Battle Suit Utopia

[Shana]

Battle Suit Utopia

 

INTRO

In the year 2052, War ravaged the World. Europe standing as a single force began a world wide invasion. Alliances were made and others were broken.

 

Japan, unable to have an army of its own after the terms of the Second World War, has joined an alliance formed by American, Canadian and Mexican Forces for the development of heavy mobile units, one manned robots with enough destructive power to take on legions of infantry troops.

 

But Europe did not foresee the rise of the Chinese, Russian and Korean forces. The nuclear winter lasted 30 years in Europe. The surviving British forces joined the new MDN or Mobile Defense Network created by Japan and the three American Continent Titans.

 

Now, the year is 2132. The Chinese seek to establish a new world order under the flag of communism. America, being as weakest as it’s never been, seeks to rally with the members of the MDN more countries to their side, mainly the Arabian countries. Knowing fully well of the history between America and these countries, Japan and Mexico have established negotiations with the Arab officials.

 

The Arabs have conditioned their alliance by stating that they will only join if the MDN liberates Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan from Chinese and Russian occupation, a condition that MDN has decided to take on.

 

The Elite group of the MDN is formed by some of the most extraordinary military agents from around the world. Resistance fighters and national army members are also among the ranks. The special units piloted by the elite are called Battle Suits. Each battle suit and the pilot have a codename. You are one of them.

 

STORY

 

A firefight?

 

Doctor Suzuhara looked over to the metal door as it opened up and a panting soldier came through it. He moved towards the soldier and placed his hand on his shoulder.

 

“Catch your breath son, what is it?”, Doctor Suzuhara asked. The soldier lifted his head and shook it.

 

“Th-They’re everywhere sir. There’s no chance… we can survive this”, the soldier said.

 

Doctor Suzuhara turned on the giant screen of his lab and looked at the security feed. Several hundreds of soldiers and enemy Battle Suits made their way through the military compound of MDN’s Research facility in the Himalayan’s.

 

“Then we must move quickly. Make sure they can keep the uplink up. I’m sending all this data to the one person I can trust, and then we’re torching the place”, Doctor Suzuhara said.

 

“But sir, you will die”, the soldier said with a sad look on his face.

 

“We all die some time soldier”, Doctor Suzuhara said. “Besides, the only person I can trust is also the only person capable of continuing my research. She will be able to decode the encryption in no time.”

 

“You mean Haru-chan?”, the soldier asked.

 

Doctor Naoki Suzuhara turned to look at the small picture frame on his desk. The picture was of him, a lovely woman who seemed to be his wife and a small child with black hair and purple-ish eyes.

 

“Yes, my lovely daughter”, Doctor Suzuhara said and the soldier moved to the door.

 

“I have some messages for her to record, so make sure they keep the uplink up”, Doctor Suzuhara said and the soldier saluted and left. The doctor then started typing on the computer and looked over to the camera as the shockwaves of the attacks on the surface began to take their toll on the building and some of the equipment began to fall down and sparks began flying everywhere.

 

“My dear Haruka, I’m sorry things turned out like this and it seems I’ll have to break my promise…”

 

Shōri (Victory) Weapons Testing Facility, south pacific near the coasts of Yokohama.

 

Two men made their way through the halls of the installation which lay underwater, a General and an Associate of the MDN Board of Directors.

 

“The attack on the Himalayan Facility was a direct challenge from the Chinese Alliance”, The General said.

 

“I’m well aware of that General Ramirez, but what is the status of Doctor Suzuhara?”, The Associate asked.

 

“We don’t know yet Director Kellen, the team is busy removing the rubble, if he’s alive we’ll find him, but I have to be honest with you, it’s not looking too good”, Ramirez said with a frown.

 

“Has his child been notified yet?”, Kellen asked.

 

“No, not yet. But she’s sure to find out in the news”, Ramirez said.

 

“No. The news have been altered. We can’t let them know that one of our top scientists in the area of Battle Suit technology is missing and probably dead. Keep her in the dark as long as possible, it’s best for her and best for us”, Kellen said.

 

“I don’t know Director Kellen, the girl is a god damned genius, I even dare to think she’s smarter than her old man. They worked together on the interface of the new Diavolon Model, it decreases the response time between the pilot and the suit to almost instantly. That same technology is being applied to the rest of the units here”, Ramirez said.

 

“Well, it won’t hurt to try. She’s also one of the best pilots we got. If she’s affected by this it might cloud her judgment. We can’t let that happen”, Kellen said.

