Let's get down to trying hard now to be the best around...!

[actuallyselfish]

[Post Workshop in Flames]

[1]

Those of you who like to walk the halls of Saikhama Base might hear the faint sound of 20th century (old calendar) power ballads in the distance.

Follow this enticing music, and you come across Dido Sybil, putting in her daily training regimen with the Gebians.

A flurry of baseballs get hurled at her from all directions, thrown by the arms and mandibles of beetle people. Competently, if not gracefully, she sidesteps out of their way and slaps the ones she misses out of the air, jaws set and eyes focused.

Talk to her? Or, since she's distracted, prank her?

[2]

[Locked to Dido's Scary Super-Soldier Training Instructors]

You get a message on your comm channels from Dido.

"Could I start training in Zero-G maneuvering?" She asks.

[3]

[Locked to Ken and Mizuki]

Dido meets you guys in the cafeteria. "Say...could we talk a moment?" She asks.

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Re: 2

[actuallyselfish]

"Awesome!" Dido says pumping her fist. "So what'll we do? Will we teleport to the Macross to train? Or will we ride a Vomit Comet?"

She smacks her fist into her palm. "Ooh! Will we be using an Ancient Egyptian training simulator?"

[abugslife]

Ancient Egyptian technology was primitive by modern standards. The closest they had to a training simulator was a training dummy.

[actuallyselfish]

Dido pouts. "Well that's no fun. In any case, what do you think the next step should be?"

[abugslife]

You will have to forgive me for being unexciting.

The best way to learn how to handle no gravity combat is by direct exposure. Bring your machine to Star Rose; we will deploy for a training exercise from there.

[actuallyselfish]

Dido blinks. "I can actually use ShelLancer? Sweet!"

[TIMMMMEEE SKIPPPP!]

ShelLancer and presumably Scaraber are standing on one of the Star Rose's launching ledges, looking out at the blue earth below and the unblinking stars above. It's quite beautiful.

"So!" Dido remarks. "Not to toot my own horn, but I did a bunch of reading on orbital mechanics! The first rule of orbital spaceflight is always keep your velocity up, so that you don't fall into the atmosphere and burn up. Does that sound right?"

[abugslife]

I see you are prepared. The chances of a fatal accident and casualties during this exercise are very slim, then. Good.

[Said completely deadpan. Was that supposed to be a joke? Suddenly, there is a length of sturdy steel rope in Scaraber's hands - and it throws one end of it towards ShelLancer.]

Your objective is simple; grab this and pull it out of my hands!

[actuallyselfish]

Dido flails about with ShelLancer's arms, fumbling the steel rope a few times before managing to catch it.

She glances at the smaller frame of Scaraber, and grins. "Piece of cake. Watch out Heph!"

She yanks at the rope...and simultaneously fires ShelLancer's foreward thrusters!

[abugslife]

Do keep one thing in mind...

[Suddenly Hetepheres swings the rope, sending its end flying far away to the side right before Dido manages to catch it!]

Actually grabbing the rope is also a part of the exercise!

[actuallyselfish]

"–the heck!"

Dido swallows a curse and trigger's her suits rear thrusters briefly, sending ShelLancer drifting after the rope, hand outstretched. "Get over here!"

[abugslife]

Do you think I will make it this easy? You will not be able to even touch the line before you instinctively understand how objects move in zero gravity!

[Scaraber takes off, swinging the rope in wide, unpredictable patterns. It's almost mocking.]

[actuallyselfish]

Dido's eyes flit back and forth, trying to track the path of the rope...

...only for her to let out a cry of frustration. "Screw this!"

She changes ShelLancer trajectory to move towards Scaraber, arms reaching out to pry the rope directly from Scaraber's fingers!

[abugslife]

That is a viable tactic too. However...

[Scaraber grabs the rope with its two extra hands as well! It might be a less massive unit, but it's still hard to wrestle something from someone who has twice the number of arms than you!]

Make sure not to accidentally engage an opponent in a field where they have an advantage!