Helian heard what Persica just said. In her mind, there is almost no reason for Persica to sound serious unless it was important to 16Lab or G . She snapped out of her shock and focused on the important question that Persica needed to hear.
"What exactly happened?". Helian narrows her eyes at her side of the call.
Persica lazily responds, "Leeeeeets just say that I.O.P just had a malfunction with some of its T-Doll manufacturing machines. It happened to create four unknown military type T-Dolls from a fictional universe and a fictional faction."
Helian was confused for a moment and asked, "Did you drink too much coffee? If so, please tell me you are joking."
"Well, I need more coffee to better understand what I just witnessed. So yes, I am not joking.", Persica said in all seriousness.
Helian went silent, unable to process what Persica just said.
"By the way." Persica starts as Helian immediately listened in on her, "Do you recognize these symbols or logos?"
Persica sent two images to Helian, using her device, which is the symbol of an aquila and a skull with wings.
Helian looks at them for a few seconds. "No, I haven't seen these symbols before nor do I know any factions that have those symbols. At least in my years in the military before retiring."
"Well, whatever these symbols are. I can say for certain that our mysterious T-Dolls came from a specific faction with those symbols.", Persica turned a page.
Helian, now understanding the gravity of the situation, Persica.
"What time do you want to hold the meeting with G ?". Helian asks, as if this situation should handled with a lot of care.
Persica thinks a bit, "At 8PM today. I will focus on getting answers from the mysterious T-Dolls that showed up and I will do some testing to see their capabilities."
"Alright, I will notify Kryuger and a Griffin commander that is stationed at Area S09 for the scheduled meeting. Stay safe Persica, godspeed", Helian responds, with concern in her voice before hanging up.
12:30 PM
After Persica finished her call with Helian, she looked at the time and found out that it is currently 12:30pm in the afternoon.
She instructed the I.O.P employees to move the recently finished T-Dolls to a room to activate and awaken them. The I.O.P employees almost immediately complied after they got over their confusion.
One of them, operated a forklift truck to lift the four T-Dolls to be transported to a recharge room. There was an attempt to carry them by hand but they were heavier than the T-Dolls that I.O.P usually manufacture.
It was assumed that the two armored ones were of the same weight as the shotgun T-Dolls being manufactured here.
They began to carefully move the strange T-Dolls, to the room for activation. Persica and a few T-Dolls joined her as necessary security measures.
Upon reaching the room, a large shutter door opened up from a switch that one of the personnel activated.
They entered the room and the employees carefully set the four T-Dolls on a stand so they can be connected to a power source for them to be charged up.
The I.O.P employees left the room as they have other tasks to do for the day, only the two assigned T-Dolls remained.
Grizzly MkV and K11 volunteered to stay inside to watch the awakening in which Persica has no problems with. However, IWS-2000 choose to stay outside to wait. So she promptly stayed outside and closed the door beside her after everyone went inside.
Persica first tried to locate where the charging port of the first T-Doll is. She had to check the T-Doll anatomy to locate the charging port but she managed to find it.
She opened the charging port and connect it with wires that came from a charging terminal that was meant for T-Dolls. Persica turned on the charging switch then stepped back as soon everyone in the room started watching the T-Doll with darkish yellow fatigues started to slowly move.
First the arms twitching, then the head moved up. As soon as the head moved up, the eyes opened. Persica noted that the eyes of this T-Doll had a pair of purple eyes.
The T-Doll started to flex her arms while looking at them and move her legs a bit. After that, she looked at Persica and the two T-Dolls in the other side of the room. She then asked the important question in her mind.
"Who are you?", the T-Doll asked in caution with a heavy accent that no one in the room is able to decipher which accent it is. "Hello~, I am Persica the main person who activated you. Over there is K11 and Grizzly MkV who are my T-Dolls for security measures.". The two named T-Dolls made a friendly wave and gave her a smile at the T-Doll while she slowly raised her hand and waved slowly back in return, unsure about what to think of the two.
K11 looked like she caused a lot of trouble and her clothes scream of chaotic. She noted that K11 carries around vials of unknown substances. The weapon that she carries is a S Daewoo K11 assault rifle if looking at the database that the T-Doll can access that is available on K11.
