7:30 AM
Star woke up as if yesterday's sleep felt better than the last time she got a good night's sleep. She then got up from her bed.
Readjusting her view, she rubbed her eyes then yawned.
She then looked at her two other team members who were still sleeping.
Rather than wake them up, Star got up from her bed and walked to the bathroom to prepare herself for the day.
She gets to the bathroom sink to wash her face so that she won't look like she just woke up. She stops to look at the mirror to see her face and somewhat messy pink bed-hair.
She remembers what happened yesterday evening and thought about the whole thing.
Star continues to look at her reflection, 'Four new unknown T-Dolls that we're getting and they have their own quirks.'
She wasn't wrong with what she is thinking, they acted pretty strange for military T-Dolls like them.
Caensa seemed to be very stoic. A trait she has seen from a T-Doll from Task Force DEFY when she was a part of it.
Task Force DEFY is an elite Tactical Dolls team led by Angelia in which it is made up of T-Dolls that are capable of great autonomy in the field.
Unlike Volleygun, Hellgun appears to be a coolheaded T-Doll who looks like she has seen her fair share of combat. Star finds it weird since the armored T-Doll just came out of being manufactured yet she knows how to operate her weapons as if its second nature to her.
In contrast to the previous two, Jet gives of the appearance of a physically strong T-Doll with SopMod II's tendencies but toned down to loving explosions and close quarters.
SopMod II is another member of Anti Rain which loves to modify herself with parts she gets from the battlefield. She has lightish blonde hair with some strips of red hair. She has a Sangvis Ferri-made left arm that she attached herself at some point. Her personality is something that is cute and scary at the same time.
As for Sangvis Ferri, it used to be an industrial manufacturing company until it turned rogue and became a threat to mankind. Now, it is a shadow of its former self due to several events that occurred back then.
Last but not the least, Katrin seems to be fairly approachable based from what Persica said yesterday about it. As for whether or not she's a proper leader, that remains to be seen.
Star knows that despite their quirks, they 'could be' integrated with the other T-Dolls in this base. She may need a lot of help since Cayden and herself may not be enough.
Star had though that came up now, 'I wonder if I should tell them about the meeting yesterday or let Cayden do it.'
The water from the faucet continues to run while she continues to be in her thoughts.
She stopped thinking when she heard one her teammates loudly yawning in the background.
She finished up on washing herself then dried herself with a towel before going back into the room.
She honestly liked that they choose to stay around before M4 went missing. Not that they'll leave the base to some distant places that can't be reached.
She walked back in the room to see RO635 getting ready while SopMod II is still getting up.
Sop sluggishly looks at Star, "...Star?"
"Yes, Sop?" She is fixing her hair to fit in her cross hair clip.
"Did something happen yesterday night? You weren't exactly yourself and rushed to sleep before we had to chance to talk."
Star stopped fixing her hair to look at both her teammates, who are giving her weird looks.
"We've noticed that you weren't yourself yesterday when you came back from the meeting." RO635 remembers. "What exactly happened at the meeting?"
Star was about to say it until she stopped. She thinks for a bit then decided to say a part of what happened yesterday.
"Okay so, tomorrow we are getting 4 new T-Dolls. Echelon 4 is coming back." Star chimes in.
Sop cheers before she thinks for a bit, "That sounds normal?"
"There is a catch though."
RO was confused by what Star meant, "Which is?"
"Well, the four dolls look out of place compared to the rest that are being transferred to Sector 09. They also happen to be military T-Dolls."
Realization sets in for RO as she connects the dots, "Ah..."
"Wait a second, can you describe them to us?" Sop interjects.
Star was stumped since she can't easily describe them to her team, "Uhhhhh, its hard to explain."
"How so?" RO raises her eyebrows
"I think it is better if the commander will explain the full details. I will help him with the explanation as well."
"Can't you spare us a few details?" Sop begs at Star.
Star now regretting her choices before looking back at Sop and RO who were expecting something from her.
She reluctantly sighs, "I'll only give this info to you guys. Cayden will give the rest of the info in a base meeting with all the other echelons."
Sop and RO nodded as if the information that Star will say is very important.
She begins, "This team is a colorful bunch. Their weapons are something from some dark futuristic universe and are equally dangerous."
"Define dangerous." RO curiously asks while Sop gets even more excited.
