Changing Tune

[ugyuuya]

[Yuuya stands in his regular uniform on the catwalk looking up at the Shiranui Second with a troubled look on his face. It seems something has him displeased and he's come here to try to puzzle it out.]




It bothers you doesn't it, your low scores on the test missions? [Vincent gives a slight wave as Yuuya is shaken from his reverie.]

I'll be the first to vouch that you're a top-class pilot in an American TSF but if tuned and built the Shiranui Second like that then the Japanese pilots would be having the same problem you are.

American TSFs are built to be straightforward, you tell it to go here and the machine does it, direct action to reaction. A Japanese pilot will use the shape of the frame to his advantage, let the angle of the sensor mast make small course corrections or use the knife sheathe to generate lift and turn a horizontal cut into a diagonal slash.




So that's what she meant by "A horse and it's rider are one". Stupid way to go about saying that.



Oh and might that she be Lt. Takamura? You know if you're so interested in getting to know how to "ride" the Shiranui Second maybe you ought to try your luck with her.

[The venom in Yuuya's comeback leaves most of the hanger staff confused but the ones close enough to have overheard are seen trying to stifle or hide laughter.]

All right, all right, I'm sorry, bad joke. But it's probably time that you opened up your eyes a bit more my friend. Yui and Ken aren't all that different from you, what does that mean for the others?

[With that parting shot Vincent leaves and a particularly pensive Yuuya stands looking up at the unit in front of him.]

Comments

[glorystargo]

Wait a sec, let me go get something.

[Denzel walks away, and when he returns...]

Do you see this?

[It's a data disc.]

Mobile suits aren't TSFs, but still. This is the Virgola units' motion data. You see, Virgola is a versatile little thing - it can be easily used by a veteran like me, while someone like Setsuko who is new to this can still move it well, and it'll adjust itself accordingly.

Sounds interesting? This disc has both of us recorded, and there's also Toby as a free extra.

[ugyuuya]

Hmm... TSF's are kind of a wonky blend of Mobile suit and Lion but it's definitely worth a shot and I'll never turn down movement data to review myself, it can be surprisingly useful for the Feedback system and neural controls even if we find the unit can't use it.

[glorystargo]

[Denzel doesn't hand over the disc just yet.]

Great. But did you forget? I said we can help each other. So if you want this, you'll let me borrow motion data of your own. Of how you tried to ride the Japanese stallion, American-style.

[ugyuuya]

[Walking to a console near his unit Yuuya smiles.]

It's a fair trade, and while the doll may be annoyed she was scolding me that I should begin building positive relationships with the members of the Unity Group.

[He pulls a disk from a drawer near the console and inserts it. After a short time the disk is ejected and Yuuya turns with it in hand.]

Should make for some interesting reading, especially the drift training from Yukon, they simulated a BETA hive using JIVES and some local cave structures and the Lt. was pretty surprised when I turned off the pilot safeties to get the unit through the last section.

[glorystargo]

I'd say this counts as a positive relationship.

[Data discs, exchanged.]

Now let's see what wild maverick shanenigans was everyone up to.

[ugyuuya]

No more wild that I'd say you were, I did read the mission logs and I think you may have about done the same.

[glorystargo]

It's like you've been there. Heh heh.

My team can get crazy at times, but I trust them. They're good at what they do.

[ugyuuya]

You say that like there are teams that aren't at least a little crazy, it takes a special kind of person to be a Suit or TSF pilot after all. I mean just look at what the Argos flight's introduction turned into. They're all nuts but I trust them with my life all the same.