Sciforums Fleet

He landed with a sword salute.

"Not bad, not bad," the man said,

It is obvious they are testing him, but for what? Shogun looked for a surface, and and set his settings to the surface so it would bounce off and hit that man in the head. He wanted to test something. He shot the shot, it was stopped by a shield. As he expected, there is a shield that separated him and them. It was the the Colosseum he studied about in Ancient Rome. In fact it is still there, an Imperial Heritage Site. They watched from above as men fought each other to the death, but for what? He is fighting for a way out of here. The cake might be a lie, they might just throw him out of the airlock, then vaporize him after a certain amount of battles. It was his only chance though. He charged at them, running as fast as he could then leaping forwards. His figure was blurry due to the velocity. They leaped sideways, aided by their psionic power. Shogun jumped upwards, hit the ceiling and then accelerated downwards at breakneck speeds, spinning and fired two shots at the two psychics, they barely evaded it. Shogun used an approach angle that would minimize the strain on his wrist. He twisted his body on is wrist. They th launched psionic needles at him, he did a back-flip, another returning bursts at them. One gathered psionic energy around his arm and charged at Shogun, they were quick. Shogun pulled out his sword, and then at the last second charged at the man. He sliced him into three slices. Then the other popped up right behind him, he grabbed the man and slammed him as hard as he could to the ground and then a fraction of a second before he landed, Shogun's blade was through him.
 
When I finally got out of my jumpsuit in my room I discovered that the silver veining had gone all the way up to my shoulder.

"Aww fuck" I muttered

I grabbed the emergency kit and took out all the gauze I could. I wrapped two layers stretching from my shoulder to my wrist. Pretty shitty disguise, maybe a long sleeve shrit would help.

All of the sudden Kent walked in the room

"Hey tori." he said

I jumped "holy shit dont scare me like that." I said

"What's up with your arm?!?" he said

"Oh um... nothing." I said

"Bull shit." he said

"None of your business." I said

"Show it to me." he exclaimed

"I swear to G-d do not go and tell the captain, and for the love of G-d don't talk to Adder about it." I said

he rolled his eyes

"Seriously Kent!" I said "If they find out about this they won't let me sniff the inside of a hangar, let alone a cockpit, for the rest of my life." I said

"Alright, fine." he said

I unwrapped the tape and his jaw dropped.

"There, happy" I said holding up my wrist so he could see the whole thing. The veins and arteries from my shoulder to my wrist had all turned silver.

"ughh." he muttered

"Wait till you see this." I said

After a second I made my hand completely disappear then reappear.

"Holy shit, that's cool." he said

"You see?!? I'm fine." I said
 
"All right people, we've entered the orbital well of the planet Pleades. Were going to attack the main forces on the planet, do your best." the captain said

"Roger" I said

"Roger" replied the rest of the team.

"Wraith launching from Solitude." I said

The doors openned, the catapults engaged, I'm on my way, and I'm bringing hell along with me.
 
Three came down this time, guess they want more. Shogun can detect their anger with his Geass, and with his ears,

"You will fuckin' pay!" one of the yelled, that man begun to fling objects at him, while another fired psionic needles, while the last one did nothing yet. Shogun returned fire at them, but was absorbed. Shogun then turned his Geass to the man not doing anything, he appears to be forming defense apparatuses around his comrades. This is going to be a tough one, he needed to take him out first. The projectiles and the psionic needles came relentlessly. He can literally see the wrath from their brain activity with his Geass, but he didn't have the time for that, he needed to concentrate on the attacks being dealt on him and returning the favor. He observed his surroundings to formulate a plan, while leaping all over the place evading the attacks and returning fire all the same. He fired a few burst shots and saw the flash from the heat dissipating on the surface, he then knew what power the third guy had. It's called "Absolute Defense", a very potent and rare power. Cera told him about it, the user concentrated psionic shields precisely on the position on incoming threats, thats why it can be so potent. However, it requires masterful manipulation of psionic shields and an extraordinary mind to process the information and calculate the impact points to place the shields precisely there. That guy probably had his HUD to assist in that. There is a weakness...

