to make a comment.
With a nod, Autumn tucked her data pad back into her pants' pocket again. "Definitely, once we get back- a nice stiff one, would be great. Nothing like a good drink after a mission." The armorer smiled brightly and jogged off towards the construction platform to get herself a nice shiny new Warhawk.
By now Deon was quite glad for the armor plating between his blushing and that 'interesting' reaction from Autumn. He mumbled as she walked off, "Sounds... umm... entertaining? Hope it's a good choice for underwater action too." Oh boy, did I just say that out loud to her?
"Yes, they'll be watching our asses after we knock-out the water detail." Stromm responded.
"Yes sir." Gran gave a nod/bow. He brought up his small note that he had written just earlier and sent it to all the Epsilon members. If they were in a PA, their armor would give them an alert that they had received a message, if they were still unarmed and held a datapad of some sort, it would display the alert. When they opened the message, it would read:
Underwater Combat:
1. Anything explosive (e.g. Red shells in AIR2's or grenade rounds) will cause a massive concussive blast. This can be used to easily crush enemy PA's and breach defensive walls that would be much too strong in a normal situation.
2. Close quarters combat will be nearly impossible. Even with high powered motors, movement would be much too sluggish to be effective and will leave you way open to ranged weaponry.
3. Any weapon that is energy based should be locked and not used. (E.g. plasma, laser) They will spontaneously vaporize water and cause deadly pressure like an explosive round going off right beside you.
4. AIR2's push/pull will be effective in giving good movement superiority over enemies. However care should be exercised, too much power put into it can rip your armor apart.
5. Cover may be scarce and the ocean floor will contain lots of loose and slick material.
Be careful.
Mireille sighed from behind the faceplate of her armor and opened a channel with Kokuten. "Hi there Kokuten! So... what are your preferences for drinks?" She questioned the medic cheerfully.
"Hello there, Cadet Belmonte. Drinks? I'd say... a Blue Moonie, straight to the head." Kokuten answered warmly as he heard the female's familiar voice.
"Oh? Just that? I have vintages that could be used as explosives... you should seriously consider a heavier drink." Mireille replied, in her usual mischievous tone.
"Oh? Are we looking for a challenge?" Kokuten answered in a slightly playful tone.
After a few minutes, Autumn hoped off the construction platform in her brand new Warhawk power armor with the SIAR mounted on her armor's right hip and a canister rifle mounted on her back. "Very nice," she said quietly over the armor's speaker as she walked over to where the others were prepping. She opened a private channel to Cadet McCain, "How's your head feeling, sir?"
"It's doing alright, Marine." He turned, looking for the Geshrin, and deciding that she was most likely the Warhawk just stepping off the Constructor pad. "You rolling NDI for this one?"
"Well, I have a 2 liter bottle of YE20 Vintage Deslauria's Dusk Scotch in my quarters. I doubt you could take one shot before being completely plastered." Mireille responded in an equally playful, but rather taunting tone.
"What?" Kokuten said in a surprised tone, "I'd have that entire bottle down before you could lift your glass, and how does someone on your salary have such an old vintage? Delsauria Dusk is expensive!"
"My family deals in luxuries. It was a graduation present, and I would have gladly shared with my old co-workers, only PR Offices are never too fun to drink around." Mireille sighed, remembering why she applied for field work in the first place.
"Absolutely, sir. The specs on this are outstanding. I have a question for you Ian, rather, a sort of personal request, if you wouldn't mind me being blunt, sir," Autumn asked brightly through her private comm channel with the large ID-SOL Cadet.
"Let's hear it, Autumn," Ian replied, awaiting the younger woman to speak.
Henry quickly decided to flex a little to get his blood flowing, his arms had gone numb. He put his arms over his head with the LBR in hand and put them down by his side, making sure not to scratch the LBR. He moved his shoulders around a little too and his neck side to side.
"Well, I'll help you drink it. The last time I had Delsauria Dusk was right before I left home to join the army. I had a glass of it with my father." Kokuten replied to her, wondering what she meant by dealing in luxuries.
Gyles fixed in the newer transmitter, and pulled out a bottle of pressurized carbon dioxide from his toolkit. "Alright... this might feel a bit cold, but it should flush the inside clean." The tech sentry told Kagura, as he pushed the nozzle of the bottle into the crevice he had opened in her arm, and pressed down, releasing a jet cool gas into the inside of the limb.
Kagura sighed a bit and just sat back, letting the techhead work. "It does feel a bit weird"
"Ian, after this mission," Autumn paused as she double checked to make sure that indeed she was still on a private channel with only Cadet McCain before proceeding, "I'd a chance to finish what we really didn't start the other night. I'd love for you to rip my clothes off and have your way with me." She pursed her lips together, glad for the privacy of the power armor's mask and a private channel.
