Aradia stood staring down at the vast collection of domes, arches, and
towers that was called New Romeo city. Nestled in the deepest part of Romeo
Valley, cliffs seemingly holding back the vastness of the desert that
covered all but few places on Zi. Down below Aradia saw the figures of
everyday people going about their lives. Gustav Zoids, massive beetle like
Zoids that could haul tonnes of cargo and people across vast distances,
slowly trundled down the street, each marked with its owners shipping logo.
Police Genosaurers and Gun Sniper Zoids marked blue with red stripes would
patrol the streets and children would play in the parks with their Zoid
figurines, pretending to be one of the great heroes during the Chaos Wars
between the Empire and the Republic. How Aradia wished she could be like
that.
Still reminiscing about days gone past Aradia got into her Jeep and revved the engine. Before taking off she looked at herself in the mirror. Most of the time not overly concerned with her appearance Aradia need to look the part of a little rich girl for her latest trick. Letting her orange and red streaked hair down from it's usually ponytail Aradia quickly brushed and plaited her hair into a formal style she had gotten from a magazine. With this done she surveyed her clothes. She had abandoned her usual purple ankle high skirt, red top and black leather overcoat, for a totally impractical dress with red tassels and bows. Satisfied Aradia gunned the engine and roared down the mountain road to New Romeo City.
As Aradia cruised down the main road, carefully abiding by the speed limit, she found a park designated temporary. Smiling Aradia pulled the car into the space, cut the engine and proceeded down to the pathway to High Street. Mostly the walkways were clear; many people had taken to visiting the public pools or staying in the shade to strolling the streets during midday so the walk was pretty quick.
Once Aradia arrived at High Street she had no trouble finding the warehouse that was her destination, it's name was highlighted with a flashing laser light board and the animation of a running Gun Sniper. Aradia crossed the road to the main cargo loading doors which were wide open. "OoOoh excuse me fine sir!" Aradia yelled out in a dainty, false innocent girl voice. The man who was checking a list of parts looked up. "Can I help you miss?" The man yelled over the noise of an arc welder. "Yes I'm looking for the owner of this fine establishment" Aradia called back, still playing her role as the innocent little girl. "You're looking at him sweetheart, so what can I do for you? Are you here to place an order?" The man said as he came over, he was wearing a unisex jumpsuit, and Aradia saw that he had grey hairs poking out from underneath his baseball cap. "Actually I'm here to pick up a Gun Sniper reserved for a friend of mine," Aradia said, twirling a strand of hair around her finger like she had done when she was three. "Name of your friend and I'm going to need her signature to compare against the one on the list," The man said lifting up his clipboard. "Aradia pulled out the papers from her pocket and said, "The order is for Norah Almego". The man nodded, "Right this way please."
The old man leg Aradia through the cargo loading dock and to a much larger storage area. Rows upon rows of Gun Snipers were docked at massive maintainer platforms and gantries crisscrossed across the front of the Zoids allowing access to all aspects of a Zoid. "Number 23 Custom Gun Sniper" the old man said. "It's beautiful," Aradia said breathlessly, staring up at the Gun Sniper. The Sniper was a Velociraptor type Zoid, painted blue with standard orange cockpit screen. "Yeah she's a good Zoid alright, apart from the usual maintance we've checked her Combat System and tested her Zoid Core, she's running fine," the old man said looking up at the Zoid. "You said she was a Custom Zoid?" Aradia said, knowing the answer already but playing along. "Yeah she is, now let's see, ah here we go here's your friends exact order" the old man cleared his throat, "1 Custom Gun Sniper, Velociraptor class, Code designation RZ - 030, Height: 7.2 metres, Length: 11.9 metres, Weight: 25 tonnes, sound right so far?" "Sure does" Aradia replied still staring at the Zoid. "Average speed is 200km, Maximum speed 230km, Crew for 1it's armaments are:
1 80mm Cannon 1 AZ 144mm Cannon 3 pivoting 40mm Cannons 4 Dual Concealed Eight shot missile pods 2 6 Barrel Hilbit Vulcan Cannons 2 Beam machineguns Bite Fangs Bite Claws Strike Anchor Claws Twin Claw Double Barrelled 40mm machineguns Ion leg boosters "Is that right?" the old guy asked again "Yeah it sure is" Aradia responded, "Were do it sign for it?" "Right here Miss" the Zoid dealer said, holding up a pen and the paperwork. Aradia smiled, all was going to plan.
