5:45 PM
A perfect time to have dinner.
All the T-Doll that left the room started to walk towards the cafeteria to eat up. The new team of T-Dolls followed the others as they didn't know where the cafeteria could be.
The ones who were leading the new T-Dolls such as K11, P90 and Grizzly tried talking to them albeit with caution. They saw the firing test and knew it would be a bad idea to get to their bad sides.
They made some talk while walking to the cafeteria. The other T-Dolls were interested in hearing the answers.
"Enjoying the looks or the tour of I.O.P as we go to the cafeteria?", Grizzly carefully asked.
"So far, this place has been looking a lot cleaner than the usual environment that I'm used to.", Katrin answers honestly.
"This part of I.O.P is very quiet. It does put me a bit on edge, I don't like that.", Hellgun stated, with Katrin and Jet agreeing with their sharpshooter.
"Same." Volleygun mutters softly. She agreed with Kasrkin even if she doesn't like her at all.
Everyone else got curious about why they don't like quiet places, since it's peaceful and calm.
"May I ask why is that the case for you?", G36c timidly asks.
"Do you ever get the feeling of walking around in an area that is too eerily quiet? Y'know, abandoned towns, cities and such? It's that kind of feeling that really gets everyone on high alert.", Jet answers based on her experience.
Katrin continues, "Its not the same but it just feels like that. The usual places that we could remember tends to have some noise like there's a sign of life around."
"Thankfully, I.O.P facilities are safe for T-Dolls and maybe new military type T-Dolls, I think?", P90 assures them.
"Let's hope that is the case, I don't want to let my guard down too much.", Hellgun responds which stops the conversation.
They made a turn left and reached the cafeteria in the area. P90 opened both the doors to let everyone in the group enter.
All of them immediately lined up at the food area to get what they wanted to eat. The new T-Dolls asked to get the same food with others since they are unsure what to get.
The food look completely different than the food they remember in their previous lives.
After they got their tray of food, they went to the sitting area to sit down to eat.
They looked around the area to find a place to sit until they spotted K11, Grizzly and P90 waving at them.
Before the team made a decision, Volleygun went to the furthest seat so she can eat away from everyone. Nobody tried to stop as they knew how stubborn she can be. The remaining members all nodded at each other in agreement before walking up to the table and sitting with them to eat.
Some of the T-Dolls that sat down earlier noticed only the three of them sat with the group while the last one choose to sit far away as possible.
"She's not joining to eat with us?", G36c timidly asked the three other members in her team.
Katrin responds, "I don't she'll even eat with us, she just went ahead before we tried to stop her."
"Ah, that's a shame. I kinda want to know more about her." P90 remarks.
Everyone went back to eating their foods while talking to each other, making the table livelier.
However, two members of the new team just stared at their food or used an utensil to poke the food. While the other two casually eat the foods given to them.
IWS took notice of that and timidly asked.
"N-not liking the food selections?", she asked sheepishly.
"No, it's that I'm not sure exactly what kind of food this is?", Hellgun says, looking at a food with a sizable amount of dumplings.
"Oh, that is pierogi, a Polish dumpling that can be filled with savory or sweet fillings.", IWS answered her and continued, "It tastes very good when eaten with sour cream."
Hellgun picked one up with her fork and ate it. 'This is very delicious!', she thought to herself. She picked up more of it to eat as well as dip it in the sour cream and ate it.
"H-how is it?", G36c slowly looks at the Kasrkin.
"This dish tastes frakking delicious, especially not long after waking up." Hellgun turns to her in satisfaction.
G36c thought about her response before going back to eat her meal. It surprises her that someone who look intimidating can be happy.
"How about this one?", Jet points at a bowl containing a stew filled with meat and vegetables.
"That is goulash. It's a stew from Hungary.'' AUG says emotionlessly before going back to her food.
Jet tried the stew and mutters, "It tastes like home.". She continues to eat it as if she wanted more of it.
"Speaking of home, what was it like?", P90 looks up to her, curious about her home of origin.
Grizzly and IWS nearly choked on their food after hearing the question which caused confusion from the other T-Dolls.
Jet glanced at the T-Dolls that heard her answer from the question and coughed a bit with her hand covering her mouth to clear her throat.