Ian was slightly dumbstruck, not quite prepared for Autumn to be so... direct. However, he quickly pulled his head back together. "Alright. The minute we're back on board, provided we're both still alive, Starboard escape pods. I'll be there before you." He thought for a moment before continuing. "If we need more than that, we'll check out one of the hotels at wherever we dock."
Autumn chuckled feeling relieved, "It's a date!" Her tone was so bright, you could hear the grin on her face as she gave Ian a thumbs' up. "Extra motivation to get out of this armor as quickly as possible whenever we get back from our deep sea diving."
Ian returned the gesture, smiling underneath his armor. He watched the armored Geshrin a moment longer before turning back to the marines, a distinct feeling of happiness permeating his being.
Deon noticed the blinking mail message once the images of skinny dipping power armor were pushed off to one side. And after he read it the curious marine said to Henry. "Hey here's a thought for you. If the PPG makes a cone shape or a wave with the beam, think you could use it to push a mini wave of water at someone to knock 'em about? Or maybe just stick with the kaboom?"
Henry looked over to Deon. "The Push-Pull Guard - is like a miniature tractor beam." He voiced over his speakers, "You can anchor your armor using it. However, if you use it - as you said, it'll cause - a large pressure wave - on your side. Generally - not a good idea. Stick to the normal weapons, and stay away - from Vibro Blades underwater."
It was about this time that Autumn finally noticed that her data pad was vibrating in her pants' pocket. She had the Warhawk's AI open the message and nodded when she finally heard the contents. She sent Gran a short message over a private comm. "Hey thanks for the heads up, Gran. That's going to be a big help for the others still deciding on what to use."
Gran nodded to himself as he got her message, responding with a kind tone in his voice. "You're welcome. I hope it get you out of a hot spot sometime. Any questions I can help with?"
"Well, I actually decided on a Warhawk for this mission. If you can tell me how to maximize his thrusting capabilities, I'd love you forever," Autumn replied in a friendly, soft tone of voice that had a faint echo type of sound to it.
Gyles replaced all the parts in her arm and tightened them back into place, taking care to not cause her any pain. "Well, looks like you're all good. Overall... it might pass for a quick fix, but it's not the best thing. There is... the issue of that shoulder." He answered, fairly content that his job was done.
"Well with it all cleaned out, it doesn't hurt as much." Kagura said with a bemused grin and flexed her arm then her fingers once everything was reattached. "It feels better at least." She said.
Mireille nodded happily and gave the armored medic a quick glance. "I hope you can you can hold your liquor, and who knows, you might be lucky enough to catch me playing on my piano. So you never know, Sergeant Chiaki." She concluded, still keeping her voice in a mischievous tone.
Gran gave a small chuckle, taking her comment as a friendly joke. "Well, you should use low prolonged bursts as opposed to heavy thrusts. Strong bursts can cause a lot of drag and strain on the armor in water. Here, let me adjust your PA's system a little to accommodate for the resistance." After this he initiated a remote program editor. A blip would pop up on Autumn’s HUD asking her if she wanted to accept.
Autumn accepted the permission, "Thanks a bunch, sweetie. I feel a little out of my element as it were, in this thing rather than fighting the good fight against the evil of monotony and paperwork."
Gran smiled and worked a few angles of the thrust programming. "Well, glad to have you on the team and we'll have to watch out for each other."
"Thanks. It’ll be fun working with you," Autumn grinned in her armor and couldn't help herself, "So babe, you come here often?"
"The piano? I'm pretty skilled with the keys myself, any pieces known by heart?" Kokuten answered as the operative began to capture his interest even more.
"Good. Now do you need a quick rub on that shoulder of yours? I can imagine it's still a little sore." Gyles asked the female marine, contented that he'd done a good job again.
"Really? I had to memorize some symphonies, but I love to do improvise. I used to play jazz for the odd nightclub when I was younger." Mireille answered, her interest piqued by the medic.
Kagura sighed, the moment he touched it she'd automatically react and backhanded him in the ribs with her newly adjusted arm. This time it would probably hurt and more than likely forma bruise. "Sorry. It's a knee-jerk reflex." She said and stood up, stretching herself out. "Guess we should go get into the armors." She said and started to head for them to pick one out.
"I can't wait to see you on the field." Gran finished editing and let out a small chuckle at her question. "You talkin' about the PA Bay? I'm one of the techies. I pretty much live down here. Doesn't earn me much respect, but I'll be dammed if I let one of their armors break."
"So you'd say that you're good with your hands then. Just remember, while CLP might lubricate, Gun oil is better for that sort of work," Autumn replied brightly. "It should be an interesting experience for all parties involved. I haven’t gotten to participate in an orgy of destruction in a while."
