Digging into the past

[duetsavvy]

[1]
So, let me get this straight. That crazy guy who tried to drop Phobos on Earth... he used to be an UG member?

[Brye stabs her salad with a fork, like a professional vegetable torturer.]

You have quite a party going on, you know that?

[2]
[The Grungust Alpha is missing from the hangar in Fort Alhambra!

But the culprit is easy to find, as the big super robot is not too far away - its eye lasers digging into the ground around the base, creating complicated and large-scale images. And the pilot...]


Hey, I'm getting better at this!

Comments

[duetsavvy]

Not exactly what I meant. Though, that too I guess.

[majestic_keiki]

The leadership isn't terribly reliable, so we mostly have to handle ourselves and listen to what outside partners are saying. It kinda works. Most of the time.

...I wouldn't mind somebody more effective in charge. Like Admiral Amane or similar.

[duetsavvy]

Commanders with a more hands on approach can be a pain too, trust me.

And, what is your commander up to now? Is he even regretful about what he let happen to the moon-dropping guy?

[majestic_keiki]

He was killed by Loni and his friends when they broke out of prison. I think the other officers are in charge as a group now rather than having a single commander.

[duetsavvy]

Oh.

[The atmosphere becomes really awkward.]

I see. I didn't know that.

[majestic_keiki]

I should have mentioned it before.

...He was nice, just not very good at standing up to people.

[duetsavvy]

And now he's dead. Sounds like the exact opposite of SSR's Linjun, actually...

[majestic_keiki]

Now that you say it.

[duetsavvy]

Lee Linjun's both alive and a big jerk. And he knows it, because I told him.

... We didn't like each other much.

[majestic_keiki]

I don't think anybody does. I know that the people we helped during the battle with the Vagans didn't and he hasn't exactly made the best impression on the rest of us.

[duetsavvy]

He cares about results, not people. SSR has some good folks who really are trying hard to make the world a better place, but...

You see why the two of us left now, don't you?

[majestic_keiki]

Yes.

How did you even end up working with them?

[duetsavvy]

I was scouted, which sounds silly at first. I wasn't a pilot or a soldier. But I was able to activate the Gespenst's special systems and that's why they offered me a position.

[majestic_keiki]

I see. They must have good information to tell who would be able to.

[duetsavvy]

If it turns out SSR has some kind of population surveillance going on, I'm gonna be very cross... but I don't think it's that. At least I hope it's not that.

[majestic_keiki]

They might have some access to medical records in the countries they're based in, at least.

[duetsavvy]

That still means someone knew about this kind of ability, that I had it - waaay before I did.

I never had that impression from anyone I know.

[majestic_keiki]

They'd have to know there was a good chance you had it to scout you, at least.