Her coughing gained the attention of all the T-Dolls excluding her new team. They all paid attention to what Jet will have to say.
"Okay, I'll go first.", she said before continuing. "I'm from the Imperial Death World of Catachan, home to a very hostile ecosystem and is covered in dense jungle. Folks who came there tend to be invariably tough and cunning.".
"Hmmm, do you miss home by any chance?", Grizzly asked the one question in her mind that she couldn't ask earlier.
Jet thought about it for a bit until she responded with honesty, "Yeah, I miss home but I can't go back, so all I can do is move forward and try to survive."
Most T-Dolls absorbed her answer, while the three new T-Dolls share the same sentiment with her.
"So...," K11 starts as she asks. "Who wants to go next?"
"I'll go next", Hellgun begins. "I'm from Cadia Prime, a fortress world that looks like earth. It had its defenses raised exponentially because it's usually the target of another invasion force except its larger.".
"So the whole planet that you call home, is a large military installation to defend an important sector?" IWS subsequently deducted.
Hellgun responded, "Yep."
"How about the other people there? Surely, they have some sort unique trait." P90
"The folks there tend to be nice and most are well trained enough to prepare. They also have purple eyes like me, it's a very common there.". She adds in as she shows her pair of purple eyes to the group.
"Purple eyes as a defining trait?", Grizzly looks at her, as she also has purple-ish eyes.
"Yes, it's a genetic trait every Cadian has.", Hellgun stops before looking at Grizzly's eyes then comp. "And I'll be honest you look like a true-born Cadian to me with the purple-ish pair of eyes plus nice facial features as well."
Grizzly flushed a bit from the compliment and looked back to Hellgun, "You're not bad as well with how young you look."
Hellgun chuckled a bit before responding, "HA, I still have a lot of years before I turn old."
"Okay then, how about you?" AUG changes the tropic then points at Katrin.
"I came from the industrial world of Armageddon. The place is mostly a barren wasteland with polluted oceans. Smelling the air is the last thing you want to do as you can choke to death."
"Everyone there is forced to wear a mask and breathing apparatus?", K11 asks.
Katrin resolutely answers, "Yes, no exceptions unless you have a very good reason for removing it outside protection."
"I-I see why you T-Dolls are built differently.", G36c timidly responds with IWS hastily nodding as well.
Most of the seated T-Dolls glanced at Volleygun who happens to be waiting for the rest to finish at the other side of the room.
"D-Does anyone here know where she comes from, by any chance?" IWS gulped in anxiety.
All three of the dolls looked at each other before answering, "No."
The Kasrkin tried to answer, "Its most likely that she's from an unknown military installation or facility that was kept secret in her previous life."
"Do you guys think she'll come around by any chance?", K11 asks as the new team's heavy specialist is the only one sitting there.
Jet looks back at her, "Once in a blue moon that is, I highly doubt that she even cares about wanting to interact with us outside of during missions."
The T-Dolls thought about it before accepting her answer to finish up on their meals to wander around or go back to their temporary quarters.
Volleygunjoined up with her team when they were finished
The new T-Doll team were given their temporary quarters to rest up for the night and energize for now.
Tomorrow will be an uncertain day for them.
6:50 PM
Persica came back from her quick dinner and is drinking her 5th coffee for the day.
She is currently adding a few more details in her report that will be presented to the current higher-ups of Griffin. As they had problems with the military.
Persica took a look at each description of the new T-Dolls to see if there is anything missing or wrong.
She had to research data of their origins and the different names that she noted from questioning on the internet. It all starts to make sense to her now.
Katrin or Bolt Pistol is a Steel Legion sergeant T-Doll, whose regiment is focused on mechanized infantry.
Hellgun is a Cadian Kasrkin T-Doll which are elite troops focused on defending Cadia even if the planet is not here.
Jet or Mark IV Lascarbine is a Catachan Jungle Fighter T-Doll, in which the regiment she came from focuses on brute strength and ambush.
Hotshot Volleygun is a 133rd Lambdan Lion T-Doll, whose regiment focuses on equipping modifications on their weapons for them to punch harder.
These unique military T-Dolls are more than meets the eyes, at least in her opinion.
She is gonna need more information from them
They look like a mix between WW1, WW2, Cold War and some year 2000s military aesthetics.