 

“Alright sir, we’ll try”, Ramirez replied and changed the subject. “About the operation into Iraq?”

 

“Ah yes, I trust the team is ready?”, Kellen asked.

 

“We’re just awaiting the rest of the team to arrive”, Ramirez said.

 

“Well, you have your orders and access to any weaponry you need, we need that alliance with the Arabs, otherwise the last of the oil reserves on this planet will fall to the Chinese and we’re as good as dead”, Kellen said.

 

“We won’t let that happen sir, you’ll see”, Ramirez said and both men went on their way. Ramirez headed to the hangar bay in which some transports were pulling in. He looked over to the right and saw a young girl with dark hair and beautiful Japanese features in a science robe.

 

“Chief Suzuhara, how we doin’?”, Ramirez asked.

 

“Well, according to the latest readings all the Battle Suits are ready and we’ve installed the new interface in the old and new models alike. We’ll just have to see how they perform when the new unit members arrive”, Haruka said.

 

Ramirez turned around to see the transports.

 

“Well they’re here so we might just say hello”, Ramirez said.

 

“Well sir, that’s your job. I have to tend to the Battle Suits, so I’ll keep working over here, if you need me just call out”, Haruka said.

 

“Alright Chief, you’re dismissed”, Ramirez said and moved towards the transports. He stood there with the welcoming committee.

[Cyborg Ninja]

Xaiver Stryker's trip was quite a long one. He wasn't entire sure how long he had been on this transport, but he knew he couldn't feel his rear because he had been sitting so long. He was excited about the whole thing though. He was going to meet new people, see new places, and most importantly destroy everything in his path. He was one of the first people to get off the transport as soon as it landed.

 

"Well this place just screams welcome" he said to himself out loud.

 

He stretched his legs and took a look at his surroundings. He looked up to see a man walking towards the group; he could only assume that he was a head figure. He did a few more stretches for his legs just to make sure they were still there while he waited. As the man got closer Xaiver stopped his stretches and saluted the man.

 

Alright Xaiver, lets try making a good impression...besides there are giant robots waiting for you Xaiver thought to himself confidently.

[Chevron 7 locke]

Katsu Gosika finally opened his eyes as he felt the transport finally land gently to the ground. He stretched out his arms before finally getting up to his feet.

 

He walked out of the transport and stood next to the man who had gone out before him and watched as one of the men assembled outside the transport walked toward them.

 

He took a quick glance at the man and noticed a figure behind the man who looked...different. Dark hair, scientists robe...he couldn't tell the gender of the figure.

 

Katsu turned his gaze back toward the man who was still walking toward him and raised his hand in a salute.

 

Good impressions are important. The sooner I get my mech the sooner I can get back to fighting.

[Shana]

Haruka looked back and saw too youn men. It was expected as she was a Battle Suit pilot herself. One of them was japanese and she grinned to the fact. There were many japanese in the MDN but most were technitians or had administrative jobs, not too many were in the army. She was kinda glad to see another japanese in the Mobile Unit. She got up from her seat and walked over to a firearm that was about 8 times her size. She was inspecting the barrel and the trigger to see if they were in good condition. She then walked over to Ramirez and first saluted the new unit members very quickly and casually.

 

"Sir, weapons are in pristine condition", Haruka said.

 

"Thank you Chief Suzuhara", Ramirez said and when the young men saluted him, he saluted back. "At ease gentlemen."

 

Ramirez then stood before them.

 

"Welcome to the Victory Facility. Of course you may know it from it's japanese name but I suck in japanese so I call it so. This is Chief Haruka Suzuhara, you may know her father, the famous Doctor Naoki Suzuhara inventor of the Brain-to-AI interface that you've trained on. Chief Suzuhara and her father have done several modifications since to all battle suits making the "lag" you get when controlling them almost unexistant now. She will also be joining you on missions as she is a remarkable pilot."

 

Haruka took a step forward.

 

"Nice to meet you, I'm Haruka, I am supervisor of the Battle Suit project here in Shōri Facility. I also pilot Aegis jou ichi, I mean Aegis 11. You can call me on the field Phyxius as it is my pilot callsign", Haruka said.

 

The installation wasn't cold in fact it was warm but she was wearing a sweater and black stockings. Which to most people would seem weird.

 

"I am General Ramirez and I am incharge of this facility and I will be coordinating your efforts in the missions we are to undertake. Please introduce yourselves gentlemen", Ramirez said.

