So I'm on my way back to my bay. Sky told me that she wants to get something, and then dashed off. Seemed to be in some sort of hurry. Whatever.
I have yet to learn what my helmet can do. That communicator Lava had would be useful, but I don't know when or how I'll get it. And even if I do have one, I don't know how to use it.
Then again, when I do get one, I will most likely learn how to use it. And probably the same for my helmet.
When I got to the garage, and almost at my door, I saw Lava standing right in front of it. With his arms crossed, head down, and eyes closed...
Something's up.
I walked up to him. "Lava?"
He looks up towards me. "Ah, Ozone, I wanted to talk to you, but since there's no way to contact you, well...I just decided to wait in front of your bay."
"Well, now that I'm here, what is it?"
"If you remember, we still have a tour to finish. Don't we?"
"Oh, yeah, I do remember."
"Then shall we finish it off?" He asks.
"Sure, why not?"
There was only a couple of places left. First, is the shop-like area, it's divided into two parts: The forge and the recycle centre. They're the places to buy and sell equipment respectively.
Lava told me that a lot of the equipment is forged from a green dust-like material called 'robits'. Since they are used to get equipment and vice-versa, they're kind of like a currency.
Different equipment needs/gives different amounts of robits. Common items like cubes for the bodies of vehicles are very cheap. While the most powerful, legendary gear takes/gives a mountain of robits.
Second, is the 'Protonium Reactor'. A large machine surrounded by a lot of Protonium crystals. The crystals are very powerful, yet stable and durable, sources of energy.
Apparently, the whole grand-mothership, and everything inside, is powered by this single reactor. And this is absolutely huge.
"It may be powerful, but it's very vulnerable. If this reactor gets destroyed, the whole ship goes down." Lava explained.
"Why should we be concerned about it getting..." What's word I'm looking for...
"Attacked?" He finished. Wait...
"What? I don't understand."
"Tell me, do you know why we're called 'fighters'?"
"Because we get into fights?" That sounds right, doesn't it?
"Yes, but with what? Or who?"
"Um...with each other?"
"No, b-" he pauses suddenly, sighing. "Listen, I'll just get to the point: We are at war." Huh?
"W-war?"
"Yes, Ozone. War. This ship gets attacked every now and then. You know how back in the training rooms, enemy targets appear red?"
"Y-yeah?"
"That is what the 'real' enemies look like: red and black. Kinda the opposite of our colour scheme: Blue and white."
"Oh, ok then."
"They don't seem to learn, though. Every time, it's only one or two vehicles trying to deal as much damage as possible, but our large numbers and strength lets us defeat them easily."
"Ah, alright."
"And that's without our own vehicles." I did learn that a group of fighters can take down a vehicle.
"Wow." That doesn't sound as bad, as long as we stay on our toes.
"However, the Protonium crystals don't last forever. So we need to collect more when they run low. Otherwise, the reactor losingpower is equivalent to it being damaged."
"How do we get the crystals then?"
"Planet Mars has several places where they're very common. That, and another planet in another solar system. But securing them crystals isn't simple. The enemy has the same idea, creating competition. We always end up battling each other over them."
"Can't you just share the crystals or something?"
"No. The enemies aren't lighthearted. They're too greedy to share any crystals, so we have no choice but to fight for them." So trying to convince them in any way won't be possible.
"So why do they attack us directly?"
"They seem to be trying to remove the competition by destroying our reactor. Without our reactor, we're pretty much dead, and they can have all the crystals they want. Which is bad." Sounds like it's just two teams fighting each other.
"How is it bad?"
"Do you want to die?" He said seriously.
"Well, no. Not really."
"Well then." And he walks off. That's it? No more explanation?
Seems like not only that's it for the tour, I also learned the true reason of why we're here, and why we're called 'fighters'.
So it's 2 factions - of sorts - battling each other for protonium crystals. These crystals give the energy we need to function and fight in the first place.
...Sounds legit.
But that was a lot of information to take in. War. That's going to be stuck in my head for a while.
Well, what a brainwave. Can Ozone cope with it? Let's hope so. Anyway, with 10 chapters done (after an unnecessarily long wait)and published, that to me is a small milestone. So I've decided to write a bio for my OC(s).
There will be 1bio per chapter, if there is at least 1character I haven't done a bio for. The bios will NOT contain any potential spoilers.
Also, the bios will come before the reviews.
Enough rambling, let's start off with the protagonist.
Basic Information
* Name: Ozone Atom-Breaker
* Age: 16 years old.
* Natural height: 5'8 (1.73m)
* Preferred Style: Unknown
Characteristics
- Skin tone: White
- Eye colour: brown
- Hair colour: black
- Accent: British
History
Ozone had a rough childhood. He spent a lot of it on his own, as he didn't have many friends. Many of the kids he tried to talk to just turned him down, with little to no reason, no matter how friendly Ozone tries to be.
For years, Ozone was on his own, minus his family. His family was disappointed about Ozone's lack of friends, so his father told him about the fighters. Where teamwork is very common. Ozone liked the sound of that, and has been interested ever since.
Personality
Ozone is a calm, collected person. He likes to try something new, or something different. It takes something BIG to scare him. But even so, he can quickly pull himself together and focus on his task. He's a fast learner, able to effectively learn
from a lot, if not all, of his mistakes. He attempts to come up with the best plan for any situation, but will use someone else's plan if it is at least equally as effective.
But he has a mild weakness: Ozone gets uncomfortable around girls, especially ones he doesn't know. He tends to stutter - a lot - if a girl comes even around 2-3 metres (7-10 feet) from him. But as always, since he's a fast learner, he can quickly
build up the courage needed.
Though why he didn't do so in the past remains unknown.
And now, for the reviews. I have 1 to respond to:
Guest (Chapter 9): "As for me, this chapter was pretty good. By the way, I'm not using outdated content - I actually plan to return Megabots in my fic, I've even got names for chapters during which it'll happen - "The second Dawn", "Returned and Max-Loaded",
"Megabots are rolling out". Also, to keep up with updates, I've introduced a hacker (J-D) in the platoon with a skills comparable to those of Meiny (you can learn of Meiny from Daily Robot), who's able to re-configure matter forges of motherships
and, therefore, change the properties of the cubes or even create a new types of cubes."
Rynowm: "Ah, now I understand. But don't tell me too much information about your story, you might accidentally give me spoilers. Infact, I don't want you to tell me anymore information about 'Megabots, I choose you!', I want to find out for myself when you publish the chapters."