The one thing that she couldn't explain was how the neural clouds of these new T-Dolls are structured. At most she could base from them is that they are similar to that of Anti-Rain Team except that they can receive unique orders to boost their combat prowess.
It can allow them to be very adaptable as well. This may allow them to use other weapons, other than the weapon/s they were given or create the same weapons from scratch.
She noticed that there was a database on their neural clouds and she created a copy of it. She analyzed it for some time and browsed through its contents.
She found that it contains: the blueprints of their weapons, complete descriptions of each T-Dolls and unknown dates with unknown locations.
For now, she makes them only accessible to herself when she is sure that only she can see this information. Some can be revealed at a later date or when it's necessary but for now, Persica has to focus on the upcoming meeting with G that she scheduled.
While she isn't worried about sending reprogrammed T-Dolls to G , she is worried about these new T-Dolls whose existence hasn't been known to G yet and there may be issues for them upon integration. Especially when G just recently got out from being cornered.
For example, Minka almost resembling a KCCO trooper will certainly create an uncomfortable atmosphere in the meeting. She knew that G clashed with the KCCO and evaded them to avoid total defeat.
Another is that they are all combat capable for handling themselves but may not work well with the other T-Dolls under a commander's leadership or they may have a different agenda.
Something she hoped that the current AR Team is able to do well now.
She starts to finalize the report as she needs to prepare herself for the meeting.
'Maybe mankind has a chance with these T-Dolls.', Persica thought.
All she can do is to smoothen the process and hope that the meeting goes well.
7:50 PM
Kryuger was straightening himself after noticing that it was nearly time for a scheduled meeting by Persica.
It hasn't been that long since he came back to G after his house arrest. Normally, he would need to take it slowly to get used to working back.
At first, he finds it weird that Persica would request a meeting with him and Helian at a weird time. However, from what Helian told him after her call from Persica, it requires his utmost attention.
He finishes up then proceeds to walk outside in which Helian was waiting for him outside.
"May I ask why are you waiting outside?", Kryuger asks Helian.
"Oh, I was waiting for you since I was walking from the left. I wanted to make sure that I escort you to the meeting board room.", Helian answers him.
He thought about it for a second before nodding at her.
"I also managed to get the commander who is here with us to attend a special meeting via email. He was interested to join as well as one of his adjutants."
"I am fine with his adjutant attending the meeting as well. Please tell him that."
Helian nodded and sent the commander a heads up. They continued to walk towards a newly established meeting board room.
After walking together for a bit, they both reached the new meeting board room wherein they opened the lights for the first time and prepared to start up meeting with Persica.
The two people knock at the door and Kryuger lets them in.
A man in his mid 20s with a round but handsome face entered the room saluting Mr. Kryuger and Helian. His build suggests a fairly medium build. He has blue eyes, short brown hair and short brown eyebrows. He is wearing the Griffin uniform as it was important in a meeting to look presentable. His name is Cayden, one of the current commanders, from Ohio, United States of America, as of now.
Despite the man wearing a formal attire and looking at his best, everyone can see the exhaustion in his eyes. There were bags underneath his eyes as if he hasn't had a proper sleep in the past few days. Some parts of his body didn't any better. His right arm and left leg is wrapped in a medical adhesive tape. He only recovered enough to avoid getting into the frontlines for now.
The second person who enters is a teenage girl with a slim build, pink hair with a strip of light purple highlight on her right hair and light blue eyes which has a pink tint on it. She wears a very dark dress with a cover skirt made with ballistic nylon over it. She also wears a very dark blue jacket with the Task Force DEFY logo on the left side of it. Her name is ST AR-15 or Star as Cayden calls her. She is a member of the Anti-Rain team.
Unironically, she too was not yet repaired to 100% condition. But she was functional enough to be able to speak, move and etc. Some of her clothings have been torn but not to a major degree.
"Ready for the meeting with Persica, Commander Cayden?", Kryuger asks with mirth.
"Ready as ever as I can be, sir.", Cayden politely responds back.
Star nods back in return, as she is prepared to meet her creator again and the new T-Dolls that might arrive soon.
After Star nodded back, the holo-projector in front turned on to reveal the form of Persica who happens to look a bit more presentable.
She looks at everyone including the commander and ST AR-15.
