Phoenix Rising, part two.
Com-Star command centre, Tukayyid City, Tukayyid, Free Rasalhague Republic,
Star Colonel Aidan Pryde sat handcuffed to a chair. One side of his face was covered with bandages where the skin-graphs had repaired the burns made by the fire in his cockpit. He wore a set of coveralls similar to those worn by MechWarriors over their coolant-vests.
The door behind him opened and man wearing the uniform of a Demi-Precentor walked round and sat on the chair before him "Hello Star Colonel Aidan Pryde, my name is Demi-Precentor James Van-Peters, and I am here to de- brief you. Do you have any questions before we begin?" Pryde looked at him "Arf I have questions Demi-Precentor. Am I a bondsman, and what happened to the Falcon Guards?"
Van-Peters took the question in his stride "Yes, Star Colonel, you are a bondsman of Com-Star: You will be given a bond-cord as soon as you are released from hospital. As for the Flacon Guards, as far as we know they made it off planet without further losses. You may be interested to know that you killed or disabled over a dozen Mech's during your defence of the landing zone, and you damaged over fifteen more."
Pryde stared blankly ahead "We still lost. We do not control Terra and we now have to abide by a fifteen year truce." Van-Peters looked him straight in the eye "It's 'they' lost, 'they' do not control Terra now Star Colonel. You are now a member of Com Star 'We' won, 'we' still control Terra, which is where 'you' are going. Your be sent to the Sandhurst military academy for a fuller de-brief, then you will ether be assigned to a Coms-Guard unit or the teaching stuff there."
Pryde looked at the floor "I lost Demi-Precentor Van-Peters, not just my former Clan." The Coms-Guard officer looked at him "The Clans may not hold Terra, but you will still get to go there. They tell me you will be the first bondsman to be sent there. The rest are being kept here on Tukayyid. Think your self lucky, you may even be allowed to pilot a Mech into battle again."
Pryde allowed himself a weak smile "Aff, when you say it like that, I am indeed 'lucky'".
Com-Star command centre, Tukayyid City, Tukayyid, Free Rasalhague Republic,
Star Colonel Aidan Pryde sat handcuffed to a chair. One side of his face was covered with bandages where the skin-graphs had repaired the burns made by the fire in his cockpit. He wore a set of coveralls similar to those worn by MechWarriors over their coolant-vests.
The door behind him opened and man wearing the uniform of a Demi-Precentor walked round and sat on the chair before him "Hello Star Colonel Aidan Pryde, my name is Demi-Precentor James Van-Peters, and I am here to de- brief you. Do you have any questions before we begin?" Pryde looked at him "Arf I have questions Demi-Precentor. Am I a bondsman, and what happened to the Falcon Guards?"
Van-Peters took the question in his stride "Yes, Star Colonel, you are a bondsman of Com-Star: You will be given a bond-cord as soon as you are released from hospital. As for the Flacon Guards, as far as we know they made it off planet without further losses. You may be interested to know that you killed or disabled over a dozen Mech's during your defence of the landing zone, and you damaged over fifteen more."
Pryde stared blankly ahead "We still lost. We do not control Terra and we now have to abide by a fifteen year truce." Van-Peters looked him straight in the eye "It's 'they' lost, 'they' do not control Terra now Star Colonel. You are now a member of Com Star 'We' won, 'we' still control Terra, which is where 'you' are going. Your be sent to the Sandhurst military academy for a fuller de-brief, then you will ether be assigned to a Coms-Guard unit or the teaching stuff there."
Pryde looked at the floor "I lost Demi-Precentor Van-Peters, not just my former Clan." The Coms-Guard officer looked at him "The Clans may not hold Terra, but you will still get to go there. They tell me you will be the first bondsman to be sent there. The rest are being kept here on Tukayyid. Think your self lucky, you may even be allowed to pilot a Mech into battle again."
Pryde allowed himself a weak smile "Aff, when you say it like that, I am indeed 'lucky'".