New part. Had to tweek the comment scene a bit.
… […] - Foreign language [Translation]
~ … ~ - Thoughts
**9**
Exploding skywards from the gas cloud, the purple-and-white clad woman dodged heavy automatic fire and took off towards the magma pit with a heat-seeking missile in pursuit. Some quick dodging, and the keep looked the worse for wear. Only then did she start breathing again, certain she was clear of gas contamination.
“Damn.” A.C. was anything but dumb. She knew what the changing tactics meant.
Rüstung zu Sternennacht-Modus. [Knight Armour to Starry Night mode.] Laevatein wasn’t dumb either, especially linked as he was to his Meister. A purple triangular array with circles at its points appeared below her, and with a quickly rising band of energy, the white and purple outfit was replaced by the much more familiar dulled-grey and black of her previous armour.
Feeling a bit more secure in space-worthy and sealed armour, A.C. took in the changes to it. The clamshell was more contoured to allow the remaining and now black long skirt to stay fastened around her waist, her boots had a bit more heel than before, and her gauntlets had become noticeably more ornate.
It was rather a pity the armour she was using was almost two generations out of date, given it was based on the suit she’d been using before the Visitors had turned up and she was most of the way through the redesign to deal with her enhanced capabilities. Scrapping it and going for a riggable power armour was looking more preferable at this point.
~ Still, ~ she mused as she dived down and headed for one of the many concealed entranceways to the underground area, ~ the therm-optic camouflage would come in REALLY useful right about now. ~
Diving into the entrance, she bounced around the corridors to disrupt potential tracking before making her way stealthily to her nearest workbench. She was almost done with the building on the new cartridge system. Then she could try to hook up one of the salvaged black boxes to the tricorder from a landmate emergency kit and see if it had any records of the supply drop.
***
“Are you sure we shouldn’t use her more M?” General Huray asked the image in the com-window.
“Not without good reason Nick.” The dignified female image of Dame Judy Dench replied. Even between senior people like this, compartmentalisation was everything. “Technically, we didn’t recruit her for her combat abilities.”
The General snorted.
“Recruit? Try press-ganged. We were just more successful than the Senshi, and it damn near ruined us. Serenity’s STILL looking for a way to get her to agree to ennoblement.”
The image of M rolled her eyes.
“Still, it might be a good idea to have her put a team or two through their paces.”
“Agreed.” Nicodemus nodded. “I’ll see if we can shake a team free from Champ-Ops and get her here.”
… […] - Foreign language [Translation]
~ … ~ - Thoughts
**9**
Exploding skywards from the gas cloud, the purple-and-white clad woman dodged heavy automatic fire and took off towards the magma pit with a heat-seeking missile in pursuit. Some quick dodging, and the keep looked the worse for wear. Only then did she start breathing again, certain she was clear of gas contamination.
“Damn.” A.C. was anything but dumb. She knew what the changing tactics meant.
Rüstung zu Sternennacht-Modus. [Knight Armour to Starry Night mode.] Laevatein wasn’t dumb either, especially linked as he was to his Meister. A purple triangular array with circles at its points appeared below her, and with a quickly rising band of energy, the white and purple outfit was replaced by the much more familiar dulled-grey and black of her previous armour.
Feeling a bit more secure in space-worthy and sealed armour, A.C. took in the changes to it. The clamshell was more contoured to allow the remaining and now black long skirt to stay fastened around her waist, her boots had a bit more heel than before, and her gauntlets had become noticeably more ornate.
It was rather a pity the armour she was using was almost two generations out of date, given it was based on the suit she’d been using before the Visitors had turned up and she was most of the way through the redesign to deal with her enhanced capabilities. Scrapping it and going for a riggable power armour was looking more preferable at this point.
~ Still, ~ she mused as she dived down and headed for one of the many concealed entranceways to the underground area, ~ the therm-optic camouflage would come in REALLY useful right about now. ~
Diving into the entrance, she bounced around the corridors to disrupt potential tracking before making her way stealthily to her nearest workbench. She was almost done with the building on the new cartridge system. Then she could try to hook up one of the salvaged black boxes to the tricorder from a landmate emergency kit and see if it had any records of the supply drop.
***
“Are you sure we shouldn’t use her more M?” General Huray asked the image in the com-window.
“Not without good reason Nick.” The dignified female image of Dame Judy Dench replied. Even between senior people like this, compartmentalisation was everything. “Technically, we didn’t recruit her for her combat abilities.”
The General snorted.
“Recruit? Try press-ganged. We were just more successful than the Senshi, and it damn near ruined us. Serenity’s STILL looking for a way to get her to agree to ennoblement.”
The image of M rolled her eyes.
“Still, it might be a good idea to have her put a team or two through their paces.”
“Agreed.” Nicodemus nodded. “I’ll see if we can shake a team free from Champ-Ops and get her here.”