Shogun did a few calculations of his own with the aid of his Geass. He adjusted his rifle settings...he then fired rapid bursts of what seemed like random shots at random objects. They reflected off objects and are going to impact the two attackers all over their body from every direction. Shogun then charged at the defender. He knew that the defender will have a meltdown processing all that information, so much so that he will be wide open. Shogun jumped and he seemed to spin in the air. He landed on his hand and popped himself back up. The man with absolute defense was chopped precisely and accurately at weak points Shogun's Geass indicated. The weakness of Absolute Defense is its user, the user's mind and skill. For every psychic there are "blind spots" where the psionic energy concentrated their are weak or non-existent, the blind spot varies between users, another is the ability of the user's mind to place the defense fields exactly where the shots are going to land.

"Sasori!" one of the shouted, as the bits and pieces of him fell apart. The strikes are so swift and accurate that the pieces remained stationary until a rush of blood gushed out and pushed the pieces apart. With that guy out of the way, it will be a lot easier.
 
"Alright, entering atmosphere now." I said

"Roger that" Adder said

"Deploying wing shield." I said

The wings folded over my torso and met in front of me, the feathers folded back so that they were flat and forming a shield.

"Landing" Adder said

I felt a shudder and thud.

"Alright, I'm on top of you." Adder said

"Lock is good." I said

"Just like surfing." he said happily.

"The thing about surfing is it doesn't end up so well for the board." I said

"Hah"

"We'll be out of comm for five or so minutes until we clear the atmosphere, and then we'll be around twenty clicks from their sub-base." I said

"Alright, I'm warming up the vacuum antennae and jamming equipment." Adder said "Standby."

"Alright."

"So Sutori, what were they?" he said

"Maybe some holian experimental or something. But then there's the fact that the holians never use such a design, especially against mechs like ours. And that you never squander your prototypes with combat against a vastly superior enemy." I said

"Maybe they found us by accident." he said

"Maybe, but I dont think so."
 
Shogun made a gamble, he charged straight at the telekinetic. The other fired psionic needles, Shogun evaded them all. He provoked the telekinetic man to charge as fast as he can at him, assisted by his telekinetic powers, he was levitating above the ground actually. Shogun moved to one side, pivoted, and merely assisted the man in redirecting vectors and he slammed right into his ally. Shogun didn't waste any time, he stabbed the two man just as they slammed against the wall.

"Excellent, excellent," their leader said, then all of them jumped down. It is 1 versus 9...
 
"Lets go!" I said

I was skating across the water. With the wing structure for propulsion the wings could be manipulated to enable the necessary balance, and some of the thrust was directed through the feet to slide across the surface.

All in all it meant that I could move a hell of a lot faster across the surface of the water then through the air.

"All right, I'll back you up from above." Adder said

The enemy batterys on the beach openned up. I slid from side to side dodging the gigantic plumes hitting the water.

I got closer and closer until I hit the beach, leaping up I shot one of the turrets with my shotgun and eliminated then sliced through the order with my sword. I had gotten rid of my normal left handed shield in exchange for a second sword and utility system on my left arm.

I saw mechs coming out from the fort with guns blazing.

I jumped up and sawed through one. "Ahhh!" I heard the pilot scream.

It blew up.

"Son of a bitch." I heard one say

"He's alone, surround him." I heard a commander say

I tried to get into range with a mech but it flew back, only to return when I went after another one.

They kept on doing that.

I phased out and evaporated.

"Holy shit, where'd it go?!?" the enemy pilot said

I re appeared behind a mech and sliced it in half. All of the sudden my mech was shaken and I realized one fo the enemy's had me across the chest.

"Your not getting away!" I heard it say

"Not gonna happen!" I yelled

I took my swords and lined them up to stab through my cockpit. I ran them through my chest as I phased the torso of the mech, and luckily me as well, and they went through like thin air and pentrated right into the torso of the enemy mech. "ugh" I heard.


"retreat!" I heard some of them yell.

They all ran behind the fortress walls.

"Alright Adder, I may need your help on this one." I said

"Roger that." he said.
 