Grizzly MkV looked like she was a cop equivalent except she looked a bit lax. The foreign T-Doll finds the clothing weird as it wasn't meant for what a cop usually wears but her attitude could be of a savvy Cadian sergeant.
"Wait a second, what are T-Dolls?", she cautiously asked Persica.
"Well, T-Dolls are AI-piloted androids that were designed to serve as easily replaceable fire platform for military operations.", Persica answered.
"AIs, huh.", the T-Doll mutters as if she was partially angry at the discovery.
Persica noticing the tone of the voice and became resolute, "I wouldn't get angry out of hate in any thing you believed in if I were you."
"Why so?", the T-Doll asks with venom in her voice.
"Because you are a T-Doll along with your 'companions'.", Persica points out the truth to her as she points to the others.
The T-Doll was confused from Persica's statement until she looked at herself. She can feel the metallic skeletal frame underneath her. She can feel the core in her chest giving her the power to move, speak and do actions. She scanned her three other companions and Persica was right, they are all T-Dolls.
There is no way she can deny that, no matter how much she an tells herself that she isn't one. Before she broke down, she calmed down and reluctantly accepted her current situation.
"Now that I answered your initial questions, I want to know.". The T-Doll looked back at Persica before she starts her next sentence. "Who are you?", Persica asks in seriousness which surprised the T-Doll as she wasn't expecting for her tone to change suddenly.
Before the T-Doll responds, she remembered the weapon that she mainly used then she calmly responds to who she assumes to be the person-in-charge. "I am a Cadian-pattern hellgun that is used mainly by the Kasrkins.". Everyone heard her answer and were confused by the response. Persica carefully asked another question, "Kasrkins? What are they?"
The T-Doll looked at Persica as if she grew another head. Realization struck her as Persica weren't aware of what the name means so she responded calmly and politely.
"Ma'am, Kasrkins are the elite soldiers of Cadia Prime that were handpicked from the best. You could say that they are grenadiers and were seen as a role model for Cadian shock troopers.". Persica absorbed the response and asked another question.
"Cadia Prime? What planet is that?", Persica asked.
The T-Doll tensed up a bit but responded, "Cadia Prime is a fortress world in the Cadian System.".
Persica took note of the names then proceeded with her questions.
"Is that your weapons and equipment over there?". Persica points at the table to her right.
The table has a Cadian-pattern Hellgun that is connected to an external battery with the backpack and a plasma gun sitting beside it. The other weapons and equipment beside hers were probably for her other companions.
"Yes ma'am, they're specifically mine.". The T-Doll answered almost instantly to her question.
"Alright, one last question. Do you have a name before you became a Kasrkin?" Persica asked which from her perspective seems to throw off the T-Doll.
The T-Doll couldn't answer the question like she normally could previously. She never though of having a name before as it never mattered to her before. She looked at her available database in her neural cloud for female names that are Cadian and picked one of them.
"Ma'am?". She asks but Persica quickly responds with, "You may call me Persica instead of ma'am."
The T-Doll complies and responds with full honesty, "Persica, I do not have a name nor remember a name before I was serviced into combat but I have though of a name that you may call me. That is you don't want to call me by my weapon's name."
"Which is?". Persica asks. The T-Doll politely responds, "Minka. Although, I prefer being called by my weapon's name."
Subsequently, the T-Doll who is now named Minka was given her weapons and equipment. She checked if everything is functional and sighed in relief that they are all functional. From spare parts for her weapons to extra mags and extra rations, she has the bare minimum to survive in this new world.
She grabbed her backpack, weapons and equipment then proceeded to wear them. She started walking towards the door, glancing at the two dolls that were waiting for her.
Before leaving the room, she looked at the three other dolls that weren't activated yet for a moment before she was escorted outside by K11 to wait until the others were awakened.
Persica instructed K11 to keep an eye on Hellgun as a just in case. Without any hesitation and possibly from the tension building in the room, she complied before leaving to switch with IWS.
Going outside, Hellgun noticed a T-Doll that glanced at her for a bit before she went inside the room in a hurry. She was informed that the T-Doll, who entered the room, was IWS-2000.