Star shivers a bit, "Dangerous enough that you are hoping that you aren't their enemy."
They were bemused from the sight of Star shivering at possibly fear. They though she wouldn't be scared of anything.
How scary can this new team be?
"Anyways, Cayden will tell you guys the rest of the info. I need to help him for the base meeting." Star hastily interrupts them from their thoughts. "I'll see the both of you later."
She waves at them as they wave back at her. She proceeds to leave their quarters and starts walking in the direction of the commander's office.
"RO, do you think she was joking?" Sop finally speaks up when Star left the room.
RO thought about it, "I don't think she is based on the way she said it. We'll just have to hear what Cayden has to say."
"Alright!" Sop enthusiastically states. She is happy to hear that Echelon 4 is coming back as she remembers that K11 for her love of explosives and her taking things apart to rebuild them into a different thing.
Something SopMod II would usually do in her spare time outside of pouncing at the commander.
They prepared themselves before heading out to the cafeteria.
7:35 AM
As everyone in the base gets up and heads to the cafeteria, Star arrives at the commander's office and knocks at his door.
Cayden heard the knocking, "Come in!"
Star entered the room to which she saw Cayden and a T-Doll wearing a maid's clothes. They were sorting the documents necessary for the later meeting.
The T-Doll happens to be G36, a neat and tidy T-Doll in a formal maid attire with piercing green eyes. She has blonde hair at shoulder length. She wears a metal breastplate over a white dress shirt and short black jacket. She also proudly bares her midriff and wears a pair of high heels.
This makes her look like a combat maid who can handle maid duties and switch to combat anytime.
G36 glanced at Star when she entered the room and nodded at her.
Cayden saw the opportunity, "By the way, G36. Your sister, G36c, will be arriving tomorrow with the other batch of T-Dolls that were rebuilt. She will be transferred to your echelon to fill the 5th member."
G36 nodded at him for the update. She loudly sighed in relief to know that one of her sisters is back, she remembered what happened to her during the operation in Tallinn. G36 remembered that in her last moments, she and G36c were taken out by enemy troops. Their cores were somehow rescued by nearby T-Dolls and sent back to Cayden for safekeeping before sending it to I.O.P to restore them.
Seeing her sigh in relief brought Cayden to think about the previous operation. He knew that it brought them victory but there was more to it.
The operation in Tallinn was a victory against the KCCO at a heavy price. Less than 10% of the 300 T-Dolls force that was brought to Tallinn survived. I.O.P has only managed to rebuild around 50 or so T-Dolls. Some had to be distributed to other remaining commanders to replenish their losses, if there were any left that is.
While some of the knocked out dolls' cores could be recovered, not all could be recovered. This greatly upsets him as some of the T-Dolls might have either forgotten the operation or worked with him before.
It has been a grind to replace the numbers lost even with a reinstated G . Right now, Cayden has 3 echelons active at the moment with 2 teams, Anti Rain and 404.
So when he heard that the 4th echelon will be transferred to his command, he can feel a small victory from the previous weeks
He pulled out of his thoughts when he heard G36 and Star respectively calling his attention.
"Kommandant? It's not good to lose focus in the middle of work."
"Earth to Cayden? Are you there?"
Cayden blinks before rubbing his back head, "Ah my bad, I was just thinking of something."
"Which is?" G36 raises her eyebrow at him.
"We will have another team in this base that will arrive with your sister and the 4th echelon."
G36 inquired as she looked at both Cayden and Star, "New team of T-Dolls?"
Star stayed silent as she knew of them but was unsure how to reveal them to others.
Cayden rubbed his chin, "Well, they are a team of military T-Dolls with unknown origins." He hands her his tablet of images of the new T-Dolls, "Here, these are the new T-Dolls that we will get."
G36 got the tablet from him gently and started scrolling through the list of T-Dolls. She was internally happy that G36c is in the list and a few other T-Dolls that she worked with before.
She stopped scrolling when she reached the images of four T-Dolls that she had never seen before. In her perspective, they seem fairly professional from the way they present themselves.
However, when she viewed the T-Doll in dark green armor, she began to shake in rage and her pointed glare intensified on the T-Doll being viewed. The first thing that came to her mind is the KCCO and their actions. She still remembers what they did to her and her sister.
