Be warned, if I find this anywhere...ANYWHERE but where I've said it can
be, I'll find you and beat you to death with your own frozen innards! Got
it?! Alrighty!
Chapter One, A New Raven Enters the Fold
{WE WILL BE ARRIVING AT THE MISSION DESTINATION IMMENENTLY, TRAINEES, PLEASE PREPARE YOUR ARMORED CORES FOR LAUNCH}
Tygre looked at the controls on the inside of his AC, a giant robotic fighting tool that stood the height of most apartment buildings, the controls looked like one of those ancient gaming controllers from the Playstation 2. He tapped the buttons fretfully, bringing up the diagnostics of his Armored Core 'Hoshiname'. Low Armor Points, basic radar, no automatic computer functions, minimal boost abilities, minimal firepower and low ammunition, weak energy sabre, and out of date missile systems, this was one way to test a perspective Raven, or get one killed.
"Man! How'm I s'posta get anything done with this thing?" Tygre sighed, "But I guess it's better than a lousy MT, and if I pass, I get three of these to upgrade as a new Raven."
A flurry of button pressing brought scores of dark blue windows to the screen, displaying enemy data, how many enemies were left, the radar and the condition of the AC. Suddenly, the monotone speaker that was his computer's voice boomed out again.
{ATTENTION TRAINEES, WE HAVE ARRIVED AT THE MISSION DESTINATION, PREPARE FOR LAUNCH PROCEDURES, AND GOOD LUCK OUT THERE}
"Computer, take a note, I have to get your voice re-done." Tygre chuckled as the back hatch of the Raven Drop ship opened, de-pressurizing the room and pulling Hoshiname and another Raven trainee from the hatch, Tygre remembered his Pilot Identity to be Appleboy.
["Hey, Tygre, I'll go left, you go right and we'll sweep the city before they serve up dinner tonight!"] Appleboy's voice cut clear through the radio speaker in Tygre's head jack.
["Fine, let's do that then Appleboy."] Tygre nodded as his boosters shot, bringing him slowly to the city street, he was really thinking "That's what you think!"
Hoshiname burst into action, the rifle on it's right arm launching heated rounds into a berserk MT that had flashed over the radar. The bullets slammed into the fragile metal making up the worker robot, quickly finding the fuel tank and blowing the 'bot up before it's programming even registered what was happening. As the shower of sparks and debris cascaded through the night sky, Tygre flicked on the Over Boost option that came with his Core and blazed down the street towards the next MT. Hoshiname strafed left, then right, left again as the MT launched it's energy drill at it, then swiped across it with his energy sabre, slamming into it and knocking it apart, the two parts exploding on either side of it, silhouetting Hoshiname against a skyscraper.
["I've got two Appleboy, how're you doing?"] Static flashed through the radio instead of a response, ["Appleboy, are you alright over there?!"]
["Yeargh.Ty...get...here!!] Appleboy's voice rang out through the static, panicked and desperate.
Tygre turned his AC around quickly, jumping high into the air and launching his boosters, slowly rising over the buildings, and he almost dropped the controls when he saw it. A giant MT had entered the test area and had a weird metal tentacle lanced through Appleboy's cockpit, scanning it closer as he approached, Tygre saw that it was covered in gore. Going against everything the training manual stated, Tygre flicked the Over Boost switch, the back of his AC opening and a brilliant blue flame blazing forth again, launching him through the sky at the MT. The heat sensors chirped as he blasted through the air, and he suddenly realized he was falling, not shooting towards the monster, his generator had overheated and cut out! He forced the reserve power to kick in, raising his rifle arm up and shooting wildly, bullets slamming harmlessly into the heavily armoured shell. Tygre stared in horror as several metal tentacles shot towards him from the insectoid MT, spelling a messy death for him, he squeezed his eyes shut, awaiting his doom.
["Raven! Don't just stand there, get your ass up and moving!"] A female voice chimed in over the radio, causing Tygre to open his eyes wide in surprise.
A stark black AC, seemingly clad in it's own tangible 'force' was standing in front of him, a brilliant, white-hot energy sabre was on it's left arm, no visible weapons were on it's right arm, and by the looks of the AC design, it was a quick one. Light humanoid legs, a core with the Over-Boost function, and an optional part to re-charge drained energy. Tygre also noticed three of the metal tentacles on the ground, sparking and writhing, the areas where the mysterious AC's sabre had sliced them off were molten and red hot.
["I said get out of here rookie!"]
Tygre flicked the switch and checked his power output, great! He had a full charge again, quickly he considered his options, help the newcomer, who seemed quite capable on her own, or leave and report back to the Raven's Nest.
["NOW!!"]
That did it, with a tap of a button, Tygre called the dropship back and rushed into the centre of the city, waiting and looking back to see the mysterious AC slicing the MT with it's sabre. Once, twice, thrice, tentacles littered the ground and Hoshiname's visual scanners shut down and Tygre was swamped in welcomed blackness. The dropship anchored Hoshiname to a cable as it swooped by, pulling the AC into it's hanger bay and locking it in place.
