So ill try to update daily till Monday of next week, since I'm on spring break. life gets crazy when you're taking an Ap class with a young teacher. Thanks for tuning in.
Hiroshijiro examined Nagate closely. He had an expression on his face the meant extreme discomfort, and he kept mumbling the same word over and over again. "Water..." She didn't know what to do. They were stranded in the Tsugemori, Nagates Mk17 Toha Heavy industries Garde, and had run out of water. Nagate did not have the ability to photosynthesize, so he had lapsed into Dehydration early. Hiroshijiro thought frantically. "What do I do?" she said aloud. She racked her brain, searching for some emergency protocol she learned in pilot school that would help Nagate. After a short while, she thought of it. A look of doubt crossed her face, and she began to blush. What she was about to do would be pretty gross, but that didn't matter, she thought. She pushed all thoughts of embarrassment from her head and brought up her wrist computer. Pressing series of buttons and typings commands on the touchscreen, it began to filter her urine. She watched the meter start at zero, then make a steady climb to 100 percent. Using her right arm to steady Tanikaze, She reached up behind her ear with her left arm and brought down a thin plastic tube. "Drink," she said softly as she inserted the tube into his open mouth. She watched as the 'water' drained from her suit, and began to exit through the tube and into Tanikaze's mouth. He soon noticed that there was water entering his mouth, and with a sudden surge of energy, reached up, grabbed Hiroshijiros arm, and began to suck, trying to get as much water as he could. "Calm down!" shouted Hiroshijiro, "slowly." Nagate calmed, and when the last of the water had passed through the tube and into him, he laid back, relieved. "Tanikaze, are you alright?" asked Hiroshijiro. As his wits returned to him, Nagate about answered 'yes,' when it came to him.
"Water, we can filter it Hiroshijiro!" He yelled as he sat up and grabbed her by the arms. "We can filter it from the lubricant!" Hiroshijiro was taken aback. Her embarrassment returned to her as well. It seems he didn't remember that she had just filtered him waste water, but he didn't need to know that. She looked at him for a second, then smiled.
"All right! let's do it!"
John didn't recognize the Garde. Only Spartans piloted them, all other pilots used fighters. It was white, with red paint on the left pauldron, fingers, and feet. None of the other Spartans ever had a Garde like this, and he hadn't seen any other Garde's on the Halo ring in the first place. He had his helmet visor zoom in on it. Examining it closely and slowly, he indeed saw that it was damaged. It seemed to be missing an arm and had considerably less weaponry than his own. To his surprise and joy (though he didn't show this joy on facial expression) there were what seemed to be two pilots working on it. He couldn't make out what they were doing, though.
"Cortana, are coms up?" he asked. Though Chief typically hid is emotions, she detected a hint of excitement and joy in his tone.
"Yes, but there on a different channel," she started, "it's encrypted, but it's nowhere near as secured as UNSC hardware. I just have to... Done." she said as she effortlessly hacked through the Sidonian security. Johns ears filled with a strange language as the coms came up, he had puzzled look on his face. "Chief, that Garde isn't From Freedom's call." What? Thought John. Cortana activated a translator, and Chief heard two voices, one male, one female, talking about how they planned to filter the Garde's lubricant for water. Smart, he thought.
"Cortana, what do you mean it's not Form Freedoms call?" Asked John.
"I mean it's not from Freedoms call, ugh!" she had a bit of annoyance in her voice. She effortlessly broke through the Garde's firewall using hacking software that allowed her to digitally travel across a com line. She then inserted herself into the craft's computer systems. Within a minute she all the data she needed. "Chief, it's from another seed ship!" Even John couldn't hide his shocked response to that.
"What!" There hadn't been contact with another seed ship outside the UNSC fleet in ages, and now, he was close enough to touch, well not really, a Foreign Garde. "Cortana, patch me through, now." He said urgently. Chief couldn't believe it. Who were these people, why were they speaking Japanese, and where the hell was he! John smacked the side of his head with his knuckles. Focus, he thought.
"Patching you through," said Cortana
Nagate Tanikze struggled to hold the water filter still as it worked away. Hiroshijiro placed her hands on Tanikaze's trying to help him steady the machine. "Come on!" yelled Nagate.
"Come on, work!" Hiroshojiro echoed.
After about a minute the machine stopped shaking, and both cadet pilots watched as the canteens water level lights all lighted up blue, signaling that it was full. Both pilots cried out in joy. Around them was Debris field. They had no idea where they were, or what the debris where from. They occasionally saw a strange derelict ship or dead body, but nothing else.