Cayden and Star noticed the shaking coming from the maid T-Doll. They braced themselves for a potential shouting or sermon that will come out of her.
Surprisingly, G36 stopped shaking and calmed down which confused the both of them. She refocused her mind and looked at Cayden with a stern expression on her face. Star decides to stay silent and let him explain his decision.
"Are you actually planning to integrate them with the rest of the base?" She sternly looks at Cayden with anger in her face.
Cayden, unfazed by her stare, "Yes, I will integrate them into our base."
"Herr Cayden, there will be disagreements with this arrangements, you should know?"
"I am aware of that."
"So why go the extra length to integrate them with the other dolls, even her?"
"Because, they have nowhere to go and it'd be a waste to not let their capabilities be used." Cayden reasoned with G36. "As for her, despite looking like an out-of-place KCCO trooper copycat, she isn't considered one if the symbols on her armor and weapons says anything."
G36 wanted to refute what he said but she couldn't think exactly why. The armor and weapons that she has on her looks like from KCCO but are distinctly different. She doesn't know the meaning of the Aquila or skull with wings symbols on the helmet and chest plate.
Cayden thoughtfully spoke,"My current problem is how the others will perceive them, especially the pseudo KCCO T-Doll. Your's and Star's reaction were what I knew was going to happen, it's gonna get worse when the others see her."
G36 coughed a bit and straightened herself as she understood what he was saying. While Star, who was watching the events unfold earlier, paid more attention to what he was saying.
"Now I'm not trying to say that both of you are guilty of it nor that I'm sounding like I am softening up, I just want to make sure everyone gets along with each other." Cayden brought out his thoughts. "At the moment, we not only need more T-Dolls but we want to keep a sense of cooperation with each other, get what I'm trying to say?"
Both of them nodded as they understood him.
Star finally opens up, "Where are we going to hold this 'meeting'?"
"Actually, I was thinking about that. We can hold the meeting in the cafeteria since most if not all the T-Dolls in the base will be there." Cayden suggests which draws both T-Dolls' attention. "I'm assuming anyone would have an objection with that idea?"
Both of them shook their heads since it is a faster way of getting everyone up to date.
He claps his hands, "Alright! Let's wrap up everything here, eat up and prepare for the meeting."
G36 and Star nodded at his statement then finished up the work here before G36 left the room to eat up.
This leaves Cayden and Star in the room as Cayden straightens up his Griffin coat and wears his Griffin beret.
"Do you think this will work?" Star brought up an important question before they both left the room.
"Well, there will be bumps along the way, that's a given. However, I will do what it takes to make this work." Cayden states with resolution in his voice.
Star was taken aback from the tone of his voice when she heard the sureness in it. She has seen him grow a lot when she last returned to Griffin. She can trust him as someone who can be reliable like her teammates.
They both leave the room to walk towards the cafeteria.
Unbeknownst to them, a particularly devilish T-Doll has been eavesdropping through a secretly placed device somewhere. She mischievously giggled because her new source of 'fun' will be arriving soon.
7:40 AM
They reached the cafeteria and entered it to see all the T-Dolls there chatting with each other. It felt lively here, something that Cayden felt relieved to see despite the pyrrhic victory not so long ago.
He saw Echelon 1 waving at him while they were playing cards in their corner, in which he waved back at them.
First is Thompson, who was playing with cards. She has short white hair, red eyes and her clothing is more of a gangster with a modern twist to it. She is the type to be laid back but won't pull any punches. She is the current leader of Echelon 1.
The second is Springfield, who is casually sipping on her tea. She wears green eyes and long brownish-orange hair that is tied with red, white, and blue striped ribbons. Her clothing is a blue blazer, which resembles a military academy cadet's parade uniform, but worn akin to a Revolutionary War uniform.
She currently handles the T-Doll cafeteria along with shotgun T-Doll from another echelon.
Third is M1 Garand, who is currently chatting with M14 over which snack is better. Her attire is something from World War 2. She has a pair of green eyes, long blonde hair with a hair band on the top and a green beret on her head. She is practically the friendliest in the echelon with Springfield as she tries to get along with anybody including the human staff.
Fourth is M14, the T-Doll who is currently chatting with Garand. She has a pair of orange eyes, long dark brown hair, which is tied into a twin tail, and wears a sailor outfit. Her attitude is very energetic but she can get impatient at certain times.