She greets everyone in the room, "Good evening, Mr Kryuger, Ms Helian, Cayden and Star."
Everyone greeted her as well.
Persica looked at Star, "Star? Is AR Team doing alright now?"
"Yes, they're doing alright but M4 is MIA while M16 is still in SF.", Star looks back at her with some sadness in her voice. Cayden said nothing but comforted her.
Hopefully, M4A1 will come back soon.
Persica sighed in despair from the response but proceeded, "I believe I can begin now?"
Everyone nods at her question allowing her to proceed.
"Okay, so I.O.P had a malfunction error with its machines and it spits out four unknown military T-Dolls with equipment and weapons that don't belong to our time."
Persica presents four pictures of the new T-Dolls to give everyone the chance to view them before starting with the first.
First and foremost, is a T-Doll with green armor and helmet almost similar to that of the KCCO version. This caused everyone in the room to tense up since the KCCO raids did leave bitter memories for G .
Star nearly unsheathes her knife upon initially viewing the first T-Doll. Her knife happens to be tied to her panties.
Her weapons consist of what seems to be a laser gun with two wires at where the magazine is supposed to be connected to the external battery pack. She carries a backpack with what seems to be an external battery pack for one of her weapons. The other weapon she carries is a weapon that looks like it shoots a blast of potent energy.
Persica coughs loudly enough to gain everyone's attention before speaking up, "Despite her armor looking like something from KCCO, she doesn't belong to them and she belongs to another faction."
This doesn't completely relieve the two G higher ups.
"Which faction?", Kryuger pointedly looks at her.
"All of them are from the Astra Militarum, if the symbols on them are anything to go by."
He thinks for a bit, unfamiliar with that name or the faction, before allowing her to proceed.
"Her name is Cadian-pattern Hellgun. She's the designated sharpshooter in her team."
Star perks up after hearing the second sentence. Now, she's interested in this new T-Doll.
Persica continues after noticing Star perking up, "Her main weapon is the Cadian-pattern Hellgun while her other weapon is a plasma gun."
"A plasma gun?" Helian asks with curiosity.
"It fires a ball of plasma which explodes like a balloon filled with water when it hits a target.", Persica answers for her.
She proceeds to show a recording of Minka at the shooting range to test her weapons.
True to what Persica described of the T-Doll, her aim was very accurate despite her primary weapon being on semi-automatic firing mode. It managed to burn through the target dummy.
Star suspiciously took notice of her aim, "How does she have an accurate aim without a scope?"
"I think her aim is helmet-based for her." Persica theorizes.
Cayden looks at her, "Come again?"
"Her aim is helmet-based."
"Helmet-based?" Kryuger raises an eyebrow. "But how?"
Persica thinks for a bit, "That, I'm not so sure how. It could be that her helmet has a connection with a camera on her hellgun but who knows."
Cayden chimes in, "Her helmet does look sturdy and it is also fairly advanced from wherever she came from."
"How about the 'plasma gun'?" Helian requests, as she glances at Minka's other weapon.
Persica complies and showed the second part of the Kasrkin's firing test.
Her other weapon was much more destructive as it completely vaporized the 2nd training dummy. This raised an alarm as such a destructive weapon is in the hands of a T-Doll who knows how to use it.
Helian inquired, "That's a dangerous weapon right there, how did she acquired it?"
"That I don't know other than it is a part of her weapons when she came out of the manufacturing machine." Persica looks back at her notes. "There may be a need to research more into how the weapons are made."
Cayden and Star looked at each other as if they had the same thought, 'We're gonna have a handful, aren't we?'.
Kryuger brings up, "Any you information you got from her?"
"According to Hellgun, she is part of the Kasrkins. A supposed group of elite troops that hails from Cadia that wears carapace armor with weapons and equipment entrusted to them." Persica describes. "She is practically the best of the best."
Star softly mutters, "Best of the best,huh."
"What kind of elite troop is she specialized in?" Helian asks
Persica answers, "She excels at supporting fire, defending important areas, anti-elite and anti-tank fire. She could do a bodyguard role if an officer were to request her for that."
Cayden nodded as he mentally took notes of the T-Doll's capabilities while Star held high expectations for Hellgun. Kryuger kept on listening while Helian took down notes.
