Author Note:
Hey what did I say, sporadic, it can literally be the day after, weeks, or months, but I will continue this story… probably I promise, I will probably give a reason if I stop.
On another note I decided to throw in a little humor in this one upon request from a friend, so if some things seem wacky blame them, also as you will shortly see I'm developing a pattern of starting things off with a log entry from the pilot(and or Titan) we will be focusing on in each chapter.
VERY IMPORTANT.
Please read til the very end I have an important request at the end of this.Anyways without further delay onto the story.
Xavier's log entry:
We've been with the 6-4 for almost a year now, who would have though when Gates said that we're a family she really meant it, in total their are 50 pilots that are in the 6-4 including Gate's own team, but you'd be surprised at the shit we've pulled off.
Bear threw a fit when he realized he had the same callsign as another pilot on the commander's team, now that was funny, overall we have earned our keep that's for sure, been on a few missions some simple skirmishes no SRS rated missions, none of have died either so that's a plus… well Glitch died once but he's a Simulacrum so he's fine, told him to get over it.
The really killer right now is the boredom, I swear I might blow my brains out if something doesn't happen.I guess we are still green according to Gates, seeing as we were the latest group of pilots to join we still get the short end of the stick.
Welcome to Sentinel one of the less farm like Militia planets on the frontier, it's got its vast amount of farm towns like most planets on the frontier but it's also got a super city on one of its continent taking up most of said continent, with their being three the other two as I said much more rural.
We got patrol duty, Gates sends us to the MCS Chimera a scout frigate of sorts, it's job is to scout around the edges of Militia space and check in one the planets on the edges of our territory, Sentinel is one such planet, but the IMC probably want nothing to do with it, it's not as valuable a target as others.But then again maybe I'm wrong, but we're just one ship, not even effectively armed.
If the IMC does come knocking...
We're fucked.
I don't know, the air has very tense feeling to it, maybe I'm paranoid who knows, all I know is that I got a bad feeling about all of this.
Location: MCS Chimera, orbiting Sentinel.
Pilot: Xavier Hines, 6-4.
Status: Nervous.
Xavier shuffled the cards rapidly as he and the rest of his squad sat in the mess hall, having expressed his feelings of the tension in the air, though he had remembered why he had been against sharing these feelings.
He sighed as Jayden thumped the table as he let out deep bellowing laugh.
I remember now why he never became a therapist, he's an asshole
Xavier thought shooting a glare the much larger pilot.
"Your just paranoid Cross, IMC witouldn't want anything to do with Sentinel." Jayden said with a chuckle before throwing his cards into the pile in the middle of the table.
"Yeah yeah fuck off, last time I ever come to you guys for advice." Xavier said back annoyed.
Leonard had been sitting at the table as well but had decided to keep quiet as he played his cards next when the only pilot that had not joined them came to the table with a fidgety look displayed in movements seeing as how it was hard to read the emotional stature of a robotic skull face.
"Guys we're fucked, we have the worst luck ever, we are all gonna die!!" Adam cried out hysterically, throwing his arms around sporadically as he spoke.
"By the Allfather, Glitch relax and explain will you!" Jayden shouted at the Simulacrum who nodded slowly before he visibly relaxed.
"They're here, aboard the ship." Adam explained gesturing the ship around them.
"Who's here? IMC!?" Leonard exclaimed a feeling of dread beginning to build.
"What!? No! It's-." Adam had begun but was cut off by a joyous voice entering the conversation.
"Hi Guys!!" Said a mechanic as he joined the group.
The mechanic was a little shorter than Adam with pale skin and light brown hair and blue eyes, with a rather average body build.
"Son of a bitch." Xavier.
"Freaking frick." Leonard.
"Gods be damned." And Jayden had all said in unison at the person who had joined them.
"You guys thought you could leave me on harmony didn't you?" The newcomer said cheekily.
"Dammit Alex." Xavier sighed pinching the bridge of his nose as he felt a head ache approaching.
Alex was Adam's brother who at the time of the pilots leaving their home to fight had stayed behind, though they all labeled him friend, Alex was well known for causing them all headaches.
"Well now I know why I had a bad feeling today." Xavier joked though if he was honest that feeling that something big was gonna happen did not leave him.
Approximately five hours later
The sun had begun to set on the super city portion of the planet and Xavier had retired to the bunks he shared with his team while the others were out and about, while the marksman sat alone stuck with the sense of dread he felt in his gut.
"Hey Z you there?" Xavier asked seemingly to no one when the visor of his helmet had set beside him on his bunk suddenly lit up.
"Yes pilot, what do you need?" A robotic yet feminine voice answered originating from the helmet.
"Would the IMC actually have any interest in Sentinel?" He asked his Titan using their neural link to communicate seeing as the Northstar known ZT-0939, though she could not be seen, the female voiced stryder class Titan had a what was known as a prime chassis upgrade, increasing its armor yet keeping mobility and had black painted metal plating with a few jade green accents here and there and a nose art depicting a pair of angelic wings on either side of the Titans optics.
"Yes." The Titan responded plainly.
Xavier sighed heavily.
"That really doesn't ease the feeling in my gut." Xavier responded dryly.
"I would not expect to, if you are experiencing issues with your digestive system I'd recommend going to the infirmary." ZT said in a deadpan tone of voice.
"It's and expression Z, just means that I got a bad feeling, why would the IMC want this planet?" He asked.
"It's position compared to other planets within Militia friendly territories, it offers the fastest route to the militia home world Harmony due to the amount of or lack there of militia forces in this part of the frontier." The Northstar explained.
"Well that's comforting." The sniper said sarcastically.
"Strange I had deduced you wouldn't have." She said in a curious tone.
"Sarcasm Z." He explained dryly.
"Right, I recognize that now." ZT said with a monotone voice but something about it made it clear to Xavier that she was being cheeky.
Suddenly the entire ship shook as ship wide alarms rung out and emergency lighting came on.
"Z!? What's happening!?" Xavier shouted shooting out of his bunk and slipping his helmet on and grabbing his gear.
"IMC invasion fleet, they just crippled the engines we are dead in the water right now." ZT said rapidly.
"Plan of Action?" Xavier asked mentally picturing his Titans optics giving him a robotic glare.
"Get to the life boats, there is a 97 percent chance that all personnel will have to abandon ship." The Northstar responded.
The hull shook again as another explosion went off and Xavier simply sighed looking down.
"I hate being right all the time."
Author Note:
That's all for this one folks, now I have a very important announcement… request? I don't know but I need your help, as some of you may have noticed the title had originally been "Pilots Never Die" I personally didn't like the title so I changed it to what it is now, and I still don't like it, if you would like to participate place a title suggestion in the reviews below, but also feel free to leave a review in general I appreciate the feedback.
Now just some further information, chapters are gonna be reasonably short ranging from 1000 to 3000 per chapter for now, namely because I'm gonna pumping these out relatively quick to get past the intro which I have planned out already.
Keep a lookout for updates on previous chapters as my buddy Piston is gonna be helping as my editor so there's a shout-out for him.
Anyways that's all for now, take care all of you wonderful people and I will see you in the next one!!