Last but not the least, M1918 BAR who was casually playing cards with Thompson. Her appearance looked like someone during World War 2 but with a modern twist to it. She has golden blonde hair with sunglasses that have connected lenses.
Garand finished her conversation with M14 and moved to talk to Springfield. However, M14 thought of a mischievous idea that came to her mind.
As if not caring what happens later, she proceeds to make a loud *PING* sound which stops the entire cafeteria from what they were doing to look at the direction of the sound.
Garand acutely heard the sound and looked at M14 with an embarrassed face. M14 whistled looking away as if she did nothing wrong.
"No more snacks for you." Garand declared which M14 gave her a shocked look of pain at her.
"No. No. NO. NOOOOOOOOOOOO!" M14 howled then started sobbing loudly.
Thompson laughed at her while BAR smugly mutters, "Karma."
Springfield and Garand stayed resolute as M14 kept on apologizing to Garand.
Everyone then went back to what they were doing.
This was a refreshing and hilarious sight to see for Cayden and Star.
He starts to walk towards the table that Echelon 1 is sitting while looking around. Thompson noticed the duo walking towards their table and notified everyone on her table.
"Boss! Glad to see you're still around." Thompson greets in her usual laid back but happy tone.
Cayden chuckles, "Heh, good to see you too. I still have a lot left to go."
"Hehe, by the way." Thompson leans forward. "I heard a rumor spreading that we're getting an echelon of rebuilt T-Dolls and a new team of T-Dolls, is that true?"
The entirety of Echelon 1 and almost everyone in the cafeteria turned their attention to the duo. It only clicked in Star's mind that someone was listening in to their conversation.
"Uh, where did you hear that rumor?" Cayden raises his eyebrow at the question.
"Leeetsss just say a T-Doll that is capable in electronic warfare has been spreading it around a few minutes."
Cayden opened his eyes a bit more then started to search the cafeteria with his eyes until it landed on a dark orange T-Doll with pale grey hair.
She's currently smugly smirking at Cayden's current situation. This is UMP45, the leader of Team 404. She has a scar on her left eye, a cobbled up right arm held by red tape and the 404 symbol on her left arm.
Cayden sighed knowing that she was gonna figure out soon enough after getting used to her usual shenanigans back then.
He braced himself for the worse, "Yes, the rumor is true. We are getting a 4th echelon and a new team of T-Dolls."
All the T-Dolls in the room start whispering to each other, unsure what to think of the news.
"Is one of them a KCCO? I heard that from the rumor as well." A T-Doll with golden yellow eyes and white hairband looked at him expectantly.
The T-Doll who is looking at Cayden expectantly is Type 95, the leader of Echelon 3. Her clothing appearance of white and blue exudes maturity. Her costume is of a servicing uniform from the 2000s however she made modifications such as cloaks and stockings.
The moment the question came up, everyone looked at him with varying degrees of expressions. Some were confused, some were put on alert or reacted with hesitation.
They all start to whisper to each other of the revelation especially since the topic was still sensitive to most if not everyone. Cayden can't blame them for thinking that was the case, but he needs to act quickly and carefully or his efforts will all go to waste.
RO636, on the other hand, shudders as she remembers what happened to her on that fateful event. Getting shot at the head by Yegor and stuffed into a dinergate was not a pleasant experience for her. She still and will probably not get over that event.
SopMod II saw her shudder and went to her side to comfort her by hugging. This gives relief to RO as she can ease herself with Sop and Star around.
"There, there~, nobody will hurt you again." Sop rubbed RO's head while she hugged her, assuring that everything will be fine.
It was peaceful for her until a black and yellow dinergate named Banana, showed up in her view. She immediately gave it a hard pointed stare as if she hated the memories of being stuck in it.
As for everyone else in the room, more whispering, gossip and some arguments can be heard with increasing volume.
Seeing the situation devolved around him, quick intervention was needed, "No, no, no. That one T-Doll is not a part of KCCO. No markings or any affiliations with KCCO on any of them."
"How can we trust your word, boss?" Thompson questioned him with a lot of suspicion in her voice.
"Well, I was going to show this to everyone eventually. Now would be the best time to show it. Also, when have I not lied to you everyone?" Cayden stated bluntly.
