A/N: Ditto. Shoutout to DeadFire354 for following and favoriting.

"Arachne," said Jewel.

Arachne nodded and turned back into her robot form. Her eyes lit up as she projected an image onto the wall.

"All right, everyone better listen up, right now were going to show you mercs who and what you are going up against,"

"Who made her the leader?" BLU Scout mumbled.

Jewel apparently heard this and swung her rifle like a club and hit BLU Scout in the head. A tooth was seen flying out of Scout's mouth as he was knocked to the floor.

"More of that sass and you're getting the other end," she warned as he groaned in pain.

The others ignored the moaning Bostonian and looked at the image. The first image showed a normal soldier with tan colored armor. He held a M4 carbine with a grenade launcher.

"This is the Foot Soldier," said Jewel. "They make up majority of the Federation, and carry a semi-automatic rifle with a grenade launcher. Now most soldiers have what we call an energy shield, here's an example,"

Jewel unhooked a small, octagonal-shaped device from her belt and held it up, "This device is like a second life for a soldier, protects you from almost anything until it runs out. When it does you will get hurt, the shield will automatically recharge when you are not taking damage,"

"So these soldiers have these "energy shields"?" asked Engi.

"Hm, it's almost like a mini-uber," mused Medic.

"Fascinating," added BLU Medic.

"No, Foot Soldiers do not carry a shield, but they have considerably better armor to compensate," Jewel replied.

The next image showed a Foot Soldier with a large metal shield, he had a metal face shield on his helmet. "This is a Shield Soldier. Looks like a Foot Soldier, but has a shield with him. The shield is nigh indestructible, and he carries a .50 caliber pistol. This soldier has both an energy shield and armor, and that face shield is also made of the same metal the shield is made of, so don't expect him to get headshot,"

For the next couple of hours, Jewel explained to the mercs each and every soldier the Federation had. From the headband wearing Commando, to the trigger-happy Gunner, and to the deadly war vehicle, Tow.

"Ok, my head is spinning now," said Scout. "You expect us to fight against an entire army of highly trained soldiers with advanced weaponry? That seems like suicide,"

"I have to agree with Scout with this one," said Sniper. "Even with Respawn on our side, we're going to be outnumbered and outgunned,"

"But you still have us," said Jaz. "Besides, we're not going anywhere for a long time,"

"Arachne?" Jewel said. "Can your constructor ability recreate items?"

"Yes to a certain degree, why?"

Jewel tossed the energy shield to the spider. "Make like eighteen of those shields, we're going to need them,"

Time Skip

"Um, is this really a good idea Jewel?" asked Scout.

Each merc was given an energy shield and Jewel was giving a demonstration on how it works. "Of course Scout, it is perfectly safe for you,"

"Why me? Why couldn't you choose someone else, like Arachne or Wolfshire?"

"It's because if something goes wrong, then you could just respawn," she suddenly shot Scout pointblank in the chest.

Scout flinched as he was shot. But when he opened his eyes, he found that he was ok, and that he didn't have a hole in his chest.

"Now will you all turn to the red flashing on the shield," said Jewel. "When your shield flashes red then it means the shield has broken and you will take physical damage,"

"Please don't demonstrate that," said Scout. "You almost gave me a heart attack,"

"The shield will recharge in about three seconds after not taking any damage, and the red will turn back to blue,"

Everyone watched as the red faded away in the device and was replaced by the blue.

"Any questions?"

Time Skip

"This piece of machinery is very sophisticated despite its appearance," said Engi.

"You betcha," said BLU Engi.

Both Engis were currently inspecting the LOW-DR in the RED training area, while human Arachne and TT sat on the side. Arachne was currently working on a Pompson 6000 while TT was sleeping.

"What is even powering this thing?" asked Engi.

"A small fusion reactor," replied Arachne.

"A fusion reactor?" asked BLU Engi. "But doesn't it extremely hot when doing so?"

"Long story short, we found a metal that doesn't melt under that temperature, and mass produced it,"

"But doesn't that make this thing a ticking time bomb when it is destroyed?"

"LOW-DRs have a safety mechanism that renders the reactor safe if the mech's integrity is compromised, I would explain it more in-depth to you two, but it will take too long and you wouldn't understand half of it,"

"INCOMING!"

The three watched as Demo crashed through a window and crashed into the many crates inside the room. The three winced as he landed hard.

"He's ok, right?" asked Arachne.

"Oh, I feel like every bone in me body is broke…" he said.

"Yeah, I think he's fine," said Engi.

Joli flew in the broken window. "Where did that drunkard go?" she mumbled. "Oh there he is," she said as she spotted him.

"What are you guys doing?" asked Arachne.

"Testing explosives, Demo here got hit by a bouncing concussion grenade, flew pretty far,"

Arachne rolled her eyes before she went back to work. "Please try not to kill the others will you?"

"Yeah, yeah, I get it," said the demolitionist as she grabbed Demo, who fell asleep, and flew out the window.

A/N: What's up guys, so here's the run down of what's happening:

1. Finals are coming up for me, so expect long wait time for uploads on ALL stories.

2. Because of time restraints, stories will be shorter than usual.

3. This story is going to end soon, BUT there is a planned sequel expected to come out.

4. We've almost hit 2k views on The Rift, YAY!

Hope you all understand, but till next time,

-D.W