IWS-2000 looked like she belonged to a royalty, at least in the eyes of the Cadian. The anti-material rifle that she held, looked fearsome in it's own right which contradicts the behavior of IWS.
Her behavior reminds her of a recruit that has yet to enter training bootcamp. Hellgun chuckled at the thought which K11 noticed and immediately looked at her.
Hellgun noticed K11's sudden turn to her and braced herself for the multitude of questions that K11 will ask.
"So,..." K11 asked before she continued in uncontrollable excitement. "How does your weapons work?". She looked at Hellgun with excitement in her voice.
She was caught off guard from the way K11 asked her but managed to compose herself before she describes her weapon.
"My weapon is a Cadian-pattern Hellgun. It has two firing modes: semi-automatic or fully automatic." She began before continuing on.
"It uses a different ammunition compared to the standard issue lasgun. In which where the mag is connected to an external battery pack by two wires." She shows the two wires connecting the weapon and the battery pack.
"Are the shots much more powerful?". K11 kept up the pace of her questions.
"Yes, it can shoot a more potent laser beam and do much more damage against an armored infantry.". She responds.
"How about the glowing weapon?". K11 enthusiastically points at the plasma gun that the Hellgun is carrying around.
"This." Hellgun begins, "...is a plasma gun. It fires a blast of plasma and when it hits the target, the blast explodes like a balloon filled with water.".
"That. Is. AWESOME.". K11 excitedly shouted which Hellgun winced a bit before K11 continued, "Man, I want to see it in the shooting range. I bet it will hurt a lot."
She deceptively chuckles then puts up a smile on her face, "You don't need to bet that it will hurt because it will do more than just hurt someone."
K11 grinned even more as if she is ready to watch the incoming destruction from the gun.
1:40 PM
Currently, Persica just happened to finish activating the 2nd T-Doll which happens to be the one in red armor. The T-Doll right now is flexing a bit and taking in her surroundings.
Persica noted that this T-Doll has a pair of red eyes which compliments her dark raven hair.
Her red eyes fell upon Persica, Grizzly MkV and IWS-2000. Each having a different reaction to the way she was looking at them.
Persica being unfazed by the look as this wasn't the first time that a human or T-Doll looked at her like that. So she though, 'This one will be a headache for me.' and sighed from it.
Grizzly tried to give a friendly wave but was responded back with a pointed stare from the military T-Doll. It kind of made her a bit unnerved to the point that she stopped waving at her.
IWS-2000 was shaking a lot from the pressure of being stared. She felt like she is going to collapse from being stared down by a T-Doll who could be very stern.
The activated T-Doll looked back at Persica. IWS sighed in relief as she was no longer stared at.
Persica first asked in a non-hostile manner, "Who and what are you?"
The T-Doll though about this for a few seconds before responding in a very direct and blunt tone, "I am a Hot-shot Volley gun of the 43rd Iotan Dragons."
Persica took down the name specification of the weapon in her notes and added that this T-Doll is very logical. She asked, "Volley gun?"
The T-Doll rolls her eyes as if they haven't heard of the weapon yet, "It is like a machine gun except it fires a volley of laser beams with a high rate of fire."
Persica heard the T-Doll's answer which confirmed her theory on the weapon that she assumed is a machine gun. "Okay, you can ask a few questions.", Persica going back to her.
The T-Doll though for a few seconds then stared at the two T-Dolls who were there as security measure.
"First, what are they?", the cold T-Doll asks as she points at them.
Persica cautiously responded, "They are T-dolls, androids that were built for military operations."
The answer seem to turned on a screw in the newly activated T-Doll as she soon started to shake in rage at the revelation. She remembers how much rants from the Adeptus Mechcanicus of how they hate A.I. as they will doom humanity. She will not let this go without completely destroying them.
Everyone present in the room noticed the silence from the doll. She went silent quickly without a warning, almost too quickly.
Grizzly and IWS nervously prepares for a fight that they may not survive. They were dealing with a military T-Doll that is not only capable but is possibly very dangerous to be let loose.