He wasn't lying as Griffin was smaller since it barely managed to recover from a pyrrhic victory.
"Hmmmm, I need to see this new 'batch' before I can say anything good at all." Thompson decides to trust his word with reluctance.
Cayden sighs in relief but doesn't rest easy as he starts preparing the improv meeting in the cafeteria with Star and G36, who came back to help him.
The other T-Dolls kept their curiosity and questions to themselves and all started to move to an area where the commander will do a meeting.
8:05 AM
To say that a certain elite white-haired German T-Doll is somewhat annoyed would be an understatement, there was no way that two armored T-Dolls are considered elites in any way.
The way UMP-45 described it to her team were 4 new T-Dolls along with another echelon and an addition to another existing echelon.
It would sound normal to her until UMP-45 showed her team the data as well.
Two armored T-Dolls with advanced weapons and equipment on them. This makes somewhat envious but she needs to see if they are worthy of being elites.
In HK416's perspective, they do look professional and they know what they're doing. She might've felt something familiar upon seeing the red armored T-Doll. It's like she sees a part of her in the 'newbie'.
For now, she joins in with the others to hear what the commander has more to say. She is still reluctant in believing that since she never heard of a newer T-Dolls after Team DEFY.
Cayden announced, "May I begin? I don't want this to be too long since we have to prepare the base for the arrivals."
Everyone nodded for him to proceed in which he turns on the holo-projector which reveals the four new T-Dolls to everyone in the room, including their weapons.
He starts with the first one wearing strange boxy green armor, a backpack and carries what seems to be three weapons on her. She seems to wear tortilla brown colored fatigues from top to bottom.
Her facial features were sharp and a few scars on it, while she also has a brown braided hair. Lastly, she had purple eyes in which according to her description, it is a identifiable trait for her.
Cayden allowed everyone to take their time to analyze her. There was some muttering regarding the doll.
A doll wearing white gloves raised her hand and Cayden took notice of it, "StG44? You have a question?"
The German doll who wears a tidy uniform from Germany during WW2 points at the new dolls, "Them, what are her specialities, Herr Kommandant? She seems professionally dangerous with all the equipment on her."
"From what I've been given by the data, Cadian pattern Hellgun is the specialist sharpshooter of the team." Cayden reads the data out loud.
"Her, a sharpshooter? But her main weapon looks like it only has a few attachments." HK416 looked confused as her weapon didn't seem to not have many attachments on it.
Surprisingly, BAR unironically backs her up, "As much as I haven't gotten used to the antics of 404, I also want to know how she can be a sharpshooter."
M14 butts in, "Specialist sharpshooter? Why that?"
"Based on the data given to me from Persica and from what I've seen from the doll, she aims with assistance from her helmet." He bluntly stated. "As for why she's a specialist sharpshooter, she carries a plasma gun of some sort with her."
M14 understood his answer but was confused from the first statement, "...what?"
He repeated, "I said, her aim is assisted by the helmet she wears."
"But how?" RO got out from a confused daze.
"That's what I'm not sure of, her weapon could be connected to the targeter on the left side of the helmet or her fire control module is very advanced that it can have outer attachments without straining itself."
"Her weapons do look dangerous in the hands of a skilled shooter." Type 97, 95's younger sister who has the opposite colors and personality, points out.
"Well, you did hit the mark." Cayden casually admitted.
Everyone was silenced from his admission for a few seconds until some shouted and whispered rumors.
"HUH!?"
"What do you mean by dangerous?!"
"Commander, is she potentially hostile?"
"Her weapons seem scary, look at the glowing weapon that she carries around."
Again, the situation starts to devolve around him. G36 and Star tried to calm everyone.
While the cafeteria turned chaotic, a blonde haired T-Doll with acid green eyes went inside the cafeteria unnoticed by everyone.
Her appearance is something out of a spy movie except her attire was designed by her specifications. Her attire consists of a high cut pinstripe vest with a collared dress shirt and a uniform jacket hanging off of her shoulders. She also wears a leather corset over her uniform.
Her name is Welrod MkII, Helian's adjutant that works closely with her and gets chosen along with Team 404 whenever stealth missions are involved.
She was instructed by Helian earlier to listen to the newcomers and evaluate them based on her. So for now, she stayed quiet to avoid drawing any attention to herself.
