hyralt
Inactive Member
- RP Date
- 44.9
- RP Location
- YSS Azalea II
"You will find that the authorizations and appropriate forms are all here," Kari handed over a datapad that she'd prepared weeks in advance. "I have been in the reserves for some time and need to re-acquaint myself with my Mindy in advance of any sortie. Otherwise, my lack of recent experience will be a liability for the rest of the crew. Pulse cannons and teleportation will be disabled. No armaments will be fixed to the hardpoints. The flight plan has been logged with the Captain, but in summary I will proceed to a safe distance but stay well within the Azalea's sensor range before running a virtual obstacle course and a simple melee combat exercise before returning."
Hearing no objections, Kari lifted her spear and walked past them into the Azalea's power armour bay. She quickly found her Mindy, remarkable only in that it was a standard Neko Tall unit, rather than a custom fabricated unit. Though she had crystal-clear memories of using her Mindy on her first posting, she made a mental note that this unit showed no signs of wear. Walking around it, she traced her fingers along its surface as she performed a visual inspection.
Seeing no issues, she set her spear gently against its side and stepped in. As her SPINE made contact with the onboard AIES, she gasped. The action initiated a handshake protocol between her digital mind and her Mindy; a handshake protocol that proceeded as fast as messages could be passed across the SPINE interface. To her, the Mindy responded before she even consciously realized the thought. It was such a change from the painfully slow conversations she had through speech that it took her a couple cycles before she was responding as quickly as her Mindy was. As the conversation ramped up to full speed, her perception of time slowed and the moment of her interface stretched out and became without end.
Good morning, Mindy, Kari sent.
Good morning, Kari Sunde-hei, the computer sent back to her before she'd even realized she'd sent her own message.
How are you today? Kari asked.
Diagnostics began at the moment of our interface, Kari Sunde-hei. They will be complete within ten cycles.
Very good. It has been some time since we interfaced, has it not?
This is our first interface, Kari Sunde-hei.
I see, Kari replied with a frown. She had distinct memories of her life before the reserves, her first assignment to the YSS Wakaba. But there were gaps in her memory. It was as if she were on the Wakaba one moment, then she was back in Kyoto being reassigned to the reserves and trying to figure out what to do with her life. Data about the Wakaba was scarce, and she didn't have clearance for much of it. But the rumors were that it was still MIA.
Diagnostic complete. All systems nominal. Dropping to background process. I will be here if you need me.
Thank you, Mindy.
With the handshake complete, the AIES quietened down and she assumed direct control of the armour. The feeling was unlike anything else. The armour simply became an extension of herself. Even before the suit closed up around her, she lost the sensation of her body within a shell. The proprioception she felt at the tips of her extremities simply extended out to the tips of her armor, including her tail in its armored attachment module. Finally, she took her spear in her now-armoured hand while simultaneously slipping the helmet over her head, which sealed shut around her neck with a click.
"Azalea, this is Kari Sunde-hei commencing registered training flight plan 8ac7d, requesting clearance to depart."
"Kari, Azalea flight control, you are cleared for departure. Keep it to CFS and under 200 kph until you're 10 clicks out, then you can open it up. Have a good one."
"Azalea Flight Control, Kari, thank you."
Kari walked at a leisurely pace to the force field at the edge of the power armour bay, through which she could see open space. She stopped to appreciate the view for a moment. When she did eventually step through the force field, Kari was suddenly aware of how loud it was on the Azalea, only when she experienced the stark contrast of the airless silence of space. Crouching down, she kicked off from the Azalea hard enough to push her from the bay's artificial gravity. For a few cycles, she just floated, watching the Azalea grow more distant until she nudged the CFS system enough to start propelling her away at 200 km/h, a tiny fraction of the drive's power.
With a thought, she brought up a little indicator at the corner of her vision that showed her distance from the Azalea. As it counted steadily closer to 10 km, she idly began twirling the spear she hand. It felt different in microgravity, no longer tugging towards the floor, it only tugged with intertia now, which she felt whenever she tried to accelerate it, like when she kicked on her engines or when she pushed it with her hand. But if she kept a constant velocity, she could let it go and it would carry on alongside her until she acted upon it again.