Persica has her thumb near her device to deactivate the T-Doll just as the scion was about to move. She speaks to not only break the building tension in room but also deliver a threat, "Do you really want to destroy yourself and never see the light again?"
The activated T-Doll stops shaking to pointedly look at Persica and coldly asks, "What do you mean by, destroy myself?"
"You seem to be the type to hate T-Dolls so I'll drop the truth that you are now a T-Doll."
The T-Doll kept on pointedly staring at Persica until she internally checked herself. Persica was right about what she said. Her internals consist of the same internals as the two other T-Dolls. Normally, she would try and strike at either the research or the abominable intelligences. However, she has no weapon and it'd be foolish to try to attack them now.
Everyone in the room finally let out a sigh of relief as they just avoided a fire-fight from occurring.
However, this didn't stop the activated military T-Doll from glaring at the two T-Dolls in disgust.
"You get to ask one more questions before I asks the questions.", Persica spoke with a strict voice.
Still glaring at her and the two dolls, she gives her first inquiry, "Why do the T-Dolls over there seem to wear civilian clothes? Because I find it very inefficient."
Grizzly tenses up much more from the comment while IWS gets even more anxious as she nervously shakes to the point she could have a breakdown at any moment. Persica sighs in despair, thinking when this will all end.
Persica looks back at the scion, "They wear their own clothes because they used to be working in civilian purposed jobs until they were reprogrammed to use the weapons that they were given."
The military T-Doll though of this until Persica coughed, "Do you have a name?"
"I do not have a name. I never cared about it. I'll still stick to the name of my weapon". The T-Doll answered bluntly.
Rolling her eyes at the dismissive display, "I'm guessing that the weapons over there are yours?"
The scion looked at where Persica pointed and nodded to her question.
A few more questions before letting her get her equipment and weapons.
Persica then instructed her to wait outside with another doll that awakened earlier.
Her held her equipment and wears her beret, glances one last time at the stationed T-Dolls before leaving the room.
She walked outside and see a blue haired T-Doll chatting with seems to be a Kasrkin T-Doll. She lets out a soft 'Tch' at the sight.
Hellgun stopped chatting with K11 to look at the new T-Doll who came out of the room.
"Who are you?", the Kasrkin asks with caution in her voice.
"Volleygun, and you?", the red armored T-Doll coldly responded to her followed up with a question.
"Hellgun..." The Kasrkin T-Doll answered with edge in her voice.
K11 noticed the tension building in the room between the two and tries to calm them down, "Ladies, let's all calm down before we get into a fight."
Both of them heard K11 and glared at each other with stink eyes. They proceeded to stay silent and looked away from each other as if they have a bad history.
Sufficed to say that K11 was unable to start a conversation with either of them for the remaining duration of the awakening.
K11 sent a message a random T-Doll in the area using her neural cloud. She really hopes that another T-Doll would come here for help.
Unfortunately for her, no one would answered her plea for help.
2:20 PM
Persica sighed from that near hostile encounter and checked the time on her tablet. It is now 2:20pm in the afternoon.
'Time passes quickly, huh.', Persica though, she didn't know that .
At least the more threatening and armored ones were done at least.
She decided to awaken both of the remaining T-Dolls to save time. Grizzly and IWS helped her in the awakening process then proceeded to back away slowly after Persica activated the remaining T-Dolls.
Everyone held their breath as the activated T-Dolls started to slowly move.
The T-Doll with blonde hair opened her eyes suddenly and started to breathe heavily, putting her hand on her chest to calm down.
The redheaded T-Doll woke up as if she detected a nearby threat but immediately eases herself after looking around.
They both looked around the room, then looked at the T-Dolls who were beside a person in a lab coat.
Persica noted that the blonde T-Doll has a pair of green eyes while the redhead T-Doll has a pair of light blue eyes.
"Hello!" Persica greets in her usual lazy attitude, "I'm Persica and I believe I like to know who you two are?"
The blonde T-Doll began to talk first in a respectful manner, "I am a Bolt pistol of the Armageddon Steel Legion."
The redhead T-Doll followed suit, "I'm Mark IV Lascarbine of the Catachan Jungle Fighters."
Persica took note of the names before curiously asking again, "Armageddon? Catachan?"
