AN-1Hey, this is my first story, so I would appreciate reviews telling me whether or not you think I did good and what I can improve on! I will also be including some things that don't exactly fit into the Titanfall Continuity (Like Arc-Stars) simply because I think that they might fit better there than anywhere else (Really, why aren't Arc-Stars included with fire and gravity Stars?). Anyways that's all I have to say here, I hope you enjoy my Story
AN-2Hey it's me again, so after rereading the first chapter a few times i decided to rewrite the first chapter so that it felt a bit better, what I had before was really not all that great. So, hopefully this ones a bit better. Anyways, enjoy
Helios R Briggs
Fourteen year old Simulacrum and fully certified combat pilot. You, whomever you may be, might think that fourteen is a bit too young to be a fully certified pilot… and you would be right, but Helios is one of the few exceptions to that
Helios has been using a jumpkit since he was six, he was actually trained by his aunt and uncle. They were certified Scrapper pilots, now you might be unfamiliar with the term 'Scrapper pilots', rightfully so. Scrapper pilots aren't as popular as their combat certified cousins, mostly because they don't spend their days fighting or blowing up giant robots
Scrapper pilots, are pilots who are contracted by companies and such that want something taken apart, but don't want to do it themselves. They simply take things apart for an price, may it be a single titan, a few dropships, or even an IMC carrier
Helios had been working in the scrapping industry since he was seven years old, he had started to learn how to use a jumpkit after watching his aunt and uncle tear apart a Strider Titan in under a hour. He remembers to this day how gracefully they moved around the Titan, tearing off each part with practiced efficiency
His fondest memory of the two working was probably when his aunt had used an Ogre Titan to violently tear apart a Atlas Titan that's joints had cold welded together after being accidentally dumped into open space. Watching that had inspired him to learn so he could help them work
Now, let's skip past the boring stuff and about how he ended up in the 6-4 at such an young age, and move on to why your here
To read an story about an young Pilot flung to an distant world with no chance of getting home
Deep Space: Kobold class cargo ship
Time: -NULL-
Helios R Briggs
2nd POV
Helios sunk his metal frame into the cushions of the chair with a sigh, here he was, all alone on a cargo ship, slowly flying through empty space. How did he end up here all alone? Well, that's a long story. But, long story short, Helios learned why he should never question a superior, even if they are being stupid
Moving on, Helios was on a small cargo ship, moving an miniscule amount of cargo to some middle of nowhere Outpost on the edge of IMC territory. In his opinion, the amount of equipment he was moving was so small that it was essentially useless, but apparently they needed those two hundred and twenty specters so badly that it required him to embark on a 'Emergency Supply Run'
They even made him bring along his Titans, which made no sense because he was on an Supply Run. Maybe they thought that he might need them if he was attacked? No, Titans are almost useless when in Zero-G environments
Unless your name is Viper, fighting in open space with an Titan is not an very good idea if you want to continue living
But anyways, Helios was alone, with nothing to keep him company other than some automated Infantry, his Titans, and a few Marvins that were there to keep the ship running
Deciding that he was not content with sitting around for the next hour or two, Helios decided to see if he could check the ships catalogue. Only to find it was in an kind of code, obviously the catalogue was meant for Marvin eyes only
Still not content, Helios decided to check the ships preset path to its destination. His destination was some backwater listening Outpost on a Moon Called Orthros, this Moon orbits the Planet…
" Typhon… Interesting name" Helios continued to read about the Outpost
" Orthros is Typhons only natural satellite… it is extremely large, almost as large as Typhon itself" Helios read off a description of the planet from the 6-4 Data Servers
" It has a small Militia Outpost... on the North Pole to avoid being detected by IMC Operations… really? That's it? Nothing else about these IMC Operations other than they exist? What are they doing at that Outpost?" The reason as to why this Outpost had no information about these operations that they are tasked with watching eluded Helios
Helios than looked towards his ETA to his destination, seeing that he only had a half-hour before he was to begin approach to the Outpost, he stood from his seat and left the control room
He briskly strode through the Stark Gray Halls of the Cargo Ship towards his room, he walked up to the sliding door before turning his attention to a small button on a panel to the right of the door, without even pushing the button the door emitted a click and immediately after slid into the wall, revealing the small quarters behind it
' The benefits of being inhuman' the young man turned machine thought as he disconnected from the doors mainframe
The Pilot entered the small room that contained his belongings, the room was a clean white marking it as different from the darker gray rooms outside, that is if it wasn't already made clear that it was different due to the utter lack of anything vaguely resembling bedroom furniture. The closest thing to an bed being the charging rack against the wall to the left of the door
The most familiar thing in the room to any living person would be the locker against the wall, even if it was the massive size of almost seven foot tall three foot across. Any pilot would instantly recognize this as a pilot's personal locker, a safe place where they can store personal objects and equipment.