When the indicator read 10km, she dismissed it and brought up the simple refresher course she'd thrown together. A loading bar flashed across the screen, but the AIES was almost so fast that it needn't have bothered. Suddenly, a translucent wall appeared in front of her and she gently pulled herself to a stop in front of it.
Just then, the following words appeared in front of her: Obstacle course commencing in 3...2...1.
Hearing no objections, Kari lifted her spear and walked past them into the Azalea's power armour bay. She quickly found her Mindy, remarkable only in that it was a standard Neko Tall unit, rather than a custom fabricated unit. Though she had crystal-clear memories of using her Mindy on her first posting, she made a mental note that this unit showed no signs of wear. Walking around it, she traced her fingers along its surface as she performed a visual inspection.
Seeing no issues, she set her spear gently against its side and stepped in. As her SPINE made contact with the onboard AIES, she gasped. The action initiated a handshake protocol between her digital mind and her Mindy; a handshake protocol that proceeded as fast as messages could be passed across the SPINE interface. To her, the Mindy responded before she even consciously realized the thought. It was such a change from the painfully slow conversations she had through speech that it took her a couple cycles before she was responding as quickly as her Mindy was. As the conversation ramped up to full speed, her perception of time slowed and the moment of her interface stretched out and became without end.
Good morning, Mindy, Kari sent.
Good morning, Kari Sunde-hei, the computer sent back to her before she'd even realized she'd sent her own message.
How are you today? Kari asked.
Diagnostics began at the moment of our interface, Kari Sunde-hei. They will be complete within ten cycles.
Very good. It has been some time since we interfaced, has it not?
This is our first interface, Kari Sunde-hei.
I see, Kari replied with a frown. She had distinct memories of her life before the reserves, her first assignment to the YSS Wakaba. But there were gaps in her memory. It was as if she were on the Wakaba one moment, then she was back in Kyoto being reassigned to the reserves and trying to figure out what to do with her life. Data about the Wakaba was scarce, and she didn't have clearance for much of it. But the rumors were that it was still MIA.
Diagnostic complete. All systems nominal. Dropping to background process. I will be here if you need me.
Thank you, Mindy.
With the handshake complete, the AIES quietened down and she assumed direct control of the armour. The feeling was unlike anything else. The armour simply became an extension of herself. Even before the suit closed up around her, she lost the sensation of her body within a shell. The proprioception she felt at the tips of her extremities simply extended out to the tips of her armor, including her tail in its armored attachment module. Finally, she took her spear in her now-armoured hand while simultaneously slipping the helmet over her head, which sealed shut around her neck with a click.
"Azalea, this is Kari Sunde-hei commencing registered training flight plan 8ac7d, requesting clearance to depart."
"Kari, Azalea flight control, you are cleared for departure. Keep it to CFS and under 200 kph until you're 10 clicks out, then you can open it up. Have a good one."
"Azalea Flight Control, Kari, thank you."
Kari walked at a leisurely pace to the force field at the edge of the power armour bay, through which she could see open space. She stopped to appreciate the view for a moment. When she did eventually step through the force field, Kari was suddenly aware of how loud it was on the Azalea, only when she experienced the stark contrast of the airless silence of space. Crouching down, she kicked off from the Azalea hard enough to push her from the bay's artificial gravity. For a few cycles, she just floated, watching the Azalea grow more distant until she nudged the CFS system enough to start propelling her away at 200 km/h, a tiny fraction of the drive's power.
With a thought, she brought up a little indicator at the corner of her vision that showed her distance from the Azalea. As it counted steadily closer to 10 km, she idly began twirling the spear she hand. It felt different in microgravity, no longer tugging towards the floor, it only tugged with intertia now, which she felt whenever she tried to accelerate it, like when she kicked on her engines or when she pushed it with her hand. But if she kept a constant velocity, she could let it go and it would carry on alongside her until she acted upon it again.
When the indicator read 10km, she dismissed it and brought up the simple refresher course she'd thrown together. A loading bar flashed across the screen, but the AIES was almost so fast that it needn't have bothered. Suddenly, a translucent wall appeared in front of her and she gently pulled herself to a stop in front of it.
Just then, the following words appeared in front of her: Obstacle course commencing in 3...2...1.
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