While they were trying to calm down everyone, a small T-Doll with messy white silver hair just peacefully slept on 416's lap despite the chaos ongoing.
This is G11, who loves to sleep unless something catches her attention. Her attire is composed of a baggy green & black tactical coat over white dress shirt, black short shorts, knee pads and tactical boots.
Star gave 416 a bemused look at the state of G11 in the midst of chaos.
416 simply shrugged as she has been dealing with this for who knows how long. Star then proceeded to go back to calming down the crowd with G36.
It was fruitless as the audience couldn't be calmed down with the revelation.
They looked at Cayden with a pleading look to do something to calm everyone down.
An idea popped in his head, so took out his whistle and waited for the duo to brace themselves after they noticed him holding a whistle.
He blew into the whistle loud enough for the whole room to hear
With one high-pitched warbling sound, the room descended into silence as there was a need for order. Everyone that is not G36 and Star, looked at him with confusion then became sober.
"Alright, I understand that everyone has their concerns, questions and so on. I need everyone to calm down as I will try to do my best in explaining."
Thompson gave some of her thoughts, "In that case, most of us might need to see her ourselves, if you have no problems with that, boss?"
"I have no problems with that request, however don't try to instigate a fight." He gave her a sidelong glare, as if she is well known for doing that.
"I'll try not to." Thompson snorted which sounded like would try to do so.
"Anyone else with a question?"
"Over here~." A light brown haired T-Doll with a hint of orange, waved her hand and signaled him in a sing-song happy tone.
He looked over to UMP9, the 'sister' of 45 who excitedly waved her hand at him.
He reluctantly answers 9's signal, "Yes, 9?"
9 spoke up, "What specs do they have or what generation of dolls are they?"
He thinks for a bit and looks at the data given to him but it's incomplete.
He admits, "I wasn't given much data on their specs other than that they are very advanced both internally and externally. You may have to ask Persica with the details."
9 thinks back to the data that 45 showed her and shrugged at the incomplete details they both had. Meanwhile, Sop and RO decided to take down notes to ask Star and Persica about this.
He asks, "Anyone else?"
Seeing as the room was content as there was nothing but silence so he moved to the next one.
Second, is a dark grey blue armored doll with dark raven hair that is tied into a ponytail and has a pair of red eyes. Underneath the armor, she wears black-ish grey fatigues. She wears a red beret on her head.
The symbol on her right pauldron is a white and red pattern shield. While the meaning is unknown to the dolls, it could represent a sort of military organization that has specialized elite troopers.
"Y'know for someone carrying all that equipment, she isn't really going to pass the stealth test." A relatively petite T-Doll with a messy silver ponytail hair and dark-ish yellow eyes coolly points out. This is AEK-999, the MG doll from Echelon 3.
"I don't even think she's built for stealth at all." Springfield agreed with the MG doll.
Reading the report on his tablet, "Well, Hotshot volleygun is apparently an MG doll that seems to have a weapon which fires a volley of laser that can penetrate armor."
This information got both AEK and BAR interested as there weren't many MG dolls in this base currently.
BAR voiced her concerns, "Anything that we should know about this doll that we need to know?"
"Well, she's standoffish, has high expectations and only sees things logically. She'll want to distance herself or be left alone. She's also dismissive of herself."
BAR and the more friendly T-Dolls frowned at this. However, some thought of this differently.
HK felt a feeling of nostalgia upon gazing on Volleygun as if she remembers herself back then on how cold she used to be. Something that she wants to forget as it brought back bad memories.
A T-Doll with short cherry red hair done up in a loose ponytail, stayed quiet when gazing at the red armored doll. MP7 hasn't seen a doll wear that much armor nor equipping such weaponry in her previous profession before joining Griffin. The previously viewed doll might be a handful and this one could be a problem when bumped into.
She'll need to be careful approaching this one as Volleygun was described to have a colder personality. There is a possible off chance of her not caring to shoot if she or others get in her way.
RO rubbed her forehead as she could feel a headache incoming as she knew that trying to interact with her will prove to be difficult. She's gonna have to think of a way to get her to work together and having someone who is colder than HK416, will create all sorts of problems that she doesn't want to be in.
Seeing the discomfort and hesitation growing in the crowd, Cayden was prepared to move to the next one until SopMod raised her hand.
