The arrival

[srwu_mods]

Three units have taken refuge in Sakihama's hangars. One of them is a Gespenst mk II Kai, but the two others are new. FightSaber and ShotSaber - the former is red, equipped with a long chainsaw sword, the latter is blue with two beam pistols wielded akimbo. And yes, they have the large gun (graviton cannon) as well.

In addition to the units, their pilots are here as well, hanging around FightSaber's feet.


"Alright guys, let's introduce ourselves. I'm Apollonius Gavin, Loni for people who know me. And these two are my precious friends, Desta Mlakar and Ilinka Venczel."


"Hmph. You're awfully happy to be here, Loni."


"It's good to cooperate with you, Unity Group."


"Yeah, you see, we're not really going to join Unity Group or anything. We work best in a small team, we don't really follow orders from Major Ingram either. But we know a lot about 'the Lady's Good Men' or whatever these weirdos like to call themselves. So, ask away?"

Going to ask Loni's group about the mysterious enemy faction? Or are you just here to say hello and get to know them better? Or perhaps confront Desta about him shooting the retreating and immobilized enemy pilots during the mission?

Comments

[ugyuuya]

[Yuuya enters the hanger in an unusual detour from his return to Alhambra. There is a fair amount of anger in his expression as he approaches the new pilots.]

"Okay I think we deserve an explanation of exactly how your little espionage op gave you the right to cut us off from command for any kind of situation updates. You blaze in taking down the terrorists that were out there and killing captured and fully disabled pilots against standard operational doctrine and then waltz into a Unity Group base to use the materials and personnel with a "Hey we aren't going to join you or report to anyone in you organization but hey if you want to ask we'll tell you a bit about an enemy organization even though we've known for some time and the intel could have been useful before now."

"I know that independence and initiative are a big deal for pilots in some situations but you put all of us at risk with your stunt. I know for a fact there are other ways to mask a unit from detection and radar so don't try that one on me without a damned good explanation.

[srwu_mods]

"Oh boy, here we go again... listen, we're not a part of any military so maybe you have standard procedures and regulations, but I don't. And I said the truth, we're not going to join you, there's no need to hide that - but that doesn't mean we can't help each other. I'm not looking for a fight or anything, okay?"


"Loni couldn't get in contact with you earlier because we were still busy investigating the Lady's Good Men. Please try to understand."

[tiger_ken]

[Ken's hopped out from ScarleTiger, and is striding along towards the new arrivals. When he stops, his helmet is hanging in his hands, and he's got a none too friendly glare.]

Answers. Now. Specifically: Who the hell are you? And who the hell is that clown who keeps popping up? Considering you cut us off from intelligence in the middle of a Kaiju attack, you owe us that much.

[Seriously, even Ken knew that was dangerous. A false positive on a downed Kaiju could be lethal, without verification from elsewhere.]

[srwu_mods]

"He won't be popping up anymore, that's for sure."


"We're just a group of friends who have been through a lot together. That guy was one of those cultist leaders, and a high ranked one too."

[tiger_ken]

A 'group of friends' with military grade hardware, including custom units. Unless your grandfather was secretly a mad genius and built it in your basement, there's more to tell there - especially on how you got involved fighting this cult.

[srwu_mods]

"You're not too far off actually. My uncle made FightSaber and ShotSaber, and when those crazies attacked I jumped into the cockpit to save everyone. Desta followed and it turns out we have a real knack for this!"

"It's another story on how we met Ilinka."


"..."

[tiger_ken]

...

[Ken is mildly shocked and amused, though he tries not show it.]

So what is the cult after exactly? Or have you been just responding to their attacks?

[srwu_mods]

"They worship their kind of god, the Lady. Some of the cultist machines have weird powers and technology and they call them the Lady's gifts, you saw that yourself. Also they consider some technology that is not in their possession to be 'the Lady's gifts' too, and want to kill people who use these technologies and take them back."

"Those teleporters you have is one of the gifts. FightSaber and ShotSaber are another."

[tiger_ken]

...Tell me, how did you know about the teleporters being of concern to Cicreo?

[Ken certainly never brought it up.]

[srwu_mods]

"From Ingram - he told me about it when he asked the three of us to help you."

[tiger_ken]

Right...

[Well, that was inconvenient.]

I don't suppose you'd be aware of some kind of common link between these things? I mean, the guy also claimed responsibility for the Kaiju... kinda.

[srwu_mods]

"That nutcase was interpreting everything as an act of his Lady. He just used his stealth Gift so the Kaiju couldn't see him."

[tiger_ken]

He also knew the approximate location of what should have been a secret facility, and according to you, launched an attack that forced you to launch those two machines of yours. He may have been a nutcase, but he was a nutcase who somehow knew things.

[abugslife]

I appreciate your assistance during the fight. However...

[Hetepheres turns towards Desta.]

There is a multitude of reasons why shooting disabled opponents is something you simply do not do. Understood?

[majestic_keiki]

[While she hadn't been called out for the actual mission, Kei had still taken the time to go to Sakihama for the pilots returning home to make sure everyone was alright, which was when she ran into the new people. Lacking any real information on what actually happened out there.]

You know a lot about them? Like who they are and what they're trying to achieve?

[srwu_mods]

"Reasons like what? They'd do the same to us, you realize that."

Desta shrugs, unimpressed by the bug alien woman.

[srwu_mods]

"Not everything but we know a lot, and much more than you Unity Group people do, I assume."

[srwu_mods]

"Yeah, the Lady's Good Men have good information somehow. Maybe one of their Gifts is like a crystal ball or something like that. Or maybe they have an inside man in Unity Group."

[genericbiggerbrother]

Yancy has a few bones to pick with these guys...but decides to stick with the cartilage of the matter for now.

"A few questions, if you don't mind. For one thing...why in the heck was that Cicero guy defending the Kaiju? Was he some kind of twisted groupie?"

[majestic_keiki]

Go on.

[srwu_mods]

"More like he tried to use the kaiju to fight you, and it can't do that if it's dead. Thinking monsters like that are your tools... that asshole was the worst!"

[srwu_mods]

"Okay, so. They are a cult that worships the Lady, who is their god of sorts. They're after her gifts, which is rare technology. I don't know what makes a gift but some are not in their hands and they hate people who have those and want to take 'em back by force."

"Also they work in small cells but there's some kind of big headquarters, or a church maybe, somewhere out there."

[tiger_ken]

Wouldn't explain how they knew of your Uncle's machines.

[Yet... Ken doesn't deny the possibility of a traitor in the ranks. Because he'd considered the possibility himself, and its not as if some of the people they've worked with haven't made it questionable how they ever wound up in command...]

From the sounds of it though, all their 'Gifts' are something physical?

[abugslife]

First, you cannot interrogate a dead man. And there are many questions I wanted to ask them.

Second, and much more important, enemies you disable become your prisoners. And executing prisoners of war without a very good reason is a war crime. Do that again and there will be repercussions. There might be repercussions even now, depending how ESUN decides to look at it.

I do not care they would do that to us. We are better than them.

[majestic_keiki]

Do you know anything about what they want to do with the technology or what kind of people they attract?