Both of the T-Dolls looked at her weirdly due to her question. However, they observed that Persica wasn't lying as she wasn't hiding anything from them.
The blonde began, "Armageddon is a hive world and an industrial world in Segmentum Solar."
The redhead began, "Catachan is an Imperial death world in Ultima Segmentum."
Persica asked a follow-up question for the redhead, "Death world? How is Catachan a death world?"
The redhead T-Dolls though about it for a few seconds and responded. "Let's just say that the wildlife and fauna there is very dangerous. One wrong move and you could be dead."
Persica was astonished to hear that but proceeded to ask the other T-Doll.
"What about Armageddon?", Persica curiously asked.
"Well ma'am, Armageddon is filled with barren wastelands and polluted oceans due to intense industrial activity. You really need to bring a mask with rebreather if you plan to go there, otherwise you will suffocate to death.". The blonde T-Dolls responded.
'Even in several years in the future, humanity finds a way to improvise, adapt and overcome their problems, huh?'. Persica though.
If only the current humanity could work together.
"By the way, are you two aware that both of you are T-Dolls?", Persica asks.
"No, we're not aware of that nor the meaning of T-Dolls." The blond doll responded then both of them started to look at Persica suspiciously as if she was hiding the answers.
Persica though about how to give them the answer until she spoke, "Okay then, I'll make this brief, don't try to react violently. T-Dolls are combat androids that can interact with humans and are meant for military operations."
Both the activated T-Dolls absorb the answer and though what to do now since they got nowhere to go. They check everything about them and the data they saw reinforces Persica's answer even more. They decided to take her answer with a grain of salt.
Letting her answer sink in, Persica asked one of the T-Doll who were on security duty to come here.
Grizzly and IWS looked at each before Grizzly suggested that IWS goes there.
IWS nervously moved forward until she made it there. "U-uh, how can I be of help?", she asked timidly.
Persica responds, "Feel free to ask questions to our T-Dolls.". IWS heard this and asked the two T-Dolls.
"I-uh, would ask if you two have names prior to being enlisted and your previous occupation before."
They both looked at her in which IWS gets even more nervous from it. They both decided to answer her questions rather than start a fight in which nobody in the room wants.
The blonde T-Doll answered first after looking at a short description of her, "I do not remember my previous name but I choose Katrin as my name. As for previous occupation, I used to be in a notorious gang until I was conscripted based from my memory."
The redhead followed suit, "I'm the opposite of her, 'cept I choose Jet 'Smokin' Nades as my name. I ain't part of any other jobs other than the Catachan Jungle Fighters."
Persica heard the nickname and asked, "Why is 'Smokin' Nades' part of your name?"
"Because ma'am, I make sure that I give my enemies an explosive gift." Jet gives her a grin that could rival the grinch.
3:30 PM
Persica asked a few more questions before wrapping up the questioning session. She decided to call the newly activated dolls by their personal name rather than their weapon name since they were fine with it.
Things are going according to keikaku.
She allowed the two T-Dolls to grab their equipment on the table and to follow her.
Katrin and Jet grabbed their equipment, checking if they're still working. Once they are satisfied with their equipment, they followed Persica and the other T-Dolls.
Persica walked outside to see a deathly silent hallway wherein the two T-Dolls she questioned earlier was sitting away from each other. They were also looking away from each other.
She also saw K11 who looked very scared and antsy due to the atmosphere in the hallway.
Thankfully as if she saw an angel, K11 saw Persica and was very relieved to see her, even going on her knees to praise her. She got confused from what K11 did but accepted it nonetheless.
Persica didn't need to know what happened earlier as it was another set of headaches to deal with.
Persica instructed all the T-Dolls in the hallway including those who were inside the room to follow her.
All of them are walking to the firing range to test the shooting capability of the new T-Dolls.
Grizzly, K11 and IWS were chatting among each other about what they though about the new batch of T-Dolls. The three had differing opinions of them.
But one thing that they all agreed is that they're quite unique, like they're built differently.
The new T-Dolls after meeting each other didn't utter a single word to the others while walking to the firing range. They are getting used to their new environment and their bodies. They also need to get used to the fact that they need to work together.