For Cayden, he needs to have an idea on what the doll is capable of and her specifications. It could save him the trouble of forgetting important parts.
Persica moved on to the next T-Doll who wore a yellow-ish trench coat, gask mask, helmet, leather gloves and boots.
Star was reminded of her teammate, RO635 when she looked at the 2nd T-Doll.
Her weapons look like a bulky pistol and a sword that looks like it has a chainsaw attached to it. The weapons look brutish and can kill when in optimal distance.
"This T-Doll is a Bolt Pistol or Katrin, her personal name.", Persica introduces her to everyone in the room. "She is the 'leader' of the new team that excels at buffing her team, scouting and close quarters."
"What regiment is she based from?", Cayden asks as he is curious about it.
Persica responds, "Based on my research, her regiment is Steel Legion. In which they specialize in mechanized infantry."
Cayden nodded at Persica allowing her to continue.
She proceeded to show the shooting test of Katrin in which it caused different reactions from the people watching it.
Kryuger had his eyes raised from a pistol with a grenade-like round. Helian was taken back from the sheer force of the round on the training dummy. Star saw her as an ally or an enemy.
Meanwhile, Cayden is internally excited from the firing of the weapon and wants to use it himself.
"Is a weapon like that really powerful?" Star looked back at the half destroyed training dummy.
Persica answered based on her recent experience on the weapon, "It does fire a mass reactive round that if it hits and penetrates a target, it will explode which can kill the target."
Kryuger theorized, "So a weapon that is meant to be brutally effective?"
"Possibly yes." She responded back.
Everyone stayed silent after Persica said her answer. Star is very sure that she didn't want to get hit by a round like that or it could completely kill her.
Persica let the results sink in a bit before moving on to the next T-Doll.
Subsequently, when everyone is ready to move on. She swiped the holo-projector to move to the next T-Doll
This one is a red armored T-Doll that has dark grey blue curved armor compared to the first T-Doll. She wears a red beret and she has a pair of red eyes that may look intimidating when she stares at someone.
Her appearance screams of an elite special unit. Her weapons look like they're only reserved for special forces like her.
Her first weapon looks like what seems to be a machine gun but it looks like it fires a volley of lasers. The wires, on where the magazine is supposed to be, are connected to an external battery pack with her backpack that she carries around.
"Her name is Hotshot Volley gun. She excels in suppression fire, anti-horde and supporting fire.", Persica describes machine gunner and her role in the team.
Persica continues, "She is the heavy specialist in the team due to the weight of her weapon and it being the only heavy weapon in her team.".
She shows the recording of the firing test for the Volley gun T-Doll. Everyone was surprised at the rate of fire from the machine gun and how much of a punch it can pack. Star noticed how the weapon packed a harder punch as Hellgun does but it hits harder and much more.
Persica stated, "If I had to guess where she most likely originates from, it'd be one that makes them better at nighttime battles."
Everyone listened on while Persica continued, "I assumed that the 43rd Iotan Dragons had that kind of focus based on what I got from an old but still functional website, named Lexicanum: Warhammer 40,000."
"Just throw my piece in before we move on, this regiment name sounds like something from a fantasy setting yet they are specialized elite force that operates in dark places or does well in night battles? This sounds similar to a certain team that performs espionage." Cayden crosses him at his words.
Star looks at her commander with raised eyes, "Are you referring to 404 Team?"
His eyes twitched at the mention of the team, "...yes, them."
On the other side of the table, Helian starts to massage her forehead due to the amount of complications and annoyance their team leader gave for her.
"Anyways, the second is about that Lexicanum that you mentioned. Is it an encyclopedia for that universe, if that is what it is?"
"You are correct, it is an encyclopedia for it. Are you thinking of browsing through it any time soon?" Persica inquired him for it.
He nods at her thoughtfully, "I think I'm gonna have to browse it up at my free time. If I'm gonna have to work with them, I need to understand the terms and any reference they use. I don't want to look like a clueless officer not understanding what his soldiers from transfer are saying."
She gives him the choice, "If thats the case, do you want me to send the link of the site to you or?"
"No, I think I can search it up on my own just fine. Although, if I couldn't find it then I can ask from you."
She shrugs at the response, "Alright then."