[Cyborg Ninja]

Xaiver had looked over to see a Japanese kid, probably the same age as him standing next to him. He nodded to the kid before turning back to the man. Now there man was joined by a girl in a black sweater with black stockings to match. He raised his right eyebrow noticing it wasn't that hot but then again he had his uncle's pilot jacket on so he really couldn't say anything on the matter. Regardless of the odd choice in clothing the girl was pretty cute. He focused his attention back on the man who was talking about the girl and her father had fixed the lag which was great news to hear, but he wasn't aware there was any lag. When he had used Nova in the training, he felt as if he and the machine had become one warrior. Xaiver just shrugged his shoulders as he let the man continue speaking. The girl introduced herself as Haruka and she was the pilot of Aegis 11. He had only seen that thing of beauty once during his days training and it was one of the most magnificent performances he had ever seen, and now he was going to get to fight alongside her.

 

"I am General Ramirez and I am incharge of this facility and I will be coordinating your efforts in the missions we are to undertake. Please introduce yourselves gentlemen"

 

The General's crisp voice broke Xaiver's train of thought as he snapped back to the real world. Xaiver took a step forward to introduce himself.

 

"I'm Xaiver Stryker, and I used the Nova Battle Suit during training. My pilot callsign is Psycho, and I'm in charge of making the enemy regret fighting us." Xaiver said with an added smile.

[Shana]

Haruka looked over at Xaiver and put a hand to her chin and rubbed it a little.

 

"I remember the Nova Battle Suit, so you're the top pilot Psycho? Your field work is very impressive. I can tell we really got people of quality this time General", she said in all honesty. The General nodded, indeed they were some of the top Battle Suit pilots in the MDN.

 

"It's good to meet you son, we can definitely use a man who can bring fear to the hearts of the enemy", the General said and looked over to the others. "Anyone else would care to introduce themselves?"

[Ping]

Zhao Wong walked off of the transport. He had had a long trip, and was glad to have the chance to stretch his legs. He did feel a bit uncomfortable, though. Even though he was technically Taiwanese, people still treated him like he was a Chinese enemy. It had gotten to the point where he wanted to just shut everyone who insulted him up. Shouldn't be too hard - giving people black eyes usually did that job for him, Zhao thought with dark humor. He had noticed a group of people - presumably scientists - had assembled around the transport. He then heard the introductions by the general, Haruka, and Xavier Stryker. Zhao couldn't help but feel reassured that a person with the callsign Psycho was on their side - Xavier must give those guys hell, he thought amusingly.

 

"Anyone else would care to introduce themselves?"

 

Zhao snapped back to reality. "I'm Zhao Wong, but just call me Zhao. I drive the Aero 8 suit. My callsign is 'Demon'." Zhao felt even more uneasy after he introduced himself. The people might think he was a spy, and then there was the checkered past Japan had with its neighbor, though being Taiwanese might not have any bearing on that. And then there was his combat records -he had been known to do rather questionable acts in combat.

[Te Darasuum Mandalor]

Pete Cook and his new prototype Protos 3000 had just arrived with a small squad of MDN troopers have arrived on the once flourishing moon colony called "Arc", his mission......retake the facility that once served the great American cause.

 

"Sir," one of Cook's men saluted, "The mercs sent to reboot the station aren't rsponding!"

 

"Most likely interfearence! I think some of them are still alive." Something moved in the shadows.

 

"What was that sir?!" a soldier asked.

 

"Corpral, take two men with you to the control room within the facility. The other four and I will check it out." As the three troops went deeper into the abandoned colony, Cook and the others went down the corridor where he thought he saw the shadow go into. Sure enough, as he walked into the room, a large bug-shaped robot picked him up by the neck and shot two of Cook's companions though he shot the strange droid before it killed any more of his squad.

 

"Must be one of those new communist droids!" Cook gasped as he attempted to breathe. We need to warn the others!"

 

Cook and his two companions ran down the corridor, this time aware of the enemy presence which was abliviated every time they saw one. They arrived at the control room in a nick of time just to find the corpral and the other two troops dead. "This is definetely not good!" one of the soldiers whispered two Cook and the other private.

 

"Help!" a voice said comming from a supply closet. Cook pushed the debris away and helped four surviving Mercs up and armed them with handguns.

 

"They were everyware!" one of the mercenaries said. They killed the others, but we survived!"

 

"Do you know a way out?" Cook asked.

 

"Yes, we have a shuttle down in the open hangar! Can you escort us there?"

