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[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.]
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.]
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I have been made painfully aware of the inappropriateness of my words ambassador. To the point that I am not to leave the base's common areas, my lodgings, or the Hangar without express escort of my direct command personnel and if they need to travel for other duties then I am to serve as an "escort" for them.
If you are so quick to judge me reasons as an excuse then perhaps I will list them in full to see just how much you view them that way.
My father left my mother before I was even born and her family never truly accepted me. I grew up around constant arguments about me and being shunned by everyone except my mother. When I was 17 I couldn't take it anymore and left to enlist by lying about my age on the entry forms against my mother's wishes. When I was 18 I graduated the TSF piloting school but my mother had fallen ill and passed away. At the funeral not one member of my family spoke with me and some even went so far as to occupy the few people who looked like they might offer condolences. The message was rather clear that with her death I was no longer a member of their family.
After that all I had was my service and since coming to Yukon and here I have been insulted and belittled for not being able to perform as expected with an entirely new and different style of TSF. There have been some of the Japanese here who seem to see me as I am an speak in an open manner but but others have continued to speak down to and belittle me with words at least as inflammatory as the ones I used.
My whole life has been stained with being Japanese as if it were a slight or plague and when I'm assigned to a group that is supposed to represent the best humanity has to offer a section of that very same race slights me as a "disgrace" and ridicules the one thing that I have worked hard for and still have to claim pride in. You say that my words are uncalled for but with no family, no home to return to, and only my piloting remaining to show that I am anything outside just a worthless half-breed perhaps you can understand now why I couldn't let his words be.
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Many injustices have been done to you, and you were treated unfairly by all kinds of people. But that does not give you a justification for prejudice against people who did nothing to you. If you want to focus your anger, focus it against those who hurt and berate you. Personally. Not their race.
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I may not be fond of them as a people and some of their concepts of battle but I will do my job but I do not have to accept slights from them should they choose to criticize where they have nothing constructive to say or a frame to properly judge by.
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To be fair I did challenge him to a duel with our machines before he sucker punched me.
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Have you heard about the AEP?
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Do not go down the same path.
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I really just want to do my job, get the proper recognition for the effort I exert rather than being belittled for something outside my control, and have people leave me alone at this point. I'm not anti-social but it's just been such an awkward situation at this point that I'd just like some time to cool off and get my head back on somewhat straight after Ken knocked it and my neck off-kilter in our little brawl. I figure by the time that's all healed up and blown over it shouldn't be too hard to manage what contact I have to have with them.
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I know you are not on their level. But I am warning you not to fall down the slippery slope. It is easier than you might think.
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The Geb must be a much more logical race than humanity, I wonder if it's a difference in origins or if it's your people's technology and experiences that are the root cause.
I'll take your words under advisement and thank you for your concern. Perhaps Lt. Takamura and Ken were not the best judges of Japanese character given the actions and experiences I've seen and read of the others.
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If you have any questions about the AEP, ask. It is only a matter of time before they start their invasion.
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Also will it be small numbers of elite units or are we looking at full scale invasion with standard infantry with elite commanders?
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Those levies do not possess Noble Barriers, but commanders and elite guardians do. If all your weapons are solid, it would be wise to find something you can use to fight them when their barriers are in the golden phase; it does not have to be a beam weapon. Even fire or electricity will do.
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[Yuuya pauses and looks a little sheepish.]
"Apologies for barraging you with questions, I just prefer to know what I'm going into early so I can plan at least a few contingencies. I already know we're going to have to look for some kind of flame weapons for whatever those zombie mech flesh monsters were."
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To answer them, in order: in the golden phase, the bullet's main body's impact will be absorbed, but the flames will still do damage. The silver phase will do the opposite, of course.
The barrier is not controllable. Once turned on, it shifts phases on its own. There are no blind spots and no way to cheat or disrupt the barrier that I know of. But bear in mind that what it offers is protection, not invincibility; it will not protect fully from an attack with enough force.
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