As Cayden takes note of it, Helian blurts out a question that has been lingering in her and Kryuger's mind, "Is she the type to complete a mission regardless of what happens to her?"
Persica thought about it before answering based on what she knew, "Well, everyone in the new team has that sort of mentality." This perks up everyone in the room as Persica then points out, "However, she seems to show this trait the most as she seems to have a lot of tenacity and resolve to ensure that a mission will be accomplished."
"I like that kind of trait in a military T-Doll but I'd be concerned if she constantly throws herself at the enemy without any care for herself.". Cayden remarks in which Star nodded since she saw some of it in M4.
Persica responds, "Let's hope that Volleygun or whatever you call her, can see you as someone who can command her well. She does have very high expectations from when I questioned her."
Cayden nodded as he mentally took note of it. He doesn't like the fact that Persica sounded dismissive when mentioning the profile for this doll. Meanwhile, Star flushed in embarrassment from remembering how she used to be like that before.
"Also, I need to inform everyone about this.", Persica announced which grabs everyone's attention. Persica continues, "She is gonna be the hardest T-Doll to deal with in my opinion."
"How so?", Kryuger looks at Persicca.
Persia sighed for a bit, "Weeeell, I brought up the topic of T-Dolls and what they are to her. She did not take the revelation well and almost tried to do something that shouldn't happen."
Cayden raised his eyes at this, 'A T-Doll that hates other T-Dolls for being T-Dolls? How very ironic and headache inducing this doll will be.'
Star didn't move her position as she felt her anger rising in how this 'elite' T-Doll sees other T-Dolls. There is even a visible angry mark appearing on the left side of her head.
Persica noticed the two as she shrugged, "I had to deliver a threat and the truth to her in order to keep her in line."
"Will that keep her in line?", Helian asks.
Persica responded, "Well, I gave her no other options and she reluctantly complied with my order."
This response calmed the room somewhat but it didn't remove Star's negative opinion of her.
"Is she the only one with that mindset?" Star pointedly looks at Persica. Everyone looked at her expectantly.
She sighs, "Hellgun was like that but to a lesser degree. The rest took it fairly well."
"Define 'to a lesser degree'." Star pointedly looks
"Some muttering and venom in her words. I did point her the truth so I assumed she reluctantly accepted it. She looked like she was gonna have a break down."
Star scoffed at that while Cayden rubbed his chin, thinking about it. Her expectations of her went down somewhat.
"Last but not the least, Mark IV Lascarbine or Jet, depending on your preference, is the demolitions expert of the team. She specializes in clearing out hordes using her grenades, ambush and close quarters." Persica described the last member in the team.
"So basically SopMod II except without collecting the remains of the enemy and can ambush with patience?" Star generalizes the last T-Doll.
Persica lazily responds, "Moooore or less, she just happens to be physically stronger though and lacks the claws on her hands."
"Her regiment of origins is the Catachan Jungle Fighters, this could explain her being naturally strong and a good survivalist in a jungle environment." Persica points out.
She proceeds shows the last recording of the firing and grenade test of Mark IV Lascarbine. Kryuger kept a straight face while watching the test while the rest were surprised at it. They weren't expecting another T-Doll with a love for exploding things and to feel good about their handiwork. Star could feel a headache incoming as having to deal with another SopMod is gonna give her a hard time even if she isn't going to be in her team.
"So,..." Persica looked around, "What do we do with them?"
Kryuger was thinking about this while rubbing his chin then asked, "How much value do they have?"
"Their weapons and equipment seem to be advanced for our time, they are capable of working together even with differences and they can adapt to their environment.", Persica listed.
"Is that all?", Helian asks.
"Well, we can't exactly throw them out. It'd be a waste of their abilities and potential capabilities."
Star was now curious as she did have an advanced neural cloud, "How so?"
"Well for starters, they seem to be very adaptable, being able to use other weapons than the weapons they usually have."
"Huh, that's new. I though T-Dolls would stick to a weapon that they're either most comfortable with or it ties with their nationality.", Cayden remarked.
"Oh about that, that's for when they either run out of ammo or weapons get destroyed. However, I think they will just try to remake their weapons from scratch with the available materials.", Persica assumed as she didn't see the full capabilities of the new T-Dolls. "As for the nationality part, most of them excluding Volleygun, are natives in a specific planet or some sort. The latter was from an undisclosed military facility on a unknown moon."