 

"Once we take care of these guys first!" Cook said blasting one of the encroaching bugdroids. They fought bravely, but were soon overun. Cook then pressed a button on his wrist, and soon enough a huge battle suit came blasting through the door. Cook hopped inside and blasted away at the army that was coming. "You guys get outta here! " he yelled as the survivors and his two sqaud members ran down the hallway. He then got out of his suit and set the self distruct setting ready for the station. Right as it blew up, he escaped in his suit.

 

Over the comlink to his squad memberswho made it out ok, Cook said, "Well at least we know who is here now, the communists programmed assasin droids to hold this station. They want a foothold in space too. If we want a foothold too, we may need an entire army! But for now, our beautiful moon is a battlefield, it is no man's land......"

 

To be continued........

[Master_Archon]

As Roman had exited the shuttle, he had been sidetracked by a conversation with two technicians, and a Lieutenant who'd been sharing the merits of certain older model suit interfaces. Roman was totally oblivious to the welcoming party as a whole until the last minute, where he finally looked over, and noticed his fellow pilots talking to two figures, one seeming to be a higher rank, military brass type.

 

Roman trotted over with great urgency, only catching a brief last portion of a sentence, ".....I drive the Aero 8 suit. My callsign is 'Demon'." Was all he heard from one of his fellow pilots.

 

Roman stood next to one of them, standing a good few inches over them all, mostly assumed to be because he was older, but then again, he was naturally tall, from being Ukrainian, and such. He saluted in a professional military fashion to the now -from his own observations- acknowledged General.

 

"Roman Pylypovich Tur reporting sir. I apologize for being late," he said with an easily recognizable Russian-Ukrainian accent.

 

"If we are making callsign introductions, then I am Hydra, Battle Suit pilot of the Lævateinn 2, late build, early-type model," he told them, as he loosened up slightly, his thoughts drifting over to his Battle Suit. He could only hope that no one had been messing, or tinkering with it. It was a unique model (not to mention one of a kind, almost literally), with the early-type model cockpit builds, it required no 'upgrading', and so far, Roman had made sure no one had messed with his suit without his permission, or him being there to monitor the situation, so far. On top of the fact that his suit's individual AI system was very picky. ((If the suits' AI systems are aware at all, that is? You never really mentioned that Shana.))

 

He could only hope that while being away from his suit this long, no one had touched, or tampered with it. He was very attached to his suit after all, and didn't exactly enjoy being away from it too long without knowing what was going on with it.

 

Roman let go of these thoughts for the moment, finally looking over at the General's companion, who was a beautiful young girl, maybe a year younger than himself, wearing scientists robes, but with a sweater, and black stockings. He smiled at her kindly, hoping to make a good impression on her.

 

"Hello, I did not catch your name," he said politely in his accent.

[Shana]

She turned over to Roman and bowed slightly.

 

"My name is Suzuhara Haruka, my callsign is Phyxius and I pilot Aegis...11", Haruka said pausing a little to not say the number in japanese. She then moved closer to him and approached the railing overlooking the Lævateinn 2. "It's a very beautiful piece of work, I was tasked with upgrading it and checking it's system, but I couldn't bring myself to tamper with it. Especially after the AI interface it has seems to be almost a 100% synchronized with you. Not many pilots achieve this. I only took the liberty of checking the weapon system to make sure it was ready, no tampering whatsoever, my father wouldn't have tampered with it either, in fact I sent him a photo of it, he was so excited he wanted to come here and see it."

 

She then leaned on the railing and looked at all the battle suits.

 

"I have been working with Battle Suits since I was a little girl", Haruka said and then looked over to the new group. "I noticed everyone finds my attire to be a bit weird, it's because I suffer from poor blood circulation so I get cold very easily and bruised, but it's not a major thing. How about you Roman? I can tell you're not russian by your accent, as I can tell Zhao isn't Chinese per say. I have an ear for this, since we have so many people from so many countries around here."

[Chevron 7 locke]

"Anyone else would care to introduce themselves?"

 

Katsu stood ramrod straight at the sound of the general's voice and then raised his hand in a proper military salute.

 

"The name is Katsu Gosika and I have been with the MDN since I was fifteen years old. I scored high marks with the Vegas mech suit during the training period and my callsign is Vega."

 

He took a quick glance around and noticed a girl about his own age standing near the general and he smiled at her. He was about to ask her her name when she started speaking.