Still reminiscing about days gone past Aradia got into her Jeep and revved the engine. Before taking off she looked at herself in the mirror. Most of the time not overly concerned with her appearance Aradia need to look the part of a little rich girl for her latest trick. Letting her orange and red streaked hair down from it's usually ponytail Aradia quickly brushed and plaited her hair into a formal style she had gotten from a magazine. With this done she surveyed her clothes. She had abandoned her usual purple ankle high skirt, red top and black leather overcoat, for a totally impractical dress with red tassels and bows. Satisfied Aradia gunned the engine and roared down the mountain road to New Romeo City.
As Aradia cruised down the main road, carefully abiding by the speed limit, she found a park designated temporary. Smiling Aradia pulled the car into the space, cut the engine and proceeded down to the pathway to High Street. Mostly the walkways were clear; many people had taken to visiting the public pools or staying in the shade to strolling the streets during midday so the walk was pretty quick.
Once Aradia arrived at High Street she had no trouble finding the warehouse that was her destination, it's name was highlighted with a flashing laser light board and the animation of a running Gun Sniper. Aradia crossed the road to the main cargo loading doors which were wide open. "OoOoh excuse me fine sir!" Aradia yelled out in a dainty, false innocent girl voice. The man who was checking a list of parts looked up. "Can I help you miss?" The man yelled over the noise of an arc welder. "Yes I'm looking for the owner of this fine establishment" Aradia called back, still playing her role as the innocent little girl. "You're looking at him sweetheart, so what can I do for you? Are you here to place an order?" The man said as he came over, he was wearing a unisex jumpsuit, and Aradia saw that he had grey hairs poking out from underneath his baseball cap. "Actually I'm here to pick up a Gun Sniper reserved for a friend of mine," Aradia said, twirling a strand of hair around her finger like she had done when she was three. "Name of your friend and I'm going to need her signature to compare against the one on the list," The man said lifting up his clipboard. "Aradia pulled out the papers from her pocket and said, "The order is for Norah Almego". The man nodded, "Right this way please."
The old man leg Aradia through the cargo loading dock and to a much larger storage area. Rows upon rows of Gun Snipers were docked at massive maintainer platforms and gantries crisscrossed across the front of the Zoids allowing access to all aspects of a Zoid. "Number 23 Custom Gun Sniper" the old man said. "It's beautiful," Aradia said breathlessly, staring up at the Gun Sniper. The Sniper was a Velociraptor type Zoid, painted blue with standard orange cockpit screen. "Yeah she's a good Zoid alright, apart from the usual maintance we've checked her Combat System and tested her Zoid Core, she's running fine," the old man said looking up at the Zoid. "You said she was a Custom Zoid?" Aradia said, knowing the answer already but playing along. "Yeah she is, now let's see, ah here we go here's your friends exact order" the old man cleared his throat, "1 Custom Gun Sniper, Velociraptor class, Code designation RZ - 030, Height: 7.2 metres, Length: 11.9 metres, Weight: 25 tonnes, sound right so far?" "Sure does" Aradia replied still staring at the Zoid. "Average speed is 200km, Maximum speed 230km, Crew for 1it's armaments are:
1 80mm Cannon 1 AZ 144mm Cannon 3 pivoting 40mm Cannons 4 Dual Concealed Eight shot missile pods 2 6 Barrel Hilbit Vulcan Cannons 2 Beam machineguns Bite Fangs Bite Claws Strike Anchor Claws Twin Claw Double Barrelled 40mm machineguns Ion leg boosters "Is that right?" the old guy asked again "Yeah it sure is" Aradia responded, "Were do it sign for it?" "Right here Miss" the Zoid dealer said, holding up a pen and the paperwork. Aradia smiled, all was going to plan.