Hey all, Dragonis here with more More Than Machines. This chapter is going to be BIG!
Previously on More than Machines
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Striker: Who is Karest?
Jallax: You would know him better as Stacker Pentecost
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Jallax: Every pilot who died was a sleeper agent
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Striker: I need to get back home to my fiancee. She's with child
"Striker," Herc said "you mean to tell me that there's a political war happening among the Precoursers and the reason behind the Kaiju attack was not an attack, but an attempt to touch base with humanity that was botched by rebels against the government in the Anteverse?"
"Pretty much, and the pilots who fell in the war were double agents who were ordered to fake death to add fuel to the fire of hatred, then were brought to the Anteverse after they did their job." Striker responded "It also explains why I caught a fleeting glimpse of a Kaiju at the Breach. Celestials have a psychic power that can block their memories from outside forces, but Stacker or Chuck must have forgotten to put up a barrier until the memory leaked."
"I thought you couldn't remember anything from after Hong Kong until the nuke." Tendo said.
"I was slipping in and out of consciousness. That's why neither Stacker nor Chuck put up any psionic barriers. They thought I was fully unconscious, but I was just matching their psywaves with electronic pulses." Striker continued "Gips, at the Breach, the Celestial's plan was to get you and your pilots killed, but without them knowing, I radioed you and, using Stacker's voice, told you to go to the Breach, and using the limited control I had on my Conn-Pod, shut down communications and forced the control pads to move, causing Chuck and Stacker to detonate the bomb."
"So does that mean... Raleigh..." Gipsy began in years
"Raleigh wasn't Celestial, neither was Yancy. The Celestial revolutionaries meant to kill all three of you at Anchorage, but that failed relatively. They did get Yancy, and eventually, Raleigh. They were the only legitimate death in the war, not counting pilots who died of old age or disease." Striker explained
Heads turned when Coyote ran in, giddy like a schoolgirl.
"Coyote, what happened? Tacit propose?" Tendo asked jokingly
"Yep!" the happy Mark I said before showing the ring
Tendo just stood in place with a 'Why?' look on his face, leaving Gipsy with a smile.
"Did you bet Gipsy on that?" Herc asked with a sigh
"Nope." Tendo said between his teeth
"He bet me, Gips and Romeo!" Striker said with a chuckle
When Gipsy and Striker got back to their room, the Mark III quickly turned to her fiancee and kissed him passionately while holding him in a tight embrace.
"I love you Striker. Thanks for coming back." the female Jaeger said
"You're welcome. I love you, too." the Mark V responded
Thanks for reading folks. This is Dragonis Prime, drifting out