 

"My name is Suzuhara Haruka, my callsign is Phyxius and I pilot Aegis...11".

 

Katsu walked over to the edge of the railing and looked down at his battle suit and frowned. He could still remember what the suit had looked like when he had first seen it. It had looked like it had gone through hell. There had been battle scars all over it and one of the arms had been missing a hand. But it had been rebuilt and he had trained with it and he had turned it into something that could strike fear into the heart of any foe.

 

Except one man, he thought darkly as he looked over the other battle suits, giving each of them a look over.

[Cyborg Ninja]

Xaiver saw the group was starting to from by the railing so he made his way over there. He looked down at the battle suits that were down low and whistled.

"I have been working with Battle Suits since I was a little girl", Haruka said and then looked over to the new group. "I noticed everyone finds my attire to be a bit weird, it's because I suffer from poor blood circulation so I get cold very easily and bruised, but it's not a major thing. How about you Roman? I can tell you're not russian by your accent, as I can tell Zhao isn't Chinese per say. I have an ear for this, since we have so many people from so many countries around here."

 

Xaiver looked over to Haruka and smiled at the girl.

 

"I believe Zhao is from Taiwan. My uncle made sure I learned most accents in the world if I wanted to be with the MDN. He was both a pilot and a mechanic for the MDN. Maybe you heard of him, his callsign was Shiro."

[Te Darasuum Mandalor]

Cook and what was left of his weary battlegroup then prepared to meet the leader of MDN. The mission was a failure, and the base was destroyed. He would ask the MDN for supplies to rebuild the research base on the moon. But at least he had knowlege. Knowlege of the new type of robot he encountered on Luna.

 

to be continued.....

[Shana]

"I believe Zhao is from Taiwan. My uncle made sure I learned most accents in the world if I wanted to be with the MDN. He was both a pilot and a mechanic for the MDN. Maybe you heard of him, his callsign was Shiro."

 

Haruka put a finger on her mouth and looked up to try to remember.

 

"Oh yeah! He's got that exceptional ability to patch up something on the fly. Shiro never gives up", Haruka said.

 

She realized most of them had started to join her and Roman near the railing. General Ramirez walked over to them and looked at the Battle Suits, which were standing on the launch pads.

 

"Haruka has been looking over your Battle Suits since they arrived. She's very capable, in fact, her father designed the system that most of them use and she has done several firmware upgrades herself for some of you. You'll find the HUD is improved and the targeting system has better target prediction and radar capabilities", Ramirez said.

[Cyborg Ninja]

"Oh yeah! He's got that exceptional ability to patch up something on the fly. Shiro never gives up"

 

Xaiver smiled at this, happy that his uncle was the same no matter where he was. When he heard General Ramirez speak about how Haruka had watched over all of these Battle Suits he couldn't help but be impressed. He looked back over to the girl with a stunned expression but quickly recovered.

 

"Well on behalf of Nova and I, I thank you for taking care of the big guy and I mean that."

 

Hang in there big guy, I'll be there as soon as I can

[Chevron 7 locke]

"Haruka has been looking over your Battle Suits since they arrived. She's very capable, in fact, her father designed the system that most of them use and she has done several firmware upgrades herself for some of you. You'll find the HUD is improved and the targeting system has better target prediction and radar capabilities"

 

Katsu shifted uneasily when he found out that someone else had been working on his battle suit. He alone had worked on it in the past and everything had been calibrated to his exact specifications. Still, the thought of a better HUD and improved targeting systems slightly cheered him up.

 

He looked over at Haruka with renewed interest. The fact that she was able to upgrade the Vegas even after all the modifications he had made to it impressed and suprised him.

 

Suzuhara Haruka...she's quite talented. I'll have to keep an eye on her.

 

He then looked back down at the Vegas and smiled as he remembered the good times he had spend working on the machine.

 

"Pardon me for asking, but did you make any upgrades to the weapons that came with our battle suits? And would it be possible for us to acquire new weapons?"

[Master_Archon]

Roman returned Haruka's bow, as she acknowledged him.

 

"My name is Suzuhara Haruka, my callsign is Phyxius and I pilot Aegis...11," she said to him with a pause. Roman smiled at this, and spoke to her in Japanese, "So you are the pilot of the Aegis jou ichi, nice to finally meet you."