"Wow, I wouldn't mind hearing a bit of your playing whenever we get back. I appreciate music a little more than your standard Nepleslian. I myself practiced the piano under with a rather musically talented friend. I didn't memorize much, but that's what you've got to sacrifice if you want to play several different instruments." Kokuten sent back, now having a better reason to come back with his ears attached.
"At any rate, it's a pleasure to meet you. Let's just hope we both make it back, alright Sergeant." Mireille answered Kokuten quietly, before heading over to Stromm's unit.
"Uh... B-..." Gran stammered before cutting his mic off for a second, trying to gather his thoughts and comprehend everything she said and implied. "Y-yeah.... Ummm..." He couldn't form any logical sentences, his face flushing.
"How's your modified thrust, Gran?" Autumn asked again, still speaking in a cheerful and friendly tone of voice.
"Well darn, probably not a good idea to try and get close enough for a good force slug to the face either..." Deon sounded a little disappointed, though he kept toying with other ideas while waiting for any further orders. "Probably could try to just grab someone else, give 'em a good hard push off, and see if it tears the armor up. But then again it'd probably do the same thing to me again. Maybe now isn't the best time for the more random thoughts. We’ll just stick with a good solid kaboom to the face instead."
"Right, all back in one piece." Kokuten said back as he himself turned to around to Adrian. "Say, Adrian, buddy, what do you know about her?" He asked his friend.
Gran cleared his throat. "Yeah, it's all nice and fixed up for you. Your side-to-side movement is boosted some so you can slide through the water easier without having to worry as much about damaging your armor, but you still gotta be careful."
"Thanks, babe. You got the magic touch," The Geshrin woman's voice was ever cheerful, you could almost hear the grin on her face. "I'd hate to break my new toy with thrusting too hard and all."
Adrian, who had been concentrating himself on thoughts of chaos and destruction while mindlessly humming the trumpet line to some old ska song, snapped back into reality at Kokuten's prompting. "Huh? Know about whom?"
"That Belmonte girl." Kokuten answered Adrian.
"Y-you're welcome..." He took a silent breath and put on a grin behind the faceplate and spoke confidently. "You can come straight to me if you need anything else fixed."
"You're wonderful, thank you, Gran," Autumn replied. Her Warhawk made a gesture at him that was very similar to blowing a kiss. "If you ever need a favor, let me know."
"Will do. Hope to see you again some time." Gran pretended to gently catch the kiss with his armored hand.
"If you're lucky, you'll catch me in the showers," Autumn turned back towards her squad again after giving a half salute. She grinned behind her mask and loved the notion of bonding with another crewmate.
"Oh, Mireille." Adrian shrugged. "Eh, I know she's IPG and she likes a drink called a 'Red baboon ass.'" He smirked at the shorter medic. "Does Kokuten want some sweet, sweet aristo-ass?"
Kokuten only stood there for a moment, and stared at his friend as he contemplated an argument. He didn't have one, the Medic suddenly finding himself attracted to the woman simply because of her claims of musical skill and drinking abilities. Her eyes and hands could have also been a factor into it as well. "Ye-... Er... Uh... Aristo? She from money?" Kokuten strained his reply.
Gran, stupefied by the parting response, slowly walked around, aimlessly. He then focused and strode over to Kagura and Gyles, noticing they were un-armored. "Do you need any help picking a suit?"
"No thanks. But she's all yours, mate." Gyles pointed to the purple haired marine, while clutching his side. After answering, he made his way to the Lancer unit in the back of the hangar.
Kagura sighed a bit and looked at Gran. "I do need some help. I've heard that energy weaponry isn't any good underwater and the FIRE has those venting sections that might let water in." She said and sighed looking around. "What do you suggest?"
Gran nodded to Gyles, and then turned to Kagura. "You are right; anything of that sort is too dangerous underwater. Before I suggest something, what are your combat specialties?"
Kagura brightened. "Blowing up shit." she giggled.
Gyles hopped into his heavily modified AIR2, grinning widely as it came online. "So this is it. You did alright, old man..."
Autumn walked in her Warhawk over to where she had left Deon, Henry and the medics as she flexed her armor's fingers as she waited for the drop. "I wonder where Sergeant Sanroma is hiding?" she wondered over the Warhawk's speakers.
Henry was considering the physics of water for a moment, "Explosions underwater can be quite dangerous. They create - a wave of pressure. If you're unsure - just use anything ballistic. No LBR or plasma. DARTS and ARROWS are useable."
"Well," Began Adrian, "She lives in a big fucking mansion right outside Funky City and had some damn tasty coffee. So either she broke into some random house, killed the owner, and let us chill there last night, or yes, she comes from money."