"From a military facility on a moon?" Helian confused at what the researcher was implying. She has seen or heard of undisclosed military locations in her time during and after military service. But on a moon? It almost sounded ridiculous to her until it popped into her head that it isn't impossible to do.
Kryuger coughed before crossing his arms with a raised eyebrow "Going back to your previous statement, how much do you know about that information?"
"Well, I haven't asked them yet if they can, but they seem to have blueprints of their weapons in their neural clouds. This could give them a guide on how they should make their weapons with the available resources." Persica turned a page.
Everyone absorbed the answer from her with a pinch of salt.
"Based on what you have said, they seem to be the kind of military T-Dolls that Griffin needs especially to recuperate our losses." Kryuger rubs his beard. "As much as they have their drawbacks, we might need their expertise and combat prowess."
Helian continues, "So, are you willing to command these new T-Dolls? We are not going to force you to command them."
Everyone turned their heads to the Cayden for his input.
Cayden thought about he should approach this situation. He knew two of the T-Dolls can cause create unnecessary issues. However, most if not all their weapons could help him in the long run. He just wasn't exactly sure whether to let them in.
Star saw the face of her commander who looks like he is looking elsewhere, as if he is deep in thinking.
She pokes him at his shoulder which stops him from his thoughts to look at Star, directly into her eyes.
Star relented on her earlier judgement, "I may not like some of them, but I am willing to let them be under your command. We made it this far, me and my team wouldn't have made it here if it weren't for you."
Cayden though about her statement. She is right, they would need to be integrated with other T-Dolls and he would need their combat prowess eventually.
He steely looked up to Persica with newfound resolution, "I made my decision. I will accept these new foreign T-Dolls in my command. I will bear the responsibilities and get them up to snuff for my standards. I dislike having too much conflicts within my ranks."
"Alright Persica, that's your confirmation.'' Kryuger looked back at her with a smile. The kind of smile that the director missed for some time.
"Okay then, the four new T-Dolls along with six rebuilt T-Dolls will be arriving two days from now via a large plane. More supplies will be arriving as well. I will be joining them to continue working at your new base and to constantly update myself on AR Team as well as the new T-Dolls."
Persica pauses before continuing, "Are you fine with this arrangement?"
"I believe that I do not have any problems with that arrangement but I do need to set up the base to fit the incoming additions." Cayden thoughtfully remarks.
"Well then, I will be seeing everyone two days from now, so stay safe and good night.", Persica .
"Good Night to you, Persica and thank you for this meeting.", Kryuger nods.
Star gave Persica a small wave as if joining the meeting was worth it to her.
Persica gave everyone a tired but small smile to everyone before ending the call.
"Well, the meeting is adjourned and we should get a good night's sleep for now.", Kryuger announced to everyone as he got up from his seat.
Cayden got up from his seat and can feel the effects of exhaustion setting in after today's work.
Kryuger then looks at him, "Both of you need a good sleep tonight as tomorrow will be a lot of work."
Cayden salutes, "You can count on me, Sir."
He proceeded to leave the room for his quarters while Star nodded at them and followed her commander.
Kryuger and Helian stayed behind in the meeting board room.
Helian then looks at him, "Do you think he is capable of handling the new additions?"
Kryuger resolutely answers her which clears her doubt, "If the commander can mak it all the way here, then I have faith in him that he can command these T-Dolls."
Somewhere, at another part of the base.
"Oh my~, new T-Dolls arriving soon?", a mysterious figure that is invisible from anyone seeing her.
There was a pause until she spoke again.
"I'm gonna have a lot of fun in 'getting to know' them." The figure speaks which drips of mischievousness.
Author's notes: Welp, that's the end of Chapter 3. I hope you guys enjoyed reading this new chapter. I wonder who could be the mysterious voice in the last part. Well, stayed tuned for the next chapter to find out.
Btw, this crossover starts during the beginning of Dual Randomness Event in GFL.
Also disclaimer: From here on out, we will continue in the world of GFL. There will be some references from Warhammer 40K that will be mentioned in the story.
Well, see ya guys later and Ave Imperator! - KnightlyBlade