 

Roman knew some Japanese, mostly from his technicians, but it was mostly basic, often times his sentences were poorly structured, or words spoken incorrectly. He was still learning English as it was too, but he was quite a bit more advanced in that, than in Japanese. He'd hoped he'd said everything right, he was hoping to impress her in some way, after all, she was the pilot of the Aegis 11, a Battle Suit of beauty that he'd heard of, and seen on several occasions; and obviously the pilot matched the mech, so he wanted to definitely make a good impression, since he was going to be working with her on the battlefield.

 

She drew closer to him, and he froze, thinking he'd said something wrong, but she diverted slightly, and peered over the railing at the Lævateinn 2.

 

"It's a very beautiful piece of work, I was tasked with upgrading it and checking it's system, but I couldn't bring myself to tamper with it. Especially after the AI interface it has seems to be almost a 100% synchronized with you. Not many pilots achieve this. I only took the liberty of checking the weapon system to make sure it was ready, no tampering whatsoever, my father wouldn't have tampered with it either, in fact I sent him a photo of it, he was so excited he wanted to come here and see it." She told him. Roman beamed with joy, not only had she practically read his mind, and hadn't tampered with his suit, but she'd complimented his synchronization with the Lævateinn 2, something few noticed, but was extremely important to every pilot. A higher synchronization with one's suit was a show of one's skill as a pilot (in a way), and was something all pilots strive to improve upon; having the pilot of the Aegis 11, daughter of Doctor Suzuhara, pretty much flatly say he was a very impressive pilot was something Roman could have only reminisced over not even a few hours ago. Plus she told him that it was a beautiful suit, along with showing her father photos of it, which made the Doctor actually want to come and see it. Roman almost couldn't believe it, it was like all his efforts as an advanced Battle Suit pilot since he was eleven had finally been rewarded, and only within a matter of minutes upon entering the facility.

 

'This is a Shōri Facility! He thought to himself, as he forced himself into a state of humility, as acting out was no way of earning respect from his fellow pilots.

 

"I have been working with Battle Suits since I was a little girl," she said, making Roman smile nostalgically, as he'd been training with Battle Suits since he too was quite small.

 

"I noticed everyone finds my attire to be a bit weird, it's because I suffer from poor blood circulation so I get cold very easily and bruised, but it's not a major thing. How about you Roman? I can tell you're not Russian by your accent, as I can tell Zhao isn't Chinese per say. I have an ear for this, since we have so many people from so many countries around here." She finished.

 

Roman smiled kindly,and politely at Haruka, responding, "I find your attire fine, Miss Haruka, I never once thought it was weird, I too am wearing a hot garment, am I not?" As Roman motioned to the fine coat he was wearing, on top of the fact that he had gloves on too.

 

"I find it quite impressive that you can tell the subtle differences in my accent from that of a Russian. But you are right, I am not Russian, I am Ukrainian," he told her/them, pausing for a moment. "I know what you are all going to ask; yes, Ukraine is as bad as you hear it is, and then some," he told them, knowing full well that whenever he told people where he was from that they always were curious to know whether Ukraine was really as bad as it was made out to be, or whether it was just propaganda.

 

Roman simply looked from one person to the next, smiling politely, and then turning to look over the railing at the Lævateinn 2. He hoped to be down there in the cockpit soon.

[Ping]

"I noticed everyone finds my attire to be a bit weird, it's because I suffer from poor blood circulation so I get cold very easily and bruised, but it's not a major thing. How about you Roman? I can tell you're not Russian by your accent, as I can tell Zhao isn't Chinese per say. I have an ear for this, since we have so many people from so many countries around here."

 

Zhao allowed himself a small grin. "Finally, I'm glad your smarter than those dumbasses back at home. So, it seems we have two Japanese people, a Ukrainian, a Taiwanese, and an American making up the crew," he said, giving everyone a once over. A nice, diverse team, that had individuals with different personalities that seemed to balance out. One of the best possible teams, he thought with satisfaction. He couldn't help but feel a little left out though, with Roman and Xavier getting most of the praise, even Katsu's battle suit was commented on. He did admit to himself though, he didn't mind that much, being used to doing things by himself. He looked at his mech over the railing. Come on, when are we going to get into those things? he thought a bit impatiently.

[Shana]

"Well on behalf of Nova and I, I thank you for taking care of the big guy and I mean that."

 

Haruka gave him a small smile and nodded.

 

"You're welcome", Haruka said and turned over to Katsu.

 

"Pardon me for asking, but did you make any upgrades to the weapons that came with our battle suits? And would it be possible for us to acquire new weapons?"