Kokuten chuckled lightly at Adrian's response, "A mansion? Well... That explains her refined musical talent... Man, she must think I'm some sorta' peasant." Kokuten said: the last part more to himself, than to Adrian.
Gran took his first good look at Kagura, finally noticing he knew her... and she seemed to have a very form fitting body suit on. He cleared his throat slightly with his mic off, and then continued. "I see, in that case I would recommend the NDI Golem MkII. Most of its munitions are ballistic and it carries multiple explosives." He pulled up a screen beside one of the quantum construction platforms, bringing up the specs of the Golem.
Adrian laughed. "Who the hell could mistake you for a peasant, Kokuten?"
"Mireille." Kokuten responded simply.
"Hehe, exactly Henry!" Deon pointed the FMD at an imagined target, and was about to give another loud KABOOM over the speakers. But he stopped right before, lowered the FMD, and then looked about the bay. "Wait... where did the sarge go? We were just discussing better living through air-bike craziness not ten minutes ago. Ah well, I'm sure he'll show up soon enough."
Autumn chuckled at Deon's explosion noises. "I was wondering that myself, Deon. I haven’t seen him. Maybe he hit the head?"
Trey wandered around the PA bay a bit, looking for an AIR2. finding one that didn't seem to be occupied, he looked inside "This should do" he muttered before asking a nearby techie: "This thing taken?" With an answer of "no" The Yamataian bodied man pumped his arm in victory before finding some spray-paint cans and 'customizing' it with a swamp camo color scheme.
Adrian shrugged. "Hey man, trust me, I don't care how rich she is, you don't come off as some poor man from the gutter."
"I don't? I don't mean any offense, but I'm just as much a standard guy as you, Adrian." Kokuten replied, arching a brow behind his nerimium mask.
Kagura sighed a bit, stretching out some and shrugged. "I've used the Golem in the past but it's got the energy weaponry I'd usually like but considering they're useless underwater, do you have any other suggestions?" She asked. "I can use whatever armor I'm stuck using, not like its permanent." the purple haired marine said. She glanced around at the others to see what they were wearing for the most part. "hmm...”
Gran nodded, trying to keep his gaze from wandering over her figure. Even though the head of the armor blocked his face, he worried she had some sort of sixth sense. "Uh... alright. The Warhawk is fast and carries a rather nice auto cannon."
"Yeah, but you're all 'Sophisticated,'" Adrian emphasized his last word by bringing up both hands, making quotation marks with his fingers.
Kokuten couldn't help but letting a good laugh break through the transmission. "I guess I do put off a sophisticated image, but it can't be all that better than the rest of the Marines. I mean, I don't want to seem like a dainty hard ass to anyone."
It was Adrian's turn to laugh. "Nice Oxymoron there, Sarge." He stopped for a moment and pointed at Kokuten. "Oh! Dude! I never congratulated you on your promotion!"
Kagura didn't have such a sense and thought for a moment. "I suppose that might be best." she chuckled slightly and looked over. "I suppose I'll go along with it, just using the platforms over there right?" She asked.
Trey climbed into his now camo colored AIR2 and started it up Been a while hasn't it? he thought, checking to see who was where in the PA bay "Oi, Autumn! how do you like my new Paintjob?" he asked her, waving at the Warhawk so she'd know which one was him.
"D'aw, there's no need; these bars are purely circumstantial, nothing you couldn't done in my stead." Kokuten said as he waved his hand back and forth.
Gran took another deep breath, closing his eyes for a bit. As he looked up, he still couldn't help but stare momentarily at her body. "Y-yeah. Uhh... Please remove any baggy clothing or items of the sort and place them in the bin beside the platform. They will be kept in storage until your return. There is a small console up there and it will walk you through the process."
Adrian shook his head. "Nein. You deserve those damn things, man." He then grinned. "But don't think I'm giving you my medbay, boy."
"Probably Autumn." Replied Deon. "Good thing to do before going underwater of all places. I figure we'll hear the boasting and flirting soon enough, I'd hate for him to miss all the fun too."
"I doubt he'll miss a chance to bump and grind with us, Deon. Dancing solo is no fun, neh?" Autumn replied brightly. The Warhawk's face mask turned towards Trey with a light laugh, "Yeah, Trey, looking good! It brings out the color of your gun!" She gave him a thumbs' up.
"Heh, no fun at all Autumn." Replied Deon, a bit of nervous excitement in his voice. "The same goes for drinking, a good game of pool, and someone who knows the best bars to hang out in. All the more reason to not get blown up today."
Kagura perked a brow at Gran, making it twitch a couple times before sighing and heading for the platform and quickly removed the uniform pants and the boots. "This bay is a bit hippy when you're standing on it wearing nothing but a freaking bodysuit." she said. The garment in question was a dark blue color and fitted rather closely around her curves. "And I just step up on the thing huh?" Kagura said and went to go step up on the platform.