Shogun quickly at the first opportunity opened fire on their leader, two in the chest and one in the head. Shogun smiled...too easy. Everyone else stopped frozen, Shogun opened fire on the rest of them without hesitation, but they all evaded the shots and were all over the place, returning the favor. Those guys were fast, faster then the guys from before. The battle was fought not on the ground, but kicking off walls and ceilings and through the air. Shogun the remembered his training, a particular day...

"Cadet Yamato!"

He was overwhelmed...what is this power? He lasted 10 seconds and blacked out, in the middle of a live-fire training exercise. He was lucky that he was the one with the live-fire or he most definitely would have been fried. He lay there sweating heavily and breathing laboredly, wincing from the headache. He is both mentally and physically fatigued, despite going in the simulation fresh and awake. His weapon lay 2 meters from him, it never happened before. As soon as he concentrated on turning his power, he was overwhelmed with information and his brain overclocked to process all of it. The last thing he remembered was jumping high in the air, getting a flash of a tensor and a vector in his head, numbers flashed again, not in front of his eyes, but in his mind, but was it really in his eyes of mind? Then a red dot and arrow appeared in what he presumed to be that location....was it red? He couldn't remember. He opened fire on that target at precisely the moment specified with his high-powered rifle in the air. He then he didn't remember a thing. He presumed that he blacked-out then hit the ground with a thud. What is this power? He remembered it being called Geass or something like that...he is pretty sure that it was a female voice, then again voices can be changed, but he swore he saw a female figure when he made the contract, but the memory is vague, he didn't get a clear look.

"Cadet Yamato! Cadet Yamato!"

"Sir," he responded, breathing laboredly,

"Report,"

"Sir, I blacked out and fell sir," Shogun responded, he didn't know what to say, will Sergeant Webber believe him even if he told him? Sergeant Webber wasn't really a sergeant, he was an officer, decorated and field commissioned to Captain, then volunteered for Academy afterwards to be a 2nd Lieutenant, he got up to Colonel, refused any promotions so he can fight on the front lines, then gave up his officer's commission to be an instructor to raise and babysit a bunch of kids from birth, there were rumors that after he was transfered to ESSCPA, he picked this job and wouldn't take no for an answer. He was completely different on and off duty, being the strict, cold, drill sergeant that expects nothing but perfection while on duty, to a kind, gentle, sympathetic, fatherly figure while off duty. He always put his boys first, before anything. If anyone would believe him, it would be him.

"I can see that cadet, I want to know why you blacked out in the middle of a live-fire exercise!"

His voice was booming in his helmet.

"Sir, I don't know sir,"

Shogun was brutally honest, he did not honestly know,

"You don't know?! Well we all know we will have one less mouth to feed if there was return fire! Cadet, you will skip a day's meals and you will have extra-duty and PT for 3 days! Is that clear cadet!"

"Sir, yes sir!" he returned, mustering all his energy,

"You will come to my office, 2015 hours," It meant they need a talk, after duty.

"Yes sir,"

There goes 6 meals, and he got extra duty in exchange...jolly...couldn't have picked a worse time.

While everyone else ate, Shogun cleaned the latrines. Normally, everything that didn't involve combat was done by civilian employees and droids, but the Sergeant insisted on leaving a few jobs to his boys. Sergeant Webber actually had to argue for it, the reason why is beyond him. From his point of view, it was an utter waste of time, energy and of Super Soldiers, he actually agreed with the top brass on this. His was the only unit that had to do this. His battlegroup didn't have to do any of this, nobody did, even the senior trainees. He and the other commanders-in-training of his battlegroup were assigned to Sergeant Webber, who was also the Chief Mobile Suit Combat Instructor. It is funny because legally, Midshipmen are higher then Petty Officers, but if anyone thinks thats how it works in reality, they are very mistaken. Webber is technically a Petty Officer, but everyone called him Sergeant, including the commanding instructors, unless it is official business. He was as much a sergeant as much as he is a midshipman. It was hard work, cleaning the latrines. Usually, his "squad" did it together, the Sergeant insisted on it, unless it is an individual exercise that said trainee fouled up. So thats why an eight-year old cadet is now cleaning the latrines like "young gentlemen" - thats what the higher-ups called them. He was just lucky that it was his squad's washroom, and that this is ESSCPA Special Operations. Who knows how much worse it would have been had it been someone else's latrines, or even from Sergeant Webber's stories, the marines'. Even, if the latrines are in pretty good shape already, the Sergeant expected it to literally shine. He checked the time, 2000 hours. He took a quick shower and got himself ready in a fresh set of BDUs. He rung the doorbell on the sergeant's door,