 

"I only ran diagnostics on your Battle Suits, I know most of you do the upgrades and repairs on them yourselves so I didn't really tamper with them much, I only gave you some interface upgrades like improved targeting, HUD capabilities and radar sensors. Once you get in you'll see the advantages, your AIs also welcomed the change otherwise they would've rejected the firmware. But once they themselves analyzed the upgrades and accepted it", Haruka said and then started thinking. "Weapons wise, I've designed some sniper rifles, SMGs and Assault Rifles. You'll be able to check them out in the armory once you run your rutine excersizes."

 

"So you are the pilot of the Aegis jou ichi, nice to finally meet you."

 

Haruka's eyes widened, she did not expect Roman to know japanese and so she giggled.

 

"That's pretty good japanese. I'm also delighted to meet all of you", Haruka said.

 

"I find your attire fine, Miss Haruka, I never once thought it was weird, I too am wearing a hot garment, am I not?" As Roman motioned to the fine coat he was wearing, on top of the fact that he had gloves on too.

 

"I find it quite impressive that you can tell the subtle differences in my accent from that of a Russian. But you are right, I am not Russian, I am Ukrainian," he told her/them, pausing for a moment. "I know what you are all going to ask; yes, Ukraine is as bad as you hear it is, and then some," he told them, knowing full well that whenever he told people where he was from that they always were curious to know whether Ukraine was really as bad as it was made out to be, or whether it was just propaganda.

 

"Well, when I was growing up, the ghetto in the remains of Nagano was not a very pleasant place either, I guess Katsu would know too, it was constantly in the news", Haruka said and then focused her attention of Zhao who seemed to be most agressive than the others but at the same time it didn't seem like he was picking a fight or anything like that. It appeared he had been through a lot and had developed a thick skin but also a "won't be ran over" attitude.

 

"Finally, I'm glad your smarter than those dumbasses back at home. So, it seems we have two Japanese people, a Ukrainian, a Taiwanese, and an American making up the crew"

 

Haruka walked a bit in direction of Zhao's suit and looked over to him.

 

"Your suit's design is quite unique Zhao, while it seems to be old, it actually is pretty advanced for it's age. It had no problem taking in the firmware and I think for someone with your skills, the new targeting interface will come really in handy. I read all your profiles and tried to incorporate some interface designs that fit the most with your skillset. I heard a lot about you Zhao, you're very commited to the cause, and if I may give an opinion I think you are really brave. Standing up for yourself when everything seems against you takes a lot of courage. And your file speaks for itself, impecable", Haruka said giving him a smile.

 

General Ramirez walked over to them and smiled at all of them.

 

"It's nice to see our team is getting along so well. Well, get settled in gentlemen, we'll begin test runs in a couple of hours. You're dismissed", General Ramirez said and went on his way after saluting Haruka who in turn saluted back.

 

"You guys might want to get settled first and have a look around the facility, we'll meet back here when it's time to do the test runs. I'm sure you're all eager to get back into your suits, and your suits can't wait either", Haruka said.

[Ping]

Your suit's design is quite unique Zhao, while it seems to be old, it actually is pretty advanced for it's age. It had no problem taking in the firmware and I think for someone with your skills, the new targeting interface will come really in handy. I read all your profiles and tried to incorporate some interface designs that fit the most with your skillset. I heard a lot about you Zhao, you're very commited to the cause, and if I may give an opinion I think you are really brave. Standing up for yourself when everything seems against you takes a lot of courage. And your file speaks for itself, impecable"

 

Zhao couldn't help but grin. "You just made my day," he said, feeling good for once. Looks like I don't have to worry about proving myself, he thought with satisfaction.

 

"You guys might want to get settled first and have a look around the facility, we'll meet back here when it's time to do the test runs. I'm sure you're all eager to get back into your suits, and your suits can't wait either"

 

"What time do we have to meet back here?" Zhao asked. "And how big is the facility anyways?"

[Te Darasuum Mandalor]

Cook had just finnished his meeting with the leader of MDN and was given commands to recolonize the moon.

 

"Sir!" one of his squad members said, "If we are to recolonize the moon, we will need more troops, and engineers, and more battlesuits!"

 

"Indeed, you are right," Cook said obviously lost in a daze. He was infact given supplies by the President, and millitary transports as well. All he needed to do was consult with General Ramirez about troops he needed. He picked up his communicator, and dialed the good general's number.