Gran nodded, his face feeling a little hot as he saw her solely in her bodysuit. "Yes. Now select your armor on the pad in front of you and put your legs about shoulder width apart and hold your arms out." Gran showed her how to stand with his own armor, standing arms out like a 'T' and his feet a bit apart. "The Platform will automatically adjust to your body and build the suit around you."
"OH man... I'm glad I'm not in he squad." Uso commented over her loudspeakers as she watched one of the female marines go through a prolonged armor selection process.
"This is such a pain." Kagura grumbled and got to work by selecting the Warhawk armor and taking the stance that Gran had pointed out to use. "And stop staring at my ass Gran." She huffed a bit and waited for the cycle to start. She'd noticed how the armor's helmet had been facing for a moment. "And you." she snapped at Uso. "Sue me for not having used the NDI armors in a long time" she snipped and gave Uso the bird.
"Of course, not at all, it was yours when I got here, and it'll be yours when I leave." Kokuten replied warmly to his friend.
"Leaving?" Adrian cocked his eyebrow at Kokuten's response.
"Oh, no no no, I didn't mean that I was leaving. I just meant, if I die, or I'm transferred off like I was at Unity." Kokuten responded quickly.
"Right, right. I get you." Adrian nodded in reply.
"I'm sorry... Do we need to teach the wittle gurl how to shoot?" Uso said over her speaker in an exaggerated baby-talk voice, "or has she learned to walk yet?"
"I can shoot better than you can, whore." Kagura snarled at her and focused on the armor's formation around her.
"AWWWW She's so cute when she tries to use big-girl words." Uso replied.
Trey looked on his HUD for anyone he knew, the only one really being Ian. "Hey, Ian, how're you doing in your armor?”
"I'm doing fine, soldier," Came Ian's reply over the comm. "What are you rolling out, marine?"
Gran blushed hard as Kagura told him to stop looking at her body, which he was doing his best not to. He took a step back as the quanta construct platform sent it's glowing mass over Kagura, quickly forming into the Warhawk she had selected. He stepped back so he could get a good view of the process to make sure nothing went wrong, and to get out of the line of fire between Kagura and Uso.
Kagura twitched a bit, trying to resist the impulse to shoot Uso with the NSP in her arm. For one it wouldn't be a good idea and two it probably wouldn't affect her anyway. "Why don't you just eat shit and die." she said just as the Warhawk formed around you. "Or you're the first one I'm going to "accidentally" shoot."
Autumn heard Kagura starting a fight and her Warhawk shook its head in response to hers. "Oy, dear heart! Stop chasing skirts! We have to go find some jellyfish and shoot 'em in a bit! Save the energy for the squidy Reds!"
Kagura turned to Autumn and said over the speaker to her. "Aww you know I wouldn't cheat on you Wilde-one." She said with a chuckle, giving her a 'thumbs up'.
"Yeah, well I think being directly in front of you is probably the safest place anyone can stand." Uso replied, "If you don't even know how to mount up in your armor I don't think your guns are going to be threatening anyone anytime soon."
"Got me An AIR2" Trey said happily, waving an LBR around. "Hopefully I'll get to snipe in this thing at some point." He looked longingly at the thing, Knowing he couldn't use it underwater, but all the same, he'd bring it along, just in case he needed it.
"Oi, Trey, LBR won't do jackshit underwater. Leave it here." Ian informed the Yamataian.
Ian laughed over his comm system at Uso's goading of the other soldier. "Now now, children, try not to nuke each other in the middle of the fight."
"I hate you, IPG cocksucker." Kagura said to Uso and got off the platform once it finished and tried it out, moving around a bit to adjust. I like these armors, they compensate for my blind spot. She thought.
The Warhawk made a gesture at Kagura like it was blowing her a kiss. "Just keep your temper in check until we get into the water. Skullfuck her later." The Geshrin armorer returned her attention to Deon again, "I was gonna respond to that but I lost my train of thought."
Uso used her suit's sensors to triangulate the source of the transmission with the aid of the sensors in the drones on her backpack, allowing her to point her carbine at Ian. "Zap Zap Zap," She said with a grin hidden behind her facemask before turning her attention back to Kagura, "Remember: right foot then left foot."
Kagura grumbled a bit, "Shut up slut or I'm nuking your candied ass here and now." She said and walked off to just be on her own for a few moments to cool off.
Uso approached Kagura, standing just more than a yard away from her, "Well I might have to be scared... if you could use a gun."
Ian's attitude turned nasty. "Kagura, you're on thin ice already, Chill the fuck out, got it?" He watched the marine head off, still angry about his earlier encounter with the woman.
"Remind me never to put you on a diplomatic envoy." Stromm radioed to Uso.