Helios briskly strode to the locker before softly kicking the bottom of the storage unit, causing the locker to begin opening, the two halves of the front facing side of the locker split apart before folding away and revealing that interior of the locker
The lockers inside was segmented into several parts for organization purposes. The upper most part of the locker was two shelves, on them were the various things that an pilot might need while in the field, ranging from a small collection of Data-Knifes, to several small on-the-go maintenance kits for weapons of all varieties. Below that was a compact rack with weapons hanging on it, said weapons being a Mastiff, L-Star, EPG-1, and a large black rectangular case. Laying on a small shelf just under those was a Charge Rifle and beside it, his Jump-kit. Looking down further, closest to the floor was a metal box built right into the locker, the lid on the top of the box was locked with a eight digit combination keypad. Helios crouched down and reached out to the lock before typing in the combination
After hitting the enter key on the keypad, the lid emitted a short beep and unlocked. He then pressed the now lit release button to open the container. The lid of the container let out a click and opened wide enough for Helios to see its contents. The box was mostly empty save for two things, Helio's custom B3-Wingman revolver, and his original pilot helmet
Helios stared at the beat up helmet, the cracked lenses of the visor stared back. Helios quickly reached out and quickly grabbed the Revolver and forcefully shut the container, before immediately standing back up and grabbing the rest of his equipment
It did not take long for him to requip his most important equipment. His L-Star easily magnetized to the magnets built into the back of his chassis, his Charge Rifle doing the same although lower on his torso. His wingman meanwhile slid into a holster on his chest. The Jump-kit was harder as it had to be more secure than the rest of his equipment, several straps and latches later and the Jump-kit was secured on the back of his hip
Everything else was easy as well, the Data-Knife simply slid into its sheath on his left shoulder, the phase gauntlet fit fight onto his right hand quite easily as well. The radar pulse system chip fit right into the slot on his neck, he was amazed at how small those were nowadays. Moving on, the holo-projector was easy to mount on the side of his head, as was the cloaking module to the back of his waist. The grappling hook though, was an bit harder to attach as he had to screw it into his arm, nevertheless, he got it attached
His mind briefly wondered why more pilots don't use more than one Tactical Ability… then he remembered why
"'sigh'... The Boost system"
The B.o.o.s.t system was something developed about two or three years ago by Brockhaurd Manufacturing, the B.o.o.s.t acronym stands for 'Brockhaurd Manufacturing Official Ordinance Supercharger Technology'
These 'Boosts' are able to give pilots abilities outside of the range of your average tactical ability. This includes but is not limited to things such as, Anti-infantry turrets, rechargeable Titan batteries, and Weapon Amps
But these new abilities came with the cost of not being able to use several tactical abilities at once. Back during the early days of the IMC and Militia Conflicts, this system was non-existent, and the burn-card system was used, Albeit, with the same downside as its successor
After Helios finally got his mind back on track, he reached out and took hold of the final thing he needed, the large black case. He took the case and magnetized it to his back, giving it a firm shake to see if it was completely secure. After deeming himself combat ready, Helios closed the locker and moved to leave the room
While Helios was on the way to the Control room, the ship quickly lurched to the side, nearly knocking the pilot off his feet. After regaining his balance, he began to move twice as fast to the control room
When he did eventually reach the room, a quick glance to the console told him that the shift had just been the ship's Auto-Pilot readjusting to begin the final approach to Orthros. Looking away from the console, Helios turned his gaze to the viewport over the console and looked out towards the massive moon he was on approach too
That is when the Static hit. It was at first just a simple tingle on the back of his neck, but in only a few seconds it developed into a feeling not unlike the shock from an Arc-Grenade. Although, he was not the only thing affected by the Arc-Energy, in a single second every thing from the lights to the Marvin management system short out, Helios was then sent tumbling to the floor when one of the primary engines cut out and the ship begin to spin out of control
After a moment of spinning, the second of the two primary engines cut out as well and the still working RCS systems stabilized the ship. After clambering back to his feet, Helios looked back out the window to find that the ship was no longer facing the moon, but instead the planet it orbits
' Typhon' he briefly marveled at the beauty of the Earth like planet
Though his attention was ripped away from the planet as a whole and turned to a small blue dot on its surface, this wasn't a lake or something like that, it was like a city, an artificial light. He wondered why that was there, He recalled that the IMC were trying to keep their operations there hidden. If they were trying to stay hidden, why were they shining bright lights into space?