 

"General....are you there? Well, this is Commander Cook requesting rienforcements. I have failed to take over the moon, and my squad is now down to only two of my original men, myslef, and four Mercenaries I found on the station who are willing to join my battlegroup. I will however need moe troops in order to protect myself while I put up my new moonbase no telling what kind of other monsters will attack again. The MDN President has already given me the recources to build, all I need now is you to supply me with the needed troops. Well, I hope to hear back from you soon, Sir. Cook out."

 

 

To be continued.....

[Master_Archon]

"It's nice to see our team is getting along so well. Well, get settled in gentlemen, we'll begin test runs in a couple of hours. You're dismissed," General Ramirez said, saluting to Haruka. Roman also saluted as he heard the General say they were dismissed, even if it wasn't necessary. Saluting was simply a hardwired thing for Roman, as he had been trained since he was eleven, it was a habit very well ingrained.

 

"You guys might want to get settled first and have a look around the facility, we'll meet back here when it's time to do the test runs. I'm sure you're all eager to get back into your suits, and your suits can't wait either," Haruka said, making Roman smile.

 

"What time do we have to meet back here?" Zhao asked. "And how big is the facility anyways?"

 

"Yes, those are my questions also, although I have a suggestion as well. May we all," he said pleasantly, motioning to his fellow pilots a bit eccentrically. "Have the pleasure of taking a tour of the facility with you Miss Haruka. It would most definitely get us familiarized with the place, and would keep us from getting lost, and not showing up for the test runs," he suggested politely with, of course, a smile. Plus, of course, it would be very pleasant to tour the facility with the beautiful young woman, as it was a breath of fresh air for Roman, who was always around greasy technicians, or stone hearted older (and even younger) pilots.

[Shana]

(OOC: Mandalor, I will answer your call to Ramirez in the next post)

 

"What time do we have to meet back here?" Zhao asked. "And how big is the facility anyways?"

 

"The facility is actually pretty big, we're underwater but this place does have an Assembly line for standard combat battle suits, they aren't as advanced as ours but they're mostly for infantry. The factory is what makes it so huge", Haruka said and looked at her watch. "It's 3 pm so you need to be back here a bit before 5".

 

"Yes, those are my questions also, although I have a suggestion as well. May we all," he said pleasantly, motioning to his fellow pilots a bit eccentrically. "Have the pleasure of taking a tour of the facility with you Miss Haruka. It would most definitely get us familiarized with the place, and would keep us from getting lost, and not showing up for the test runs," he suggested politely with, of course, a smile.

 

Haruka looked over at Roman and grinned.

 

"I guess I do have a bit of time", Haruka said and walked over to a man with very thick glasses. "Take over for me Takahashi-san".

 

The man in glasses nodded and Haruka went back to the group.

 

"This way guys", Haruka said as she started to lead them to the barracks so they got settled in first.

 

"The Facility was built around 2082, back then the battle suits were starting to show promise. And this facility was one of the first steps towards heavy battle suit research", Haruka said and led them to the barracks. "I'm sure you'll be able to find your dormitories just fine. Each of you have your own, it's a perk of being one of the MDN's elites".

[Cyborg Ninja]

"This way guys"

 

Xaiver waited a few seconds before walking after Haruka. He wasn't up for a tour but he didn't want to get lost like Roman had pointed out. On the subject of Roman, Xaiver looked over at him for a few seconds. He seemed to be more outgoing then Zhao and Katsu. Xaiver made his way over to Roman and flashed him a smile.

 

"I'm sure you'll be able to find your dormitories just fine. Each of you have your own, it's a perk of being one of the MDN's elites".

 

"And here I thought I was gonna get to bunk with Roman," Xaiver said as he smacked Roman on the back. "So shouldn't we try to get to know each other a little better during these next 2 hours? I'm not trying to interrupt your fabulous tour here Haruka, I just think if we're going to be teammates it would be easier to cooperate if we all actually like each other." Xaiver added in as a suggestion for killing time.

[Chevron 7 locke]

"I'm sure you'll be able to find your dormitories just fine. Each of you have your own, it's a perk of being one of the MDN's elites".

 

Katsu flinched at those words. He wasn't used to being by himself. After all, he had been a constant part of a military unit since he was fifteen, at least he had been a part of one until the entire unit had been wiped out with the exception of Katsu himself during a suprise attack. He still had nightmares about it at times.

 

He was still thinking about the ambush when he was brought back to reality by the sound of Xaiver slapping Roman on the back.

 

"Would it be possible to customize our dormitories to the way we wish to them to look? Or will we have to leave them the way we found them?"