"Come in Shogun,"

"Yes sarge," the door opened then closed behind him, the sergeant was there doing paperwork.

"Take a seat son," he sat in the seat across from his desk. The sergeant put down his paperwork and then looked at Shogun worried and asked,

"What happened back there son? It wasn't normal,"

"I'm sorry sarge, it won't happen again," he said feeling the guilt, it probably hurt more for the sergeant then did it for him, they all knew it.

"No, no, thats not what I meant," the sergeant got up, Shogun instinctively followed suit, the sergeant said smiling, "Sit down son,"

He went and got a cup of hot chocolate. They didn't have them here, in fact, Sergeant Webber had to either make excuses or smuggle them in. He always smuggled food in for them, he said they were "still boys and should have a change of taste once in a while from the junk they were fed". Shogun said thank you and then took a drink. He almost spat it out, it was delicious, but it was hot. Sergeant Webber chuckled and said,

"Take your time, I won't rush you,"

He nodded and then took a small sip.

"What I meant was, you finished the simulation in record time, making the previous records seem like they are from a retirement home, I haven't seen anyone do that before, heck I could never dream to be that good," before Shogun opened his mouth, he put a hand up, "You don't have to tell me what I can and can't do son, I know what you did was way better then what I can ever do, in fact all of you will pass me pretty quickly, every single one of you, I really hope you do and I am happy," Shogun then sat back and he continued, "I have never seen anyone do it in one try, 35 targets 5 centimeters in diameter moving at Mach 5, in what seemed like randomized flight paths, if someone told me that and I didn't see it with my own eyes, I would send them to the infirmary to be checked out, you did it in one shot, nobody have done that before"

"Then you suddenly blacked out in mid air and fell," he paused and then said, "I knew it wasn't your fault son, but what happened?"

Shogun told him all he knew about Geass and exactly what happened as he remembered it, he have an eidetic memory just like all Super Soldiers, but some memories, probably the most important details were vague.

"I see, it seems that you have been given a weapon,"
 
Holy shit, my head, it felt like something burst. All of the sudden my mind reeled back and I collapsed on the floor of my mech. All of the sudden I felt like I was pulled back, my vision got blurry and then I was launched forwards.

I was pulled into visions, I saw gunshots. Suits, people. Like everything had been contained before and now was revealed. I corps, Everest base, Legacy, holians, humans.

I remembered, I was zero, but what am I now? Fuck it, I'm Sutori.

I wanted to get more knowledge, remember more, I still couldn't remember why I had chosen that name, I still felt like Sutori. Why am I remembering now, must have something with the phasing.


"Sutori!"

I was reeled back into reality. There was a mask over my face.

"Breath." I heard someone say

Everything was still foggy, my eyes were open, but black clouds dotted everything, then it became clearer.

"Tori!" I heard

I nodded

"Thank god" I heard someone say.

"Jesus, you've been in a coma for a while."

"ugh" I muttered
 
"I don't know much about your power, but what I do know is that it is an extremely useful tool and a potent weapon, you just need to know how to use it, you need to learn how to control the weapon, not let it control you,"

"Yes sarge,"

He then said,

"Your punishment is still on, but as a reward for your record-breaking scores, you will not have extra duty until further notice, you will report to me 1800 - 1900 hours every day, we will train your power in the simulations, I will help you the best I can and guide you on what to do, or what I think you should do to be more precise, and there is something else..."

Shogun wondered what that is? What was the reward? The sergeant then said,

"Wait here, I will be back in 8 minutes,"

"Yes sarge,"

He then left. Shogun was here alone pondering about his power. He himself doubted that he actually did destroy all 35 targets in one shot, he doubted it even now. It just couldn't be...Shogun then finished his cup of hot chocolate.