As he watched the blue dot, it quickly grew larger and more intense. It had taken a moment, but Helios had realised something, the dot wasn't growing more intense, it was getting Closer. By the time that Helios had realised that it could possibly be dangerous, it was too late
Helios tried to Maneuver the ship out of the way of the Object, but with the two primary engines completely burnt out, he only had the RCS to Maneuver. It can be easily said that no matter what he did, Helios' Fate was sealed
In a Flash of blue light, the entire cargo ship and all it had onboard was removed from our reality, such an occurrence had caused an massive energy wave that traveled through space, alerting those on the moon base of IMC activity, prompting them to inform their superiors of the event
Scientists on the planet below were bewildered by the fact that their Fold Weapons beam had not even touched the moon they were targeting, many of them assumed it was a miss calculation, they would try again later. The next time that moon would not survive, nor would the the fold testing facility
Atlas: Schnee Manor
Time: 10:36 PM
Weiss Schnee
2nd POV
Things were quiet in the Manor, not no one was awake… well almost no one. Weiss Schnee sat awake in her room, unable to sleep with the things racing through her head at the moment
' Three months… three months and I'll be in Beacon Academy, then I can become a huntress, and from there I can turn the Schnee name into something better than what it is now… Right?'
Weiss was troubled by her doubts that she may not be able to dig her family name out of the hole that it's currently in due to her father's actions. Normally these doubts would have never caused her worry due to her confidence, but these ones were different, these doubts were seeded by her combat instructor several hours ago, when he said several thing about huntsmen that Weiss found particularly disheartening
' There are many great things that an single huntsmen or huntress can accomplish, however, changing the world, isn't one of them'
The words of her instructor repeated in her mind time and time again, almost as if they were taunting her, telling her that she could never accomplish her goals of changing the world for the better. She feared that she would never be able show that the Schnees were not all horrible people
Weiss decided to see if some fresh air would help clear her head. After quickly grabbing a coat from her closet and throwing it over her shoulders, she moved to the large window and undid a latch to open her window. She looked out to the right, towards the city of Atlas in the distance, leaning on the the sill of the window while breathing in the cold and fresh air from outside
She watched as slowly snow began to fall, she knew that within the next few minutes the snow would be falling at twice the rate if the forecast she had heard earlier was to be believed
While she was leaning on the window, she felt something that she hadn't felt in a long time. She felt the slight tingle of an imminent lighting strike. Using a skill her instructor taught her, she used her Aura to read where the static energy was coming from. After using her Aura, she looked out towards the fields to the left of the Manor, were she felt the energy was strongest
She looked out to the fields and after a moment… nothing had happened, the energy itself disappeared, the feeling of imminent danger had not left. It was odd, the energy was gone but the feeling was not
Weiss decided after a moment of waiting to ignore it, and instead looked above the field to only look straight towards the shattered moon. Weiss personally thought that the moon looked beautiful, she felt that it was some kind of message about perseverance, despite having been partially destroyed by some kind of meteor years ago, it was still there and still helped life on Remnant survive… even if it just helped keep the oceans tides keep moving
While she was admiring the beauty of the moon, she just barely noticed a small blue dot that was zooming through the sky and past the moon
" 'huh' a shooting star…"
Weiss remembered a story that her mother had told her once involving a shooting star. The story was about a boy who wished on a shooting star for a friend, and so it fell down from the sky and became his friend, she laid her head down in the window sill
She'll be honest, Weiss wasn't totally against the idea of a friend. She did consider Klein a friend, but there were many things that he wouldn't understand if she tried to talk to him about them
She wanted someone her age to talk to, she couldn't talk to Winter or Whitley because Winter was too far away and she couldn't convey her feelings through her letters well enough to talk about those things, and Whitley just didn't like her