"Its water Hiroshijiro, it's water!" yelled Nagate triumphantly. Hirshijiro simply laughed as spun round in space, in a state of pure glee. When the realized what they were doing when their helmets tapped together, both pilots began to blush. They let go of each other and moved back to the Tsugemori. As they entered the Garde, both pilots were stunned when they heard a voice.
"This Sierra 117, I am stranded in space and have come across your craft during my drift. Identify yourself."
Both cadets looked around wildly, trying to find out where the voice had come from.
"Tanikaze, look!" Nagate turned his head and followed Hiroshijiro's gaze ou the left sid of the Garde cockpit. There he saw what seemed to be a Green Garde. It looked similar to his own, but it definitely was not from Sidonia. It seemed to have all the weapons that The Tsugemori had, and more. he noted an impressive looking Gatling gun the must've been at least half the length of the Garde itself mounted on the right shoulder. He was awestruck. The Mystery Garde had been through a lot. It Was scratched, missing pieces and had obviously seen heavy combat, possibly even hand to hand combat. He shuddered to think what that would be like, fighting Guana at point blank range. The voice spoke again
"I repeat, this is sierra 117, I'm in need of assistance, my Garde is low on Higgs Particles, ammunition, food and water, and is need of immediate repair, how copy?"
Hiroshijiro looked at Nagate, a look of fear and confusion on her face. Nagate shook his head to clear it and responded to the message.
"This is Nagate Tanikaze, I have received your message. I don't believe we'll be of any help, though. We are low on Higgs particles, food, water, and ammunition ourselves. Who are you, are you part a rescue mission from Sidonia?"
John let his head drop. Damn it! He thought. At least, they're alive, though. Chief made a response. "I have some food and water left, if you can manage it, a dividing of resources could save all of our lives."
Tanikaze looked at Hirshijioro. They both nodded. Whoever this guy was, it didn't matter. They need all the help the could get, and the stranger seemed to be in the same position. "Ok." Said Tanikaze. Hiroshijiro still had her doubts, though, and she looked at Tanikaze with an expression of fear
"I coming over to your Garde," said Chief.
"What!" Yelled Tanikaze. "How will you make it!? Wait, you haven't answered my questions!"
John didn't bother to respond. He deactivated his mag boots, pushed off his guards shoulder, and grabbed onto the open cockpit. Pulling himself in, he reached out for Cortana's Data chip. Removing it from the Garde computer he inserted it into his helmet. An icy sensation flowed over his brain, and he grimaced. Seating himself in the Pilots seat, he used what Higgs Particles he had left to maneuver himself as close to the other Garde as possible. He then used every directional thruster at once to brake his Garde and stop its drift. Then, without hesitation, he went for a 'swim' as his squadmates used to call it. With his body vertical, he maneuvered the debris field with ease. He pushed off large debris, avoided corpses, and managed to reach the Tsugemori unscathed.
Tanikaze and Hiroshijiro watched, awestruck as the mystery Garde's pilot managed to reach them through the debris field. As he drifted over, Cortana prepped him with as much info about 'Sidonia,' as she could. She also told John the they were speaking Japanese, and John was able to wrack his mind to find the language that had been taught to him when his was young. He landed hard on the Tsugemori's top of the cockpit, where he activated his mag boots. Hiroshijiro got ahold of herself, stuck half her body out of the cockpit, and reached for him.
"Give me your hand!" she said. Chief turned himself around and took the cadet pilots hand. She pulled him inside the cockpit as he deactivated his mag boots.
Both Tanikaze and Hiroshjiro stared in awe at the stranger. What they could only assume was his skin suit was not a skin suit at all. It was a green suit of armor. It was scratched, battered, green paint fading, and seemed to be missing pieces, but impressive none the less. He seemed to be carrying a Gun of some sort, as well as a machete on his back. Tanikaze turned to the computer. Pressing A series of buttons, the cockpit shield turned on and began to pressurize. When it was done, Hiroshijiro and Tanikaze both removed their helmets. Looking at the stranger they both asked in unison. "Who are you?"
The Master Chief reached up and removed his helmet. looking at both of them, he sighed, hard and heavy, and answered them in Japanese. "Its a long story."
It was then that Cortana spoke up. "And it seems we have a lot of time to tell it."
So, I'm planning on retelling te anime/ manga from here, next chapter will be entirely for chiefs backstory. It'll be long, tedious and probably boring if you already know it, so you could skip it if you want. It will be adapted though to fit Knights of Sidonia lore, so it actually may interesting to some people. I also am planning on fixing that god awful ending and going to attempt to explain all the unsolved mysteries that were basically just cut from the manga, like what are the kabis, what are the Gauna, why are they hostile, etc. Again, Thanks for tuning in
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