{WELCOME BACK RAVEN, THE TEST WAS INTERFERED WITH, SO YOU PASSED BY DEFAULT. DON'T LET WHAT HAPPENED TONIGHT SCARE YOU, THIS HASN?T HAPPENED AT ALL IN RAVEN HISTORY}
Chapter One, A New Raven Enters the Fold
{WE WILL BE ARRIVING AT THE MISSION DESTINATION IMMENENTLY, TRAINEES, PLEASE PREPARE YOUR ARMORED CORES FOR LAUNCH}
Tygre looked at the controls on the inside of his AC, a giant robotic fighting tool that stood the height of most apartment buildings, the controls looked like one of those ancient gaming controllers from the Playstation 2. He tapped the buttons fretfully, bringing up the diagnostics of his Armored Core 'Hoshiname'. Low Armor Points, basic radar, no automatic computer functions, minimal boost abilities, minimal firepower and low ammunition, weak energy sabre, and out of date missile systems, this was one way to test a perspective Raven, or get one killed.
"Man! How'm I s'posta get anything done with this thing?" Tygre sighed, "But I guess it's better than a lousy MT, and if I pass, I get three of these to upgrade as a new Raven."
A flurry of button pressing brought scores of dark blue windows to the screen, displaying enemy data, how many enemies were left, the radar and the condition of the AC. Suddenly, the monotone speaker that was his computer's voice boomed out again.
{ATTENTION TRAINEES, WE HAVE ARRIVED AT THE MISSION DESTINATION, PREPARE FOR LAUNCH PROCEDURES, AND GOOD LUCK OUT THERE}
"Computer, take a note, I have to get your voice re-done." Tygre chuckled as the back hatch of the Raven Drop ship opened, de-pressurizing the room and pulling Hoshiname and another Raven trainee from the hatch, Tygre remembered his Pilot Identity to be Appleboy.
["Hey, Tygre, I'll go left, you go right and we'll sweep the city before they serve up dinner tonight!"] Appleboy's voice cut clear through the radio speaker in Tygre's head jack.
["Fine, let's do that then Appleboy."] Tygre nodded as his boosters shot, bringing him slowly to the city street, he was really thinking "That's what you think!"
Hoshiname burst into action, the rifle on it's right arm launching heated rounds into a berserk MT that had flashed over the radar. The bullets slammed into the fragile metal making up the worker robot, quickly finding the fuel tank and blowing the 'bot up before it's programming even registered what was happening. As the shower of sparks and debris cascaded through the night sky, Tygre flicked on the Over Boost option that came with his Core and blazed down the street towards the next MT. Hoshiname strafed left, then right, left again as the MT launched it's energy drill at it, then swiped across it with his energy sabre, slamming into it and knocking it apart, the two parts exploding on either side of it, silhouetting Hoshiname against a skyscraper.
["I've got two Appleboy, how're you doing?"] Static flashed through the radio instead of a response, ["Appleboy, are you alright over there?!"]
["Yeargh.Ty...get...here!!] Appleboy's voice rang out through the static, panicked and desperate.
Tygre turned his AC around quickly, jumping high into the air and launching his boosters, slowly rising over the buildings, and he almost dropped the controls when he saw it. A giant MT had entered the test area and had a weird metal tentacle lanced through Appleboy's cockpit, scanning it closer as he approached, Tygre saw that it was covered in gore. Going against everything the training manual stated, Tygre flicked the Over Boost switch, the back of his AC opening and a brilliant blue flame blazing forth again, launching him through the sky at the MT. The heat sensors chirped as he blasted through the air, and he suddenly realized he was falling, not shooting towards the monster, his generator had overheated and cut out! He forced the reserve power to kick in, raising his rifle arm up and shooting wildly, bullets slamming harmlessly into the heavily armoured shell. Tygre stared in horror as several metal tentacles shot towards him from the insectoid MT, spelling a messy death for him, he squeezed his eyes shut, awaiting his doom.
["Raven! Don't just stand there, get your ass up and moving!"] A female voice chimed in over the radio, causing Tygre to open his eyes wide in surprise.
A stark black AC, seemingly clad in it's own tangible 'force' was standing in front of him, a brilliant, white-hot energy sabre was on it's left arm, no visible weapons were on it's right arm, and by the looks of the AC design, it was a quick one. Light humanoid legs, a core with the Over-Boost function, and an optional part to re-charge drained energy. Tygre also noticed three of the metal tentacles on the ground, sparking and writhing, the areas where the mysterious AC's sabre had sliced them off were molten and red hot.
["I said get out of here rookie!"]
Tygre flicked the switch and checked his power output, great! He had a full charge again, quickly he considered his options, help the newcomer, who seemed quite capable on her own, or leave and report back to the Raven's Nest.
["NOW!!"]
That did it, with a tap of a button, Tygre called the dropship back and rushed into the centre of the city, waiting and looking back to see the mysterious AC slicing the MT with it's sabre. Once, twice, thrice, tentacles littered the ground and Hoshiname's visual scanners shut down and Tygre was swamped in welcomed blackness. The dropship anchored Hoshiname to a cable as it swooped by, pulling the AC into it's hanger bay and locking it in place.
{WELCOME BACK RAVEN, THE TEST WAS INTERFERED WITH, SO YOU PASSED BY DEFAULT. DON'T LET WHAT HAPPENED TONIGHT SCARE YOU, THIS HASN?T HAPPENED AT ALL IN RAVEN HISTORY}