Sop pointed at the seemingly modified weapon, "I noticed that her weapon seems to have modifications on it, did she get them like that?"
He rubbed his chin thinking of a possible answer, "Probably imprinted on her upon coming out of the machine, I don't have the complete detail unfortunately."
SopMod nodded at his answer. Perhaps she needs to ask the doll in question or Persica for more details.
After that, Cayden moved on to the next doll. This one has the look of a jungle fighter if her attire of light grey tank top and bottom fatigues. She also wears a red bandana on her forehead as
She has short brown hair and a pair of light blue eyes. One thing that made her stand out among the rest is her fairly bulky form in which she looks fairly intimidating.
Thompson had to do a double take as she swore the new doll looked like someone from the US. It does surprise her to see a doll wearing something from the 1965s. Although, not as much since she knows Springfield wears a uniform from more than a century ago.
It's the first time she sees someone wear proper attire for jungle warfare. Even her weapons are built for ambush. She does want to know one thing, what's in the sack?
Team 404, including G11 as she was half awake, took note of her as she seems to be the only one who is specialized in stealth and ambush despite her imposing stature. She could be useful for whenever they need to do stealth missions in the forest. Although, they'll need to see the full package first before making a move.
StG44 shudders from the way the doll operates according to the description for the doll. She doesn't like deploying deep into a forest as it's too dirty for her to handle and a pain to remove the dirt on her uniform. All she can hope is that the new doll doesn't give her or G36 a hard time in cleaning the base, especially coming back from a mission.
Welrod was intrigued with the jungle fighter doll being possibly good at stealth and ambush. The knife being large enough to kill or assassinate a target in close quarters was a nice bonus.
Meanwhile, Sop seems to be entranced by the large knife that the doll has. It looked sharp like it could break through a T-Doll's frame easily. She wonders if she can ask the doll about her knife so she can try to make one for herself.
"Commander, may I inquire?" Type 95 raises her hand and points at the large knife. "How did she get a knife that large and how was it made?"
Sop and a few other dolls paid extra attention to this as they wanted to know how a knife was made.
"That I'm uncertain how she got that knife or how it was made but if I could make a guess, it is probably made from an unknown metal alloy that is very durable."
Sop lets out a sad noise as if she was denied candy, "Awww."
A doll with messy blonde hair, a pair of cyan-like eyes and a vivacious personality inquired, "What's in the sack that she has?"
Thompson and SopMod immediately queried as they wanted to know what was in the sack.
"Enough explosives to make any dolls who love explosives blush. Frag grenades and demolition charges in it." Cayden reads his tablet before looking back to S.A.T8.
S.A.T8 nodded as it could be a potential to meet the doll and possibly be friendly with her.
Sop was gushing at the way he described what's inside the sack and wants to have some fun with her new friend. RO sighs from this, she has to make sure that Sop doesn't go overboard or creep out the new doll.
Thompson shrugged as she thought the doll was carrying something weird but it turned out to be explosives. She's thinking of wanting to fight the new doll, in some way, to see her strength.
"Any more questions or inquiry before I move on to the last?" He announced.
"Does she have a name?" A familiar voice came out from the doll who was sitting away from the crowd.
Cayden immediately recognized the doll as Welrod MkII, a doll he worked with in the past and how she is currently Helian's adjutant.
He did not hold back the answer from her, "She's Mark IV Lascarbine, her weapon is a shorter version of the original gun. Most likely to focus on mobility, close quarters or better adaptability to a forest terrain."
No one seemed to have any more questions and some simply shook their heads in response to his question.
Consequently, he moved to the last new doll in the team.
The doll wore a classic yellow colored trench coat with seemingly dark gray fatigues underneath the coat. She also wore a gas mask that mostly covered her face except her green eyes. She also wears a gray helmet with goggles on it in case she needs to put it on whenever there is too much smoke.
Her weapons were completely different compared to the weapons of the previous dolls.
She has a bulky looking pistol that fires fairly large rounds that explode upon penetrating a target. They almost look like grenade rounds. Based on the description, the name of the weapon is Bolt Pistol.
Her other weapon is a sword that looks like it's a chainsaw as it had a set of sharp teeth on where the blade is supposed to be. An audio that came with the data was played.