The Cadian mentioned to the Catachan and Steel Legionnaire that she's fine with being called Hellgun or Minka, although she'd prefer the former.
Volleygunkept a distance from everyone by staying at the very back. Much to the dismay of her team.
The three other new T-Dolls managed to do some small talk to each other. Communication is key regardless of how different they are. Also they get along a lot easier.
While they are walking to the firing range, three T-Dolls bumped into them.
"Hello~". A T-Doll with a P90 approached them.
The T-Doll with an AUG doesn't greet them and continues to read a book on her which she finds more interesting.
The last T-Doll, who is carrying a G36c, timidly waves at them.
Only Hellgun, Katrin and Jet waved back at the T-Dolls. Volleygun just stares at them, scrutinizing each detail of the incoming T-Dolls as she can with her red eyes.
The military T-Dolls were introduced the other T-Dolls: AUG, P90 and G36c.
AUG looked like she was a novitiate from the Sisters of Battle except without the armor. Her black attire did compliment her light skin and light blonde hair. Her cold and quiet demeanor was something that was very noticeable from her. Given that she is more focused on the book than on the crowd ahead of her. They were told that she accompanies IWS-200 as if they were close sisters.
P90 looked like she is built for stealth or evasion in her own way. The tube top clothing, short pencil skirt, big jacket and a lot of tactical rigging makes her look like she is an operative on the field. She seems to be the only energetic one that was in the other batch of T-Dolls that decided to join in.
G36c looked like she is a civilian in military clothes. While the uniform does look like it is a military standard, her behavior would fit more of someone who has yet to enter bootcamp. Granted that Hellgun and Volleygun looked very intimidating to her.
They honestly though that the new T-Dolls that decided to show up were weird. Not realizing the irony that they too, are weird as well.
3:40 PM
They arrived at the firing range and everyone entered the room.
As soon as everyone entered the room, Persica looked for the switch and flipped it open.
The lights open one-by-one to reveal a large firing range in which there are target dummies set.
There is an armory on the left side of the firing range should there need to be a need to teach a T-Doll or a human to fire a weapon.
"This is where I'm going to test your capabilities and evaluate the four of you to see which star ratings each one gets.", Persica stated specifically to the new T-Dolls.
Caensa raised her hand. Persica took notice of the red armored T-Doll raising her hand and directed at her, "Yes, Volleygun?".
"What makes these star ratings important?", Caensa curiously asks with suspicion.
"Star ratings makes up of how good your processing power or even how human you are." Persica sternly responded before continuing.
"It can also be a rating of how good your combat prowess is.". Persica stated before giving an important advice. "Just because you have a higher star rating, it doesn't mean that you are better in everything.".
She wraps up her speech with, "Sometimes experience helps more than a better weapon or a better processing core."
"Only the new T-Dolls needs to test their capabilities, everyone may watch them if they want to.", Persica suggested to the small crowd of T-Dolls.
They all joined in to watch from the sidelines.
The new T-Dolls took in the words that Persica said until she made an announcement.
"Now, I want to see your combat capabilities. Hellgun, you're up first.", Persica announced as she points to the firing booth.
The Cadian complied to the order and goes to the firing booth with both her weapons. She does one last check to ensure it fires well and smoothly.
Persica readies the target dummy for her to shoot at using her weapon.
"You may begin firing.", Persica announced.
Hellgun turns off the safety switch on her hellgun and aimed at the target dummy.
She pulls the trigger and a stream of lasers, going at the speed of light, hits the target dummy.
The hellgun made a loud "whip-krak" sound as it fired the laser beams.
She counted 6 shots made and saw that they hit where she wants them to go.
4 shots landed at the head of training dummy in which a hole can be seem through it as there is a blast mark on the wall. It was 8 meters away from the training dummy. The remaining 2 hit the chest causing moderate burn damage.
Persica was shocked at how accurate the shots were. She noted that Minka seems to be the designated markswoman of the team.
She also noted how potent the laser beams were. There was a decently sized laser blast marks on the target dummy. She was amazed that the target dummies were still standing.
The T-Dolls that were watching were mostly amazed by the results. They never though the green armored T-Doll was a very good shot. Although, it did scare some of them as not only was she very good at shooting but her weapon is also dangerous.