The idea of someone she could talk to about these feelings was one that she was very fond of, so, she decided to do something she never would have considered, she wasn't very superstitious after all. Weiss looked back up towards the shooting star, finding that it had not moved much since she had looked away
Weiss looked at the brilliant blue speck and made her wish
' I wish for a friend that can listen to me and understand my problems, even if they haven't been in the same position before'
Weiss continued to watch the shooting star as it moved across the sky, she watched as it slowly curved downward and moved towards the horizon… and then crash onto the ground, launching snow, ice, and rock hurtling through the air
She was startled and confused by the sudden crash of the Object, she was not confused about one thing though, that was most certainly not an shooting star
Atlas: Fields outside Schnee Manor
Time: 11:00 PM
Weiss Schnee
2nd POV
" I wish that for once that the forecaster was wrong about the weather…" Weiss thought as she rode on the snowmobile, nearly losing balance when the wind starts blowing harder, launching snow into the air in front of her
Weiss quickly jumped off the snowmobile when she reached the crater, her hastily put on snow boots inciting a loud crunch from the snow that covers the ground in thick sheets. She walked the final few feet towards the crash site, where she had seen the objects most ungraceful landing
She walked over the piles of snow and rock that were formed when the object crashed, nearly falling when a gust of wind sent snow flying everywhere. After climbing over one final pile she found the crater, looking in she found something she did not expect. She found a object about thrice the size of bullhead laying in the crater, the ship, despite the violent crash had very little damage
Weiss nearly dove for cover when a large black panel was launched from the ship at high speed in her direction, when she looked back to the ship there was an brand new hole on the the ship
Slowly, a hand reached out of the hole and gripped the edge, before lifting its owner out of the hole and letting them tumble down the side of the ship. When they hit the ground with a thud, they laid back against the metal paneling of the ship, the four red lenses of their helmet staring straight down at the ground, before turning and looking up towards her
Slayer of beasts and Slayer of man stopped there and looked into each other's eyes for several seconds. The snow that had been falling in thick sheets before quickly subsided and stopped, leaving the two to see each other clearly
Three months later
Atlas: Schnee Manor Courtyard
Time: 11:57 AM
Weiss Schnee
2nd POV
Weiss stood in the courtyard alone, Myrtenaster sat in her hand. For what felt like the hundredth time, she opened Myrtenaster and checked each chamber, making sure that she was topped off and wouldn't run out mid fight
" … 'Sigh' That boy is never on time" she angrily grumbled
She knew that he took a while to get all his equipment on, but this was ridiculous. Eventually, the door out to the courtyard opened and her instructor stepped out, he joged out towards her, calling out her name when he got close enough
" Hey Weiss! Sorry I took so long to get back here, I had to replace the cooling unit in my weapon, I forgot to replace it after last time" he quickly said in hopes of making up for his tardiness to the spar
this… boy, had been her new combat instructor for the past three months. Her father had jumped at the chance for a instructor that only asked for a temporary place to stay and keep his things
The boy was the same that she had seen fall out of the ship months ago, turns out he was some elite special forces soldier, he had asked if she had somewhere he could stay. When she brought him to her father, he didn't believe the soldier thing and told him to leave. She wasn't sure quite how, but at some point in the conversation, her father decided that he would be a good new instructor for her, and had offered the boy a place to stay in return for teaching her. She thought that her father did this because he thought that she wouldn't learn anything from the boy and fail the Beacon entrance exam
As it turns out, Helios, that's his name, was quite an effective teacher. She thought the special forces nonsense might be true at this point, when they first started training she had been knocked off her feet in seconds. He didn't hesitate to point out her faults and exploit them until she learned her lesson, she was improving at a much faster rate than with her previous instructor
But, for all of his good attributes, he had a negative one to balance it out. He was incredibly skilled in combat, but knew next to nothing about Remnant, or anything that graced its surface, he didn't even know what dust or aura was. Then there was his equipment, most of it was incredibly complicated and powerful, but he refused to let anyone touch or try to see how it works.