There was a soft purr, until a few seconds passed in which it was replaced with a loud roar. This surprised almost everyone as no one thought something mundane like a chainsaw could be turned into a weapon.
"Is she the leader of the team?" RO raised her voice which surprised Cayden as it has been a while since RO raised her voice at him.
He casually shrugged as it wasn't explicitly in the data, "I guess so?"
"No details on her?" AEK pointed out.
"I was going to get to that part." He looked back at the data and the doll in question, "If I had to guess, she's most likely a lower ranking officer. Perhaps a sergeant rank based her weapons."
G11 got up and finally spoke to him, "I-is there anything else from her?"
Surprised at the sudden wake up of G11, he took a step back before he recomposed himself.
"According to her memory, if it is true, she used to be a gang member before conscripted into the army."
Thompson raised one of her eyebrows at the info as she used to be in a gang before quitting and joining G . She honestly couldn't tell that the doll in question used to be a gang member because of her uniformed attire.
Although, she has more questions than answers now. She probably needs to ask the doll for more information when she arrives.
The rest of the room devolved into mutters and whispers as they couldn't believe a former gang member was leading a group of military T-Dolls.
Thompson heard the whispers and her face was full of indignation then shouted, "I can fucking hear you guys!"
The entire room went silent as everyone, excluding Cayden and Star, looked at the source of the shout.
Cayden was shaking his head as if it was going to get worse from here on out. G36 gave a disapproving glare at the Echelon 1 leader despite working with her on numerous occasions.
"Anyone else with more questions?" He announced as if he wants to end this part and move on to the next important parts.
The room stayed silent for a few minutes in which he took it as a sign that there are no more questions.
"Alright!" He stopped before continuing, "They will be arriving tomorrow morning with Echelon 4 which consists of: Grizzly MkV, IWS 2000, AUG, K11 and P90."
Half the room cheered at the mention of Echelon 4 as they knew them very well and missed them for a while. Those who didn't cheer like the rest of the dolls in the room either sighed in relief or were silently joyful at the news of an echelon coming back.
Despite the quirky personalities of Echelon 4, they still are valued as comrades.
For example, G36 missed the fairly lax but professional behavior of Grizzly and the timid but helpful IWS. She also misses her sister and hopes that she still remembers her.
It is good that they will come back to this base. Hopefully, some of the dolls in Echelon 4 will still remember them.
Cayden chuckled at the sight as it's nice to see a lively base after the operation from Talinn which left the base in a somewhat depressed mood in the days after.
Perhaps there is a shining beacon in a brave new world, if all goes well.
He allowed the dolls to settle down after their cheers before proceeding, "We will be fixing up the base in order to make room for the newcomers and incoming echelon. There will be no logistic commissions for today as fixing up and expanding the base will be prioritized."
Everyone took down notes, especially G36 and RO who will probably help the most in the base expansion.
10:15 AM
The entire meeting concluded after Cayden announced what will be done for the day. There will not be any logistics commissions for the day in order to prioritize base expansion and refurbishing.
He dismissed everyone after each echelon and team were given instructions on which part of the base they will work on.
He left the cafeteria to work in his office. He needs to finish up some papers to make sure that they are finished, stacked and ready for whatever bureaucracy G has left.
He noticed that Welrod left the cafeteria before the improvised meeting was finished. It was suspicious but he didn't question it as she got her own thing to do. She reports under Ms. Helian so he just has to check whenever she decides to show up.
The rest of the dolls dispersed to their respective teams and echelon to do their assigned tasks.
StG44 went to G36 to ask her, "Are you really sure about this?"
"Nien, I don't know his true intentions with them nor am I so sure on how they will behave"
"Does the Herr kommandant have a plan at least?" StG44 concerningly glances at Star then looks at G36. She straightens her clothes and dusted it.
"If I can only hope that he knows what to do, he better do it well." G36 looked back at her with an absolute certainty, as if she will do something that nobody would want to happen.
StG shudder a bit from the tone before following her to the echelon for their assigned tasks. She could feel a storm approaching this base soon enough and there will not be an easy way out.
Author's notes:
Whew, another chapter done!
Apologies on the late upload, I got busy with real life stuffs.
Seems like most of the base is aware of what will happen tomorrow for them. Let's see what may happen next for them.
Quote for the day: "Blessed is the mind too small for doubt."