All it takes is one shot at the chest and its game over for them. The thought of it scares them.
"Okay, how about your other weapon?", Persica suggestively requests.
Hellgun gave her a look of uncertainty that says, 'Are you sure?'.
Persica nods in confirmation to her request.
Hellgun turns the safety switch back on for her hellgun and switched to her plasma gun.
She prepares her plasma gun and sets it to standard mode. 'No need to accidentally explode the plasma gun and burn myself', she though.
From the sidelines, K11 got excited from seeing the weapon in action that Minka described to her earlier. The others, including AUG, were intrigued by the weapon. It looked foreign to them and they have no idea what it can do.
The plasma gun makes a distinctive "hum" sound as if preparing to fire.
Hellgun aims the plasma gun at the same target dummy and pulls the trigger.
The plasma gun fired creating a loud but smooth "thrum" sound.
A plasma ball flew from the gun until it hits the target dummy. It explodes like a balloon filed with water and the target dummy is no longer there.
There were some plasma liquids that landed on the floor near the target as a result from the splash.
Everyone was silenced after the display of firepower from the plasma gun. Even K11 wasn't expecting the target dummy to be completely vaporized from that shot.
Persica took down notes of what she saw. The plasma shot was much more potent than the plasma weaponry she has seen from Sangvis Ferri.
Everyone in the room mentally took note to never be on the bad side of Hellgun or they'd be on the receiving end of her plasma gun.
Satisfied with the results, she casually switched the safety mode back on for her plasma gun and walked back to the watching booth. Persica couldn't even say anything to her as the words she could've said were stuck at her throat.
She gulped to move on and stated, "Okay...,", she stopped for a bit then announced, "Volleygun, you're next!"
The doll reluctantly nodded as she moved to the firing booth with the training dummy being set up automatically.
She turns off the safety mode on her hot-shot volley gun as she walked to the booth. As soon as she made it to the booth, she aimed at the target dummy in a comfortable position then depresses on the trigger.
The hot-shot volley gun made the same "whip-krak" sounds as the hellgun of Minka except that it was a bit louder and it sounded much more continuous.
The training dummy was hit by a volley of lasers beams from the volley gun and started to falter quickly.
The first few hits left large laser blast marks and a deep hole forming. The next few shots broke through it and hit the wall away from the training dummy.
A few shots missed or landed on a different part of the target.
Volleygun stopped firing to evaluate her aim. 'Good, its accurate as I needed it to be.' The do,l logically thought to herself.
She then proceeded to walk back to the watching area and sit down not saying anything further.
Persica her eyes a bit wider to see the training dummy now in a destroyed state. There is some smoke coming out of it and she could smell an unknown scent coming from it.
It almost smells like melted metal but with what smells like hot sand.
She deducted that if any laser beams from Hellgun's or Volleygun's main weapon were to hit a human target, it could hurt a lot. It could cause severe injuries or outright kill as it could remove a portion of a limb wherever it hits.
The T-Dolls, who were watching, had mixed reactions to that firing test. Some were enthusiastic about it destroying the target while others were scared of it. It looked like it can easily penetrate any armored T-Doll that I.O.P can manufacture without much effort.
They really hoped that they wouldn't become enemies with Volleygun. There is almost no way for them to survive the volley and she looks like she will do it, if someone does try to attack or backstabs her.
Although, it won't be easy to be on good terms when the doll herself is cold and distant.
Persica quickly records her evaluation and moved on to the last two T-Dolls waiting for their evaluation.
"Jet, you're next on the firing range.", Persica announced calling the attention of the Catachan.
Jet heard the announcement and went to the firing range with her equipment that she will use.
As soon as she arrived on the firing booth, she turned the safety switch off for her lascarbine.
She closed her left eye to aim at the training dummy with her right eye.
She pulled the trigger and fired a few shots into the target dummy. The shots left some small laser blast marks on it.
Persica noticed that her weapon seems to fire lesser shots than the previous two weapons but also noticed that the weapon is a bit smaller as well. Perhaps its not meant for a ranged fight but rather a ranged weapon before engaging into melee or the use of short range explosives.
