Heroic introspection

[herodrawing]

[1]
Vagans were people all along. And there's also all kind of other things happening. I still don't know what's the deal with when I fought Jiart the last time.

I knew I was going to fight Wulgaru, who are a threat to all of humanity. But... it still feels like the scope grew a lot since then.


So let's not give up now, everyone!

You guys are heroes! Whatever we face we can take it! So let's train, together! It'll be a mock battle with all our units!

[2]
[Time for the mock battle in question. Except...]



Ehh? Why not?!

[Izuru's Red Five is under lock down and he is not allowed to use it.]

Comments

2)

[genericprotagonist]

That's something I want to know too. The kid's done a good job and he's responsible enough not to wreck it in training.

[You find a hand on your shoulder. Raleigh's got your back Izuru.]

[herodrawing]

"Sorry. It's not my decision, you'll have to talk to Cmdr Gato about it."

So, what do we do now?

[Izuru looks disappointed at the mechanic's explanation. His engineering team gives him sympathetic looks too - they know each other after all, and it's not that they did it to spite him.]

[genericprotagonist]

Well.

We don't exactly have to use our usual rides for this do we?

[Considering the fact that using a Jaeger for a live training exercise would be overkill in the extreme...]

Lets take this as a learning experience Izuru. We'll hook up to some of the 'bots gathering some dust in the Hangar. Give 'em a little attention for once.

Might help in an emergency.

[herodrawing]

That...

That is an awesome idea, mr Raleigh! Let's do it!

But, which one?

[Izuru's gaze sweeps the hangar. Quite a lot of units here.]

[genericprotagonist]

What about those?

[Raleigh points out the Bushnells sitting over in the corner.]

The way I hear it people practice a lot in them before they move onto bigger machines.

Maybe I can teach you a few hand to hand tricks in them. See what takes.

[herodrawing]

Those sure are some blocky guys we have there! Make me think of the Rhinos... only much smaller. And less advanced. Okay, I guess they are nothing like Rhinos.

[Izuru looks up, at a Bushnell's grey form.]

If Suruga was here I bet he'd be giving a lecture about this Arm Slave's history right now.

[genericprotagonist]

Unabridged I bet.

[Raleigh puts a hand onto one of the Bushnells.]

You want to wait for everyone to get here first?

[herodrawing]

Hmm...

[Izuru performs a realistic evaluation of his friends' enthusiasm for stuff like this. Especially when there are obstacles in the way.]

Let's just get into the cockpits.

2

[cloningblues]

Looks like they're still worried about what happened during the fight with Jiart...

[herodrawing]

You think so?

But nothing that horrible happened to me back then, right? I barely remember it but it actually didn't feel bad.

[gold_four]

Maybe its some kinda underlying health concern. I hear the Saviour team are getting some of their stuff locked up too, so could be like, part of a engineering focus right now.

[herodrawing]

But AHSMBs don't use the same technology as them, do they? They're not even solar powered.

[cloningblues]

That was an analogy. Red Five did something to you, and nobody knows what it was. I wouldn't be surprised if the command wants to play it safe for a while.

1/2

[herodrawing]

But how can I train without access to my unit?

It's not the same if it's simulated...

2/2

[herodrawing]

Oh well. As long as I'm allowed to actually use Red Five on a mission, I'm sure it'll be alright!

[An instant recovery.]

Re: 2/2

[gold_four]

...I dunno if you'd be okay to use it on a mission. That's even more risk to your health, in all likelihood.

[herodrawing]

You got a point there Suruga...

But if I can't pilot at all then what can I do?

[cloningblues]

It's not like you have to deploy on every mission. Unity Group has a lot of pilots. Take this as an opportunity to take it easy for a while.