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Following the funeral's of Zap, Flash, and Frostbite, Short-Fuze, and Simmon's were discharged, while Lavigne and several others were transferred to Walter Reed; the M.P., Green-shirt Perry, and Cpl. Fisher having gone hand to hand with eight Crimson Guardsman. As for the rest, they are currently gathered outside being introduced to the long awaited additions to their armor corp. "Nice threads, man. Got a real Batman look there." Footloose tells Low-Light, but only gets a slight glance in response. He is about to try a different subject when he is cutoff.
"I've seen stuff that'd make him shit bricks."
While Footloose is finding another seat, Hawk, who has since informed the Joes to skip formalities with him, walks over to the smallest one first. "Joes, this is the L.C.V...or Low Crawl Vehicle...Recon Sled. It is armed with a side mounted 9mm auto-load cannon, has an aluminum 96 hp. engine, an ergonomically designed bio-fit saddle, and features a periscope on it's bulletproof windscreen."
"I think you got some competition, Cross'." Crankcase says after nudging him slightly and pointing to Cover-Girl, who was hugging herself and sporting a creepy grin while other Joes give her a wide berth.
They then follow Hawk to the 2nd vehicle. "This next one is one of two G.I. Joe originals. It has, however, changed since being thought up by Tollbooth, in-that it is now known as the Heavy Articulated Versatility mOdular Carrier; meaning that the rear section can be removed and replaced for any combat situation." He says, pausing when one of them raises a hand. "Got a question, Wild Bill?"
"Yeah; How come ah don't see no chairs inside it?"
Hawk glances back a second before explaining. "Nice catch there, son. Two/thirds of the cabin is empty space; the purpose of which is to redirect incoming fire away from the driver and radioman, who will both be in the prone position. Any other questions?" He asks, and continues when they say no. "Right then. The H.A.V.O.C. behind me is the standard model; while the forward section comes with two point defense Light MG's and a heavier medium to long range weapon emplacement, which is also interchangeable; this rear section features a scout VTOL craft called the Ground Effect Vehicle, which has two computer linked 7.62mm machine guns, a top speed of 60 MPH, and can travel 80 miles."
He takes a breath and continues. "The carriage itself has 4 Lancers, which are bi-pulse anti-armor heat-seeking missiles as well at two of the same type of MG's as the Recon Sled has." He then goes on to the aircraft. "Seeing as you have already seen the Conquest X-30 in action, i will instead tell you about the Tomahawk; a transport/air-sea rescue helicopter. It has no armaments, but makes up for it with a top speed of 240 MPH."
Finally, he walks over to a small orange and gray motorboat. "This last one is known as the, uh; the Devilfish." He says, and shrugs Lifeline to groan in annoyance.
"Something wrong with the name?" Lift-Ticket asks him.
"Lets just say my first book was the bible." Lifeline explains.
Chapter thirty-seven. Read and review.