It looked like it was meant for stealth and ambush which was the specialty of the Catachan. It also looked like it would perform well in a jungle environment or any environment that makes it short range good.
She felt like it wasn't enough data so she asked Jet, "Would you want to throw a grenade at the target dummy? I need to see if the grenades you carry are of the same type of ours."
Jet heard the request and gave Persica the look of confirmation via a large smile. A smile that indicates exactly what the T-Doll wants.
Persica reluctantly sighs and waves her off, "Go ahead and test your grenade.".
Jet scanned the distance of where she is and the training dummy.
She took out a modified frag grenade, pulled the grenade pin and throws it at the training dummy.
Jet and Persica moved back a few meters away to avoid being caught in the blast radius.
The grenade landed roughly behind the dummy for and it rolled for a bit more behind.
The modified grenade explodes after a few seconds causing the most if not the entire training dummy to no longer stand there and leave a considerably large blast mark was left on the floor. The remaining parts of it were raining down near the blast zone.
Jet looked at her handiwork and cheered as if it felt good being able to blow up something.
"Woohoooo!", she cheered in which everyone heard her.
She promptly walked back to the seats with a satisfactory smile on her face.
Persica feared the prospects of Jet meeting SopMod II. They both would have a field day throwing or shooting explosives.
She feels bad for whoever has to deal with the both of them.
The T-Dolls except for the new ones, were not only surprised at the added performance of Jet but at how she cheered at her handiwork. K11 was very happy to have a potential friend who also enjoys explosives or destroying things.
4:30 PM
Afterward, Persica checks the time on her device to see that it is exactly 4:30pm now. She sighs in relief that the firing test took a shorter time than the questioning part.
"Last but not the least, Katrin go next.", Persica announced.
Katrin went up to the firing booth with her bolt pistol while her chainsword is sheathed on her left side.
A new training dummy was automatically set there but this time, it is more armored than the previous ones.
She aimed her bolt pistol, using only one hand, at the new target dummy and pulled the trigger.
The bold pistol made a loud bang sound followed by a mass reactive round flying towards the training dummy. This draws the attention of all the T-Dolls in the room as well as Persica.
Katrin's arm moved back a bit due to the recoil of firing the smaller bolt pistol built for a human.
The bolt round hit the training dummy, almost 3/4th of a second after flying from the pistol.
The round blew up after penetrating halfway into the partially armored training dummy.
More than half of the training dummy was gone from the small blast but small parts of it were scattered on the floor with varying distances.
Katrin was satisfied with the results and mutters, "Still got it." She walks back to where her team is seated and sat down.
Everyone excluding her team was silenced after that display of a shot. It was pure silence and not a single person said anything until IWS built the courage to ask.
"W-w-what just happened?".
"Is that even a pistol?!". Grizzly exclaimed.
"You saw how she was holding it with one hand. Her arm barely recoiled from the shot". P90 telling the undeniable truth.
"It's like a large pistol that shoots a 40mm grenade round that moves directly instead of an arc.". AUG stated of what she though about the weapon.
Persica took down notes from the results of the last T-Doll.
The weapon has more force as if it wants the target to hear the roar of a rocket-propulsion before a mass-reactive explosion happens.
She wondered who could've made such weapon and why. It doesn't look like it was the only weapon of its kind.
She shook her head and checked the time. It is now 4:50pm in the afternoon.
Persica lazily announced, "Oookay everyone, the firing test is finished. Everyone is free to go to the cafeteria to eat up."
One by one, all the T-Dolls left the large firing range with the new team of T-Dolls glancing at her before following the others. Persica stayed behind and looked at the destroyed training dummies before leaving to her office.
This report is going to be very detailed.
Author's notes:
Whew, I was not expecting Chapter 2 to be more than twice the first chapter. I think the description of the weapon sounds might be a bit off but I described them the best I can from what I looked around.
The names I choose for the new T-Dolls were kind off randomized but I think they're okay for the most part. Feel free to suggest other names if you don't like them.
Hope you guys enjoyed reading this chapter and stay tuned for the next one.
For the Emperor, Ever Onwards -KnightlyBlade