"Sure thing Beefman," Uso replied to Stromm over the same communication channel.
"I hate you both, just keep that in mind." Kagura muttered to herself, having cut the speaker for a moment and looked up at Uso and continued away from her, giving her another middle finger salute and grumbled.
"I know, I'll just take it so I’m ready when we finish our first mission" Trey said, a hint of sadness in his voice. "How well does this FMD work, anyway?" he asked, waving said arm.
"That," Ian began, turning back to Trey, "Would be a better question for Soldier Keats rather than me." He glared back at Kagura as she spoke, giving the woman a similar gesture.
Autumn sighed and her Warhawk shrugged its shoulders. "Eh, only so much I can do. I could donkey-punch her or something in this baby, but hugs are a no go," she commented idly.
"Well, at least the soldier girl can follow orders," Uso said with a laugh as she pulled her suit integrated carbine up against her shoulder and turned to head back towards Stromm.
"I'm not going to follow yours whore." Kagura said to Uso over the com locking onto her with the system's fire control being a hair from shooting her right there and then. She already didn't like this mission, thinking it was suicide already and now this bitch was pushing her nerves.
"Is the rest of the squad ready?" Uso asked Stromm.
"I believe they are. All we need is clearance and we can start clear cutting this planet." Stromm grunted back at Uso.
Gran heard his name and decided it would be a good way to get some distance from the feuding women, even if they had stopped for the moment. He walked over towards Ian, glancing around. "Did someone have a question?"
Ian pointed towards Trey's Camo'd AIR2. "Yeah, he wanted to know about the FMD on his armor."
Autumn yelled over her comm at Kagura, "Kagura, come over here, NOW. God damn it."
Kagura's eye twitched inside the armor; today was just not a good day. But she walked over to Autumn a bit, staying out of arm's reach and opened a private channel to her. "I'm sorry Autumn, that woman's just grating my nerves, I'm already nervous about this mission and I do not need her jabs."
Kokuten watched on as the Marines bickered with each other; he chuckled a little bit before turning his head in Adrian's direction. "Hey man, this may seem a little out of no where, but where are you from? I've known you for quite a while, but I've never seemed to ask." Kokuten asked his friend.
"Funky City, mate." Adrian replied with a grin. "Shit, I don't think I know where you're from either."
"Central Funky City, ever heard of the Chiaki Research Compound?" Kokuten replied.
Gran turned to the camo AIR2. "The FMD? What would you like to know about it?"
"Uh yeah? you Gran Keats? I wanna know how good this FMD is compared to the LBR" Trey said, drawing attention to himself for the tech sentry to come looking "One of the few things on a PA I’m not well versed in"
Adrian shook his head. "Can't say I have. I was about on the edge of the slums and the central, so I was a little more concerned with dodging gunfire than paying attention to science."
"It was my mother's own personal playhouse until NAM hired her to do the science for them. She owned a small research business that she put into full power when she started living with my dad. I remember waking up in the middle of the night to small explosions and my mother going, 'WHOA SHIT!'" Kokuten began to put his words into movement into the last sentence, making a surprised jumping motion and then trailing off with a chuckle.
Adrian grinned. "Heh. Sounds like fun, mate."
Autumn sighed and the Warhawk folded its arms across its chest, as she responded quietly over the private comm to Kagura, "I know, dear heart, I want ya to live through the initial drop. You play up the killing superior officers game and someone's gonna shoot you before we leave."
Kagura huffed a bit pretending to check the autocannon she was holding and sighed. "I guess I do need to be careful, I never got the CC." She said. "We completely forgot it earlier while trying to get sober." Kagura admitted. "I just want that IPG bitch to leave me alone the rest of the mission."
"Just don't rise to her bait," Autumn responded with a dismissive gesture of the Warhawk's hand. "Besides, I don't think you like Cadet McCain enough to invite the assraping you'd get for playing 'who's gun fits better' with that IPG lady."
"I'll just slap her after the mission then." Kagura said. "Sound better?" she asked.
Gran nodded, looking like a tiny bow. "The FMD is personally my favorite weapon on the AIR2. It is very flexible in terms of usage as opposed to an anti-PA weapon. The FMD can be used for putting down a heavy anti-electronics field with the EMP rounds. It can fire armor piercing Zandium or Tungsten shells and the antimatter charges are just damn powerful. And the Red explosive shell will be extremely effective under water. Overall, it will be one of the fastest and most accurate underwater, just due to the sheer mass of the round."
"Hey Stromm, do you like Aethersperm?" Uso asked, activating her 'blackout' ECM suite and using it to try and jam the commlink between their two armors before he could respond.
"Well, I'm not a particular fan of 'loud shit with fluorescent colors'." Stromm replied to Uso.
