Rescuing newbies is hard. Even when that newbie is your sister. Now, don't get me wrong, I would- and have- done so any day of the week. But back then, I didn't have to teach her the stuff she'd forgotten (most of the time) and none of it was quite as essential as wall and bullet jumps. But-
"Hello, Operator! I am Ordis, Ship Cephalon. A shadow of my former self. I cannot serve the Operator in such a condition. Order me to self-destruct. I will understand."
I blinked.
"Okay. That just happened. I wonder how many copies of Ordis those dadgum Orokin made? Irrelevant. Uh…" I looked around the orbiter. It was a simple steel grey, a bit on the scarred side, but kind of cozy.
No. Actually, it looked kinda like crap. Should probably address that first.
"Come to think of it, we should work on the state of your Orbiter. Looks like the Grineer ransacked it for tech. Ordis?"
"Oh, it was awful! Those savages tore me apart stole my components! Operator, you should go and kick them where the sun don't shine- apologies, Operator, please allow me to try again. You should PUNISH THEM- I mean, exact recompense, Operator. There may be some replacement parts in the E Prime sector. I'm afraid that I cannot access the solar rails to ensure the replacement, so this will have to do."
I turned to look at S- the unnamed Tenno next to me. She looked rather panicked, and out of breath, which, given the fact that her 'frame had breathing regulations installed, was rather impressive.
"Okay, I'm going to need you to go to a low-level Grineer outpost. There's a pretty decent chance there'll be some comm parts there that we can use to replace the systems in your Orbiter. There'll be more that you'll need, but those are in a higher level compound that you probably don't want to visit just yet, so I can grab those for you. Unfortunately, I don't have any of these on hand, mainly because they're pretty rare whole, so I can help you cobble something together. Sound good?" She nodded, starting to calm down a bit.
"Will I have to kill any of them? I really don't want to, but…"
"It will probably be necessary. While our shields are pretty good, they do still fire to kill, which they can manage after a while. So you don't have to, but it would be better. If you have something to tie them up with another will probably untie them, so I'd advise knocking them on the head pretty hard if that's your plan."
"Oh," she said. "Okay."
"Alright, so what you're going to do is hack three separate consoles. They'll be in data vaults that you'll have to sneak into. Now, the place you're going to has some pretty bad security, so it'll be great for you to practice sneaking. The Paris you picked will be great because it allows you to take the guards down from a distance without alerting the others. The kunai will be able to do the same. You ready?"
"The Paris?"
"The Paris is your bow. And, actually, before we leave, I never actually got your callsign. What do you want me to call you?"
She looked at herself and pulled out one of her kunai, flipping it in her hand.
"Titanium," she said.