Then there was probably his best quality, he was a good friend. Initially, he had been wary of her, through that really was her fault, her constant insistence to get to know him probably put him off. But can you even really blame her? How was she supposed to know he had just conveniently fallen out of the sky the same time she had asked a shooting star for a friend? Though the shooting star was technically his ship
But for every good there is an bad, if you could consider this one a bad quality. The quality in question is what he is. He definitely is no human, but he is not an faunus either. Weiss at first thought that he was wearing some kind of armor, but in reality said armor was more akin to skin to him. He is a fully cybernetic lifeform, or as he called it, a Simulacrum
Apparently he had been a human at one point, but he had been severely hurt in combat to the point that he was parilzed from the neck down. He… he refused to tell the story behind how he was so injured, but he explained how one would become an Simulacrum though
He had explained that only those in very critical condition were considered for the process, and even then, unless you were particularly important to something called the advocate network, they probably wouldn't do it. The most she was ever got out from that was really just 'Be Important or Die'
But let's get back to current events
Right now, Weiss stood at the ready on one end of the yard, Helios doing the same exactly opposite to her. She waited for him to make the first move like he always did. Weiss had not expected him to spice things up today. Helios always tried to vary her 'combat diet' as he called it, by fighting her with different styles, this would apparently help her deal with different styles in the future
Who fights by turning invisible?
His figure began to flicker in and out of existence before completely disappearing, she looked around and listened for the telltale footsteps of someone cloaked
Tap-Tap-Tap
She spun in her heel just in time to blocking the knife from making contact with her shoulder with Myrtenaster, Helios' form flashing into existence before disappearing again
Spinning the chamber of Myrtenaster to fire dust, she launched a series of crescent blades made from fire in every direction, watched as her opponent was sent onto his back after being hit by one of the blades directly in front of her, his Cloak destabilizing due to him taking damage
Seeing him vulnerable like that gave her a idea, running forward, she planted her right foot in his chest, immobilizing him, before she took the blade of Myrtenaster and pointed it directly into his face
" I Win" she announced with a level of authority only obtainable by a Schnee
Weiss was not prepared for what happened next. In an nigh impossible feat of agility, Helios wrapped his left leg around her ponytail and yanked down, throwing her off and onto her back
In less then a second, the position was reversed and Helios had the upper hand
Which meant little after Klein interrupted their spar
" Young Helios and Miss Weiss, Mr Schnee requests your presence in his study" was all he said before he left to do something else
Helios was the first to his feet and offered a hand to Weiss, which she gladly took. After they both got onto their feet and dusted themselves off, they went into the Manor to speak with Jacques. After walking for a few moments Helios started conversation
" What do you think he wants now?"
" … I don't know, he never talks to me about anything other than training and teaching anymore"
" Ehh, He's probably just going to try and talk you out of going to beacon again… not that he'll ever manage to do it, your too stubborn" Helios playfully jabed
" Excuse Me! I am offended by you even implying that I am a head strong brute!" She replied with equal playfulness
The rest of the walk continued like this until they reached Jacques' study, at when they reached they both shut their mouths and Weiss knocked on the door
A muffled enter was her only response
After opening the door and walking in she-
" Helios as well…" came from her father
Understanding that her father also wished to talk with Helios, she waved to him and moved out of the doorway to let him get through, after he entered the room he closed the door. The two moved to stand in front of the desk that Jacques sat behind, he turned away from the scroll setting in his hand and towards the two in front of him
" … Weiss, while I would usually attempt to dissuade you from attending Beacon Academy in the next month, I see no point in trying to do that anymore, if you refuse to see reason then I must do what I must to preserve the companies legacy"
Upon hearing these words, a pit began to grow in Weiss' stomach, thoughts started to race through her head
' Is he going to do it… is he going to threaten to revoke my title as heiress unless I give up being a huntress…' Weiss thought with trepidation, before she could come to any solid conclusion, he began speaking again
" If you're set on this path then I will make sure that you do not lose your life due to Vale's extremely lax attitude when it comes to dealing with the White Fang. Helios, if you would accept the position, would you be my daughter's guardian while she is in Vale?"