"Cool. what about out of the water? Is it anywhere near as good as he LBR?" he said, patting the rifle in his hand "I got a preference for rifles, this wrist thingy just seems unnatural to me"
"Fun? Heh, you could call it that, what about you?" Kokuten asked.
"Eh. Like I said, I lived near the slums, hung out there a lot." Adrian shrugged before continuing. "Lots of shootings and shit. Wasn't a whole lot of fun. Heh, but let's avoid that type of talk before a mission, right? Gotta keep our spirits up."
Uso wasn't really listening, and nearly cut off Stromm's sentence with an elongated, "fuuuuuuuuuuuck... Hey, do those water armors have communication jamming equipment?" She asked.
"Not that I know of." Stromm replied to Uso simply.
"Well we will just have to deal with that when we get down there." Uso returned.
Gran smiled. "As an ambush/sniping weapon it's amazing. Especially when you are working in pars or trios. Each soldier can load a different type of shell and decimate whole squads faster than a Nepleslian can get drunk."
"Well, do you have anyone back home waiting for ya?" Kokuten changed the subject slightly, seemingly caught on the thought of home.
"Slightly, Kagura. Just ease up, you have enough to worry about without letting her get to ya," Autumn smiled as she switching back to her general broadcast speakers. "Cadet McCain, you've fought the Reds before- right? What should get expect besides a massive aquatic cluster fuck, sir?"
"What should we expect? About that, actually. A massive, aquatic Cluster fuck. Whoever decided this mission was a good idea should be taken out behind the chemical sheds and shot." Came Ian's reply. He was, however, smart enough to close-band it to only Autumn to avoid making a fuss among the marines.
"I'd challenge that but I think I'd be disqualified for having a Yam body" Trey said, chuckling. "There any version of this FMD that's more rifle shaped?" He asked, not really liking it where it was, and tapping it explorative.
Gran gave a laugh. "Well, the FMD model you see is what you get. It's integrated to the PA's armor and computer. That provides it with a very high degree of stability and accuracy. And it needs to be fixed to the armor to facilitate the ammo loading from the skirt armor."
Kagura just thought for a moment to herself, still seething a bit but letting it burn itself out. "Well this is still fucking suicide." Kagura said and listened to what the ship said. "Something already isn't right with this horseshit."
"ATTENTION MARINES," Ally said over the PA system. “We have entered the atmosphere of Kennewes. Please proceed to the launch system and prepare for deployment. Expect incoming weapons fire.” The ship gently rocked forward and back once. It wasn’t from the atmosphere but it didn’t seem like Ally was going to inform the marines of what was going on outside of the ship.
"No one, actually. Never really hit it off with any girls and my parents are kind-" Adrian was cut off by the AI's words. "Well shit." He grinned to Kokuten. "Let's go kick some ass, mate!"
"Shit! Delta's form up!" Stromm blared, "Proceed to launch tubes and make a last-minute systems check!"
Uso walked over to the track on the floor that fed into the launch tubes and let the mechanical locks close around her armor's feet, securing her in place as the conveyer powered up.
"Right!" Kokuten said, putting a hand forward to Adrian. "Try not to get shot; I'd hate to patch you back up."
Autumn gave her squad a thumb's up, before grinning over her comm. "Just save some of that energy for me, sir," she replied to Ian over the private band. She looked at her squad mates and nodded, "Let's kick some ass guys!"
Adrian grabbed his friend's hand and shook. "Shit man, I'll have a lot more to worry about than a little bullet hole if I get plugged down there." He laughed. "Don't you get fucked up too bad, either, Kokuten. I still got a bag of Nep's finest waiting for us under my bunk when we get back."
"Hm? What? it needs fixing? Shit. too late now" Trey said, jogging to the conveyor belt and hooking in.
”Yes sir, Stromm!” Gran almost shouted as he trotted onto the track behind his Sergeant. He made a tiny message to Trey:
I meant ‘affixed’ to the armor. It has to attached. Nothing’s broken.
Kagura crossed her arms and watched the others forming up. "We still need to wait for that loser Sanroma don't we?" she asked.
JP said:‘That loser’, Sergeant Sanroma, had been sitting quietly near the launch tubes Epsilon squad had been assigned to. Upon reading up on his mission data, the Nepleslian realized that the AIR2 model might not have been the wisest choice…although, he was not that well versed in the more aquatic-able Golem or Warhawk NDI armor. Thus, Rico stood relatively silent near his launch bay, reading up on the functions of the Warhawk and the capabilities through his HUD as the rest of his squad readied themselves. By the time they were all done, he was all done with his little study session.
“…cripes, it took ‘em long enough,” Rico mumbled with a slight smirk as he surveyed his men before him.