The sergeant finally came back, with a cart and two plates with cloche covers. He wondered what it was, he never seen a cloche cover before. The sergeant smiled and lifted one...inside was a large juicy piece of steak, cooked to perfection with mashed potatoes and broccoli on the side. Shogun have never seen anything like it before.

"Made it myself,"

Shogun was shocked, it was better then anything he could have imagined,

"Th...thank you sarge!"

"You did good today, just a little something for beating my record, are you hungry yet,"

Shogun's mouth was watering,

"Starving sarge!"

"Perfect then, I haven't eaten either, so lets eat together," Sergeant Webber said smiling

"Thank you!"

The sergeant set the plate down, he then showed him how to cut his steak, the proper way. He never had to cut any food before. Super Soldier food is hard to describe...the nutrition and the exact composition of every Super Soldier's food is specially costumed tailored and followed a strict schedule. There is one thing in common...they are all tasteless, odorless and colorless gel. The gel they are fed apparently costs quite a sum. A few instructors, like Sergeant Webber smuggle food to their trainees, the higher-ups turn a blind eye to it, seeing there isn't much they can do. As they are eating, Sergeant Webber asked,

"Do you know why we only have MS training once a week, far less then everyone else?"

"No sarge,"

"That was a trick question, we do have MS training every single day, more then anyone else actually,"

They did have more training then anyone else, with nearly all of their off-duty hours taken away, they only have 2 hours off duty, not including meals and sleep.

"Uhh?"

"You see, the reason why I make you guys train in your armor, doing what seemed to be weird and impossible exercises in zero-G and under all kinds of gravity and in a variety of environments, I am preparing you for Mobile Suit combat,"


Shogun had a confused look on his face, he didn't see the correlation.

"How many of you actually did fail an exercise at least once,"

"All of us sarge, miserably too,"

"How many pulled through in the end,"

"All of us sarge,"

The sergeant smiled and then said,

"Take the exercise you just did as an example, it seemed impossibly hard. It is not meant to just be a shooting and physical exercise, it is also a mental exercise. You see, to complete the exercise, you had to be observant, patient, calm and focused. You had to isolated what is important and filter out the junk, and you work with the important information to complete the task. Of course, almost all the time you won't get it on the first try, but all of you kept trying until you got it. These exercises train your state-of-mind for combat, to prepare you for combat. Also, what does a MS look like?"

"Its a.....humanoid sarge!"

He finally understood, the sergeant wanted their MS to be an extension of themselves, to use it not as a vehicle, but as a weapon and a tool. The sergeant is training their spatial awareness and situation awareness in a MS by them literally being the MS in training scenarios.

"You are catching on quick, you see, MS combat is not just with you hands and the stick, it is with your mind, you will have to have total awareness. Combat in a Mobile Suit and in combat armor, if done masterfully can be interchangeable,"
 
"Alright sutori, here's the deal." Cade said "Your neurons are too phased for the neural link to actually control the mech."

"That's the good news?" I asked

"No, the good news is this, we worked with the doctors and decided to use a spinal system. Its gonna connect to your prosthetic spine through access fibres on the exposed areas of it. The mech, for lack of a better term will be you. You know how they say that good pilots think of the mech as an extension of themselves? And that the best pilots dont strap themselves into a mech, but strap the mech onto them?" he continued

I nodded

"Quite literally, the mech will become a part of your body, and your body will become a part of the mech, when it gets hit, you will feel it. You will feel the forces, the angles, the g's." he said

"Sounds magnificent. When do I start?" I asked smiling.
 
shit, what kind of training did you go through? While we were slugging it out in mud and blood your eating stack *drool*-Sutori.
 
fedr808 said:
shit, what kind of training did you go through? While we were slugging it out in mud and blood your eating stack *drool*-Sutori.
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Oh yeah, don' forget the gel that costs more then your armor per meal :D

Now you know why you never get spare parts to fix your latrines, all the budget have been....relocated :D
 
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