Anyone who had ever had the displeasure of meeting Jacques would have been thrown for a loop. Jacques was well known to be a man who preferred to throw money and threats at a problem until it disappeared, for him to willingly lay down arms and let someone have their way was unheard of from the man, most anyone who might have heard this might assume this was some kind of joke from the CEO. Helios, being one of those people, took several seconds to formulate an proper response
" I… yes I accept the position of guardian of your daughter during her residence in the Kingdom of Vale, I see no problem with the transition of role from instructor to guardian"
Weiss began to let a frown into her face as she listened to Helios
' I don't like it when he speaks like that, that cut and proper tone doesn't fit with his more excitable personality'
" Good, if my memory serves me right, you have recently gotten your aircraft airworthy again. Would you be willing to use that as your transportation to the kingdom of Vale? I know that it carries your equipment"
Weiss visibly perked up and the mention of the possibility that she would be able to grace the floors of the ship with her presence
' And I'll be able to talk more with those machines that Helios keeps on his ship' she briefly wondered before Helios began to speak again
" Yes, my ship has been repaired enough to work properly once again, that is thanks to you and your company's assistance, without the help it would have taken many more months to finish"
" Yes, you have mentioned many times your unwillingness to employ the Atlasian Government with the repairs of you ship, I understand that you don't want to give them access to your Technology"
" Hm, they would probably try to replicate my things. Through, with what I've read from news reports and such, giving them my technology would be more like giving every terrorist organization on the planet more weapons to play with, at least, with their track record that is. Although, I mean no offense, but at first I expected you to be no different"
" Understandable, you were in an unknown location with people you were not sure you could trust. Now onto present matters, you will be acting as my daughter's guardian while in Vale. Now in order to ensure that she is given protection at all times, I would like to enroll you in Beacon Academy as a student. Though I cannot enroll you without your consent, and I'll need you to fill out several documents in order to begin the process"
If the opportunity to be aborde Helios' ship caught her attention, then this definitely captivated her
' Helios as a student!? He is several years my junior! Not to mention his combat prowess! He would make an excellent teammate, with his skill and notability, along with my excellent leadership skills and knowledge, we would easily become the top scoring team in Beacon…' Weiss thought as she began to scheme, an dark and sinister look forming in her face as she planned… which was promptly ignored by the two men as they signed documents and discussed Helios' stay as a student at Beacon Academy
Time dragged on as payment methods were discussed and possibly diabolical plans were hatched, eventually all was said and done with and Helios and Weiss were allowed to go back to their own devices. Helios, deciding that their sparing was done for the day, went to continue work on his ship. Weiss meanwhile went to her room to study the many different styles of rapier combat, and how to effectively use them
Atlas: Helio's Ship's Titan-dropbay
Time: 1:10 PM
Helios R Briggs
2nd POV
Helios entered the Titan-dropbay, the massive room letting his steps echo throughout the empty space. He looked to his left to see the five empty Titan-racks, turning to the right he found instead three out of the five racks with Titans to fill the empty space. He looked at the the three from right to left, the first was a Stryder-Class Titan armed with an XO-16 Chaingun and no ordinance to speak of, instead having a VTOL Hover and a Vortex shield
Next to that was a extremely rare Destroyer-Class Titan, developed not long ago by the IMC, they were essentially Ogres that focused more on offense than defense, this one was armed with an quad Rocket launcher, multi-target missiles, and what appeared to be a plasma railgun built into its shoulder. And to make up for the lack of a defensive ability, the mech had some serious extra armor plating all over it's chassis
And last but not least was Helios custom built Atlas-Class Titan. At first glance, anyone could tell it was not mass-produced like many others, all over the chassis were exposed wires and other technical parts, on the back was a massive battery like object where all the wires met. On the front of the mech, next to the optical housing, bolted to the chassis was a metal plate with the name Arc painted on
The seemingly random name had a significance though, this Titan was decked out with some of the most advanced ARC based technology that one could buy, it even had a modified ARC-Based Ion laser core built into its optics
Though, the most notable feature of the Titan would be the Predator Cannon attached to the back of it's hip. No fancy additions, just a simple Predator Cannon with it's Mode switch, Power shot, and Gunshield
After giving his Titans a quick glance, he moved towards the terminal at the end of the row of Titan-racks. The terminal quickly booted up and allowed him start the activation process of his Titans, the near deafening symphony of hydraulics releasing and joints unlocking filled the previously quiet room
The first to fully activate was the Stryder, after fully activating it suddenly jolted upwards from it's slouched posture to an much more alert and awake one, immediately it unhooked itself from the rack and stepped out into the middle of the room before turning towards its pilot and looking down at them, before speaking with a feminine voice
" Hello Pilot, Sierra November 8655 fully operational, it is good to see you again, what is the current stat-" November spoke before a loud crash interrupted her
Turning to their left the duo saw that their Destroyer friend had decided to not balance herself when her joints unlocked, and had fallen face first into the floor, November used this as a chance to berate her fellow Titan
" Lambda Alpha 0001! Control yourself! If the Pilot had been standing several feet to the left, he would have been crushed by your grossly overly Armored Chassis! That would be in direct violation of Protocol Three!" November berated while lifting Lambda to her feet
" Well the Pilot isn't flattened, right? Then that means that nothing is wrong and there is nothing for you to squawk about" Lambda retorted with little concern in her voice
" That's not the point! You put the Pilot in danger! He could have-!"