Autumn smiled behind the mask of her Warhawk and waved to who she assumed was her Sergeant in the other Warhawk. "Sergeant Rico?"
“Yeah? What, need a lil’ help with the zipper or somethin’, honey?” Rico straightened up and crossed his two armored arms.
"I was just so lost and confused without you, Babe," The Geshrin armorer sniffed behind her Warhawk's mask. "I got all excited and had to relieve the tension by myself, I think I need a hug." The voice sounded like she was having a hard time suppressing what might've been either a sob or a chuckle.
“What, ya want one right now, sugar?” Rico replied in between a chuckle, indicating his armored chest with a few motions of his hands. “’cause that’s just fine by mean, just figured you’d prefer one a lil’ softer.”
"Oh, you know I want one, Babe," Autumn replied sounding cheerful again and walked over to him in her Warhawk with her arms open for a moment. "And hard is so much better than soft."
’…babe…?’ Rico thought as he watched Autumns wily movements, a defined smile spreading across his expression as the moment wore on. Autumn was quite liberal in her advances…not that he had much complaint. Rico always did try to accommodate a lady as best as he could after all; if she wanted it hard… “Awright then, if that’s how ya want it, we’ll jus’ have t’ do it…!”
“…the hard way!” Rico laughed out as he lept his armor forward, quickly closing the gap between them as he reached his armors hands outward. The two plated hands firmly grasped the Warhawk’s hips, and she quickly founded herself propelled forward.
"Oh my," Autumn laughed as she wrapped her Warhawk's arms around the armored torso of Rico's Warhawk. "I might have to cash in my raincheck for a normal one later, eh, babe? Unless you prefer Sergeant instead."
’…so it’s babe now, eh?’ Rico laughed along with her, enjoy the moment for what it was…a little playfulness between peers. “Naw, babe’s fine! I could get used to it, gorgeous…” However, as he continued to hold her there, the motions suddenly came to a rather abrupt halt as he turned his communication channel with her to a private one, and continued on in a tone a tad more serious than before.
“Awright, now, I need somethin’ from ya, toots.”
"Oh?" Autumn replied thoughtfully over the private channel. "What might that be, babe?" The Warhawk tilted its head to the side for a moment, curious as to what he was suddenly so serious about.
“Not that I’m one ta complain often, but I’m thinkin’ ya know to keep it in yer pants when we hit the dirt?” Rico said, still holding on through the quasi-hug as he spoke. “It’s all good an’ fine when we’re up here, but I need my boys focused ‘n’ shit. Not worried ‘bout getting’ buddy-buddy with Private Wilde, ya know? Think ya can handle that for me, honey?”
"Not a problem, babe. I know when to stop teasing the poor boys. I promise that I'll be good," Autumn replied brightly as ever, she didn't sound bothered by the request in the least. "I hope that they can keep their heads in the drink and not on my lovely Warhawk. But I promise that I have all my clothes on during the entire mission."
“Great! Now, get back in line…” Rico said jokingly as he set her down. As she turned, however, Rico landed a playful slap across her backside, just hard enough to get a little lift, yet not damage the systems underneath. “…so we can do this shit an’ get back to gettin’ buddy buddy!”
Autumn laughed again, turning her Warhawk's mask to the side to look at him over her shoulder with a half salute. "Aye aye, Sergeant!" She walked back to the line in front of the launch tubes and waited for the drop to start.
“AWRIGHT EPSILON!” Rico bellowed into the broad communication channel. “ENOUGH GOOFIN’ OFF, YA SHITS! I WANT A LINE, RIGHT HERE, RIGHT FUCKIN’ NOW!”
Exhack said:Gyles checked over his systems, making sure that every part on the Lancer worked within acceptable ranges. The machine itself was just as reliable as the AIR2, the unit it was based of off, but he did have a certain unfamiliarity with the unit. He patched his visor in, and began viewing the details of the unit's OS. Well... this'll take me a sec. Let's see what you did, old man.
AIR2 Lancer said:
[!]LOGIN... G.NEWMAN... ****** [ AUTHENTICATING]
...LOGGING IN...
...NSS_ALLIANCE://ARMOR_BAY//SQUAD_EPSILON//AIR2_LANCER//NAM_COMBAT_SAVTECH_COMPUTER...
...SYSTEMS LIST... VIEW Y/N?
[Y] ...VIEWING FILES...
LOGGING OUT... DON'T GET KILLED... AND ENJOY THE RIDE
"Asshole! I knew he'd put something like that in it. Looks like a nice, solid machine. Good at what it does... jusy like I intended." Gyles muttered, before switching his comms back on. He headed over to the launch tubes reserved for the squad and gave a quick greeting to Autumn and Rico. "Alright Rico... I'm good to go. How much longer until we're in the deep?"