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Yes! We are victorious! Truly, the day is ours. I expected not for Earth to carry so many talking beasts, yet here we are.
[Well, someone's happy. Sielje's spirits are high after the Cassowary Emperor has been stopped - for good.]
I suggest we celebrate by trying ourselves. A friendly bout, a training fight. I gladly accept any challenges.
[2]
[A few days later, the Ankaian knight can be found around the simulator area. Apparently she figured out the controls enough to be able to use at least the most basic mobile suit functions - a pretty good time, all things considered. And yet...]
[Even the simplest combat scenarios Sielje tried out always went the same: ignore ranged weaponry or ambushes and rush the enemy into melee. Be suppressed by the foe's superior range. Try to dodge and use terrain for cover, get overwhelmed, explode. Repeat over and over again.]
Why...
Why is it this way?
[She sits in the simulator cockpit, obviously frustrated and tired. The monitors display scenario history, at least a dozen attempts failed.]
[3]
...
[Trying to forget about her fiasco, the knight has chosen several books to distract herself with.]
How large is Australia, anyway?
[The books in question are: a technical manual of some handheld rifle, the original version of an old story she saw the movie adaptation of, a monthly fashion magazine, and a picture storybook about animals.
Regardless of contents, she studies each one carefully, with a concentrated look on her face.]
Yes! We are victorious! Truly, the day is ours. I expected not for Earth to carry so many talking beasts, yet here we are.
[Well, someone's happy. Sielje's spirits are high after the Cassowary Emperor has been stopped - for good.]
I suggest we celebrate by trying ourselves. A friendly bout, a training fight. I gladly accept any challenges.
[2]
[A few days later, the Ankaian knight can be found around the simulator area. Apparently she figured out the controls enough to be able to use at least the most basic mobile suit functions - a pretty good time, all things considered. And yet...]
[Even the simplest combat scenarios Sielje tried out always went the same: ignore ranged weaponry or ambushes and rush the enemy into melee. Be suppressed by the foe's superior range. Try to dodge and use terrain for cover, get overwhelmed, explode. Repeat over and over again.]
Why...
Why is it this way?
[She sits in the simulator cockpit, obviously frustrated and tired. The monitors display scenario history, at least a dozen attempts failed.]
[3]
...
[Trying to forget about her fiasco, the knight has chosen several books to distract herself with.]
How large is Australia, anyway?
[The books in question are: a technical manual of some handheld rifle, the original version of an old story she saw the movie adaptation of, a monthly fashion magazine, and a picture storybook about animals.
Regardless of contents, she studies each one carefully, with a concentrated look on her face.]
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Fighting in melee is a difficult art. It requires positioning, footwork, swordplay, being aware of your distance to the opponent and what both of you can do depending on stance and that distance.
It is not just aggressive rampaging, like a wild beast.
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For the short term though-
[Albhard keys in a few commands, bringing up the Gespenst Mk. II Type-G.]
This isn't quite a specialized machine, but it's a customization for the Gespenst meant for melee combat. Used one myself before we found the Grungust.
Not sure how much of a fan you are of punching, but you might fare better with it.
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[Sielje glances at the new unit.]
It looks... heavily armored. Unarmed combat is alright, but will it suffice?
[No weapons spotted, after all.]
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[Another few keystrokes and the simulation gets reset to the beginning again.]
Ready to try again?
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If my equipment was adjusted, what of my opponents? Are they still as before?
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[Despite her reluctance, Sielje starts to make the Gespenst move around.]
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[Still doubtful, Sielje's PT steps into the fray.]
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Of course it was a very easy exercise, meant to just familiarise yourself with combat controls more than anything. And standing in front of those tanks so they won't be accidentally ambushed means the simulated Gespenst got a few shells for its trouble.
But still.]
I have done it! Could it be? Earth too is able to produce such a...
[She coughs.]
Ahem.
It was of course an easy fight.
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