" Also, what did you mean when you said grossly overly Armored, was that supposed to be an insult? Because last time I checked, my armor was fitted by the Pilot, so by insulting my armor, your insulting the Pilots skills-" Lambda accused before she was interrupted by Helios
" Alright that Enough from the both of you" upon hearing this the two shut up while the final Titan slowly stood up
The Titan walked forward out of the Titan-rack in a very stiff style, before it turned towards the trio and began speaking in the default Betty OS
" ERROR, Titan OS Can Not Recognize Titan Ordinance Subsystems 10-A through 67-Z, Recommend Pilot Seeks Assistance From Hammond Robotics Tech Department… ERROR, Titan OS-" Helios quickly interrupted the OS before it could continue
" Titan OS, Cut OS Access to all Speaker systems" Helios commanded causing the Titans OS to silence, before Lambda gave her own two cents
" Poor thing still isn't working, at this point you might as well disconnect the OS from all those custom abilities and be done with it. I doubt that even AIs like me and November could handle those things, the only thing that might be able to handle those might be a Vanguard AI core" Lambda said, November quickly agreeing with her
" I for once must agree with her, that OS will never be able to handle the strain of all those different ordinance, let alone recognize them, you'll have to do with them only being available while you are Piloting" November said with finality in her voice
" Yea, I think you two are right. I'll disconnect it from all the ordinance abilities and just connect it to the Predator Cannon" Helios agreed while grabbing an laptop that was on a tool cart nearby
After grabbing the laptop he climbed up to the upper most hatch of the Titan, before opening it and sliding in. Once inside and sitting in the seat, not bothering to activate Piloted mode, Helios opened the laptop and connected it to the Titans systems. Helios only needed to make a few minor changes to the Titans ability roster, it was a simple task really, any combat pilot could do it, they were taught to after all
All Pilots were trained in the complicated art of editing a Titans code, after all, how else would they equip new equipment to their Titan properly? It was common knowledge for Pilots to know, unless you were trained after those new Titans were rolled out, those new Titans were practically uncustomizable except for a small few things
After finishing up on the code of his Titan, Helios climbed back out the top hatch of the Atlas and after enabling the speakers, Helios went to say a few words to Lambda and November regarding his new occupation as student at Beacon Academy
" So what you're saying is that you are going to be a student at a combat school… just so you can follow some girl and make sure she doesn't get hurt?" Lambda asked with a questioning tone
" Right, I'm going to be her guardian while she is in Vale. So, that means that you all will be coming with me now that the ship is airworthy again. We leave in about an month" Helios confirmed
" Now that everything has been explained, all of you need to go back to your racks, I don't need you all wasting valuable energy just standing around"
And with that, the Titans reattached themselves to their racks and depowered, leaving Helios alone again. Quickly leaving the room, Helios began the long and slow walk back to his room
As he walked, not a sound was heard save for the clanks of his metallic feet hitting the floor. Even the MRVNs were not working, as the ship was not in operation and nothing needed repairs
Eventually he reached a door, with only a thought, the door slid open, revealing the Stark white room behind. Just as before, there was little inside except for his locker and his charger. After quickly storing the data knife and the laptop from earlier in his locker, he moved towards the charging rack
Turning his back to the charger, Helios walked backwards directly into the machine. Almost immediately, robotic arms wrapped around his waist and pulled him up into a hanging position, allowing the charger to connect to the port in his nape
After it connected to him, an blue box appeared in the center of his vision
'How long would User: Helios R Briggs, Like to charge for?'
All it took was for him to think eight hours and the world quickly started to go dark, one by one different systems powdered down and eventually, Helios himself was asleep
The entire ship was quiet and lifeless, as it would be for the next eight hours
welp, thats that. hopefully that was better than my last one, there were so many problems with that first chapter. anyways, I'll see you all next time